State of Minnesota

SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS

Monday, May 4, 2020

11:00 A.M.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills

Senator Rosen introduced--

S.F. No. 4544: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for improvements to repurposed school building in Delavan.

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

Senator Eichorn introduced--

S.F. No. 4545: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a moratorium on reclassifying short-term rental properties.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Eichorn introduced--

S.F. No. 4546: A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing sales tax exemptions and grants for disaster recovery related to properties destroyed or damaged by fire in the city of Grand Rapids; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 297A.75, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Weber introduced--

S.F. No. 4547: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants to retail food handlers to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

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

Senators Draheim, Jasinski, Eichorn, Lang, and Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 4548: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; requiring counties to abate penalties for late payment of property taxes.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Bakk, Tomassoni, Rosen, Gazelka, and Pratt introduced--

S.F. No. 4549: A bill for an act relating to state finances; reimbursing the Minnesota 21st century minerals fund; adjusting the budget reserve forecast calculation; changing the fund receiving small business loan repayments; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.152, subdivision 2; Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 11.

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

Senator Abeler introduced--

S.F. No. 4550: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; requiring certain insurance proceeds checks to be promptly countersigned; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 58.13, subdivision 1.

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

Senator Abeler introduced--

S.F. No. 4551: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property and local; tax increment financing; extending the five-year rule.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Jasinski introduced--

S.F. No. 4552: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for hospitality industry relief from certain losses after being shut down due to Executive Order 20-04.

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

Senators Goggin and Miller introduced--

S.F. No. 4553: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the time period for the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act in 2020; amending Laws 2020, chapter 74, article 1, section 19.

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

Senator Goggin introduced--

S.F. No. 4554: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding and modifying provisions for gifted and talented programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 120B.11, subdivision 5; 120B.15; 120B.20; 126C.10, subdivision 2b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Senator Koran introduced--

S.F. No. 4555: A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying the grants to be awarded by the commissioner of human services from the opiate epidemic response fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 256.042, subdivisions 4, 5.

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

Senators Bigham and Marty introduced--

S.F. No. 4556: A bill for an act relating to health care; prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacists or pharmacies from discussing the reimbursement amount paid by the pharmacy benefit manager with health carriers and consumers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 62W.11.

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

Senators Bigham and Kent introduced--

S.F. No. 4557: A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing a process for allowing certain low-risk businesses to safely reopen during a peacetime emergency.

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

Senator Hayden introduced--

S.F. No. 4558: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Dreamland on 38th.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Draheim and Rosen introduced--

S.F. No. 4559: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a Human Services Transformation Commission; requiring reports; appropriating money.

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

Senators Bigham, Dziedzic, and Franzen introduced--

S.F. No. 4560: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying previous appropriations; amending Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 4561: A bill for an act relating to elections; appropriating money from the Help America Vote Act account.

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