***FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION***
State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, October 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, Rosen, Nelson, Weber, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 1: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for certain small business relief grants.
Senators Chamberlain; Ruud; Lang; Anderson, B.; and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2: 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 Benson, Rosen, Nelson, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 3: A bill for an act relating to health; extending the coverage date for certain telemedicine services; amending Laws 2020, chapter 70, article 3, section 1.
Senators Kiffmeyer, Draheim, Ruud, and Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 4: A bill for an act relating to state government; permitting video conferencing to satisfy the requirement to appear personally before a notarial officer for certain conveyances.
Senators Eichorn and Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 5: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the Polk County Law Library to transfer money in fiscal reserve to Polk County for technological improvements to county courthouse; permitting addition of unorganized territory in Itasca County to Harris Township, notwithstanding the petition requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134A.17.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 6: A bill for an act relating to local government; extending a deadline for the city of North Branch to spend certain federal COVID-19 aid.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 7: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for corrections and public safety.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Westrom, Draheim, Weber, Rarick, and Frentz 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.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 9: A bill for an act relating to investigation of civil unrest; creating a commission to investigate and determine facts surrounding government responses to the tragic events and civil unrest of May and June 2020; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 10: A bill for an act relating to open meetings; requiring public comments at all open meetings of public bodies, including those conducted by electronic means; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 13D.015, subdivisions 2, 4; 13D.021, subdivisions 1, 3; 35.0661, subdivision 1; 41A.0235; 41B.026; 116L.03, subdivision 8; 116M.15, subdivision 5; 116U.25; 129C.105; 134.31, subdivision 7; 176.102, subdivision 3c; 248.10; 256.482, subdivision 5b; 256.975, subdivision 2a; 256C.28, subdivision 7; 268A.02, subdivision 3; 326B.32, subdivision 7; 326B.435, subdivision 7; 326B.925, subdivision 7; 462A.041; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 13D.02, subdivision 1, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 11: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing motor vehicle registration self-service kiosk pilot program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 12: 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 Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 13: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring notice for absentee ballot board meetings; requiring notice of public accuracy tests to be given to the secretary of state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 203B.121, subdivision 2; 206.83.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 14: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying family and group family child care training requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.50, subdivision 7, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Benson and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 15: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; creating a psychology interjurisdictional compact; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 16: A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; providing a presumption for education employees.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 17: A bill for an act relating to employment; providing emergency paid sick leave to health care employees excluded from the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 18: 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.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 19: A bill for an act relating to health care; sunsetting the Drug Formulary Committee; requiring the commissioner of human services to submit to the legislature a proposed reformulation of the Drug Formulary Committee ensuring public input; requiring the medical assistance drug formulary and preferred drug list to include any drug that is FDA approved for the treatment or prevention of HIV/AIDS; requiring a public hearing before a drug may be deleted from the preferred drug list; prohibiting the deletion of a drug from the preferred drug list solely for economic or fiscal reasons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 13c, 13d, 13g; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 20: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding an exception to the prohibition on concealing identity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.735.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 21: A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating the sale of catalytic converters to scrap metal dealers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325E.21, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Tomassoni and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 22: 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 Tomassoni and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 23: 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 Eichorn and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 24: 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 Eichorn and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 25: A bill for an act relating to corrections; extending the sunset of the Itasca County Jail facility.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senators Senjem, Nelson, Relph, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 26: A bill for an act relating to public finance; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; modifying prior appropriations; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; modifying provisions for individual and corporate franchise and other miscellaneous taxes; making other minor policy, technical, and conforming changes; authorizing transfers; appropriating money for the operations of state government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 16A.641, by adding a subdivision; 41B.025, by adding a subdivision; 123B.53, subdivisions 1, 4; 126C.63, subdivision 8; 126C.66, subdivision 3; 126C.69, as amended; 126C.71; 134.45, subdivision 5; 137.61; 137.62, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 137.63; 137.64; 272.38, subdivision 1; 273.13, subdivision 25; 290.0131, subdivision 10; 290.0133, subdivision 12; 363A.36, by adding a subdivision; 363A.44, subdivision 1; 462A.37, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, sections 16A.968, subdivision 3; 273.13, subdivision 34; 462A.37, subdivisions 2, 5; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 7, subdivision 11, as amended; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, sections 10, subdivision 7, as amended; 13; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, sections 15, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4; 18, subdivision 3; 20, subdivision 21, as amended; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 6; 7, subdivision 1; 16, subdivision 19; 21, subdivisions 1, 18, 26, 29; article 3, section 7, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, article 6, section 7, subdivision 2, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 116J; 240A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 16A.633, subdivision 4; 126C.65, subdivision 2; 126C.68, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 126C.68, subdivision 3.
Senators Goggin, Weber, Westrom, Frentz, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 27: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the farm loan origination fee grant program; amending Laws 2020, chapter 101, section 5, subdivision 1.