State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, February 20, 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.
Senators Port, Boldon, Mann, and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 1567: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an office of patient protection; establishing responsibilities of an office of patient protection; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1568: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; modifying membership of the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Board; modifying state services for the blind vendor facilities; modifying reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116L.03, subdivision 2; 116L.35; 116L.98, subdivision 7; 248.07, subdivisions 7, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kupec and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 1569: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Red River mediation agreement.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1570: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for building materials for the Central Maintenance Facility project in the city of Apple Valley; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 1571: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for construction and replacement of sanitary sewer force main and associated improvements in the city of Arden Hills; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1572: A bill for an act relating to taxation; gross revenues; creating a health insurance claims assessment; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1573: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an occupational medicine residency grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann, Wiklund, Abeler, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1574: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to select a state pharmacy benefit manager through procurement; requiring the commissioner of human services to enter into a master contract with the state pharmacy benefit manager; specifying program authority and eligibility requirements; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.69, subdivision 6d; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kupec, Frentz, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1575: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing the biofertilizer water preservation program; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 18C.005, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18C.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Xiong, Pha, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1576: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to preserve the oral histories of Hmong veterans of the Secret War in Laos.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1577: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting artificial intelligence generated child sexual abuse material and possession, sale, creation, dissemination, and purchase of child-like sex dolls; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 243.166, subdivision 1b; 617.246, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 617.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1578: A bill for an act relating to public safety; repealing outdated fire safety measures pre-dating the statewide fire code; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 325F.02; 325F.03; 325F.04; 325F.05; 325F.06; 325F.07.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1579: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a property tax exemption for certain property owned by an Indian Tribe; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pappas and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1580: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a violence prevention project research center.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pappas and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1581: A bill for an act relating to state government; applying nonstate funding for implementation of the Capitol Mall Design Framework; appropriating money to improve livability in the Capitol Area and to support grantmaking for community vitality grants; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 17, section 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Green, Gruenhagen, Draheim, Eichorn, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1582: A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 373; 471.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Green, Gruenhagen, Draheim, Eichorn, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1583: A bill for an act relating to unemployment benefits; requiring a fraud reporting portal for employers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Drazkowski, Gruenhagen, Green, Utke, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1584: A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing the electric-assisted bicycle rebate; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 289A.51.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kreun and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 1585: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring an annual report by the attorney general on activities of the office; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 8.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Gruenhagen, Coleman, Draheim, Green, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1586: 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 Wiklund and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1587: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; extending a property tax exemption for property held for economic development.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Wiklund and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1588: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Bloomington to issue certain on-sale licenses to a municipally owned golf course.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Wiklund and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1589: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying requirements for making current standard charges available to the public; prohibiting collection actions in certain circumstances; authorizing actions by patients and guarantors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.826, subdivisions 1, 2; 144.588, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Howe, Lang, Duckworth, Lieske, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1590: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an income tax subtraction of back pay for military members discharged due to the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Farnsworth, Maye Quade, Gustafson, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1591: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the age for a child with a disability to receive special instruction and services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.03.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Kupec, Coleman, Champion, Farnsworth, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1592: A bill for an act relating to state government; designating state songs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1593: A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing an accessibility for the arts and cultural economy capital grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1594: A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting the special education initial aid amount for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; creating a supplemental special education aid for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators McEwen and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1595: A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting the use of lead ammunition when hunting; prohibiting the sale, manufacture, and use of lead tackle; establishing a nontoxic ammunition performance standard for shooting sports facilities; requiring nontoxic ammunition in school shooting sports; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 38.33; 38.331, subdivision 1; 87A.02, subdivision 2; 87A.10; 97A.045, by adding a subdivision; 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 38; 97B; 97C; 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen, Fateh, Mann, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 1596: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the sale or transfer of a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon; authorizing a buyback program for semiautomatic military-style assault weapons; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.712, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators McEwen, Maye Quade, Mann, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1597: A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating fees for certified birth certificates for newborns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.226, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators McEwen, Fateh, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1598: A bill for an act relating to local government; removing prohibition on banning merchant bags; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Wiklund, Boldon, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1599: A bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying emergency mental health services; eliminating co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles for mobile crisis intervention; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.469; 256L.03, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun, Abeler, Mathews, Koran, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1600: A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the statute of limitations for the crime of arson in the first degree; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 628.26.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1601: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; directing the commissioner to adopt rules relating to steam boilers.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1602: A bill for an act relating to data practices; permitting certain elected officials and business entities to access student or parent data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1603: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing an income tax subtraction for expenses related to parking at a health facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Putnam and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1604: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for farm fencing and equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.69, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hawj, Kunesh, Cwodzinski, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1605: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Minnesota Humanities Center.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Boldon, Westlin, Oumou Verbeten, and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 1606: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying exemptions for garnishment and bankruptcy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 550.37, by adding a subdivision; 571.73, subdivision 4; 571.78; 571.911; 571.913.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Clark, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1607: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for University of Minnesota health care initiatives in underserved areas.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1608: A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for a grant to a nonprofit to develop a global competency skills pilot program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Pratt, Mann, Westlin, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1609: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the law on retroactive relief for certain felony murders; amending Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 4, section 24, subdivision 7, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Clark, Boldon, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1610: A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying the community-based first-generation homebuyers assistance program; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 20; article 2, section 9.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 1611: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for student loan debt counseling.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Clark, Hawj, Pappas, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 1612: A bill for an act relating to education; education finance; increasing school district funding; increasing the general education basic formula allowance; increasing special education cross subsidy aid; increasing funding for the school unemployment aid account in the special revenue fund; increasing English learner cross subsidy aid; increasing safe schools revenue; linking extended time revenue to the general education basic formula allowance; increasing equalization aid for debt service levies, local optional revenue, and the operating referendum; calculating a school's compensatory revenue eligibility on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits; authorizing a school board to renew a voter-approved operating referendum more than one time; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.53, subdivision 5; 124D.65, subdivision 5a; 125A.76, subdivision 2e; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2e, 3b; 126C.17, subdivisions 6, 9b; 126C.44, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1613: A bill for an act relating to data practices; authorizing the release of a student's home address to school-age child care programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Hoffman and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1614: A bill for an act relating to mental health; appropriating money for the development of culturally specific mental health services.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hoffman and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1615: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for an agricultural training program for Black youth at historical Black-owned farms.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Hoffman and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1616: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a veteran mentorship program for Black youth.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1617: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in Cook County schools.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators McEwen, Hauschild, Kunesh, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1618: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for the Duluth Promise initiative.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1619: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for local road projects in the city of Sturgeon Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1620: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a city hall and fire station in the city of Sturgeon Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Mann and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1621: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for subsidies to federally qualified health centers.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1622: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying reimbursement procedures for federally qualified health centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 30.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1623: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; amending licensure requirements for dental hygienists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 150A.06, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1624: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Propel Nonprofits.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1625: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) to equip a new center for community engagement.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 1626: A bill for an act relating to corrections; clarifying responsibilities of Department of Corrections licensed facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivisions 1f, 4a, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1g, 1h, 1i, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1627: A bill for an act relating to corrections; revising American Indian cultural programming services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.80.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1628: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring additional information from bioincentive payment recipients; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.19.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1629: A bill for an act relating to child care; exempting an unrelated individual providing child care to two families from licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.05, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1630: A bill for an act relating to public health; exempting certain hot tubs from public pool regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1631: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1632: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Aspirus Lake View Hospital for certified nursing assistant training.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1633: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; clarifying eligibility for class 2c managed forest lands classification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1634: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; establishing a property tax refund program for child care providers that rent a child care facility; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290A.03, subdivision 12, by adding subdivisions; 290A.04, by adding a subdivision; 290A.19; 290A.23, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1635: A bill for an act relating to state lands; adding to Carley State Park.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1636: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; providing a reduced rate for certain corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.06, by adding a subdivision; 290.068, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivisions 1, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1637: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Lake County.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1638: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction projects in the Lake Superior School District.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1639: A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for placement of automated license plate readers in trunk highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.434.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1640: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing certain exemptions from taxes and fees on motor vehicles for volunteer firefighters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.012, subdivision 13.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1641: A bill for an act relating to child care licensing; allowing variances to licensed capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.10, subdivision 16.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1642: A bill for an act relating to child care licensing; amending family child care capacity limits.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1643: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; extending nurse temporary permits from 60 to 90 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.212, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Champion, Dibble, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 1644: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of the Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Anderson, Hoffman, Lucero, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1645: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at Wright Technical Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Johnson, Utke, Gruenhagen, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1646: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the stillbirth credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0685, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Johnson, Utke, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1647: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for depredation compensation payments.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Gruenhagen, Utke, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1648: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring background checks for medical assistance vendors; establishing a fraud detection system for the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245C.03, by adding a subdivision; 256.983, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1649: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Two Inlets Regional Park in Sherburne County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley, Coleman, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1650: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a program to provide grants to women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes; reducing appropriations; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Housley and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1651: A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating the Minnesota Women's Bill of Rights; defining terms for all statutes and rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1652: A bill for an act relating to housing; limiting rent increases in certain low-income rental projects receiving low-income housing tax credits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.222, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Limmer and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1653: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring permit to carry holders to provide notification of a change of legal name; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivision 7a.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1654: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to issue a food hall license; amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, section 12.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1655: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing certain temporary licenses to be issued by Lake of the Woods County notwithstanding a restriction in law.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1656: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; removing classification rate and establishing property tax exemption for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 25.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dahms, Weber, Hoffman, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1657: A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying licensing standards for child care staff qualifications, staff ratios, and group sizes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142B; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0031; 9503.0032; 9503.0033; 9503.0034; 9503.0040.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Anderson and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1658: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying disclosure requirements for subsurface sewage treatment systems; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115.55, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115.55, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, Bahr, Kreun, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1659: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Rum River Dam in the city of Anoka; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1660: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to mitigate contaminants in the city of Andover; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pappas and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1661: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; renaming the library construction grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.45.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Westlin, Port, Boldon, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 1662: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; defining what constitutes major decisions of nonelected local officials; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Marty and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1663: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a pedestrian and bicycle trail segment in the city of Arden Hills; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1664: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Haven for Heroes.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1665: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles for risk of fleeing suspect or actual fleeing suspect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.19, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Weber, Hoffman, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1666: A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing the Minnesota Strategic Industrial Development Enhancement tax credits; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Hoffman and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1667: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a developmental delay age limit working group; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Seeberger and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1668: A bill for an act relating to education; exempting certain out-of-field permissions from limit on renewals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.09, subdivision 10.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Dahms, Putnam, Hauschild, Lang, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1669: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to Minnesota FFA to provide new and expanded access for Minnesota FFA members involved in art- and history-related FFA activities.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Duckworth, Cwodzinski, Maye Quade, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 1670: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher shortage reporting requirements; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.06, subdivision 6; 122A.091, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 1671: A bill for an act relating to civil law; requiring landlords to provide just cause for terminating tenancy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pha, Xiong, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1672: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1673: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to West Broadway Business and Area Coalition.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1674: A bill for an act relating to state government; creating the Youth Civic Engagement Act; establishing a grant program for youth civic engagement; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 5; 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1675: A bill for an act relating to health professions; establishing licensure for clinical art therapists; modifying the membership of the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy; imposing fees and civil penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148B.51; 245I.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1676: A bill for an act relating to health care facility finance; restructuring and renaming the Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority as the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority; authorizing the authority to construct and finance health care facilities; increasing bonding capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.732, subdivision 1; 10A.01, subdivision 35; 136A.25; 136A.26; 136A.27; 136A.28; 136A.29, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, by adding a subdivision; 136A.32, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 136A.33; 136A.34, subdivisions 3, 4; 136A.36; 136A.38; 136A.41; 136A.42; 136F.67, subdivision 1; 354B.20, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.29, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Klein, Bahr, Drazkowski, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1677: A bill for an act relating to lobbying; prohibiting legislators from lobbying for two years after leaving office; authorizing a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Kupec, Abeler, Hoffman, Utke, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1678: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring health care worker platforms to register with the commissioner of health; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144A.74; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1679: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to cooperate and share expenses to operate and maintain an ice arena; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.45.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1680: 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 Wesenberg, Farnsworth, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1681: A bill for an act relating to elections; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article V, section 2; providing term limits for governor and lieutenant governor.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1682: A bill for an act relating to child welfare; modifying child in need of protection or services definition to clarify when a child is considered to be without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional condition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.007, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1683: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure improvements in the Northwest Improvement Area of the city of Barnesville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1684: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials used in the Moorhead City Hall renovation project.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Clark, Mohamed, Westlin, McEwen, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1685: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; modifying requirements for a written lease; requiring disclosure of additional landlord contact information; prohibiting landlords from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a lease or eviction complaint; establishing a right of a prospective tenant to view the rental unit; establishing additional tenant remedies and penalties against landlords; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 504B.111; 504B.181, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Lieske, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1686: A bill for an act relating to occupational licensing; clarifying that the practice of chiropractic includes providing telemedicine services; clarifying that the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners has the authority to discipline a chiropractor who is not following an executive order; reorganizing animal chiropractic sections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.01, subdivisions 1, 4; 148.04; 148.07, subdivision 2; 148.08, subdivision 3; 148.10, subdivisions 1, 2; 148.103, subdivision 2; 148.105, subdivision 1; 156.12, subdivision 2; 319B.02, subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.01, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; 148.032; 148.033; 148.035.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1687: A bill for an act relating to education; allowing high school students to possess opiate antagonists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.224.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1688: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing ambulance service grant programs and a rural emergency medical services uncompensated care pool payment program; establishing a monthly emergency medical services telecommunications fee and a prepaid wireless emergency medical services fee; authorizing transfers of money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144E.001, by adding subdivisions; 403.161, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7; 403.162, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.275, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kupec, Abeler, Mann, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1689: A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing funding for regional and local dementia grants; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Kupec, Abeler, Putnam, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 1690: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products; prohibiting mercury in batteries; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115.071, subdivision 1; 115A.121; 115A.554; 116.92, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1310, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 115A.1312; 115A.1314; 115A.1316; 115A.1318; 115A.1320; 115A.1322; 115A.1323; 115A.1324; 115A.1326; 115A.1328; 115A.1330; 115A.9155; 115A.9157, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 115A.961, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 325E.125; 325E.1251.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Champion, Oumou Verbeten, Abeler, Kunesh, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1691: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for a grant to plan and develop an African-American-focused Homeplace model.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Drazkowski and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1692: A bill for an act relating to public employment; removing authority for exclusive representatives to charge fair share fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 179A.04, subdivisions 1, 3; 179A.051; 179A.102, subdivision 6; 179A.60, subdivision 7; 256B.0711, subdivision 4; 402A.40, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 179A.03, subdivision 9; 179A.06, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1693: A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for towns to adopt home rule charters; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 410.015; 410.04; 410.06; 410.11; 410.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7; 410.15; 410.20; 410.24; 410.30; 410.33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1694: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; article V, sections 2, 4; placing limits on the terms of office of legislators and executive officers.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1695: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying use of deadly force by peace officer to protect person from apparent death; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.066, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1696: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing placement of automated license plate readers in certain highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.27, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Draheim and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1697: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; allowing employers to request a refund of special assessments for employee training; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.20, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Draheim, Port, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1698: A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting an owner to rent or lease a portion of the owner's homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1699: A bill for an act relating to gaming; expanding authorized card games to include the game of hasenpfeffer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.761, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Draheim, Putnam, Duckworth, Kupec, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1700: A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating a low-interest student loan program; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Duckworth, Oumou Verbeten, Kreun, Pratt, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1701: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing that certain law enforcement training reimbursement funding is ongoing; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 15, subdivision 3, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Farnsworth, Hauschild, Eichorn, Hoffman, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1702: A bill for an act relating to state lands; prohibiting sale of state-owned land in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Anderson, Kunesh, Coleman, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1703: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to bring awareness of library services for blind and print disabled persons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.31, subdivisions 4a, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Putnam and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1704: A bill for an act relating to the military; increasing the maximum bonded indebtedness allowed for the State Armory Building Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 193.143.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1705: A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying veterans burial provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivisions 8, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1706: A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying human services data and veterans data provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.461, subdivision 27; 197.065.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1707: A bill for an act relating to families; creating a parent's bill of rights; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260C.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1708: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Minnesota Fishing Museum and Hall of Fame in Little Falls.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1709: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the rate at which interest accrues on unpaid special assessments; requiring refunds of certain payments on interest; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 429.061, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1710: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for an ammonia, hydrogen, and renewable energy certificate tracking system; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1711: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the workforce homeownership program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1712: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; increasing the maximum amount of outstanding debt allowed for the state agricultural society; providing a sales tax exemption for certain construction materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 37.31, subdivision 1; 297A.70, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1713: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for the Green Hydrogen Project.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Rarick, Lang, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1714: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring payment transparency in public contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 15.72, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 337.10, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Weber, Kupec, Hauschild, Lang, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1715: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the definition of public waters; eliminating appropriation for public waters inventory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103G.005, subdivision 15; 103G.201.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1716: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tobacco; modifying the definitions of moist snuff and tobacco products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297F.01, subdivisions 10b, 19.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hoffman, Clark, and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1717: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for YouLead2025.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1718: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to renovate the historic Hibbing High School Auditorium in the city of Hibbing.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1719: A bill for an act relating to crime; creating Task Force on Mandatory Minimum Sentences.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1720: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Wayzata Boulevard and Zarthan Avenue in the city of St. Louis Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1721: A bill for an act relating to corrections; clarifying reporting requirements related to community supervision; exempting federal law enforcement agents who transport persons from definition of protective agent; repealing obsolete civil commitment law regarding incarcerated individuals with mental illness; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326.338, subdivision 4; 401.10, subdivision 4; 401.17, subdivisions 1, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 253.21; 253.23.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 1722: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Louisiana Avenue South and Oxford Street in the city of St. Louis Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1723: A bill for an act relating to local government; amending sacred community requirements; authorizing municipalities to regulate and establish approval processes for sacred communities; establishing a remedy for noncompliance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327.30, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Putnam, Nelson, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1724: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying exemption provisions for construction materials by certain contractors; adding a refund provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hoffman and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1725: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256R.02, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 256R.23, subdivisions 2, 3; 256R.24, subdivision 1; 256R.25; 256S.211, subdivisions 1, 2; 256S.213, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256R.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Hauschild, Hoffman, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1726: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Minnesota STEM Ecosystem.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Pappas, Kunesh, Koran, Port, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1727: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a cooperative manufactured housing infrastructure grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pappas, Housley, Hawj, Oumou Verbeten, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1728: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at CHS Field in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1729: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying provisions regarding the sale of cannabinoids derived from hemp; permitting a person selling edible cannabinoids to convert the person's registration to a comparable hemp license; modifying hemp-derived topical product provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 151.72, subdivision 3; 342.45, by adding a subdivision; 342.63, subdivision 5; 342.66, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1730: A bill for an act relating to state government; including the Office of Cannabis Management as an agency for the purpose of having a government-to-government relationship with Tribal governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10.65, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1731: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying cannabis license application requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.14, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Boldon, Mann, Utke, Abeler, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 1732: A bill for an act relating to human services; funding family supportive housing programs; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1733: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; requiring members of public safety policy and finance committees to participate in ride alongs with law enforcement or fire departments; requiring adoption of legislative rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1734: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a process for removing fraudulent business filings; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.485, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 609.48, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 300.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1735: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing accounting requirements for school expenditures on advertising and event sponsorships; requiring that paid advertisements indicate that certain school costs are funded by taxpayer dollars; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.77, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1736: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying the membership and structure of the Clean Water Council; modifying duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 114D.20, subdivision 5; 114D.30, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 114D.30, subdivision 5; 114D.35, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1737: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing the date of a certain report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16D.09, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1738: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a prescription drug purchasing program; specifying program authority and eligibility requirements; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1739: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a prior authorization commission; directing the commissioner of health to approve a medication for prohibition from prior authorization; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62M.07, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1740: A bill for an act relating to education; making changes to kindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, charter schools, the Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.32, subdivision 5; 13.82, subdivision 1; 120B.021, subdivisions 2, 3; 120B.024, subdivision 2; 120B.11, subdivision 1; 120B.117, subdivision 4; 120B.119, subdivisions 2a, 10; 120B.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 4a; 120B.123, subdivisions 1, 5, 7; 120B.124, subdivision 2; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 121A.031, subdivisions 2, 4, 6; 121A.41, subdivision 10; 121A.49; 124D.09, subdivisions 5, 5a, 5b, 9, 10; 124D.094, subdivision 1; 124D.117, subdivision 2; 124D.119, subdivision 5; 124D.162; 124D.42, subdivision 8; 124D.52, subdivision 2; 124E.02; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.06, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 124E.07, subdivision 8; 124E.16, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 124E.26, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 125A.091, subdivisions 3a, 5; 127A.21, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4, 5, 6, 7, by adding subdivisions; 127A.49, subdivision 3; 268.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 121A; 125A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Port, Xiong, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1741: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring local governments to establish residential instant solar permitting platforms; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1742: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the Center of American Indian and Minority Health.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1743: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Zeitgeist Arts.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1744: A bill for an act relating to mining; prohibiting environmental review and the issuance of nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits, licenses, or leases to bad actors; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Champion, Clark, Fateh, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1745: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Emerge Community Development.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Hoffman and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1746: A bill for an act relating to health-related occupations; modifying licensing for practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 147B.01, subdivisions 3, 4, 9, 14, by adding a subdivision; 147B.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 147B.05, subdivision 1; 147B.06, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147B.01, subdivision 18.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 1747: A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxes; repealing indexed increases to the motor fuels tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1748: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in the city of Hastings; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1749: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in the city of Hastings.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Lucero, Pha, Limmer, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1750: A bill for an act relating to common interest communities; prohibiting certain practices relating to property management companies; modifying rights and duties of common interest communities; modifying rights of a unit owner; modifying termination threshold; establishing a meet and confer process; modifying notice of meetings; prohibiting certain governing bodies from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 394.25, by adding a subdivision; 515B.1-102; 515B.2-103; 515B.2-119; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-103; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-107; 515B.3-108; 515B.3-110; 515B.3-115; 515B.3-1151; 515B.3-116; 515B.4-102; 515B.4-1021; 515B.4-107; 515B.4-116; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325E; 462; 515B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.