***ADDENDUM***
State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, August 12, 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 Pratt, Pappas, and Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 13: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for the Southeast Asian Language Job Training Facility in St. Paul; amending Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 21, subdivision 28, as amended.
Senators Chamberlain; Ruud; Lang; Anderson, B.; and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 14: A bill for an act relating to crime; providing guidance to courts on sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Senators Draheim; Anderson, P.; Hall; and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 15: A bill for an act relating to higher education; restricting additional fees and differential tuition for certain online courses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 16: A bill for an act relating to crime; providing guidance to courts on sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Little introduced--
S.F. No. 17: A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing an insulin registration fee; modifying the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act; appropriating money; amending Laws 2020, chapter 73, section 4, subdivisions 3, as amended, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Tomassoni, Eichorn, and Bakk introduced--
S.F. No. 18: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; authorizing additional unemployment insurance benefits for certain mining employees.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Tomassoni and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 19: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring equitable geographic distribution of state employee layoffs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 43A.046.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Dibble, Eken, Kent, Bigham, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 20: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying electronic monitoring requirements; modifying Board of Executives for Long-Term Service and Supports fees; establishing private enforcement of certain rights; establishing a private cause of action for retaliation in certain long-term care settings; modifying infection control requirements in certain long-term care settings; modifying hospice and assisted living bills of rights; establishing consumer protections for clients receiving assisted living services; prohibiting termination of assisted living services during a peacetime emergency; establishing procedures for transfer of clients receiving certain long-term care services during a peacetime emergency; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a state plan to control SARS-CoV-2 infections in certain long-term care settings; establishing the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Task Force; changing provisions for nursing homes, home care, and assisted living; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 144.56, by adding subdivisions; 144.652, by adding a subdivision; 144A.04, by adding subdivisions; 144A.751, subdivision 1; 144G.03, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 144.6502, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 144.6512, by adding subdivisions; 144A.291, subdivision 2; 144A.4798, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 144G.07, by adding subdivisions; 144G.08, subdivisions 7, 9, 23, by adding a subdivision; 144G.09, subdivision 3; 144G.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 144G.42, subdivision 9, by adding subdivisions; 144G.45, subdivisions 2, 5; 144G.91, by adding a subdivision; 144G.92, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2019, chapter 60, article 1, section 46; article 5, section 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144A; 144G.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Osmek and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 21: A bill for an act relating to local government aid; making modifications related to public safety; withholding local government aid from a city that reduces the number of peace officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Little and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 22: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying eligibility requirements for school contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Eichorn, Tomassoni, and Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 23: A bill for an act relating to corrections; prohibiting the commissioner of corrections from closing or reducing staffing for the Togo Challenge Incarceration Program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 244.172, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Dziedzic and Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 24: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing limited waiver of requirement that property taxes be paid prior to removal of structures.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.