State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, March 6, 2025
11:30 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 Pappas and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2153: A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting job misclassification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.03, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2154: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the requirements for reciprocal licensure to practice mortuary science; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 149A.30, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2155: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for mortuary science internships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 149A.02, subdivision 26; 149A.20, subdivisions 6, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2156: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for North Commons Park in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2157: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Mixtape Strategy.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2158: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Phyllis Wheatley Community Center.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mohamed and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 2159: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2160: A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; increasing certain reimbursement amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 117.036, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Howe, Dibble, Johnson Stewart, Lang, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2161: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements of photographs on drivers' licenses and identification cards for certain individuals with medical devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.071, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Dibble, Wiklund, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2162: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying state-aid engineering and design standards variances; authorizing local road authorities to adopt design elements without state-aid engineering and design variances; modifying state-aid variance procedures; establishing advisory committee on design variances; requiring legislative notification for denied variances; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 162.02, subdivision 3a, by adding subdivisions; 162.09, subdivision 3a, by adding subdivisions; 162.155; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 8820.3300, subparts 1, 1a, 3, 4; 8820.3400.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2163: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding training requirements for licensed security officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326.3361, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Eichorn and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2164: A bill for an act relating to environment; exempting commercial and industrial products from certain PFAS restrictions; modifying PFAS reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.943, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Dibble, Mohamed, Jasinski, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 2165: A bill for an act relating to commerce; increasing the plant canopy that a medical cannabis combination business may use to cultivate cannabis that will be sold as medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.515, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.515, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2166: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Swank Eatery in the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2167: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Mind the G.A.P.P.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2168: A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting assisted living service providers from direct care staff compensation requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4914, subdivision 10d.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2169: A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for a Rum River Dam pedestrian bridge; transferring money to the active transportation account; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 2170: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to all-terrain vehicle trail systems in Cass County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley, Coleman, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2171: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for construction of new single-family residential housing for first-time homebuyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2172: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying cannabis minimum age requirements; requiring the Office of Cannabis Management to enforce THC content and potency limitations; prohibiting the approval of an added flavor to an inhaled cannabis product; modifying cannabis labeling requirements; modifying cannabis and substance use education requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.215, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 342.02, subdivision 2; 342.04; 342.06, subdivision 1; 342.09, subdivisions 1, 2; 342.16; 342.24, subdivision 1; 342.26, subdivision 3; 342.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6; 342.28, subdivisions 3, 10; 342.29, subdivision 3; 342.31, subdivision 1; 342.32, subdivision 3; 342.34, subdivision 4; 342.36, subdivision 7; 342.40, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, 8; 342.41, subdivision 2; 342.42, subdivisions 1, 2, 7; 342.44, subdivision 2; 342.46, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 342.62, subdivisions 1a, 3; 342.63, subdivision 6; 342.64, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6; 342.66, subdivision 6; 342.80; 342.81, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Nelson and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2173: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying cannabis labeling requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.63, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Nelson, Limmer, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2174: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring the Office of Cannabis Management to enforce THC content and potency limitations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.06, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Nelson and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2175: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying cannabis and substance use education requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.215, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 2176: A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring that an enrollee receive any rebates and discounts accrued directly or indirectly to health carriers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2177: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Jackson Area Recreation Center in the city of Jackson; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Housley, Lucero, Draheim, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2178: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for construction of new multifamily residential housing for first-time homebuyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hoffman and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2179: A bill for an act relating to solid waste; requiring surety bond for tire collectors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115A.902, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2180: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a sanitary sewer collection and treatment system in Beltrami County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 2181: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to connect elementary schools in the city of East Bethel to city water and sewer infrastructure; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Bahr, Koran, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2182: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing performance requirements and conditional termination of the Northstar Commuter Rail line.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2183: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a grant to an organization to establish a Black veterans support program.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2184: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Magnus Veterans Wellness Clinic.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2185: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for local roads and bridges; authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson, Rasmusson, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2186: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs for certain student activities.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Putnam, Kupec, Weber, Hoffman, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 2187: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for county feedlot program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2188: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for additional school unemployment aid.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2189: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture to establish an anonymous means for a person to report potential land ownership violations.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2190: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring a study of microplastics in meat and poultry; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Boldon, Port, Pha, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2191: A bill for an act relating to children and families; appropriating money for the diaper distribution grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2192: A bill for an act relating to data practices; making all towns subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.02, subdivision 11.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 2193: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional household hazardous waste and recycling facility in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2194: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher preparation program grant eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.2451, by adding a subdivision; 122A.73, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Pha, Pappas, Xiong, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2195: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota facility in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2196: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing municipalities to charge a street impact fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.358, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2197: A bill for an act relating to driver's education; establishing financial assistance pilot program to attend driver's education courses; requiring reports; creating a work group; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2198: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing certain limitations on use of interest or investment income from transportation revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 162.16; 473.13, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2199: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing valuation reductions on certain property with conservation restrictions or easements; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.117.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pappas and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2200: A bill for an act relating to witnesses; establishing confidentiality for restorative justice practices participants; classifying data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 595.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2201: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Rondo Community Land Trust.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2202: A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing the city of St. Paul to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses to the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Union Depot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2203: A bill for an act relating to infrastructure; establishing the empowering small Minnesota communities program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2204: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Coon Rapids Dam; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Port, Lucero, Draheim, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2205: A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance; appropriating money; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Howe, Jasinski, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2206: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new State Patrol headquarters; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Howe, Bahr, Eichorn, Kupec, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2207: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain special vehicle operation on roads by ordinance without a permit; making conforming and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.045.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2208: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 2209: A bill for an act relating to automobile insurance; modifying provisions governing claims handling and settlement offers and agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 72A.201, subdivisions 3, 6, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2210: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring director of child sex trafficking prevention to submit a program evaluation each odd-numbered year to the legislature; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.4718.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2211: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for Junior Achievement North for expansion of its student financial literacy activities; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Seeberger, Lang, Duckworth, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2212: A bill for an act relating to public safety; making it a crime to obstruct certain first responders by approaching or remaining too closely after being warned; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.50, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Anderson, Hoffman, Rarick, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2213: A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting the city of Buffalo to establish a public utilities commission with five members.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2214: A bill for an act relating to housing; transferring money; appropriating money for the Minnesota homeless study; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Hoffman, Abeler, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2215: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the requirements for Waiver Reimagine; establishing the Legislative Task Force on Waiver Reimagine; making appointments; requiring a report; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 75, subdivisions 4, as amended, 5, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 2216: A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a biennial budget for commerce and energy; modifying provisions governing consumer small loans and lending; modifying the Minnesota premium security plan; requiring submission of a state innovation waiver; modifying provisions governing renewable energy, energy conservation, and energy efficiency; regulating retail electric vehicle supply equipment; modifying provisions governing certain cannabis licenses; imposing assessments and fees; appropriating money; authorizing administrative rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 47.60, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, by adding a subdivision; 47.601, subdivisions 1, 5a, 7; 62E.21, by adding a subdivision; 62E.23, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 62E.24, subdivisions 1, 2; 62E.25, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 80A.58; 80A.65, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 116C.7792; 216C.09; 216C.10; 216C.11; 216C.12; 216C.391, subdivisions 1, 3; 342.17; 342.37, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2023, chapter 63, article 9, section 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62E; 239.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Seeberger and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2217: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2218: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of 322nd Street in Stearns County and the city of St. Cloud.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2219: A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring a report; appropriating money for a grant to the Fursad Fund Initiative to support small businesses in greater Minnesota through technical assistance, capacity building, and access to capital.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2220: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money to construct a geothermal energy system.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2221: A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying certain requirements of liquor licenses issued to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 340A.404, subdivision 4a; 340A.412, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2222: A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2223: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment facility in the city of Monticello; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2224: A bill for an act relating to commerce; relieving telephone companies or telecommunications carriers of the obligation to serve certain areas; requiring the Office of Broadband Development to resolve disputes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2225: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the wastewater treatment facility in the city of Aitkin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2226: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for roof replacement at the Aitkin County Historical Society facility in the city of Aitkin.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hawj and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2227: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Limmer, Kreun, Howe, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2228: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for violent crime enforcement teams.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Port, Rasmusson, Boldon, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2229: A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing the Minnesota Starter Home Act; modifying requirements related to comprehensive plan amendments; limiting the zoning authority of municipalities related to certain residential developments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.355, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Port, Boldon, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2230: A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating homeowner's insurance advertisements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 72A.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Boldon, Draheim, Mitchell, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2231: A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring the creation of mixed-use housing zones; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.355, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Koran, Carlson, Mathews, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2232: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying various laws related to election administration; modifying absentee voting requirements and procedures; modifying timelines; requiring a notice to be sent with absentee ballot applications and sample ballots sent by nongovernment entities; modifying the filing period for certain local offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.11, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 1; 203B.23, subdivision 2; 203B.29, subdivisions 1, 2; 204B.06, subdivision 1; 204B.09, subdivisions 2, 3; 204B.14, subdivision 2; 204B.28, subdivision 2; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 205.13, subdivisions 1, 1a; 205A.06, subdivisions 1, 1a; 447.32, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2233: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mann, Abeler, Maye Quade, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2234: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring overdose prevention education in health education standards; amending Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 21, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2235: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring employers to disclose in job postings whether employee health plan options comply with cost-sharing limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.173, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2236: A bill for an act relating to state government; renaming the Office of Administrative Hearings to the Court of Administrative Hearings; providing opportunity for remand; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 14.48, subdivisions 1, 2; 14.62, subdivisions 1, 2a, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 211B.06; 211B.08.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Frentz and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2237: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Frentz and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2238: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a recycling, reuse, and waste recovery facility in Blue Earth County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Kreun, Abeler, Gustafson, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2239: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing local optional revenue for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Maye Quade, Johnson Stewart, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 2240: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting access to nudification technology; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 2241: A bill for an act relating to data practices; prohibiting government entities from sharing personally identifiable information with federal agencies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2242: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring peace officers to cooperate with certain investigations.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Nelson and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2243: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring local approval before Department of Transportation may acquire easements for certain road projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kupec, Kreun, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2244: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the referendum levy equalizing factors; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Cwodzinski and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2245: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Cwodzinski and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2246: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota Alliance With Youth Promise Fellow program; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2247: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring establishment of a Northeast Deer Management Task Force; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.645, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kupec, Utke, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2248: A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating an institutional grant program for real-time stenographic writer training; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Gustafson and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2249: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school districts and charter schools that do not participate in the free school meals program to provide certain notice to parents and students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.111, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Maye Quade and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2250: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying hours of instruction requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120A.41.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 2251: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to connect the Dassel-Cokato Middle and High School campus to the city of Cokato water supply; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Utke, Frentz, Nelson, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2252: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for county implementation of service delivery transformation requirements and information technology modernization projects.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Weber, Dahms, Nelson, Putnam, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2253: A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; increasing the general subtraction amount; increasing the combined cap on the subtractions for qualified small business property and qualified farm property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.016, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2254: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the YMCA of the North in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kunesh and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2255: A bill for an act relating to education finance; making changes to kindergarten through grade 12 education; providing funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, American Indian education, teachers, special education, facilities, school nutrition, libraries, early childhood, community education, and state agencies; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.414, by adding a subdivision; 122A.4144; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 4; 122A.63, subdivision 9; 122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6, by adding a subdivision; 123B.84; 123B.86, subdivisions 1, 3; 123B.87; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.111, subdivision 3; 124D.119, subdivision 1; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 124D.861, subdivision 4; 124D.862, subdivisions 1, 8; 124D.901, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.98, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 125A.76, subdivision 2a; 126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivisions 3, 3c; 126C.40, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 127A.45, subdivision 14; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 17, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, sections 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 7, as amended, 9, as amended; 37; article 2, section 64, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended, 23, as amended; article 5, section 64, subdivisions 3, as amended, 14, as amended, 15, as amended; article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, as amended, 4, as amended, 7, as amended; article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, as amended, 8, as amended; article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 5, as amended, 10, as amended; article 12, sections 17, subdivision 2, as amended; 19; Laws 2023, chapter 63, article 9, section 8; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 22, section 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.414, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 15, 16; 122A.4144; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 122A.4155; 122A.416; 122A.417; 123B.40; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15; 123B.42; 123B.43; 123B.44; 123B.45; 123B.46; 123B.47; 123B.48; 123B.86, subdivision 2; 123B.92, subdivision 9; 124D.98, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2256: A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation insurance; establishing requirements for certificates of insurance to prevent fraud; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Kunesh and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2257: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a moratorium on the formation of new charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.06, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2258: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying provisions to petition for preparation of environmental assessment worksheet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116D.04, subdivisions 2a, 5a; 116D.045, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2259: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to design and construct a memorial honoring Native American United States veterans.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2260: A bill for an act relating to private data; establishing standards for biometric privacy; establishing a right of action; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2261: A bill for an act relating to labor; expanding list of essential employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2262: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a pilot program to issue grants to local law enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to respond to active shooters in schools; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2263: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing subtractions for overtime pay, tips income, bonuses, and winnings from nonprofit lawful gambling organizations; making changes to withholding provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding subdivisions; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.92, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2264: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; dedicating a portion of local government aid to cities for pre-1940 housing improvements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.013, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2265: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying choice of law provisions in the Uniform Commercial Code; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 336.8-110; 336.8-503; 336.8-511; 336.9-305.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2266: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; clarifying prorating requirements for final month of rent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.116.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2267: A bill for an act relating to voting; establishing a standard for determining the residence of an individual subject to a civil commitment order; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 200.031.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2268: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; creating general data audit trail requirements for not public data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.05, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2269: A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating certain activities by social media platforms; providing antitrust protections; prohibiting certain unfair and deceptive practices; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 211B; 325D; 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2270: A bill for an act relating to emergency management; modifying procedures and requirements for orders and rules promulgated during a peacetime emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 12.32.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2271: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing driver's license agents to conduct behind-the-wheel road tests for class D drivers' licenses; specifying requirements and criteria; requiring audits; allowing appeals of decisions made by the commissioner of public safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2272: A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to uphold and defend the principles of federalism as a cornerstone of America's constitutional system and the structural solution to the vast majority of problems facing our nation.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2273: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for teacher and school staff training in dangerous situations in schools and to provide teachers and school staff with firearms.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2274: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1; allowing owners of agricultural land, real property that is both nonhomesteaded and noncommercial, or small business property to vote on property tax questions where the property is located; providing implementing language; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204B.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2275: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the designation and election of presidential electors; withdrawing from the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 208.03; 208.05; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 208.051; 208.052.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2276: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting the teaching of racist or sexist concepts; creating private rights of action; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 136F.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2277: A bill for an act relating to paid leave; repealing the Minnesota Paid Leave Law; returning unspent money in the family medical leave account to the general fund; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 268B.001; 268B.01; 268B.02; 268B.03; 268B.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 8; 268B.05; 268B.06, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7a, 8, 9; 268B.07; 268B.081; 268B.085; 268B.09; 268B.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 10, 12, 12a, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21a; 268B.11; 268B.12; 268B.13; 268B.14, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6, 7, 8, 9; 268B.145; 268B.15; 268B.155; 268B.16; 268B.17; 268B.18; 268B.185; 268B.19; 268B.21; 268B.22; 268B.23; 268B.24; 268B.25; 268B.26; 268B.27; 268B.28; 268B.29; 268B.30.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2278: A bill for an act relating to commerce; removing certain provisions in the Uniform Commercial Code regarding securities intermediaries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 336.8-110; 336.8-503; 336.8-511; 336.9-305.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2279: A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting the acceptance of a municipal ID for state or federal services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2280: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2281: A bill for an act relating to education; allowing certified chaplains in public schools; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2282: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying Safe Place for Newborns provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.902, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Lucero and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2283: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; requiring certain energy generating facilities to be certified as child labor free; requiring certain products sold to be certified as child labor free; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 216I; 325D.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Lucero and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2284: 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.
Senators Lucero, Mathews, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 2285: A bill for an act relating to education; removing the requirement for an American Indian Parent Advisory Committee to concur for a district to receive American Indian education aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.81, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Clark and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2286: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying requirements related to comprehensive plan amendments; limiting the zoning authority of municipalities related to certain multifamily and mixed-use developments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.355, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.