State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, March 10, 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 Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2287: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing additional accommodations to children with autism in rental properties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2288: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income and corporate franchise; imposing a pollution control surcharge on certain businesses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hoffman, Eichorn, Frentz, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2289: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen, Port, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2290: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying income tax rates and brackets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2291: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for prosecutorial and law enforcement training.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hawj and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2292: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to 30,000 Feet.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Weber, Hauschild, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 2293: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing an income tax subtraction for employee student loan payments by critical access dental clinics; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lucero and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 2294: A bill for an act relating to education; restricting male student participation in female athletics; restricting male access to female changing facilities; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Mohamed, Champion, Pratt, Hawj, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2295: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Twin Cities R!SE for the Empowerment Institute.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Howe and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2296: A bill for an act relating to commerce; excluding loans that satisfy the federal qualified mortgage points and fees threshold from the definition of conventional loan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 47.20, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, Utke, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2297: A bill for an act relating to human services; delaying implementation of new rates for family residential services and life sharing services; establishing the Advisory Task Force on Family Residential Services; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, sections 5; 27; 30; 32; 47; 85.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Port, Boldon, Clark, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2298: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a budget for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Clark and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2299: A bill for an act relating to public safety; including children's advocacy centers as a victim assistance program entitled to a portion of certain fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.101, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Seeberger, Rasmusson, Rest, Frentz, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 2300: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying earned sick and safe time provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 181.9445, subdivision 6; 181.9446; 181.9447, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 181.9448, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2301: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES).
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Dahms, Weber, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 2302: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying farmed Cervidae provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 35.155, subdivision 11.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2303: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a PSEO adjustment for Independent School District No. 186, Pequot Lakes; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Rasmusson, Johnson, Utke, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2304: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring identification of individuals acting as an agent for an absentee voter; requiring identification of individuals providing assistance to a voter in a polling place; prohibiting certain activities related to voter registration and absentee voting; increasing criminal penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 142A.412, subdivision 1; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161, subdivision 3; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 203B.30, subdivision 2; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.07; 211B.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.061, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Rasmusson, Johnson, Green, Westrom, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2305: A bill for an act relating to immigration; increasing criminal penalties for human trafficking offenses; prohibiting employment of unauthorized individuals; prohibiting sanctuary cities; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.22; 609.282, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 609.283, subdivision 2; 609.322, subdivisions 1, 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 181; 412.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2306: A bill for an act relating to child support; adding independent contractors and payors to the centralized work reporting system; requiring payors to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 2307: A bill for an act relating to vital records; requiring that immunization data be included on death records; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2308: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to purchase or upgrade radios and related equipment.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2309: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying dealer plate provisions to provide for the use of a vehicle for courtesy purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.27, subdivision 16.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2310: A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the availability of grants for supported-decision-making programs; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Coleman, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2311: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for transitional housing renovation and construction.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2312: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a survivor employment readiness pilot project.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Howe and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2313: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring municipal consent for the installation of J-turns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 160.02, by adding a subdivision; 161.163, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2314: A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying process for closing a license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.25, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Dornink, Dahms, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2315: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring excess money in the grain indemnity account to be transferred to the agricultural emergency account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 223.25, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Abeler, Howe, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2316: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to nurses, physicians, and other persons providing health care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Eichorn and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 2317: A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating liability and vicarious liability for trespass to critical infrastructure; creating a crime for recruiting or educating individuals to trespass on or damage critical infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.594, subdivision 2; 609.6055, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Lang, Seeberger, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 2318: A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the requirement that a vehicle be unoccupied when law enforcement attach a tracking device; authorizing the expanded use of tracking devices for fleeing motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Rest, Frentz, Housley, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2319: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a secured perimeter at the Vikings stadium; authorizing the sale and issuance of appropriation bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pappas, Murphy, Westlin, Oumou Verbeten, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2320: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing local governmental units to prohibit or restrict the possession of dangerous weapons, ammunition, or explosives in local government-owned or leased buildings and land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2321: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; requiring local governments to establish replacement accounts to maintain and replace capital projects that receive state funding; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Wiklund, Mann, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2322: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing the Minnesota Health Care Workforce Advisory Council; requiring reporting; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Wiklund, Marty, Mann, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 2323: A bill for an act relating to health; expanding eligibility for MinnesotaCare; establishing a premium scale for MinnesotaCare expansion enrollees; requiring the commissioner of commerce to seek a section 1332 waiver; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62V.02, by adding a subdivision; 62V.05, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 256L.01, by adding subdivisions; 256L.03, subdivision 5; 256L.04, subdivisions 1c, 7a, by adding a subdivision; 256L.07, subdivision 1; 256L.12, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Pha, Lucero, Mohamed, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2324: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing authority to the attorney general to enforce laws related to common interest communities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 515B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Lucero, Gustafson, Kupec, Hauschild, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 2325: A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing general education disparity aid; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2326: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; eliminating the prohibition on certain advertising on billboards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 342.01, subdivision 5; 342.64, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.64, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Putnam, Nelson, Weber, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2327: A bill for an act relating to taxation; proposing a new markets tax credit; providing for administration of the credit; allowing for disclosure of certain information; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4967, by adding a subdivision; 116J.401, subdivision 3; 270B.14, subdivision 2; 297I.20, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116Y.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Westlin and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2328: A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring a report; appropriating money for the Hennepin County sheriff to provide educational and skills training to jail inmates.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 2329: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing provision for the compensation council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15A.082, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15A.082, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2330: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for a grant to College Possible to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2331: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for a grant to Wallin Education Partners to support college admission and graduation programming for low-income students; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Nelson, Carlson, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2332: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing electronic drivers' licenses; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2333: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Duluth Children's Museum.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Abeler, Kupec, Koran, Boldon, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2334: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying background check requirements for certain housing support providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.04, subdivision 2c.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Gustafson, Carlson, Putnam, Clark, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2335: A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Port, Coleman, Pha, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 2336: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to WomenVenture; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Weber, Wiklund, Nelson, Klein, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2337: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; clarifying use of unobligated increment; extending expiration; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 469.176, subdivision 4n.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Kreun, Westlin, and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 2338: A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for mortgage foreclosure redemption and surpluses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.45; 580.10; 580.225; 580.24; 580.25; 580.26; 580.28; 582.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 582.043, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pratt, Seeberger, Coleman, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2339: A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; modifying governance of the Metropolitan Council; eliminating the Transportation Advisory Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.8841, subdivision 9; 473.123; 473.146, subdivisions 3, 4; repealing Laws 1994, chapter 628, article 1, section 8.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Putnam and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2340: A bill for an act relating to education finance; reducing referendum allowances; increasing local optional revenue authority; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2e; 126C.17, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2341: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing state total adult basic education aid; modifying the adult basic education program aid limit; increasing funding to pay the costs of commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.531, subdivisions 1, 4; 124D.55.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Mohamed and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2342: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Minnesota youth program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2343: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for student mental health services on Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 2344: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing cities to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a licensed cosmetology salon; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Hawj and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 2345: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying reporting requirements; modifying state trail pass provisions for off-road vehicles; modifying invasive species provisions; providing for burbot commercial fishing on Lake Superior; modifying provisions of public waters inventory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.03; 84.8035, subdivision 1; 84D.01, by adding a subdivision; 84D.05, subdivision 1; 97C.835, subdivision 2; 103G.201.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Boldon, Utke, Oumou Verbeten, Limmer, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2346: A bill for an act relating to youth; appropriating money for youth intervention programs.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2347: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for culturally specific peer recovery and outreach programs.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Wesenberg, Hoffman, Lieske, Hauschild, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 2348: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to promote youth shooting sports.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Champion, Gustafson, Pratt, Coleman, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2349: A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to provide updates and seek federal approval for children's mental health projects; funding gaps in children's residential facilities; establishing crisis stabilization facility; creating a legislative task force on children's residential facilities; requiring licensing for facilities for youth with sexual behavior concerns; providing for rulemaking; requiring a financial study; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.4874, subdivision 1; 245A.03, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Draheim, Coleman, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2350: A bill for an act relating to maltreatment; modifying training requirements for mandatory reporters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.065.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2351: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for workforce innovation and job placement programs for individuals in recovery.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Mann and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2352: A bill for an act relating to taxation; insurance premium tax; modifying the tax on health insurers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297I.01, subdivision 6a, by adding a subdivision; 297I.05, subdivision 5; 297I.20, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297I.01, subdivisions 4, 10, 11.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2353: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to support community literacy initiatives; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Jasinski and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2354: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; extending an appropriation and bond sale authorization for a U.S. Highway 8 reconstruction project in Chisago County; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 16, subdivision 34.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Jasinski and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2355: A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; extending the availability of an appropriation for the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 8 in Chisago County; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 2, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kreun, Hoffman, Gustafson, Lieske, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2356: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a consumer-directed community supports budget exception for persons with certain diagnoses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4911, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2357: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital safety improvements at the Ordway Center in St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2358: A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; establishing mental health case management and community support services for persons with a complex post-traumatic stress disorder; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.462, subdivision 20; 245.467, subdivision 4; 245.4711, subdivisions 1, 4; 245.4712, subdivisions 1, 3; 256B.0625, subdivision 20.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2359: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring advance Tribal review of proposed mining projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, McEwen, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2360: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring annual reports from partnership entities of the Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.725, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, McEwen, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2361: A bill for an act relating to employment; increasing penalties for employer misrepresentation and misconduct; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 268.184, subdivision 1; 268B.19.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2362: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for University of Minnesota operations and maintenance.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 2363: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for judicial review of an extension of a person's driver's license revocation for a violation of the ignition interlock program guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.19.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2364: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants to nonprofits to train students in global competency skills.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2365: A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for a grant for shoreline restoration along Lake Minnetonka.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2366: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing a municipality to establish a street improvement district; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 435.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2367: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a grant to renovate the historic Wayzata Section House and convert it into a Lakeshore Learning Center.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Pappas, Maye Quade, Pha, Boldon, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2368: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Minnesota Migration Act and Minnesota Migration Act account; requiring a report; appropriating money to study and provide reparation grants for American descendants of chattel slavery who reside in this state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mathews and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2369: A bill for an act relating to energy; repealing the renewable development account; making conforming changes in associated statutes; sunsetting a utility's solar production incentive program; establishing accounts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.7792; 116J.55, subdivision 5; 216B.1645, subdivision 1; 216C.377, subdivision 3; 216C.417, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.779, subdivisions 1, 2; 116C.7791; 216C.41.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2370: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying the limits of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol in edible cannabinoid products and lower-potency hemp edibles when intended to be consumed as beverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 151.72, subdivision 5a; 342.01, subdivision 50; 342.46, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2371: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying medical cannabis provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 342.01, by adding subdivisions; 342.09, subdivision 2; 342.51, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 342.52, subdivision 9; 342.57.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2372: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying medical cannabis and cannabis provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.22, subdivisions 4, 7, 10, 13; 152.24; 152.25; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 2, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 3; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3a, 4; 152.31; 152.32, subdivision 2; 152.33, subdivisions 1a, 4; 152.35; 152.37; 342.01, subdivisions 9, 47, 54, by adding a subdivision; 342.02, subdivision 3; 342.12; 342.14, subdivisions 3, 6; 342.151, subdivisions 2, 3; 342.22, subdivision 3; 342.28, subdivisions 1, 8; 342.29, subdivisions 1, 7; 342.30, subdivision 1; 342.33, subdivision 1; 342.44, subdivision 1; 342.46, subdivision 6; 342.52, by adding a subdivision; 342.57, subdivision 2; 342.59, subdivision 2; 342.61, subdivision 4; 342.63, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.22, subdivision 2; 342.01, subdivision 71; 342.151, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2373: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a biennial budget for the Department of Labor and Industry, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Bureau of Mediation Services; making various policy changes; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.253, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 177.254, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 326B.103, by adding subdivisions; 326B.184, subdivisions 1a, 2; 326B.31, subdivision 29; 326B.33, subdivision 21; 326B.37, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, by adding a subdivision; 326B.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 326B.986, subdivision 9; 327.31, by adding subdivisions; 327.32, subdivisions 1a, 1e, 7, 8; 327.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3, 7, by adding subdivisions; 327.34, subdivision 1; 327.35, subdivision 1; 327B.01, subdivisions 1, 7, 11a, 19, by adding subdivisions; 327B.03; 327B.04, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, by adding subdivisions; 327B.041; 327B.042, subdivisions 1, 2; 327B.05, subdivision 1; 327B.06, subdivision 2; 327B.08, subdivision 1; 327B.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 327B.10; 327B.11, subdivision 1; 327B.12; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 14, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326B.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Rest and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 2374: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying individual income taxes, corporate franchise taxes, property taxes, local government aids, sales and use taxes, and other taxes and tax-related provisions; repealing the assignability of the education credit; making the research credit partially refundable; modifying transfer provisions for the short line railroad credit; modifying the airline flight property tax; modifying provisions related to attachments and appurtenances for property taxes; modifying provisions for leased tax-exempt property; reducing the appropriation for aquatic invasive species prevention aid; lowering the sales and use tax rate and expanding the tax base to include sales of certain professional services; modifying provisions for certificates of rent paid; modifying calculations for payments and other provisions under the Sustainable Forest Incentive Act; repealing local government cannabis aid and partial cannabis tax revenue dedication; repealing provisions related to tax filing modernization; canceling amounts; making related clarifying changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 41A.30, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 7; 270.075, by adding a subdivision; 270C.445, subdivision 3; 272.02, subdivision 19; 273.19, subdivision 1; 273.38; 273.41; 289A.60, subdivision 12; 290.068, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 290.0693, subdivision 4; 290.0695, subdivisions 1, 3; 290A.19; 290C.07; 295.81, subdivision 10; 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.62, subdivision 1; 297A.65; 297F.25, subdivision 1; 477A.19, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4967, subdivision 2a; 270.075, subdivision 1; 290.0679; 477A.32; Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 15, section 24.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 2375: A bill for an act relating to corrections; amending eligibility criteria for participation in the challenge incarceration program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.17, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 2376: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Springfield to issue an on-sale license.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mathews, Eichorn, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2377: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the community energy transition grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 2378: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials used in certain projects in the city of Albert Lea.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2379: A bill for an act relating to retirement; higher education supplemental retirement plan; increasing the maximum employer contribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.24, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2380: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.324, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hauschild and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 2381: A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of tax-forfeited lands in Itasca County.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Eichorn, Wesenberg, Lang, Farnsworth, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2382: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing dogs to accompany conservation officers on patrol under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.0286.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2383: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for senior nutrition programs.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2384: A bill for an act relating to elections; making various changes related to election administration; modifying provisions related to voter registration; modifying provisions related to absentee voting; modifying requirements relating to appointing election judges; clarifying terminology; modifying timelines; modifying annexation laws in relation to election timelines; repealing the voting equipment grant account; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 201.061, subdivisions 3, 3a; 201.071, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.08, subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.081, subdivision 4; 203B.121, subdivisions 4, 5; 203B.30, subdivision 3; 204B.06, subdivision 1b; 204B.09, subdivisions 1a, 2; 204B.14, subdivision 4a; 204B.21, subdivisions 1, 2; 204B.24; 204B.25, subdivision 3; 204B.44; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.09, subdivision 1; 204C.10; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 205A.11, subdivision 2; 368.47; 375.20; 414.09, subdivision 3; 447.32, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 206.95; 209.06.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2385: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to Hong De Wu Guan to create cultural arts projects and to preserve traditional performances.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Marty, Boldon, Westlin, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 2386: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; providing funds for transition expenses for secretary of state-elect, state auditor-elect, and attorney general-elect; amending the definition of noncampaign disbursement; prohibiting making expenditures for inaugural event expenses or transition expenses except through the candidate's principal campaign committee or specified laws; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.01, subdivision 26; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 5; 6; 8; 10A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2387: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for school safety; providing anonymous threat reporting system grants to schools; requiring reporting on active shooter incidents and active shooter threats; modifying reporting to the Minnesota Fusion Center; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.038, subdivision 7; 121A.06; 299C.055.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2388: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying home and community-based service standards for service suspensions and service terminations; modifying appeal hearings of service suspensions and service terminations of home and community-based services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245D.051, subdivision 2; 245D.10, subdivisions 3, 3a, 4; 245D.11, subdivision 4; 256.045, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245D.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Frentz, Draheim, and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 2389: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new Bureau of Criminal Apprehension regional office and laboratory facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2390: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; adding certain restrictions on public data requests to a school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.03, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2391: A bill for an act relating to insurance; establishing the Minnesota patients' compensation fund to recover certain damages from medical malpractice; creating a board to manage and operate the Minnesota patients' compensation fund; requiring provider participation in the fund; establishing procedures for fund governance and recovery from the fund; requiring a report; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62X.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2392: A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding prior authorization mental health carve out; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Frentz and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2393: 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.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2394: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the Palliative Care Advisory Council.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators McEwen, Hauschild, Johnson Stewart, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2395: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the lawns to legumes program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Lang and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2396: A bill for an act relating to veterans; restricting certain practices by service providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.6091, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Wesenberg, Lieske, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 2397: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a grant to Forgotten Heroes Ranges and Retreat.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.