State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, February 6, 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 Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 987: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; authorizing adoption of rules to increase accessibility for examination rooms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.106, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 988: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring meetings of the Minnesota Historical Society to be open to the public and the Minnesota Historical Society's data to be public data as to state-owned properties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 989: A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying certain license restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.22, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 990: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for sewer main improvements in St. Joseph; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 991: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment facility improvements in the city of Cold Spring; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 992: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying wetland replacement ratios; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103G.222, subdivision 1; 103G.2242, subdivision 12; 103G.2243, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 993: A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a grant for hospitality education.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 994: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange project on Interstate Highway 94 near the Lake Burgen rest area in Douglas County.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 995: A bill for an act relating to campaign expenditures; prohibiting entities or organizations that receive state funding from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Duckworth, Drazkowski, Bahr, Lieske, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 996: A bill for an act relating to campaign expenditures; prohibiting entities or organizations that receive state funding from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran, Bahr, Mathews, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 997: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring community solar garden subscribers to reside in the same county as the solar garden generating facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1641, subdivisions 1, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 998: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of West Union; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 999: A bill for an act relating to energy; authorizing natural gas utilities to sell extraordinary event bonds under certain circumstances; establishing an account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 1000: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; implementing recommendations of Aggregate Resources Task Force; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.94, subdivision 4; 473.859, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1001: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the I-494 Corridor Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Coleman and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 1002: A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxes; requiring voter approval of the regional transportation sales and use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.9915, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Coleman and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1003: A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxes; abolishing motor fuel taxes; making conforming changes; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.794, subdivision 1; 84.803, subdivision 1; 84.83, subdivision 2; 84.927, subdivision 1; 86B.706, subdivisions 2, 3; 89.70; 89.72; 115C.08, subdivision 3; 296A.03, subdivision 2; 296A.04, subdivisions 1, 3; 296A.05, subdivision 1; 296A.06, subdivision 2; 296A.061; 296A.12; 296A.15; 296A.21; 296A.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9; 296A.23, subdivisions 2, 8; 296A.24, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 296A.01, subdivision 36; 296A.07; 296A.08; 296A.083; 296A.09; 296A.10; 296A.11; 296A.13; 296A.14; 296A.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, 5, 7, 8; 296A.17; 296A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 7, 8; 296A.22, subdivision 4; 296A.23, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; 296A.26.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Dornink, Drazkowski, Rarick, Lieske, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1004: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XI; prohibiting state spending in excess of inflation and population growth.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1005: A bill for an act relating to local taxes; authorizing a local sales and use tax in the city of Austin.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Drazkowski, Rarick, Housley, Draheim, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 1006: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; exempting tip income from the individual income tax and tax withholding requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.92, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lucero, Drazkowski, Gruenhagen, Eichorn, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1007: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts; requiring rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Housley and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1008: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the reconstruction of Myrtle Street in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1009: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvement of the Washington Avenue intersection in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1010: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water treatment plants in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1011: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of improvements to water infrastructure for treatment of PFAS in the city of Oak Park Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1012: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Veterans Campground.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Boldon, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1013: A bill for an act relating to early childhood; providing funding for Head Start; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1014: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for housing with support for persons with serious mental illness.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1015: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water distribution facility for the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Howe and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1016: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying provisions relating to repeat or dangerous traffic violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.89, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1017: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for abatement and mitigation of PFAS contamination in the city of Sauk Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hoffman and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1018: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Housley, Eichorn, Kreun, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1019: A bill for an act relating to education finance; amending the transportation sparsity revenue percent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Howe, Koran, Bahr, Drazkowski, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 1020: A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a set filing period for special elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204D.19, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Howe, Koran, Bahr, Drazkowski, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 1021: A bill for an act relating to elections; repealing authorization of absentee ballot drop boxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.08, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.082.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Farnsworth, Seeberger, Kreun, Eichorn, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1022: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying dismissal limitations for kindergarten through grade 3 students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.425, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Lieske, Hoffman, Draheim, Mann, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1023: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover treatment of inherited metabolic diseases; 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 Wiklund and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1024: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; establishing a premium subsidy program administered by MNsure; providing a sunset for the Minnesota premium security plan; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62E.23, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62V; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62E.21; 62E.22; 62E.23; 62E.24; 62E.25.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Abeler, Maye Quade, Fateh, Mohamed, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 1025: A bill for an act relating to foster children; establishing a trust for foster children receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.609, subdivision 11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1026: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild, Lang, Hoffman, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1027: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying property tax exemption for certain airport property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.01, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Rarick, Hauschild, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1028: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; establishing fire protection and emergency medical services special taxing districts; providing fire protection and emergency medical services aid; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Westlin, Housley, Abeler, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 1029: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the classification of commercial dog and cat breeder data collected and maintained by the Board of Animal Health; modifying kennel and dealer advertising requirements; requiring the Board of Animal Health to post certain kennel, dealer, and commercial breeder information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.643, subdivision 6; 347.36; 347.37; 347.58, subdivisions 2, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Mann, Abeler, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1030: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the dementia services program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1031: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the New Hope Golf Course; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Boldon, Mohamed, Clark, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1032: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; requiring disclosure of ownership; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Boldon, Maye Quade, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1033: A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Boldon and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1034: A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a Community Engagement Response Team.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Port, Oumou Verbeten, Mohamed, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1035: A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying provisions related to campus sexual misconduct; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 135A.15, subdivisions 1a, 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Port and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1036: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; prohibiting landlords from using coordinating services to set prices, supply levels, and lease terms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Xiong, Pratt, Frentz, Klein, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1037: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for an anaerobic digestor energy system.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Hauschild and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1038: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for new aircraft shelters at the Duluth Air National Guard Base.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild, Eichorn, Johnson Stewart, McEwen, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1039: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from the parks and trails fund.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Hauschild, Eichorn, Johnson Stewart, McEwen, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1040: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1041: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the 36-inch water main located in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1042: A bill for an act relating to arts and culture; appropriating money for Science Museum of Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1043: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water, sewer, and street infrastructure in the city of Keewatin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1044: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to extend utilities to a housing and economic development park in Aitkin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Farnsworth, Wesenberg, Lieske, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1045: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for a grant to Forgotten Heroes Ranges and Retreat.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Weber, Rest, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1046: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income and corporate franchise; modifying transfer and certification provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0695, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Maye Quade, Mann, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 1047: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the age of consent from 16 to 18 in criminal sexual conduct offenses involving offenders who are over 21 years of age; imposing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.344, subdivision 1a; 609.345, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1048: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying sexually transmitted infections and diseases program requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1049: A bill for an act relating to early education; providing funding for early learning scholarships; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hauschild, Miller, Hawj, Eichorn, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1050: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; creating Outdoor School for All grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Farnsworth, Wesenberg, Lieske, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1051: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for a grant to Forgotten Heroes Ranges and Retreat; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1052: A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting subminimum wages for persons with disabilities; appropriating money for MnCHOICES system enhancements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.24, by adding a subdivision; 252.44; 256B.4906.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1053: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for the management and treatment of obesity; 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, Abeler, Lieske, Maye Quade, and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 1054: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage of vasectomies by health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.522, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 1055: A bill for an act relating to witnesses; prohibiting domestic abuse advocates from disclosing certain information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 595.02, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Duckworth, Coleman, Howe, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1056: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a district advisory committee to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.11, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 1057: A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying the legislature's authority to place proposed statutory changes on the ballot for a public vote; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3B.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Drazkowski and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 1058: A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending imposition and allocation of certain taxes; repealing retail delivery fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 174.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 270C.15; 297A.94; 297A.9915, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168E.01; 168E.03; 168E.05; 168E.07; 168E.09.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Marty, Boldon, Mann, Lieske, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1059: A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing a Patient-Centered Care program; authorizing direct state payments to health care providers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0753; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0755.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Utke, Green, Housley, Jasinski, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1060: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for new law enforcement and government facilities in Lake of the Woods County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Frentz, Housley, Hawj, and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 1061: A bill for an act relating to tourism; appropriating money for the World Junior Hockey Championships.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1062: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a direct support professional certification pilot project; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Marty, Pha, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1063: A bill for an act relating to common interest communities; creating a common interest community ombudsperson; classifying certain data; appropriating money for the Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsperson; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 45.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1064: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community engagement center in the city of Duluth.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1065: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public safety facility in the town of Portage; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1066: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure in the city of Two Harbors; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1067: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for a process to review case files of cold case homicides at the request of certain family members and to potentially conduct reinvestigations of these cases; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1068: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a "Share the Road" special license plate; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1069: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying membership of the Rare Disease Advisory Council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.4835, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1070: 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.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1071: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for ranked choice voting; authorizing jurisdictions to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; establishing procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions; allowing local jurisdictions to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204B.35, subdivision 1; 204C.21, by adding a subdivision; 204D.07, subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 2; 206.57, by adding a subdivision; 206.83; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204E.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Hauschild and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1072: A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Marty, McEwen, Carlson, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1073: A joint resolution relating to Religious Freedom Day.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1074: A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing an education benefit for dependents of disabled veterans; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1075: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for the exception to window glazing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.71, subdivision 4a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1076: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Quarry Redevelopment Project in Waite Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bond proceeds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1077: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain materials and equipment used in construction of the Stearns County Justice Center.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1078: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for pupil transportation; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Mohamed and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1079: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Jobs Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1080: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an ambulance operating deficit grant program; establishing an account; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Klein and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1081: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for Heroes and Heritage Interpretive Trail Loop.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Dibble, Eichorn, Hawj, Weber, and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1082: A bill for an act relating to taxation; solid waste management; increasing the dedication to the resource management account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Kupec, Utke, Boldon, Lieske, and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 1083: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant collaborative agreement requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.02.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kupec, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1084: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant title to physician associate; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 147A.01, subdivision 18; 147A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann, Kupec, Boldon, Abeler, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1085: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to develop a maternal mental health program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62A.0411, by adding a subdivision; 256B.69, by adding a subdivision; 256L.12, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Duckworth, Pratt, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1086: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance by an additional three percent per year; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1087: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the River Bend Nature Center in the city of Faribault; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1088: A bill for an act relating to firearms; clarifying law on use of force in defense of home and person; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.065.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hauschild, Putnam, Rest, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1089: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; increasing the appropriation for soil and water conservation district aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.23, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Gustafson and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 1090: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for grants for lead risk assessments.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Fateh, Dibble, Boldon, Hawj, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1091: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a traffic calming program for cities of the first class; identifying eligible improvements; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Hoffman and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1092: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an accessible parking lot at the Cedar Creek Conservation Area in Anoka County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1093: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a new motor vehicle inspection site.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Bahr and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1094: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring certain duties related to ballot reconciliation and postelection review to be completed before a canvassing board may certify its report on the results of an election; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.31, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1095: A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring counties and cities to have written procedures that are available to the public; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Bahr, Weber, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 1096: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying individual income tax and corporate franchise tax refunds; requiring refunds to include interest calculated on payments of estimated tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 289A.50, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Bahr, Eichorn, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1097: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 17, by amending the single subject and title clauses; prohibiting bills from being amended in a way that changes the original purpose of the bill.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Latz and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1098: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; eliminating certification of certain juvenile court expenses; modifying filing, copying, printing, and distribution of certain court papers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 484.44; 484.51; 518.68, subdivision 1; 524.5-420.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1099: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Camp Fire Minnesota to restore a historic mansion to expand programming space and complete a waterfront erosion project.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1100: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a speed limit on a segment of Carver County State-Aid Highway 43 in the city of Victoria; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 1101: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for augmentative and alternative communication systems; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, subdivisions 31, 31a; 256B.4914, subdivision 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1102: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a speed limit on a segment of Steele County State-Aid Highway 12 in the city of Medford; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kreun, Limmer, Bahr, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1103: A bill for an act relating to corrections; repealing the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.40; 244.41; 244.42; 244.43; 244.44; 244.45; 244.46; 244.47; 244.48; 244.49; 244.50; 244.51; Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 12, sections 1; 2; 15.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Kreun, Dibble, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1104: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the corridors of commerce program; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1105: A resolution to restore patient protection laws; urging certain federal agencies to repeal waivers of antitrust, anti-fee-splitting, and anti-self-referral laws and urging an amendment to federal law to require that clinics and hospitals have freedom to contract or not contract for payment contingent on the volume of orders for care.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1106: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; imposing dispensing fee requirements on health plan companies providing prescription coverage; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1107: A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring disclosure of certain health care provider reimbursement arrangements to enrollees and health care providers; modifying the duties of the ombudsperson for public managed health care programs; providing health carrier liability when a health care provider is limited in providing services by the health carrier; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.72, subdivision 1; 62Q.735, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1108: A bill for an act relating to local government aid; providing 2023 aid penalty forgiveness to the city of Stewart; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1109: A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring insurance companies to accept an individual taxpayer identification number on insurance coverage applications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.07, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Housley, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1110: A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing the Minnesota SNAP step up for seniors program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Carlson, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1111: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessible; requiring nondiscrimination policies; establishing the wheelchair accessible vehicle services account; providing a civil penalty; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 221.091, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Mann, Housley, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1112: A bill for an act relating to food support; appropriating money to fund food shelf programs.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1113: A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; requiring medical assistance to cover birth services provided at home; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hauschild, Hoffman, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1114: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a refundable credit for certain home care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1115: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new facility for YMCA of the North Camp Northern Lights.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1116: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Gitchi-Gami State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1117: A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring study of environmental impacts of artificial intelligence; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Maye Quade, Lucero, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1118: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; prohibiting parent contact information from being designated as publicly available directory information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivisions 2, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Maye Quade, Lucero, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1119: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting access to nudification technology; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Maye Quade, Lucero, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1120: A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting government entities from requesting or obtaining reverse-location information; prohibiting the use of reverse-location information from being used in a criminal action; prohibiting a court from issuing a court order to obtain reverse-location data; providing a civil cause of action when reverse-location data is obtained by a government entity; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Frentz, Draheim, Dahms, Putnam, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1121: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring reports; appropriating money for agriculture-related business assistance.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Frentz, Howe, Latz, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1122: A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; state patrol retirement plan; increasing postretirement adjustments; decreasing the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the public employees police and fire retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.415, subdivisions 1c, 1e.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1123: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring fraud reporting; strengthening grants management requirements; establishing a criminal penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.97, subdivisions 2, 4; 16B.98, subdivisions 4, 5, 8; 16B.981, subdivisions 2, 3; 16B.991, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Miller and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1124: A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing and providing for sports betting and fantasy contests; establishing licenses; prohibiting local restrictions; providing for taxation of sports betting and fantasy contests; providing civil and criminal penalties; providing for amateur sports grants; providing for charitable gambling and modifying certain rates of tax on lawful gambling; providing for pari-mutuel horse racing; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 240.01, subdivision 1b; 245.98, subdivision 2; 260B.007, subdivision 16; 270B.07, by adding a subdivision; 297E.02, by adding a subdivision; 349.12, subdivision 25; 609.75, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 609.755; 609.76, subdivision 2; 609.761, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116U; 240; 240A; 245; 299L; 609; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297J.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Clark, Mohamed, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1125: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing special education and English learner cross subsidy aid by the increase in the Consumer Price Index; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.65, subdivision 5; 125A.76, subdivision 2e.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.