***FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION***
State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Friday, September 11, 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 Chamberlain; Ruud; Lang; Anderson, B.; and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1: 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.
Senator Chamberlain introduced--
S.F. No. 2: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying provisions for property taxes, local government aids, individual and corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, lawful gambling taxes, and other miscellaneous taxes and tax provisions; modifying the referendum equalization levy; providing for certain property tax classification; providing local government aid penalty forgiveness; modifying and providing for certain additions and subtractions for the individual income and corporate franchise taxes; making the student loan credit refundable; modifying sales and use tax exemptions; providing provisions related to partnership audits; modifying lawful gambling taxes; modifying the workforce and affordable homeownership development program; making other minor policy, technical, and conforming changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 270C.445, subdivision 6; 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 25; 289A.31, subdivision 1; 289A.37, subdivision 2; 289A.38, subdivisions 8, 9, 10; 289A.42; 289A.60, subdivision 24; 290.0131, subdivision 10; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.0133, subdivision 12; 290.0682, subdivision 2; 297A.70, subdivision 13; 297E.02, subdivision 6, as amended; 297E.021, subdivision 2; 297F.17, subdivision 6; 297G.16, subdivision 7; 349.15, subdivision 1; 349.151, subdivision 4; 462A.38, as amended; 469.319, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 126C.17, subdivision 6; 273.13, subdivision 34; 289A.38, subdivision 7; 290.31, subdivision 1; 290.993; 297A.71, subdivision 52; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 289A.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 3: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a 911 telecommunicator working group to establish statewide standards for training and certification; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 4: A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain recipients of money appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund to perform criminal background checks on employees, volunteers, and contractors that work with children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 5: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the sale of state-owned property and directing that the proceeds be used for the operation of Minnesota Correctional Facility-Togo.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 6: 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.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 7: A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing a forgivable loan program for remote recreational businesses; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 8: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying basic sliding fee child care assistance program funding priorities; directing the commissioner of human services to allocate funding for the basic sliding fee child care program and accompanying costs.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Osmek introduced--
S.F. No. 9: A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; providing a credit for certain businesses required to operate at reduced capacity.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 10: A bill for an act relating to education finance; directing the commissioner of education to adjust pupil units for certain fiscal year 2021 revenue formulas.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Relph introduced--
S.F. No. 11: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing mental health provider retention grants; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 12: 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.
Senator Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 13: 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.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 14: 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.