***2ND SPECIAL SESSION***
State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, July 13, 2020
12:00 Noon
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 Rarick and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 1: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; temporarily modifying eligibility for secondary students 16 years of age or older; appropriating money.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 2: A bill for an act relating to health care; providing a onetime payment to medical assistance dental providers to assist in covering the cost of personal protection equipment used when providing dental services to medical assistance enrollees during the COVID pandemic; appropriating money.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 3: A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for school reopening grants.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 4: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring implementation of online driver's license knowledge testing; implementing a fee for not appearing for a driving exam; prohibiting the practice of reserving driving exam slots for driving schools; requiring a report on the road testing backlog; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.13, subdivision 7, by adding subdivisions.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring COVID-19-related screening programs in certain long-term care settings; appropriating money.
Senators Pratt; Hoffman; Anderson, P.; Cwodzinski; and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 6: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing observance of India Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 7: A bill for an act relating to human services; extending portions of a COVID-19 peacetime emergency modification to economic assistance program application requirements; amending Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, subdivision 2.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 8: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; establishing a funding program for distance learning equipment; establishing a grant program for telemedicine equipment purchased to deal with COVID-19; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Senators Westrom, Draheim, Weber, Rarick, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 9: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; establishing a funding program for distance learning equipment; establishing a grant program for telemedicine equipment purchased to deal with COVID-19; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Senator Chamberlain introduced--
S.F. No. 10: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying income and corporate franchise, special taxes, and property taxes; modifying the K-12 education expense credit, charitable contribution subtraction, and section 179 expensing provisions; providing ongoing funding for the small business investment tax credit; extending certain deadlines; modifying certain lawful gambling tax and other provisions; providing for certain federal conformity; modifying referendum equalization levy; requiring a moratorium on reclassifying certain property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 273.13, subdivision 25; 290.0131, subdivision 10; 290.0133, subdivision 12; 290.0674, subdivision 2; 297E.02, subdivision 6, as amended; 297E.021, subdivision 2; 349.15, subdivision 1; 349.151, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 116J.8737, subdivision 5, as amended; 126C.17, subdivision 6; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290.0132, subdivision 7; 290.0921, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 290.0674, subdivision 2a; 290.0692, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 116J.8737, subdivision 12.
Senator Senjem introduced--
S.F. No. 11: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the safe routes to school grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, Kiffmeyer, Isaacson, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 12: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing retention grants for certain disability service providers; modifying customized living quality improvement grants; extending portions of a COVID-19 peacetime emergency modification to economic assistance program application requirements; appropriating money; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 28; article 14, section 2, subdivision 27; Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, subdivision 2.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 13: A bill for an act relating to state government; abolishing the Public Employment Relations Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 179A.04, subdivision 3; 179A.051; 179A.10, subdivision 1; 179A.13; 179A.135; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 179A.03, subdivision 2a; 179A.041; 179A.052.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 14: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying certain reimbursement provisions for direct injectable drugs for certain conditions under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13e.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 15: A bill for an act relating to environment; imposing moratorium on adopting vehicle emissions standards.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 16: A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation insurance; establishing a mechanism for providing reimbursement for certain COVID-19 workers' compensation costs; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 17: A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing enhanced debt service equalization aid for consolidating school districts facing unique circumstances; clarifying allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue and capital levies; increasing lease levy authority for school districts that are members of cooperative units; modifying referendum equalization levy; authorizing Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, to transfer levy authority from the long-term facilities maintenance revenue program to the debt redemption fund; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 123B.535; 123B.595, subdivision 3; 126C.40, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 126C.17, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 18: A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for exceptions to certain economic development grant programs during a peacetime emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 116J.8748, subdivision 3; 116J.994, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 19: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying background check requirements for teacher licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 122A.18, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 20: A bill for an act relating to education; amending eligibility for the collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grant program; providing for hiring bonuses; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 122A.635, subdivision 1; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, article 3, sections 22, subdivision 2; 23, subdivisions 2, 6, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 21: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling grants.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 22: A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; reimbursing reinsurance members for certain losses related to COVID-19 claims; extending the date of a CAMPUS plan submission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 176.2612, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 23: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an exception to the nursing home licensing and certification moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.