State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, February 17, 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. 1418: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the council on direct support professionals; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Putnam, Weber, Hauschild, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1419: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; eliminating the cap on the available amount of the credit for owners of agricultural assets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 41B.0391, subdivisions 2, 4; 290.06, subdivision 37.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hauschild, Lang, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1420: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing certain Chippewa Bands to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.157, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1421: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying orderly annexation and detachment provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 414.031, by adding a subdivision; 414.0325, subdivisions 1, 1b, 6; 414.033, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 414.036; 414.038; 414.06, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 7; 572A.03, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 414; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 414.033, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Fateh, Gruenhagen, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1422: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; authorizing cities to create land-value taxation districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 428A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1423: A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; prohibiting the expansion of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1424: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL).
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1425: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for construction of a city hall in the city of Burnsville.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hauschild, Putnam, Dahms, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1426: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing career and technical revenue for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.4531, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 3, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.4531, subdivision 3a.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Howe and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1427: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the scope of the hometown heroes assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.477, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Weber, Westrom, Putnam, Gustafson, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1428: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding eligibility for beginning farmer tax credits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41B.0391, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Rasmusson and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1429: A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting electricity generated outside the state from the requirement that a certain proportion of retail electricity be carbon-free by certain dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Carlson and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1430: A bill for an act relating to elections; transferring money to the voting operations, technology, and election resources account.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Kreun and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1431: A bill for an act relating to business organizations; modifying the Minnesota Business Corporation Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 302A.011, subdivision 41, by adding subdivisions; 302A.111, subdivision 2; 302A.161, by adding a subdivision; 302A.181, by adding a subdivision; 302A.201, subdivision 1; 302A.237, by adding a subdivision; 302A.361; 302A.461, subdivision 4; 302A.471, subdivisions 1, 3; 302A.611, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 302A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Farnsworth, Hauschild, Eichorn, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1432: A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying the definition of biomass; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Mathews and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 1433: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring electric utilities to obtain consent from utility customers prior to implementing a time-of-use rate program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Mathews, Drazkowski, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1434: A bill for an act relating to energy; eliminating allocations from the renewable development account to the solar energy production incentive program after 2025; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116C.7792.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Mathews, Gruenhagen, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1435: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring an advanced nuclear study; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Mathews and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1436: A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the definition of electric utility for purposes of certain renewable energy standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Wesenberg, Drazkowski, Green, Lieske, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1437: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing term limits for the office of governor; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article V, section 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1438: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring cost-benefit analysis for proposed administrative rules; prohibiting the adoption of certain rules; requiring notice to the legislature upon adoption of certain exempt rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 14.002; 14.02, by adding subdivisions; 14.131; 14.14, subdivision 2; 14.15, subdivisions 3, 4; 14.386; 14.388, subdivision 2; 14.389, subdivision 2; 14.44; 14.45; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1439: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for multifamily housing with supportive services and child care center in the city of Cosmos; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1440: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the MNsure Legislative Oversight Commission; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62V.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1441: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission; repealing Laws 2022, chapter 50, article 3, section 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1442: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a sewer separation project in the city of Litchfield; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1443: A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing the Driver and Vehicle Systems Oversight Committee; repealing Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 34, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1444: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8842.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1445: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8845.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1446: A bill for an act relating to state government; providing that certain commissions established by law are advisory; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Hoffman and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1447: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money from clean water and parks and trails funds.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1448: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; authorizing lessees of certain property to request property tax statements.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Putnam and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1449: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; amending the maximum amount of state contributions to cannabis microbusinesses; amending the commissioner's deadline to approve loan applications; allowing nonprofit corporations to retain loan interest payments to cover expenses; requiring loan interest rates to be reported; allowing nonprofit corporations to use contract funds to cover expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.659, subdivisions 4, 5; 116J.6595, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1450: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring attorney general notice and approval for the transfer of manufactured home park ownership or control to a private equity company; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327C.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1451: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community center in the city of St. Joseph; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1452: A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; modifying the veterans service office grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.608, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1453: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for small business growth acceleration; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1454: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the definition of prepared food; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.61, subdivision 31.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hoffman and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1455: A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying the definition of large energy facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.2421, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1456: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1457: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring cardiac emergency response plans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1458: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Northside Boxing Club.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1459: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Black Women's Wealth Alliance.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Maye Quade, Kunesh, Duckworth, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1460: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district to reauthorize a capital projects referendum by board action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.63, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Maye Quade, Duckworth, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 1461: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school-age care programs to provide services to certain eligible prekindergarten students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.19, subdivision 11.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1462: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher licensure provisions; transferring grant programs from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.117, subdivision 4; 120B.363, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.092, subdivisions 2, 5; 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6; 136A.1276, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 10; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 7, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Rest, Fateh, Dahms, Weber, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1463: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pha, Hawj, Wesenberg, Kunesh, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1464: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force; providing appointments; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1465: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Urban League Twin Cities.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kreun, Limmer, Coleman, Housley, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1466: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring aggravated sentences for certain violent offenders; requiring consecutive sentences for certain violent offenders; requiring certain offenders to serve the entire announced sentence in custody; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.1095, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1467: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for clean water infrastructure in the city of Ramsey; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 1468: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring local approval for commercial and intercity rail projects; modifying certain duties of commissioner of transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 174.82; 174.84, subdivision 2; 174.86, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1469: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reporting of student attendance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.305, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1470: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reporting of student attendance data in school performance reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1471: A bill for an act relating to education; encouraging reenrollment after student withdrawal from school; requiring notification and resources for the family of an unenrolled child; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Dibble, Marty, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1472: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; modifying the definition of administrative action as it applies to the Public Utilities Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.01, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 1473: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a senior citizens' property tax credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Gustafson and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1474: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring public high schools to participate in the direct admissions program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Latz and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1475: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the city of Edina.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mann, Wiklund, and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1476: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; providing five-year rule extensions and duration extensions for tax increment financing districts in the city of Edina.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mann and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1477: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Edina Aquatic Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Mann and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1478: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an interchange at the intersection of Highway 100 and Vernon Avenue in the city of Edina; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1479: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to the Direct Care and Treatment executive board for planning a build out of a locked psychiatric residential treatment facility; requiring a report; amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 30.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1480: A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing a road usage charge for all-electric vehicles; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 168.002, by adding a subdivision; 168.013, subdivision 1m; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Pappas and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1481: A bill for an act relating to trade regulations; requiring retailers to display signage warning about the dangers of mercury-containing skin-lightening products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Gruenhagen, Lucero, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1482: A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain driver's license or identification card; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.04, subdivision 1; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 3, 8; 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 171.12, subdivisions 7a, 11; 171.1205.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1483: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new animal hospital and asset preservation at the Minnesota Zoo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1484: A bill for an act relating to driving while impaired; modifying how license plates are impounded and reissued under the DWI law; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169A.37, subdivision 1; 169A.60, subdivisions 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Seeberger and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1485: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring certain facilities to notify local emergency responders of a hazardous chemical release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299K.07.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1486: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the replacement of drinking water infrastructure in the city of South St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Howe, Dibble, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1487: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a resilient pavement program for certain trunk highway project modifications to pavement design life; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Housley, Coleman, Eichorn, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1488: 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 Housley, Rarick, Coleman, Kreun, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1489: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027; allowing a school board to not comply with certain laws or rules.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, Kreun, Kunesh, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1490: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange project at marked Trunk Highway 610 and East River Road in the city of Coon Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Howe, Seeberger, Duckworth, Abeler, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1491: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing volunteer emergency services providers to purchase personal vehicle tires under municipal contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Latz and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1492: A bill for an act relating to the attorney general; establishing a Civil Commitment Coordinating Division; establishing various grant programs; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 8.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1493: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the purposes, processes, and related agency responsibilities for the sustainable building guidelines; adding sustainable building guideline compliance to predesign requirements; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.325; 16B.335, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Miller, Boldon, Coleman, Housley, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1494: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring revision of the list of tests to be administered for determining the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.125, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1495: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying certain employment requirements for third-party testing program applicants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Lang and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1496: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting impersonating a military service member, veteran, or public official for political gain; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.475.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1497: A bill for an act relating to human services; raising reimbursement rates for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.76, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Putnam, Weber, Drazkowski, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1498: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of agricultural land for agricultural property classification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Maye Quade, Hauschild, Koran, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1499: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying limitations on optometrists prescribing and administering drugs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.56, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun, Nelson, Coleman, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 1500: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying various provisions related to driver and vehicle services; requiring distribution of money to deputy registrars for no-fee transactions; modifying driver's license examination requirements; establishing online renewal of drivers' licenses; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.33, subdivision 7; 171.06, by adding a subdivision; 171.13, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kreun, Nelson, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1501: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for obstructing traffic access to a trunk highway or airport; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.74.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Duckworth, Coleman, Rarick, Hoffman, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 1502: A bill for an act relating to education; amending the Read Act; canceling appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.118; 120B.119, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 120B.123, subdivision 7; 120B.124, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 122A.091, subdivision 1; 122A.185, subdivision 1; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 2; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section 8, subdivisions 3, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1503: A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting facility fees for nonemergency services provided at provider-based clinics; prohibiting facility fees for certain health care services; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62J.824.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Pappas, Champion, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1504: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Walker West Music Academy.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 1505: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the development of a model policy for safe traffic stops; prescribing best practices and areas for development; aligning preservice curriculum with the model policy; establishing continuing education requirements for law enforcement officers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8451, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 1506: A bill for an act relating to apprenticeship; requiring reports; appropriating money for a career pathways program in emergency medicine.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Dornink, Westrom, Kupec, Dahms, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1507: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring reports; appropriating money for biofuel infrastructure grants.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators McEwen, Dornink, Hauschild, Marty, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1508: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; appropriating money for apprenticeship readiness programming.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Boldon and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1509: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring medical assistance coverage of drugs covered by a primary third-party payer; requiring coverage of in-network services by medical assistance regardless of network or referral status for a primary third-party payer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, subdivisions 13, 25b; 256B.37, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1510: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying cooperation requirement for applicants and recipients of medical assistance to identify potential liable third-party payers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Port, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1511: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the family homeless prevention and assistance program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Putnam, Boldon, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1512: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for workforce housing development.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Carlson and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1513: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; transferring money to the state elections campaign account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.31, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Pha, Hawj, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1514: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Coalition of Asian American Leaders.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Westrom, Putnam, Weber, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1515: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the definition of sustainable aviation fuel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.30, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Westrom and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1516: 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 Westrom and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1517: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rural Finance Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pappas, Mohamed, Mann, Hawj, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1518: A bill for an act relating to labor; appropriating money to the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board for certified worker organization grants.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Port, Carlson, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1519: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Burnsville Water Treatment Plant; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pha, Boldon, Xiong, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1520: A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring a copy of the landlord-tenant guide at issuance or renewal of rental license; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Pha, Putnam, Hawj, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1521: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the small business assistance partnerships program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1522: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood mitigation projects in North Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild, Farnsworth, Rarick, Eichorn, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1523: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; appropriating money for the loggers safety grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Dibble and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1524: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the permitted uses of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.19, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Eichorn, Housley, Mathews, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1525: 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 Howe, Carlson, Bahr, Jasinski, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1526: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; eliminating the all-terrain vehicle registration fee for veterans with a total service-connected disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.922, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Eichorn, Mathews, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1527: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring identification of individuals acting as an agent for an absentee voter; requiring identification of individuals providing assistance to a voter in a polling place; prohibiting certain activities related to voter registration and absentee voting; increasing criminal penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 142A.412, subdivision 1; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161, subdivision 3; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 203B.30, subdivision 2; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.07; 211B.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.061, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Mathews, Gruenhagen, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1528: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting certain social media algorithms that target children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mathews, Gruenhagen, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1529: A bill for an act relating to health care; prohibiting discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mathews, Gruenhagen, Johnson, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1530: A bill for an act relating to energy; suspending implementation of carbon-free standards under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Housley, Rasmusson, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1531: A bill for an act relating to labor; repealing the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.27, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 181.211; 181.212; 181.213; 181.214; 181.215; 181.216; 181.217.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1532: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying eligibility under certain conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 13b.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1533: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the homeownership education, counseling, and training program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1534: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; clarifying requirements for speech language pathology assistants; amending licensure fees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.512, subdivision 17a; 148.5192, subdivision 3; 148.5194, subdivisions 2, 3b.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hawj, Johnson Stewart, Eichorn, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1535: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the local road wetland replacement program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Rasmusson and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1536: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying standards for required education and experience for certified public accountants; establishing reciprocity for licensed public accountants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326A.03, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 326A.14; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 1105.7900, item D.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 1537: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to Minnesota Public Radio.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Boldon, Abeler, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1538: A bill for an act relating to health; creating the Minnesota Epilepsy Program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Miller and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1539: A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a supplementary services rate for mental health facilities in Winona County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.05, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Putnam and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1540: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Board of Animal Health.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Putnam, Kupec, Weber, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1541: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for grain bins and related construction materials and supplies and tractor tires; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.61, subdivision 12; 297A.69, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pha, Johnson Stewart, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1542: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the regional trail system in Hennepin County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Putnam, Eichorn, Seeberger, Nelson, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1543: A bill for an act relating to career preparedness; supporting and strengthening the career pathways program; appropriating money; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1544: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; imposing a moratorium to complete a study on the health, environmental, and economic effects of 5G technology; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1545: A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for reallocation of an appropriation for Northern Lights Express passenger rail; requiring study of Minneapolis-Duluth intercity bus service; making a transfer; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Duckworth, Coleman, Seeberger, Kreun, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 1546: A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the definition of prior qualified human trafficking-related offense to include violations of certain state laws committed in the person's lifetime and violations of similar laws in other states; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.321, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1547: A bill for an act relating to children; providing funding to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1548: A bill for an act relating to children; modifying Northstar Care for Children benefits for children under the age of six and children transferred into Northstar Care for Children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.609, subdivision 5; 142A.611, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Koran, Mathews, Bahr, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 1549: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional shelter facility in the city of Cambridge.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1550: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for multifamily housing with supportive services and child care center in the city of Cosmos.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1551: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing anglers with a walleye stamp validation to use additional lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97C.315, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kupec, Putnam, Dornink, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1552: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying financial reporting requirements for grain buyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 223.17, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1553: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aid; providing base year formula aid to the city of Baldwin.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mathews, Coleman, Rarick, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1554: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a credit for attendance at a nonpublic school; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mathews, Bahr, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1555: A bill for an act relating to elections; amending campaign report requirements to require disclosure of all contributors for legislative or statewide candidates and ballot questions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.20, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Bahr and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1556: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; adding a member to the board of trustees who is a member of the local government correctional service retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 353.03, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1557: A bill for an act proposing a constitutional amendment to article VII, section 1; allowing school districts to lower the voting age to 16 for school elections; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 201.014, subdivision 1; 201.071, subdivision 1; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 204C.10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 201.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1558: A bill for an act relating to data practices; authorizing the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives to access additional data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.85, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Gustafson and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1559: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for farm to school and early care programs.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Boldon, Pha, Housley, Lucero, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1560: A bill for an act relating to health; providing health plan coverage for certain acupuncture services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Utke, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1561: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing grant programs for various purposes related to children's mental health; modifying provisions governing long-term care consultation services; modifying rates for certain children's mental health services; establishing the psychiatric residential treatment facility working group; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.4907, subdivision 3; 245I.04, subdivision 12; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0616, subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0911, subdivisions 1, 10, 13, 14, 17, by adding subdivisions; 256B.4911, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 1562: A bill for an act relating to state lands; making the commissioner of natural resources responsible for the maintenance and use of the Old Williams School property; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Howe, Drazkowski, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1563: A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing vacancies in legislative offices in certain circumstances; providing for the second-most vote getter at an election to take office in legislative offices in certain circumstances; specifying special elections are not required to fill certain legislative vacancies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 209.021, subdivision 1; 209.10, by adding a subdivision; 351.02.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Pha and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1564: A bill for an act relating to real property; prohibiting homeowners' associations from limiting the right to display any flag; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 500.215, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pha, Mohamed, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1565: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; clarifying effective dates; modifying landlord covenants; providing additional remedies; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; 504B.161, subdivision 1; 504B.385, subdivision 1; 504B.395, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 19, sections 90; 102.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pappas and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1566: A bill for an act relating to nursing home workers; modifying the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.211, subdivisions 7, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.