State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, February 27, 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 Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1862: A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for a water quality project in the city of Beardsley.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1863: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying requirements for the number of board members of a hospital district in Swift County; making technical changes; amending Laws 1992, chapter 534, sections 7, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 8, subdivision 2; 10, subdivision 4; 16.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1864: A bill for an act relating to environment; exempting certain zoos from fur farm requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.106, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1865: A bill for an act relating to liquor; establishing a food truck license for the sale of intoxicating liquor; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1866: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the Board of Animal Health.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1867: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange at Interstate Highway 35 and Scott County State-Aid Highway 2; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1868: 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 Lakeville.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Housley, Duckworth, Anderson, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1869: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a veterans memorial in Forest Lake.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1870: A bill for an act relating to human services licensing; modifying licensure application timelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.04, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 1871: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing grants for robotics programs; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Jasinski and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1872: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying efficiency requirements for the Department of Transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 161.088, subdivision 2; 174.53.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1873: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Dassel-Cokato school district community recreation facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1874: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the closure of shooting ranges during a state of emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.7192.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 1875: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying trespass law to allow purple markings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1876: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers to include lower-cost drugs in their formularies; requiring formulary structure and formulary tiering for each health plan to give preference to the drug with the lowest out-of-pocket cost to the patient; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62W.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1877: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers to use prescription drug rebates and other compensation to benefit covered persons; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62W.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Limmer and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1878: A bill for an act relating to environment; eliminating requirement for residents who do not recycle organics to pay for providing organics recycling services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115A.93, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Gruenhagen and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1879: A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting sales to cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence data centers from certain energy savings goals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.2402, subdivision 3a.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Kreun, Duckworth, Limmer, Jasinski, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1880: A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring the Department of Public Safety to offer road skills examinations for class D drivers' licenses in cities with populations greater than 70,000; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.13, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 1881: A bill for an act relating to health; changing provisions for the cost of health records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.292, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun, Bahr, Abeler, Gustafson, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1882: A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; amending a previous appropriation for improvements along marked Trunk Highway 65 in Anoka County; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 2, section 2, subdivision 4, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Housley, Coleman, Nelson, Limmer, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 1883: A bill for an act relating to human rights; creating an exemption for women's athletics in the Human Rights Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade, Dibble, Murphy, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1884: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for equal rights under the law and prohibiting discrimination based on the listed characteristics.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade, Port, Duckworth, Coleman, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1885: A bill for an act relating to civil actions; applying statute of limitations for minor sex abuse claims retroactively; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 541.073, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 1886: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; requiring persons to disclose that an individual is communicating with artificial intelligence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Green, Hoffman, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1887: A bill for an act relating to state lands; requiring approval of the use of state money to acquire real property in fee; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Port, Pappas, Boldon, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1888: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for electric bus charging stations statewide; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Port, Maye Quade, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1889: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; prohibiting cost-sharing for certain office visits for infants, children, and adolescents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Port, Maye Quade, Boldon, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1890: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing the reproductive health equity grant fund; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1891: A bill for an act relating to the state lottery; modifying provisions relating to retailer contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 349A.01, by adding a subdivision; 349A.06, subdivisions 2, 11.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Clark, Kupec, Marty, Dibble, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1892: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for ranked choice voting; authorizing jurisdictions to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; establishing procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions; allowing local jurisdictions to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204B.35, subdivision 1; 204C.21, by adding a subdivision; 204D.07, subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 2; 206.57, by adding a subdivision; 206.83; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204E.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Putnam, Gustafson, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 1893: A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; appropriating money for Lutheran Social Services CORE program; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Putnam and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1894: A bill for an act relating to veterans; requiring federal accreditation of veterans benefit services providers; prohibiting veterans benefit services providers from making a guarantee of veterans benefits; providing for remedies under the Prevention of Consumer Fraud Act; providing for civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.6091.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Mohamed, Clark, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1895: A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying the high-rise sprinkler system grant program; appropriating money to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; transferring money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Boldon, Utke, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1896: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying requirements for dental administrator rates in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs; changing dates relating to a dental administrator contract; establishing the critical access dental provider task force; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0371, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1897: A bill for an act relating to children; appropriating money for child care improvement grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1898: A bill for an act relating to children and families; requiring a fiscal analysis of the child welfare system; requiring a comprehensive child welfare program, practice, and service evaluation; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1899: A bill for an act relating to education; directing the commissioner of education to amend the state's accountability plan.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Pappas, Duckworth, and Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1900: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the Sanneh Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators McEwen, Lang, Hauschild, Rasmusson, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 1901: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for grants to children's museums.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 1902: A bill for an act relating to zoos; appropriating money for the Minnesota Zoological Garden.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Jasinski, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1903: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring work zone safety and work zone driving rules as driver education and driver examination subjects; requiring the driver's manual to include work zone safety information; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.0701, by adding a subdivision; 171.0705, by adding a subdivision; 171.13, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Dibble, and Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 1904: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing electric vehicles to use high-occupancy and dynamic shoulder lanes without a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.93, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 1905: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the treatment of water pipe fluid in the controlled substances laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.021, subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivision 2; 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.025, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Nelson, Housley, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1906: A bill for an act relating to housing; granting exceptions to income limits of the Minnesota housing tax credit contribution account grant and loan program for certain workforce housing projects; modifying the matching requirements of the workforce housing development program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 462A.39, subdivision 5; 462A.40, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1907: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring notice to crime victims when an offender files an apology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 611A.02, subdivision 2; 611A.06, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 1908: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the collection and reporting of specified information on criminal cases and the creation of a public dashboard for this information; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1909: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing county attorneys to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 388.23, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1910: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring places of entertainment to provide access to potable water at events; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Boldon, Port, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 1911: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; establishing the Minnesota Civic Fund program; repealing the political contribution refund program; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.01, subdivision 11; 10A.02, subdivision 13; 10A.15, subdivision 1; 10A.20, subdivision 3; 10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.34, subdivision 4; 289A.37, subdivision 2; 289A.50, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivision 6; 290.06, subdivision 23; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.322, subdivision 4; 13.4967, subdivision 2; 290.06, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Boldon and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1912: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for ranked choice voting; authorizing jurisdictions to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; establishing procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions; allowing local jurisdictions to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204B.35, subdivision 1; 204C.21, by adding a subdivision; 204D.07, subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 2; 206.57, by adding a subdivision; 206.83; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204E.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Boldon, Latz, Abeler, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1913: A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing a locally controlled housing fund; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1914: A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting certain municipalities to extend zoning authority to unincorporated territory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 462.357, subdivision 1; 462.358, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Boldon, Port, Westlin, Marty, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1915: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to study campaign spending limits.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1916: A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing a pilot program; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1917: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects for Aitkin Public Schools.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1918: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying consent to electronic monitoring requirements; modifying provisions related to retaliation in nursing homes and assisted living facilities; expanding membership and duties of the home care and assisted living program advisory council; modifying the hospice bill of rights; prohibiting required binding arbitration agreements in assisted living contracts; modifying medication management requirements; modifying authority of health care agents to restrict visitation and communication; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.6502, subdivision 3; 144.6512, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 144A.04, by adding a subdivision; 144A.474, subdivision 11; 144A.4799, subdivisions 1, 3; 144A.751, subdivision 1; 144G.08, by adding a subdivision; 144G.31, subdivision 8; 144G.51; 144G.71, subdivisions 3, 5; 144G.92, by adding a subdivision; 145C.07, by adding a subdivision; 145C.10.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hawj, Pha, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1919: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for New American workforce training.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1920: A bill for an act relating to civil law; modifying provisions relating to guardians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 524.5-120; 524.5-311; 524.5-313.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Weber and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1921: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a child care center in the city of Slayton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Wesenberg and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 1922: A bill for an act relating to civil actions; making government entities liable for defense costs for actions brought by the government entity; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1923: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article I; establishing rights of a parent in the education of their child.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Pratt, Mathews, Lieske, Duckworth, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1924: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing the A+ Energy Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.01; 216B.1691, subdivisions 1, 2e; 216B.243, subdivisions 3b, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Maye Quade, Abeler, Hoffman, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1925: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying eligibility for essential community supports; expanding available services under essential community supports; increasing funding for caregiver respite services grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0922, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Seeberger, Frentz, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 1926: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying intensive comprehensive law enforcement education and training program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8516, subdivisions 4, 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1927: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for redevelopment of blighted property in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1928: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Black Arts Tech Center operated by 30,000 Feet.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1929: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the appropriation for capital improvements at CentraCare in the city of St. Cloud; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 49.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Howe, Kupec, Putnam, Gustafson, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1930: A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing continued education benefits to surviving spouses who remarry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 197.75, subdivision 1; 197.791, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1931: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements for Lutheran Social Service in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1932: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for performance grants to Twin Cities R!SE.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1933: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for youth job skills and career development.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1934: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to African Economic Development Solutions.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1935: A bill for an act relating to animal cruelty; prohibiting elective declawing of cats; providing for civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 343.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Dibble, Boldon, Marty, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1936: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; imposing an additional tax on certain corporations with high principal executive officer to median worker pay ratios; disqualifying certain companies from receiving state subsidies and grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.981, by adding a subdivision; 290.06, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1937: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; Public Employees Retirement Association; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association; restoring augmentation of deferred annuities for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.22, subdivision 3a; 352B.08, subdivision 2b; 353.34, subdivision 3; 354.55, subdivision 11; 354A.37, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1938: A bill for an act relating to liquor; amending the amount of wine a winery may produce with a brewer taproom license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.26, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 1939: A bill for an act relating to liquor; amending the amount of wine a winery may produce with a brewer taproom license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.26, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1940: A bill for an act relating to higher education; making permanent the current paramedic scholarship program; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 2, section 31, subdivisions 1, 4; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 2, section 31, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Nelson and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1941: A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; subjecting all lawful gambling receipts to a flat rate tax; repealing the combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson, Putnam, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1942: A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; conforming to the federal estate tax exclusion amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.016, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dibble and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1943: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting pet shops from selling cats and dogs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 325F.79; 325F.791, subdivisions 1, 5; 325F.792, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1944: A bill for an act relating to legacy; extending a clean water fund appropriation for the Ash River Sanitary Sewer Collection and Treatment System.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 1945: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Entrepreneur Fund.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kupec and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1946: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to provide coverage for nonopioid and nonpharmacologic pain management; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Kupec and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1947: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring coverage of nonopioid drugs for treatment or management of pain; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13g.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hauschild, Mohamed, Maye Quade, Abeler, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1948: A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing funding for critical access nursing facilities; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 1949: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for clean water storage in the city of Brooklyn Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson, Kupec, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 1950: A bill for an act relating to food support; appropriating money for infrastructure for food shelf facilities.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 1951: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing full-service deputy registrar's office in the city of Circle Pines.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1952: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for students with mental illness; requiring mental health instruction that is approved by the Department of Education; providing for youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention; modifying requirements of the statewide plan on restrictive procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.21; 121A.37; 125A.0942, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 1953: A bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; making changes to medical assistance transportation reimbursement rates; establishing a grant program for children at risk of bipolar disorder; requiring a report; appropriating money for the children's first episode of psychosis program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62A.673, subdivision 2; 245.462, subdivision 20; 256B.0625, subdivision 17.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 1954: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Kids In Need Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 1955: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for drinking water system improvements in the city of Red Wing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Drazkowski and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 1956: A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; repealing the taxes imposed on all lawful gambling receipts; making related technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 270C.56, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 3a; 299L.03, subdivision 1; 299L.07, subdivision 8; 349.12, subdivision 25; 349.151, subdivision 4; 349.162, subdivision 2; 349.163, subdivision 5; 349.1641; 349.19, subdivision 5; 349.2125, subdivisions 1, 3; 349.2127, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 349.213, subdivision 1; 349.22, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4967, subdivision 6; 297E.01; 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; 297E.03; 297E.031; 297E.04; 297E.05; 297E.06; 297E.07; 297E.10; 297E.11; 297E.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 297E.13; 297E.14; 297E.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 297E.17; 349.16, subdivision 11; Minnesota Rules, parts 8122.0100; 8122.0150; 8122.0200; 8122.0250; 8122.0300; 8122.0350; 8122.0400; 8122.0450; 8122.0500; 8122.0510; 8122.0550; 8122.0650.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 1957: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; property tax refund; establishing a process for seniors to receive an advance credit of the homestead credit refund; establishing the advance credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivision 13, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; 290A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1958: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for higher education projects at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1959: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a budget for the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs; modifying accreditation and disclosure requirements for providers of veterans benefits services to veterans and veterans' families; requiring the commissioner of administration to place a memorial plaque honoring Gold Star and Blue Star families on State Capitol grounds; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.6091, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Hawj, Eichorn, Utke, Housley, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1960: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for construction of a new National Loon Center in the city of Crosslake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Maye Quade, Mann, Coleman, Abeler, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1961: A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services; requiring medical assistance and MinnesotaCare to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1962: A bill for an act relating to real property; limiting due-on-sale clauses in certain instances; providing a private right of action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 58.13, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Hoffman, Mann, Lieske, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1963: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring coverage for self-measured blood pressure monitoring devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 31; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 1964: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a direct payment to individuals; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pha, Kunesh, Xiong, Fateh, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1965: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to develop cultural studies materials for underrepresented groups.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1966: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying timelines for filing medical claims after recoupment; modifying county of financial responsibility for withdrawal management services; imposing closure planning requirements on providers of peer recovery supports; modifying required timelines for mental health diagnostic assessments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62Q.75, subdivision 3; 254B.05, subdivisions 1, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256G.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1967: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Change Starts With Community violence prevention jobs program in North Minneapolis; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 1968: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the first tier rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hauschild and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1969: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; expanding the exemption for purchases by nonprofit snowmobile clubs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.70, subdivision 19.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mathews, Eichorn, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1970: A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying procedures governing cost recovery for public utility electric generation and transmission assets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.16, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1971: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for certain energy efficiency projects in Brainerd.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Fateh and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1972: A bill for an act relating to transportation; specifying permissible uses of certain highway funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.045.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1973: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the organization Sweet Potato Comfort Pie.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Bahr, Draheim, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1974: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts; requiring rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Bahr, Dornink, Howe, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1975: A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying various provisions governing net metering; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.164, subdivisions 2a, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1976: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the township of Thomson; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 1977: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting credit card transaction fees for certain businesses; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Rarick, Drazkowski, Gruenhagen, Coleman, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 1978: A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing that undocumented noncitizens are ineligible for state financial aid programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1465, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Rarick, Abeler, Cwodzinski, Kunesh, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1979: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Clark and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1980: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing an assessment for each mattress and box spring sold in the state to fund grants to local governments to expand mattress recycling programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Bahr and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1981: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for construction materials used in certain projects in the city of Ramsey; amending Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 5, section 25, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1982: A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating deadlines for active transportation safety training; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.935, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1983: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; allowing a grant to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency to be used for creation of a regional hub building to provide services; extending an appropriation of money; amending Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1984: A bill for an act relating to health care; regulating prepayments for certain dental services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 150A.11, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 1985: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Summit Academy OIC.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kupec and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 1986: A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing an unreduced early retirement annuity for probation agency employees; increasing employee contributions for probation agency employees beginning January 1, 2026; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.01, by adding a subdivision; 352.04, subdivision 2; 352.116, by adding a subdivision; 353.01, by adding a subdivision; 353.27, subdivision 2; 353.30, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1987: A bill for an act relating to civil law; requiring a report to the legislature by the State Board of Civil Legal Aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.243, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Koran and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1988: A bill for an act relating to data practices; defining correspondence in government record retention law; providing minimum three-year retention period for correspondence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 15.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 138.17, subdivisions 1, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1989: A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study; modifying institution eligibility for state student aid; requiring report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.103.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1990: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring legislators to disclose financial ties to entities seeking state funding; prohibiting legislative staff from being paid by an entity seeking state funding; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1991: A bill for an act relating to local government; amending municipal land dedication requirements and authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.358, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1992: A bill for an act relating to state and local government; establishing procedures for review of building applications by government entities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.99, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 1993: A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the threshold for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to establish a cost per square foot valuation of certain properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326B.145; 326B.153, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1994: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Moorhead.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pappas and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1995: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the state fire marshal account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299M.10.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Marty, Boldon, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1996: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; modifying the definition of expressly advocating; modifying campaign disclaimer requirements; establishing requirements for digital campaign advertisement disclaimers; modifying electioneering communications disclaimer requirements; amending standards for coordinated and noncoordinated expenditures and disbursements; requiring a report; repealing a proposed rule; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 16a, 18; 10A.09, subdivision 1; 10A.175, by adding a subdivision; 10A.176; 10A.177; 10A.20, by adding a subdivision; 10A.201, subdivision 6; 10A.202, subdivision 4; 211A.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 211B.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211B.04, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Boldon, Utke, Mann, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1997: A bill for an act relating to health; providing interventions and supports related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; appropriating money for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-related grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.9266, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Abeler, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 1998: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage of medical services and prescription medications for the treatment of dementia; modifying step therapy requirements for medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Clark and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 1999: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing emergency shelter facilities in certain zoning districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Gustafson, Kupec, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2000: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; providing for an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service; modifying the early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age; increasing the postretirement adjustments; removing the postretirement adjustment delay for members who retire before the normal retirement age; increasing employer contributions; increasing the pension adjustment revenue for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.10, subdivision 37; 354.42, subdivision 3; 354.44, subdivision 6; 356.415, subdivision 1d.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2001: A bill for an act relating to human services; providing housing support supplementary services rates for certain facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.05, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2002: A bill for an act relating to education finance; calculating a school's compensatory revenue eligibility on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits; modifying the percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions; establishing a Compensatory Revenue Task Force; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.10, subdivision 3b; 126C.15, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2003: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a Great Lakes Aquarium lake sturgeon project.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2004: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Great Lakes Aquarium in the city of Duluth.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Howe, Dibble, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2005: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the safe routes to school and active transportation programs.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2006: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; modifying the organization of the Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training and the State Board of Appellate Counsel and Training; modifying salary and employment terms for Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training attorneys and other employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.419, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2007: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for full-service community schools; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Weber and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 2008: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing public water and sewer systems to install water and sewer pipelines in public road rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 222.37, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2009: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a food bank facility in the city of Duluth.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2010: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing all individual income tax rates by one percentage point; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2011: 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 Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2012: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction of income from certain retirement plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2013: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; appropriating money for the fishing in the neighborhood program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2014: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in Cottonwood County.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2015: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood mitigation in the city of Moorhead, Clay County, and the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2016: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the school building bond agricultural credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.1387, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Putnam and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 2017: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for research and development of green ammonia power generation technology.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Weber and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2018: A bill for an act relating to energy; including certain uses of B100 fuel as a carbon-free energy technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2019: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing award amounts of innovative service-learning grants; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 59.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Frentz and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2020: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the children's museum in the city of Mankato.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Westlin, Marty, Port, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2021: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to publish a handbook for lobbying; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Kupec, Hoffman, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2022: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility; appropriating money for a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Clay County; appropriating money for psychiatric residential treatment facility start-up and capacity-building grants; amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 30.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Carlson, Westlin, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2023: A bill for an act relating to elections; transferring money to the Help America Vote Act account.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Carlson and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2024: A bill for an act relating to elections; authorizing counties to establish pools of election judges by random selection; allowing counties and cities to require appointed registered voters to serve as election judges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.21, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2025: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; establishing the Fair Competition Act; regulating monopsony power; prohibiting certain price increases; prohibiting price discrimination; providing enforcement authority; modifying and establishing civil and criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 325D.50, by adding subdivisions; 325D.52; 325D.53, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 325D.54; 325D.56, subdivisions 1, 2; 325D.64, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325E; 325F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325D.03.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Westlin and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2026: A bill for an act relating to redistricting; providing districting principles for congressional and legislative districts; prohibiting redistricting plans from favoring or disfavoring incumbents; requiring redistricting plans to proportionally reflect statewide voter partisan preference; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 2.91, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 2.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2027: A bill for an act relating to early education; establishing early childhood literacy pilot programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.162.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2028: A bill for an act relating to driver's education; permitting students to attend a combination of online, teleconference, and in-person driver's education instruction under certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.