State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, January 7, 2021
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.
Senators Mathews and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 1: A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing the continued operation of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic with the use of a COVID-19 preparedness plan.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senators Nelson, Rest, and Chamberlain introduced--
S.F. No. 2: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying peacetime emergency authority; eliminating the authority for the governor to use peacetime emergency authority to impose restrictions on schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.21, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 3: A bill for an act relating to state government; reducing planning estimates in the February 2021 forecast.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Osmek introduced--
S.F. No. 4: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring legislative approval to extend the duration of a peacetime emergency declared by the governor; limiting duration of peacetime emergency extensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.31, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Newman, Kiffmeyer, Gazelka, and Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 5: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo identification to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 256E.22, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 6: A bill for an act relating to state government; permitting the legislature to terminate any order or rule adopted by the governor directing a response to a peacetime emergency if the emergency is continued for more than 30 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 12.31, subdivision 2; 12.32.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Rosen and Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 7: A bill for an act relating to state disasters; restricting the definition of state-declared disasters to exclude civil unrest; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12B.15, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 8: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring all federal funds received for COVID-19 purposes to be spent pursuant to a direct appropriation by law.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Osmek introduced--
S.F. No. 9: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing policies to address motorcycle profiling; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Osmek introduced--
S.F. No. 10: A bill for an act relating to higher education; repealing the Regent Candidate Advisory Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 137.0246, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 137.0245.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Osmek introduced--
S.F. No. 11: A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying city population requirement to qualify for exemption from certain temporary license issuance restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.410, subdivision 10.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Senators Ruud, Eichorn, and Ingebrigtsen introduced--
S.F. No. 12: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; directing commissioner of natural resources to reduce walleye limit.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Ruud, Ingebrigtsen, Utke, Mathews, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 13: A bill for an act relating to firearms; clarifying law on use of force in defense of home and person; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.065.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.
Senators Ruud, Koran, Eichorn, Ingebrigtsen, and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 14: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying requirements for importing minnows; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 97A.015, subdivision 29; 97C.211, subdivision 2a; 97C.515, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.515, subdivisions 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 15: A bill for an act relating to human services; eliminating certain parental contribution fees for services for children with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 252.27, subdivision 2a; 256B.14, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 16: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner to update the 2007 legislative report on runaway and homeless youth.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 17: A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to allocate money returned from the federal court; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 18: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article VII; entering into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 208.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Ruud introduced--
S.F. No. 19: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for nontoxic ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 20: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring peace officers to be residents of Minnesota or a surrounding state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 626.843, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Howe, Kiffmeyer, Weber, Coleman, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 21: A bill for an act relating to human services; creating the Office of Ombudsperson for Child Care Providers; providing appointments; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Bakk and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 22: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; transferring money for deposit in the broadband grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Senators Bigham and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 23: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Fleming Field in South St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Bigham and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 24: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for South St. Paul Doug Woog Arena HVAC improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Bigham and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 25: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing non-in-person permit to carry renewals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.714, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.