State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, February 3, 2025
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.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 857: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing additional long-term facilities maintenance revenue and revenue uses for school districts with facilities on the National Register of Historic Places; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 10, 11.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 858: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Carey Lake Recreation Area in the city of Hibbing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 859: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Gustafson and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 860: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for certain discharges of indebtedness; excluding certain discharges of indebtedness from income for purposes of the property tax refund and the renter's income tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.0693, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Frentz, Lang, Hoffman, Wesenberg, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 861: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for county fairs.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Hauschild, Frentz, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 862: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; making changes to the water infrastructure funding program; making changes to the point source implementation grant program; establishing an emerging contaminants grant program; appropriating money for clean water; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 446A.072, subdivision 5a; 446A.073, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 446A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 863: A bill for an act relating to employment; clarifying prohibited reprisals for political activity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.36.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 864: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring third-party delivery services to obtain a license to deliver alcoholic beverages; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 865: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying design of certain drivers' licenses and identification cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Miller, Anderson, Lang, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 866: A bill for an act relating to veterans; requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs to provide grave markers for veterans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.23, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 867: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to St. Croix Curling Center.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 868: A bill for an act relating to broadband grants; allowing broadband grants to be used for fixed wireless broadband and clarifying broadband mapping requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.394; 116J.397.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Putnam, Jasinski, Champion, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 869: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Big Brothers Big Sisters for youth programming.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 870: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a special license plate for Army Commendation Medal recipients; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.123, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Howe and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 871: A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting unproductive conservation lands from being considered benefited property under state drainage laws; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103E.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Frentz, Dahms, Jasinski, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 872: A bill for an act relating to commerce; allowing auto dealers to participate in auto shows; establishing auto shows in which auto dealers may participate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 80E.12; 168.27, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Pappas and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 873: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for commemorative program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 874: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to commemorate anniversary of fall of Saigon; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 875: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness mining restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.523.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Farnsworth, Eichorn, Wesenberg, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 876: A bill for an act relating to mining; improving coordination, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of environmental review and permitting process for metallic mineral mining projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Nelson, Kupec, Weber, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 877: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for town roads and bridges; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Frentz, Jasinski, Rest, Weber, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 878: A bill for an act relating to transportation; exempting the delivery of liquid fuels from the retail delivery fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168E.01, by adding a subdivision; 168E.05, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 879: A bill for an act relating to education policy; requiring charter school authorizers to comply with government data practices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.05, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Duckworth, Coleman, Hoffman, Kreun, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 880: A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing the funding for success incentive aid program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Kupec, Westrom, Gustafson, Dornink, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 881: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring a report; appropriating money for biofuel financial assistance.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Gustafson, Dornink, Kupec, Seeberger, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 882: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the soil health financial assistance program.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Putnam and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 883: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and Internet access services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dahms, Jasinski, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 884: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for bridge restoration in Redwood Falls; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Dahms, Lang, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 885: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gruenhagen, Drazkowski, Mathews, Green, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 886: A bill for an act relating to statutory construction; establishing a biological definition of male and female; defining terms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 645.451, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Dahms, Lang, Coleman, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 887: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 888: A bill for an act relating to state government; rewarding state employees for reporting fraud in the use of state or federal money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.90.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Howe and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 889: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying age-related exemptions for certain licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97A.451, subdivisions 2, 3; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 20; 97B.022, subdivision 2; 97B.601, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.451, subdivisions 2a, 3b, 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Dahms, Weber, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 890: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for campus improvements at Southwest Minnesota State University; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Dahms, Duckworth, Kupec, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 891: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing an exemption for certain property owned or leased by congressionally chartered veterans organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 25.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Housley and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 892: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to wastewater infrastructure in the city of Scandia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 893: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for school safety; providing violence prevention and physical security enhancement grants to schools; requiring reporting on active shooter incidents and active shooter threats; modifying reporting on the Minnesota Fusion Center; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.038, subdivision 7; 121A.06; 299C.055.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Nelson, Westlin, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 894: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing Donate Life special plates; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kupec, Utke, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 895: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new hospital in the city of Mahnomen; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 896: A bill for an act relating to transportation; making prior active transportation account transfer onetime; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 20, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 897: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for municipal park development in the city of Faribault; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 898: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment plant improvements in the city of Big Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 899: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater infrastructure in Laketown Township; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Coleman, Duckworth, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 900: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing special license plates for firefighters who are also emergency medical technicians; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.12, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Pratt, Howe, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 901: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to provide equine-experiential mental health therapy to first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Jasinski, Howe, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 902: A bill for an act relating to transportation; sales and use; dedicating revenues from the sales tax on various products and services to the highway user tax distribution fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.94.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Rarick and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 903: A bill for an act relating to education finance; including elementary counseling services for nonpublic pupils in nonpublic pupil aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.44, subdivisions 1, 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Dahms, Weber, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 904: A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation in Area II of the Minnesota River Basin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Port, Dibble, Putnam, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 905: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring reporting disclosure of original sources of campaign funds; requiring recordkeeping and reporting; modifying disclosure requirements; providing penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.01, by adding subdivisions; 10A.02, by adding a subdivision; 10A.20, subdivisions 3, 12, by adding a subdivision; 10A.202, subdivisions 2, 3; 211B.04, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Port, Putnam, Boldon, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 906: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota housing infrastructure program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Kupec, Hawj, Murphy, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 907: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to establish a cultural mall in the city of Moorhead.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kupec, Westrom, Dornink, Hauschild, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 908: A bill for an act relating to construction codes; modifying provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.198, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Boldon, Drazkowski, Nelson, Dornink, and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 909: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money from the clean water fund for a southeast regional groundwater protection and soil health initiative.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Boldon, McEwen, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 910: A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing authorization for motorcyclists to split or filter lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.223, subdivision 4; 169.974, subdivision 5; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3; repealing Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 3, section 122.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Pappas, Pratt, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 911: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Pappas, Jasinski, Housley, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 912: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Transportation Museum.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Mohamed, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 913: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an annual observance for Philando Castile Restoration and Unity Days; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 914: A bill for an act relating to civil legal services; appropriating money for the State Board of Civil Legal Aid.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mohamed, Port, Boldon, Kupec, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 915: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 916: A bill for an act relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Rasmusson, Kupec, Housley, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 917: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a youth transitional facility in Otter Tail County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 918: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Brown's Creek State Trail capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 919: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hardwood Creek Regional Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 920: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Veterans Campground.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 921: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements in Washington County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hawj and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 922: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Latino Economic Development Center.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Gustafson and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 923: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to White Bear Lake Area Historical Society.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Jasinski, Hauschild, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 924: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for a water quality improvement project in Rice County and extending a previous appropriation for that purpose.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 925: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for aggregate resource inventory.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Kunesh, Maye Quade, Port, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 926: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for sexual and reproductive health services grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Pappas, Pha, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 927: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Hmong American Partnership.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Mann, Utke, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 928: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying children's mental health programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.4901, subdivision 3; 256B.0625, subdivisions 17, 18h; 256B.0943, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Marty, Wiklund, Boldon, Pha, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 929: A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Maye Quade, Hawj, Kunesh, and Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 930: A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Dibble, Westlin, Port, Xiong, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 931: A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Pappas, Mohamed, Fateh, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 932: A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Cwodzinski and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 933: A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Kupec, Dahms, Putnam, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 934: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Rasmusson, Pha, Hauschild, Pratt, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 935: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvement at public water access and boating facilities on public waters and at state fish hatcheries; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 936: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for airport parking solar array and charging station in the city of Rochester; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 937: A bill for an act relating to taxation; charitable gambling; reducing rates and making corresponding changes to brackets for the combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 938: A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; increasing the general subtraction amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.016, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 939: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to 15th Avenue NE in the city of Stewartville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 940: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 941: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing for staggered terms for senators.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 942: A bill for an act relating to children and families; mandating school attendance reporting to a local welfare agency; modifying the habitual truant definition; appropriating money for grants to fund child welfare response efforts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.007, subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260E.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 943: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting open season for taking wolves; increasing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.027, subdivision 20; 97A.075, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, subdivisions 3, 5, 5a; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 20; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97B.031, subdivisions 1, 2; 97B.035, subdivision 1a; 97B.075; 97B.601, subdivisions 3a, 4; 97B.603; 97B.605; 97B.645, subdivision 9; 97B.648; 97B.901; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.647.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 944: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to water and storm sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Wrenshall; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Dahms, Weber, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 945: A bill for an act relating to sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the Redwood Independent School District.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dahms and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 946: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for floodplain management.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Pratt, Jasinski, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 947: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee for purposes of earned sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 948: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation of a homeless shelter in the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Maye Quade, Cwodzinski, Kunesh, Duckworth, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 949: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants to intermediate school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 950: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing notice requirements related to salvage vehicle auctions; authorizing insurers to apply for vehicle title when vehicle is acquired through payment of damages; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168A.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Nelson and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 951: A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the corporate franchise tax rate; reducing the rate used to calculate application of the corporate alternative minimum tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.06, subdivision 1; 290.0921, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 952: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; phasing out the amount of Social Security income subject to tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson, Drazkowski, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 953: A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; providing for a ten-year phaseout of the estate tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 291.03, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 954: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing for refunds of taxes paid for qualifying individuals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dibble, Klein, Pratt, Johnson Stewart, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 955: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for suicide prevention barriers on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Green, Lucero, Drazkowski, Weber, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 956: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting conservation officers from conducting searches or seizures without a warrant or court order; requiring receipts to be provided to persons from whom property is seized; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.7741, subdivision 2; 84.89; 97A.221, subdivision 1; 97A.223, subdivision 1; 97A.225, subdivision 1; 97B.021, subdivision 2; 97C.355, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 957: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain construction materials for a Benton County government center.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Johnson, Hauschild, Eichorn, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 958: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying definition of all-terrain vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.92, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 959: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grade-separated interchange at Trunk Highway 36 and Trunk Highway 120 in the cities of North St. Paul and Oakdale.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Putnam, Weber, Kupec, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 960: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing the agricultural riparian buffer property tax exemption; requiring reimbursement to taxing jurisdictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.1392; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 272.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pappas, Mann, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 961: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Latino Museum; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hoffman, Utke, Frentz, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 962: A bill for an act relating to health-related licensing; clarifying athletic trainer scope of practice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.7802, by adding a subdivision; 148.7806; 148.7807; 148.7814; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.7802, subdivisions 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 963: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new emergency services center in the city of Paynesville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 964: A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring a state agency to pay for the costs of investigating petroleum releases on land owned by the agency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115C.04, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 965: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying deer firearms season dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.311.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 966: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; amending the surcharge on all-electric vehicles; imposing surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles; defining types of electric motorcycles; requiring surcharge rate adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.013, subdivision 1m, by adding subdivisions; 169.011, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 967: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing certain criminal penalties for crimes committed because of the victim's political affiliation or beliefs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.2231, subdivision 4; 609.2233; 609.595, subdivisions 1a, 2; 609.749, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 968: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting acquiring state land at auction; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 969: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring disclosure of subsurface drain tile; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103F.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mann, Wiklund, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 970: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover bowel and bladder management for spinal cord injuries; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray the cost of coverage of bowel and bladder management for spinal cord injuries; requiring coverage of bowel and bladder management for spinal cord injuries in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 971: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; providing immunity from criminal liability for health care providers when providing health treatment and services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Farnsworth, Hauschild, Eichorn, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 972: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain construction materials used in Itasca County.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 973: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvement to the Virginia city hall; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Mann, Wiklund, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 974: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover power standing systems for wheelchairs; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray the cost of coverage of power standing systems; requiring coverage of power standing systems for wheelchairs in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 975: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a grant to Art From the Inside to use the arts to address the needs of incarcerated persons and persons on supervised release.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen, Nelson, Hauschild, Rasmusson, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 976: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for wilderness programs.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Dornink, Howe, Kupec, Gustafson, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 977: A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing fee exemptions for motor vehicles bearing Purple Heart medal special plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.12, subdivision 2a; 168.123, subdivision 2; 168.1293, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Marty and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 978: A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing and providing for sports betting; establishing licenses; prohibiting local restrictions; providing for taxation of sports betting; providing civil and criminal penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 240.01, subdivision 1b; 245.98, subdivision 2; 260B.007, subdivision 16; 325E.42, subdivision 2; 609.75, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 609.755; 609.76, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299L; 609; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297J.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Green, Drazkowski, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 979: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions and requiring definition for calcareous fens; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.223.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Green and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 980: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring conservation officers to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.028, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 84.0835, subdivision 2; 84.0895, subdivision 6; 86B.801, by adding a subdivision; 97A.205; 97A.215, subdivision 1; 97A.221, subdivision 1; 97A.223, subdivision 1; 97A.225, subdivision 1; 97A.241, subdivision 1; 97B.002, subdivision 1; 97B.065, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 981: A bill for an act relating to state government; increasing fiscal safeguards for state grants to nonprofit organizations; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.98, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Boldon, Port, Mohamed, Draheim, and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 982: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for the economic development and housing challenge program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 983: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a Community Engagement Response Team.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Boldon and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 984: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to rehabilitate the George Stoppel historic site and for capital improvements to the History Center of Olmsted County.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 985: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a disability inclusion pilot project; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Westlin and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 986: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying general education revenue to include safe schools aid for charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.20, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.