State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, January 5, 2023
11:00 A.M.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senators Pratt, Draheim, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 35: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for safety improvements on U.S. Highway 169 in Scott County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kunesh, Latz, Dziedzic, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 36: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a reward fund for information on missing and murdered Indigenous relatives; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Kunesh, Dziedzic, Pappas, Murphy, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 37: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for equality under the law.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 38: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for restoration of the Minnesota River riverbank in the Shakopee area; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kunesh, Kupec, Gustafson, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 39: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing funding for pollinator research; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 18B.051.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Hauschild, Dziedzic, Farnsworth, Eichorn, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 40: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; providing for additional benefits.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 41: A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for a revenue-neutral assessment on environmental emissions; providing for refundable FICA and property tax credits; providing for credits against income taxes to be paid as dividends; authorizing loans for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects; providing rulemaking authority; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; 290; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216I.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Klein and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 42: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a refundable credit for investments in energy efficient home improvements, electric vehicles, and renewable energy; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 43: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, section 2; prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishment for a crime.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 44: A bill for an act relating to human rights; adding a definition of race to the Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Klein and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 45: A bill for an act relating to taxation; converting the property tax refund program to a refundable income tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 270B.12, subdivision 8; 289A.38, subdivision 4; 289A.56, subdivision 6; 289A.60, subdivision 12; 290A.02; 290A.03, subdivisions 3, 6, 8, 12; 290A.04, subdivision 1; 290A.05; 290A.07, subdivision 2a; 290A.08; 290A.09; 290A.091; 290A.13; 290A.19; 290A.25; 462A.05, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 290A.03, subdivisions 9, 11; 290A.04, subdivisions 2a, 5; 290A.23, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Marty, Fateh, Rest, and Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 46: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the state forecast include the rate of inflation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.103, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senators Pappas, Seeberger, Westlin, Mitchell, and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 47: A resolution memorializing Congress to resolve that the requirements have been met to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and that it shall now be known as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Dibble, Port, and Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 48: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for free, fair, and equal elections.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Wiklund and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 49: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing transitional cost-sharing reduction, premium subsidy, small employer public option, and transitional health care credit; expanding eligibility for MinnesotaCare; modifying premium scale; requiring recommendations for alternative delivery and payment system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62V.05, by adding a subdivision; 256L.04, subdivisions 1c, 7a, 10, by adding a subdivision; 256L.07, subdivision 1; 256L.15, subdivision 2; 290.06, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Cwodzinski, Mann, Port, Frentz, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 50: A bill for an act relating to education finance; requiring school districts to provide access to menstrual products for students; increasing operating capital aid to fund school district purchases of menstrual products; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 121A.21; 126C.10, subdivisions 13, 13a, 14.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.