State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, May 7, 2020
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 Wiger introduced--
S.F. No. 4575: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the commissioner to equitably distribute the state education agencies reserve portion of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund; requiring certain uses of relief funds and permanent school fund apportionment.
Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.
Senator Jensen introduced--
S.F. No. 4576: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for levee restoration in Carver; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4577: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to award grants from the opiate epidemic response account.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senators Goggin and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 4578: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying the effect of certain payments on unemployment benefits during peacetime emergency declaration.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senator Torres Ray introduced--
S.F. No. 4579: A bill for an act relating to public safety; extending the deadline for the task force on missing and murdered indigenous women to submit a final report; appropriating money for the task force on missing and murdered indigenous women; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 12, subdivisions 1, 7; article 2, section 28, subdivisions 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Torres Ray introduced--
S.F. No. 4580: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a distance learning broadband access grant program; requiring the commissioner to equitably distribute the state education agencies reserve portion of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds; requiring school districts and charter schools to use Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds for certain purposes; requiring school districts and charter schools to use the September 2020 permanent school fund apportionment for certain purposes; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy.
Senator Torres Ray introduced--
S.F. No. 4581: 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 State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Goggin and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 4582: A bill for an act relating to taxes; property; repealing the state general tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 273.1231, subdivision 6; 273.13, subdivision 25; 275.065, subdivision 3; 275.28, subdivision 1; 469.1794, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 273.42; 275.025, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 276.112; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 275.025, subdivisions 1, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4583: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing a constitutional amendment to the Minnesota Constitution article V, section 3; declaring an emergency by the governor; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 12.31, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4584: A bill for an act relating to child protection; requiring training for child welfare workers and state agency staff to serve American Indian children and families; appropriating money for a tribal child welfare partnership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.559, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Hayden introduced--
S.F. No. 4585: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing the Cannabis Management Board; establishing advisory councils; requiring reports relating to cannabis use and sales; legalizing and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; requiring testing of cannabis and cannabis products; requiring labeling of cannabis and cannabis products; limiting the advertisement of cannabis, cannabis products, and cannabis businesses; providing for the cultivation of cannabis in private residences; transferring regulatory authority for the medical cannabis program; taxing the sale of adult-use cannabis; establishing grant and loan programs; amending criminal penalties; establishing expungement procedures for certain individuals; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by employees and testing of employees; creating a civil cause of action for certain nuisances; amending the scheduling of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols; classifying data; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 13.411, by adding a subdivision; 13.871, by adding a subdivision; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 181.938, subdivision 2; 181.950, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, by adding a subdivision; 181.951, by adding subdivisions; 181.952, by adding a subdivision; 181.953, by adding a subdivision; 181.955; 181.957, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 2; 256.01, subdivision 18c; 256D.024, subdivision 1; 256J.26, subdivision 1; 297A.61, subdivision 12; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.531, subdivision 1; 609.5311, subdivision 1; 609.5314, subdivision 1; 609.5316, subdivision 2; 609.5317, subdivision 1; 609A.01; 609A.03, subdivisions 5, 9; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 290.0132, subdivision 29; 290.0134, subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 17; 28A; 34A; 116J; 116L; 120B; 144; 152; 175; 295; 604; 609A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 152.027, subdivisions 3, 4; 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1b, 2, 3; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 2, 3; 152.29, subdivision 4; 152.30; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 3; 152.33, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 4, 5; 152.37; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 152.22, subdivisions 5a, 5b, 6, 11, 13; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 4; 152.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.28, subdivision 1; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a; 152.31; 152.32, subdivision 2; 152.33, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.34; 152.36, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 4770.0100; 4770.0200; 4770.0300; 4770.0400; 4770.0500; 4770.0600; 4770.0800; 4770.0900; 4770.1000; 4770.1100; 4770.1200; 4770.1300; 4770.1400; 4770.1460; 4770.1500; 4770.1600; 4770.1700; 4770.1800; 4770.1900; 4770.2000; 4770.2100; 4770.2200; 4770.2300; 4770.2400; 4770.2700; 4770.2800; 4770.4000; 4770.4002; 4770.4003; 4770.4004; 4770.4005; 4770.4007; 4770.4008; 4770.4009; 4770.4010; 4770.4012; 4770.4013; 4770.4014; 4770.4015; 4770.4016; 4770.4017; 4770.4018; 4770.4030.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4586: A bill for an act relating to housing; extending deadline for bond obligations.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Abeler, Housley, Relph, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4587: A bill for an act relating to local government aid; state finances; establishing a supplemental county aid program to pay for social services costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic; establishing grant programs to support businesses and farmers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; allocating money from the federal fund.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Limmer, Relph, Johnson, and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 4588: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the penalties for violations related to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 12.45.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Dziedzic, Dibble, Hawj, and Eken introduced--
S.F. No. 4589: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for certain Minnesota Housing Finance Agency programs.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance.
Senators Dziedzic, Simonson, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4590: A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing a program for emergency community relief grants; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.