State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, April 3, 2025
11:00 A.M.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senators Rest, Coleman, Pratt, Frentz, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 3237: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for the granting of the privilege of admission to championship golf tournaments sponsored by the Professional Golfers' Association of America; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 3238: A bill for an act relating to background studies; allowing the chief judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings to set aside certain permanent disqualifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245C.22, subdivisions 4, 5; 245C.24, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3239: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; increasing the pension adjustment revenue for school districts; increasing employer contributions; providing for an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.10, subdivision 37; 354.42, subdivision 3; 354.44, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3240: A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing electronic monitoring in certain health care facilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3241: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Interfaith Action for workforce development.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Hawj and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 3242: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to Interfaith Action for shelter operations and programming.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hawj and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 3243: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Interfaith Action.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3244: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center - Farmamerica.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3245: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Upsala Area Historical Society.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3246: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying community first services and supports requirements; specifying consultation services as an optional service under the agency-provider model; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.85, subdivisions 2, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 11, 13, 17, 17a, 20, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3247: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations for regional child care planning and programming.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3248: A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a participation fee on certain growth of certain assets of colleges and universities; establishing an account in the special revenue fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.121, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3249: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for costs related to the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative annual meeting.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Wesenberg, Lieske, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3250: A bill for an act relating to taxation; prohibiting the imposition of certain taxes during a shutdown period; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3251: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring a report; appropriating money to establish the Sankofa Empowerment Center.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Bahr, Draheim, Cwodzinski, and Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 3252: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a process to select delegates to attend an amendment convention held under Article V of the United States Constitution; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 3253: A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting outgoing officials from voting on new municipal debt obligations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 475.51, by adding a subdivision; 475.52, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Bahr and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 3254: A joint resolution applying to Congress to call an Article V constitutional convention to propose an amendment addressing campaign finance reform.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3255: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the interchange at marked U.S. Highway 169 and Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 130 in the city of Maple Grove; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3256: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying coverage and payment for certain pharmacy services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; 256L.03, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3257: A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying training on the unique relationship between the state of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10.65, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3258: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Mississippi River Learning Center in St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Coleman, Lang, Howe, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3259: A bill for an act relating to transportation; limiting the road types on which a motorcycle may split or filter lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.974, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kupec, Limmer, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3260: A bill for an act relating to taxes; property taxes; modifying the market value exclusion for veterans with a disability; increasing the exclusion amounts annually with inflation; modifying the benefit for surviving spouses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 34.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Howe and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 3261: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article V, section 5; allowing a governor to select a lieutenant governor to fill a vacancy.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3262: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing access to expunged conviction records of applicants for licenses and positions in the private security industry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609A.03, subdivisions 7, 7a.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 3263: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements in the city of Hendrum; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3264: A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; expanding the length of time a nonresident with a valid driver's license from another state or jurisdiction may operate a motor vehicle without being required to apply for Minnesota driver's license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.03.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators McEwen, Abeler, Maye Quade, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3265: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; repealing the exemption for data centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, subdivision 42.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 3266: A bill for an act relating to health; commissioning a feasibility study on a senior portal platform; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Koran, Draheim, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 3267: A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting legislators and executive branch appointees from receiving compensation from any nonprofit organization that receives state grant funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.084, subdivision 2; 15.0597, by adding a subdivision; 15.06, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Koran and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 3268: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for sewer improvements in the city of Taylors Falls; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Koran and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3269: A bill for an act relating to transportation; eliminating highway toll collection authority; providing for reallocation of certain user fee revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 160.845; 160.93, subdivisions 1, 5; 473.4485, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.93, subdivisions 2, 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Lucero, Fateh, Limmer, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3270: A bill for an act relating to civil rights; requiring places of public accommodation to obtain express consent before collecting biometric data; providing civil remedies; imposing civil and criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3271: A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing independent audits of 340B entity reporting by nonprofit public interest organizations; requiring revenue from prescription drugs obtained under the 340B program to be used for charity care; authorizing enforcement by the attorney general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62J.461, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3272: A bill for an act relating to children and families; clarifying eligibility determinations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3273: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the AGRI works and AGRI support grant programs.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3274: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater infrastructure on the Red Lake Reservation.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3275: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for mental health services and outdoor activities for currently serving military personnel and veterans.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3276: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a media training and education facility in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3277: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Youth and Family Circle for outdoor programs.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3278: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for People in Action.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3279: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements related to construction impacts on businesses; establishing a local business construction impacts assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.165; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 3280: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing local units of government to adopt a speed limit ordinance for electric-assisted bicycles in certain areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.222, by adding a subdivision; 169.999, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 9; 171.12, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Seeberger, Klein, and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3281: A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating earned wage access services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 47.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3282: A bill for an act relating to state government; designating August 19 as Minnesota Aviation Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Lang and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3283: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the final segment of the Glacial Lakes Trail.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Westrom and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3284: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an interchange in Douglas County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3285: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Phase 2 of water infrastructure improvements in the city of Kandiyohi; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 3286: A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating the Intellectual Freedom Protection Act regulating public postsecondary institutions; creating a private right of action and providing for enforcement by the attorney general; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3287: A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; requiring reports; appropriating money for Metro Meals on Wheels.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3288: A bill for an act relating to employment; providing additional circumstances under which a covenant not to compete is valid and enforceable; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.988, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Limmer and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 3289: A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; making miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes; correcting erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references; removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making style and form changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 1.135, subdivision 2; 11A.04; 12B.50; 16C.16, subdivision 10; 17.354; 18F.02, subdivision 2a; 27.01, subdivision 8; 27.069; 27.10; 27.13; 27.19, subdivision 1; 45.0135, subdivision 8; 84.027, subdivisions 16, 19; 84.033, subdivision 1; 84.0835, subdivision 1; 84.0855, subdivision 3; 84.66, subdivision 12; 84.788, subdivision 2; 84.791, subdivision 5; 84.793, subdivision 1; 84.925, subdivision 1; 84A.02; 84A.33, subdivision 2; 84B.03, subdivisions 1, 4; 84D.02, subdivision 3; 85.055, subdivision 1a; 85.22, subdivision 3; 85.41, subdivision 3; 86A.05, subdivision 5; 88.79, subdivision 4; 89.018, subdivision 7; 89.19, subdivision 2; 89.21; 89.22, subdivision 1; 89.53, subdivision 1; 89.551; 90.02; 90.041, subdivision 10; 90.195; 93.47, subdivision 3; 97A.075, subdivisions 1, 7; 97A.101, subdivisions 2, 4; 97A.133, subdivision 3; 97A.445, subdivision 1; 97A.451, subdivision 3b; 97A.465, subdivision 5; 97B.015, subdivisions 4, 7; 97B.715, subdivision 1; 97B.801; 97C.005, subdivision 3; 97C.081, subdivision 10; 97C.205; 97C.342, subdivision 4; 97C.815, subdivision 2; 97C.855; 103A.341; 103B.101, subdivision 2; 103B.215, subdivision 4; 103B.311, subdivision 4; 103B.314, subdivision 4; 103C.201, subdivision 8; 103C.211; 103C.601, subdivision 4; 103C.611, subdivision 3; 103D.271, subdivision 1; 103D.335, subdivisions 19, 21; 103D.405, subdivision 1; 103D.905, subdivision 2; 103E.215, subdivision 3; 103E.291; 103E.325, subdivision 2; 103G.287, subdivision 4; 103G.412; 103H.105; 115.03, subdivision 1; 115A.03, subdivision 37; 115A.64, subdivisions 4, 6; 117.025, subdivision 10; 120B.024, subdivision 2; 120B.23, subdivision 3; 121A.15, subdivision 8; 122A.18, subdivision 1; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.76, subdivision 6; 123A.26, subdivision 1; 123B.09, subdivision 5b; 124D.09, subdivision 19; 124D.42, subdivision 8; 124D.475; 124E.16, subdivision 3; 125A.63, subdivision 5; 126C.13, subdivision 4; 127A.20, subdivision 2; 127A.21, subdivision 5; 127A.41, subdivisions 8, 9; 127A.85; 142A.03, subdivision 1; 142A.609, subdivision 5; 142D.05, subdivision 3; 142D.06, subdivision 1; 142D.11, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; 142D.12, subdivision 1; 142D.25, subdivision 4; 142E.01, subdivision 26; 142G.01, subdivisions 3, 4; 142G.38; 144.291, subdivision 2; 144.966, subdivision 2; 144A.43, subdivision 28; 144E.101, subdivision 14; 144E.28, subdivision 5; 144E.50, subdivision 6; 144G.08, subdivision 64; 147.02, subdivision 6a; 147.09; 147.091, subdivisions 1, 6; 147.111, subdivision 6; 147A.01, subdivision 20; 147A.09, subdivision 3; 147A.13, subdivisions 4, 6, 7; 147A.14, subdivision 6; 147A.17, subdivision 1; 147B.02, subdivisions 1, 7, 9; 147B.06, subdivision 4; 147E.10, subdivision 1; 147E.15, subdivision 11; 147E.40, subdivision 1; 147F.05, subdivision 2; 148E.285, subdivision 4; 150A.055, subdivision 1; 150A.06, subdivision 12; 154.19; 161.125, subdivision 3; 161.45, subdivision 4; 161.46, subdivision 1; 162.09, subdivision 4; 163.161; 168.012, subdivision 13; 168.10, subdivision 1c; 168.1291, subdivision 5; 168.187, subdivision 17; 168.27, subdivision 2; 168.327, subdivision 6; 168.345, subdivision 2; 168A.01, subdivisions 18, 19, 20; 168A.14, subdivision 1a; 169.345, subdivisions 3c, 4; 169.58, subdivision 5; 169.781, subdivision 3; 169.81, subdivision 3; 171.017, subdivision 2; 171.06, subdivision 6; 171.0605, subdivision 3; 171.12, subdivision 7; 171.301, subdivision 1; 174.02, subdivision 5; 174.22, subdivision 7; 174.24, subdivision 1a; 174.29, subdivision 1; 174.30, subdivisions 1, 10; 181.953, subdivision 5a; 216B.023, subdivision 3; 216B.1691, subdivision 2h; 216B.241, subdivision 5a; 216C.377, subdivision 1; 216C.379; 216I.07, subdivision 3; 216I.19, subdivisions 2, 4; 218.011, subdivision 8; 219.015, subdivision 1; 219.055, subdivision 2a; 221.031, subdivisions 3b, 10; 221.0314, subdivision 2; 221.81, subdivision 4; 245.4905, subdivision 1; 245.495; 245.735, subdivision 4d; 245A.07, subdivision 3; 245C.02, subdivision 6a; 245D.091, subdivision 2; 245I.23, subdivision 15; 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.0451, subdivisions 3, 11, 19; 256B.0625, subdivision 5m; 256L.02, subdivision 1; 256P.001; 256P.04, subdivision 9; 256P.06, subdivision 3; 256P.10, subdivision 3; 256R.02, subdivision 19; 257.0769, subdivision 1; 260.762, subdivision 2a; 260C.151, subdivision 2a; 260C.178, subdivision 1; 260C.71, subdivision 1; 260E.03, subdivision 23; 260E.14, subdivision 1; 260E.30, subdivision 6; 260E.36, subdivision 5; 270.075, subdivision 1; 270C.63, subdivision 13; 272.02, subdivision 104; 273.42, subdivision 1; 282.38, subdivisions 1, 2; 290.0132, subdivision 26; 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 23a; 297A.75, subdivision 1; 299F.051, subdivision 1a; 299J.05; 299K.08, subdivision 3a; 308C.301, subdivisions 8, 9, 13; 308C.411, subdivision 2; 308C.425, subdivision 3; 308C.545, subdivision 1; 308C.571, subdivision 1; 308C.721, subdivision 2; 308C.801, subdivision 2; 319B.40; 325D.44, subdivision 1a; 336.3-206; 336.9-301; 336.12-107; 352.91, subdivision 3c; 353D.07, subdivision 2; 353G.01, subdivisions 7b, 8b, 10a; 353G.09, subdivision 1a; 354B.31, subdivision 6; 360.013, subdivision 36; 360.031; 360.032, subdivision 1a; 360.62; 360.654; 360.915, subdivision 1; 393.07, subdivision 10; 403.36, subdivision 1; 446A.073, subdivisions 1, 2; 462A.051, subdivision 1; 462A.2096; 469.002, subdivision 25; 469.53; 469.54, subdivision 3; 473.4465, subdivision 3; 473J.23; 477A.0126, subdivision 3a; 477A.013, subdivision 14; 477A.0175, subdivision 1; 477A.24, subdivision 2; 518A.60; 518A.81, subdivision 8; 518A.82, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 5; 518B.01, subdivision 4; 576.22; 582.17; 582.18; Laws 2023, chapter 57, article 2, section 66; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 4, section 3; article 11, section 6; Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 645; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.465, subdivision 3; 41B.0391, subdivision 6; 115A.1441, subdivision 38; 127A.50, subdivision 3; 148E.130, subdivision 1a; 245.4902; 245C.11, subdivision 4; 275.71, subdivision 5; 469.177, subdivision 1e; 473.4465, subdivision 5; 473J.09, subdivision 14; 473J.14; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 12, section 5; Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 3, section 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.