State of Minnesota

SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

12:00 Noon

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills

Senator Franzen introduced--

S.F. No. 2575: A bill for an act relating to redistricting; requiring the appointment of a commission to recommend the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts; establishing districting principles for legislative and congressional plans; assigning duties to the Legislative Coordinating Commission; assigning duties to the secretary of state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 2; 204B.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senator Cohen introduced--

S.F. No. 2576: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; increasing pesticide gross sales fee for neonicotinoid pesticides; dedicating proceeds to pollinator research and outreach; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 18B.26, subdivision 3.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Policy.

Senators Utke, Eichorn, and Hayden introduced--

S.F. No. 2577: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center.

Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.

Senators Benson and Abeler introduced--

S.F. No. 2578: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying a provision for residency programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.1506, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.

Senator Dziedzic introduced--

S.F. No. 2579: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a Peace Officer Excellence Task Force.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senators Dziedzic, Clausen, Simonson, and Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 2580: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; making the student loan credit refundable; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.0682, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 2581: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for development of local trail connections in Northfield to the Mill Towns State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--

S.F. No. 2582: A bill for an act relating to elections; making technical and policy changes to provisions related to elections administration including provisions related to voting, voter registration, polling places, ballots, recounts, contests, candidates, and various other election-related provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 5B.06; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8; 201.12, subdivision 2; 201.121, subdivision 3; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.1611, subdivision 1; 201.225, subdivision 2; 202A.16, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.081, subdivisions 1, 2; 203B.12, subdivision 7; 203B.121, subdivision 4; 203B.16, subdivision 2; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivision 4a; 204B.09, subdivisions 1, 3; 204B.16, subdivision 1; 204B.19, subdivision 6; 204B.21, subdivision 2; 204B.36, subdivision 2; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.05, subdivision 1; 204C.21, subdivision 1; 204C.27; 204C.33, subdivision 3; 204C.36, subdivision 1; 204D.08, subdivision 4; 204D.13, subdivision 1; 204D.27, subdivision 5; 204D.28, subdivisions 9, 10; 205.13, subdivision 5; 205A.10, subdivision 5; 205A.12, subdivision 5; 206.89, subdivisions 4, 5; 206.90, subdivision 6; 207A.14, subdivision 2; 209.021, subdivision 2; 211B.11, subdivision 1; 367.03, subdivision 6; 367.25, subdivision 1; 412.02, subdivision 2a; 447.32, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 204C.05, subdivisions 1a, 1b.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senator Rosen introduced--

S.F. No. 2583: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System administrative revisions; establishing application filing procedures; clarifying voting rights of unclassified plan members; establishing rights upon partial repayment of a refund; payment of contributions for retroactive coverage elected by employees of the Department of Military Affairs and the Fire Marshal Division; making other changes of an administrative nature; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 3A.02, by adding a subdivision; 352.03, subdivisions 1, 1b; 352.113, subdivision 2; 352.115, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 352.23; 352.85, subdivision 4; 352.87, subdivision 8; 352B.08, by adding a subdivision; 352D.05, subdivision 3; 352F.04, subdivision 1; 490.126, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 352F.06.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senator Rosen introduced--

S.F. No. 2584: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association phased retirement option; eliminating expiration of the program and annual renewal requirement; clarifying language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353.371, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353.371, subdivision 8.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senators Dziedzic, Simonson, and Hayden introduced--

S.F. No. 2585: A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds; modifying the renter's refund calculation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290A.04, subdivision 2a.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Frentz and Ingebrigtsen introduced--

S.F. No. 2586: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; facilitating integration of aggregate mapping information into county comprehensive planning process; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.94, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 2587: A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating a rural attorney loan repayment program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.

Referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Senators Bigham, Eaton, Eichorn, Bakk, and Tomassoni introduced--

S.F. No. 2588: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program and certain guidelines; requiring a report.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

Senators Abeler and Benson introduced--

S.F. No. 2589: A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting transfers by the commissioner of human services; requiring a report.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.

Senators Abeler, Ingebrigtsen, Tomassoni, Hoffman, and Mathews introduced--

S.F. No. 2590: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; exempting paddleboards from watercraft licensure requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 86B.005, subdivision 18; 86B.415, subdivision 1a.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Clausen, Little, and Carlson introduced--

S.F. No. 2591: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to construct a roundabout on marked Trunk Highway 3 in Rosemount; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Johnson introduced--

S.F. No. 2592: A bill for an act relating to disaster relief; reimbursing Roseau County for certain flood-recovery expenditures; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senator Goggin introduced--

S.F. No. 2593: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Cannon Valley Trail access and storm water infrastructure renovation and improvement; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Jasinski introduced--

S.F. No. 2594: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying various provisions governing motor vehicle titling and registration; creating a task force and a departmental steering committee; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 80E.13; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 6; 168.27, by adding subdivisions; 168.301, subdivision 3; 168.33, subdivision 8a; 168.346, subdivision 1; 168A.12, subdivision 2; 168A.17, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168A.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senator Newman introduced--

S.F. No. 2595: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for lake restoration in Hutchinson; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Anderson, P.; Sparks; Pratt; Benson; and Eken introduced--

S.F. No. 2596: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for transferring certain firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 624.7141.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senator Anderson, B. introduced--

S.F. No. 2597: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements in the city of Annandale; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Housley, Eichorn, Sparks, Clausen, and Wiger introduced--

S.F. No. 2598: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota Center for the Book programming.

Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.

Senator Ingebrigtsen introduced--

S.F. No. 2599: A bill for an act relating to local government aid; appropriating money for a grant to Otter Tail County for debt service on a building in Fergus Falls.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Tomassoni, Weber, and Senjem introduced--

S.F. No. 2600: A bill for an act relating to clean water; establishing a grant program to clean up contaminated tax-forfeited property; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Chamberlain introduced--

S.F. No. 2601: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; modifying due dates for estimated tax payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 289A.26, subdivisions 2, 3.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Hall, Draheim, Pratt, Clausen, and Jasinski introduced--

S.F. No. 2602: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to expand the Kenrick Avenue park-and-ride facility in Lakeville.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senators Wiklund, Kent, Wiger, and Torres Ray introduced--

S.F. No. 2603: A bill for an act relating to education; allowing ACT scale scores as a substitute for Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment scale scores; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.

Senator Cwodzinski introduced--

S.F. No. 2604: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools to make disposable menstrual products freely available in school restrooms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.21.

Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.

Senators Tomassoni, Eichorn, and Bakk introduced--

S.F. No. 2605: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the Iron Range engineering program.

Referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Senator Carlson introduced--

S.F. No. 2606: A bill for an act relating to adoption; modifying provisions governing adult adoptee access to their own original birth records and other adoption-related information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 13.10, subdivision 5; 13.465, subdivision 8; 144.218, subdivisions 1, 2; 144.225, subdivision 2; 144.2252; 259.83, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, by adding a subdivision; 260C.317, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 144.212, subdivision 11; 259.83, subdivision 3; 259.89; 260C.637.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senator Hayden introduced--

S.F. No. 2607: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage for community health workers; modifying medical assistance reimbursement rates for doula services; establishing permanent grant program for integrated care for high-risk pregnancies; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 256B.0625, subdivision 49; 256B.79, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.79, subdivision 7.

Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.

Senator Mathews introduced--

S.F. No. 2608: A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating the Lake Mille Lacs area economic restoration program; appropriating money for grants to businesses adversely affected by a decline in walleye fishing.

Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.

Senators Senjem, Franzen, Housley, and Hayden introduced--

S.F. No. 2609: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for advance care planning on end-of-life care choices.

Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.

Senators Carlson, Franzen, and Clausen introduced--

S.F. No. 2610: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a grant for robotics programs; requiring a report; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.

Senators Pratt, Westrom, Osmek, and Dahms introduced--

S.F. No. 2611: A bill for an act relating to jobs; appropriating money for the Departments of Employment and Economic Development, Labor and Industry, Human Services, and Commerce; the Bureau of Mediation Services; Public Employment Relations Board; Housing Finance Agency; Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals; and Public Utilities Commission; making policy and technical changes; modifying fees; providing criminal and civil penalties; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 16C.285, subdivision 3; 116J.8731, subdivision 5; 116J.8748, subdivision 4; 177.27, subdivisions 2, 4, 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; 177.30; 177.32, subdivision 1; 181.03, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 181.032; 181.101; 182.659, subdivision 8; 182.666, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 326B.802, subdivision 15; 327C.095, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13; 341.30, subdivision 1; 341.32, subdivision 1; 341.321; 345.515; 345.53, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 609.52, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 177; 181; 216C; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 345A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 177.27, subdivisions 1, 3; 345.53, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.

Senators Eichorn, Utke, Ingebrigtsen, and Tomassoni introduced--

S.F. No. 2612: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying bear-baiting restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.426.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Utke and Abeler introduced--

S.F. No. 2613: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for a grant to Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to purchase certain property to provide shelter to residents of the Hiawatha Homeless Encampment.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance.

Senators Pratt; Clausen; Anderson, P.; Cwodzinski; and Eichorn introduced--

S.F. No. 2614: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant to the Minnesota Council on Economic Education; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.