State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, April 7, 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 Latz, Limmer, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3290: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crimes Advisory Board; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 3291: A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying notice provisions governing surplus lines brokers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.201, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3292: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Milestone Community Development for a cybersecurity training program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 3293: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a commission on government efficiency and waste prevention; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3294: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for prescription drug transparency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.461, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 62J.84, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3295: A bill for an act relating to health; updating HMO regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.7191, subdivision 4; 60D.15, subdivision 3; 60D.21, subdivisions 1, 3; 60D.23; 62D.221, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3296: A bill for an act relating to health; changing provider network adequacy provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivisions 2, 5, 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3297: A bill for an act relating to health; allowing insurers to provide explanation of benefits electronically; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.51, subdivision 19a; 62J.581.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3298: A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying hospital closure provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.555, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3299: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring fair pricing in community pharmacy reimbursement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3300: A bill for an act relating to child protection; modifying reports for the African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council; requiring reports; appropriating money for child protection workers, child welfare technology improvements, and Family First Prevention Services Act grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 260.68, subdivision 2; 260.691, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Wesenberg, Lieske, Bahr, Drazkowski, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 3301: A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; phasing out the individual income tax and corporate franchise tax; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; 289A.09; 289A.25, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 289A.26; 289A.30, subdivision 1; 289A.31, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 8; 289A.35; 289A.37, subdivisions 2, 6; 289A.381; 289A.382; 289A.50, subdivisions 3, 3a; 289A.56, subdivision 2; 289A.60, subdivision 22a; 290.01, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, 4a, 4c, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6, 7, 7a, 7b, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14a, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21a, 22, 29, 29a, 30, 31, 33; 290.0121; 290.0122; 290.0123; 290.0131, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20; 290.0132, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35; 290.0133, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15; 290.0134, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20; 290.0135; 290.0136; 290.0137; 290.014; 290.015; 290.02; 290.03; 290.032, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 290.033; 290.04; 290.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8; 290.06, subdivisions 1, 2c, 2d, 2g, 2h, 22, 23, 23a, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40; 290.0661; 290.067, subdivisions 1, 2b, 3, 4; 290.0671, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 4, 6, 7; 290.0672; 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 4, 5, 6; 290.0675, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 290.0677; 290.0679; 290.068, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 290.0681; 290.0682; 290.0683; 290.0684; 290.0685; 290.0686; 290.0688; 290.0692; 290.0693; 290.0694; 290.0695; 290.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7; 290.0802; 290.081; 290.091; 290.0921, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 6, 8; 290.0922; 290.093; 290.095, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11; 290.10, subdivision 1; 290.17, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 290.172; 290.191, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 290.20; 290.21, subdivisions 1, 4, 9, 10; 290.22; 290.26, subdivision 6; 290.281, subdivision 1; 290.30; 290.31, subdivisions 1, 27; 290.311, subdivision 1; 290.32; 290.34, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 290.36; 290.371, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 290.431; 290.432; 290.433; 290.48, subdivision 10; 290.491; 290.62; 290.92, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 5a, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; 290.9201, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11; 290.923, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11; 290.9705, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 290.9725; 290.9726, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 290.9727; 290.9728; 290.9729; 290.9741; 290.9742; 290.993.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Coleman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3302: A bill for an act relating to veterans; requesting the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to provide free access to a guest of a disabled veteran; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 137.375.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3303: A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating an education empowerment account program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3304: A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in the city of Hastings.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3305: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a homestead market value exclusion for property owned by persons 65 years or older and retired; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.121, subdivision 1; 273.13, by adding a subdivision; 276.04, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3306: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; prohibiting prior authorization on medications prescribed for antineoplastic cancer treatment; prohibiting prior authorization denials based on timing of the provided health care service; requiring expedited prior authorization review for prescriptions that have previously been authorized or covered; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62M.07, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Lieske, Wesenberg, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 3307: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing cities to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor license to cigar bars; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Utke, Gruenhagen, Kreun, Koran, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3308: A bill for an act relating to human services; providing state-funded medical assistance and MinnesotaCare for inmates of county jails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.055, subdivision 14; 256L.04, subdivision 12; 641.15, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Utke, Gruenhagen, Koran, Drazkowski, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 3309: A bill for an act relating to child protection; delaying implementation dates for provisions of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act; amending Laws 2024, chapter 117, sections 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Xiong and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3310: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for The Sanneh Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Maye Quade, Boldon, Hauschild, Putnam, and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 3311: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; providing for a contingent increase in the tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3312: A bill for an act relating to taxation; clarifying monthly return requirements for certain brewers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297G.09, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3313: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for building a regional career technical education center in Northeastern Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Hauschild and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3314: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; providing an emergency medical services work exception in certain circumstances.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3315: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring voters who register on election day to cast provisional ballots; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.072; 201.061, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.225, subdivisions 2, 5; 203B.04, subdivision 4; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.081, subdivision 3; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.30, subdivisions 2, 3; 204C.07, subdivision 3a; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 7; 201.121, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 3316: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding requirements in the Administrative Procedure Act to emphasize statutory authorization for rules; rescinding governor's statutory authority to authorize rules in an emergency; precluding court deference to agency rule interpretation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 12.21, subdivision 3; 14.02, subdivision 4; 14.05, subdivision 1; 14.131; 14.365; 14.366; 14.37, by adding a subdivision; 14.44; 14.69.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3317: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for clean water infrastructure in the city of Brooklyn Park.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3318: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for clean water infrastructure in the city of Brooklyn Park.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3319: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for a regional athletic facility in the city of Brooklyn Park.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 3320: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for evaluation and permitting of projects requiring large water appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103G.265, by adding a subdivision; 103G.271, by adding a subdivision; 116D.04, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wesenberg, Westrom, Lieske, Farnsworth, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 3321: A bill for an act relating to state government; removing gender-affirming care provisions limiting the impact of certain laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 518D.201; 518D.204; 518D.207; 629.02; 629.05; 629.06; 629.13; 629.14; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62Q.585; 260.925; 543.23.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Housley, Anderson, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3322: A bill for an act relating to veterans; requiring a report; appropriating money for a grant to the United Heroes League.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Koran, Lang, Howe, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 3323: A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; providing for fund loss requests by organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 349.19, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3324: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying due date of a legislative report prepared by the Center of Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 109.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Utke, Koran, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 3325: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to HealthcareMN.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3326: A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring reports; appropriating money for grants to the African Development Center, social benefit corporations, and small businesses in the St. Paul Midway area.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3327: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, by adding a section; requiring supermajority vote of the legislature to authorize public funding for a professional sports facility.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3328: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to YWCA St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3329: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for habitats for large cats and wolves at the Como Zoo in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3330: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a health awareness hub pilot project.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3331: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring providers of outpatient behavioral health services to be paid at least 143 percent of the Medicare rate; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Maye Quade, Boldon, Hoffman, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3332: A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing various sales and use tax exemptions; imposing a gross receipts tax on various services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.61, subdivision 4; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 297A.82, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.67, subdivisions 34, 35, 38; 297A.68, subdivisions 17, 30, 42, 46.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3333: A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for programs to support teacher candidates performing student teaching; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3334: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring student teacher placement within certain distance; removing requirements for a teacher candidate performance assessment; requiring rulemaking.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3335: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a playground in Gorman Park in the city of St. Peter; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.