State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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 Marty, Cwodzinski, Fateh, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 136: A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring health maintenance organizations to be nonprofit corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 62D.02, subdivision 4; 62D.03, subdivision 1; 62D.05, subdivision 1; 62D.06, subdivision 1; 62D.12, by adding a subdivision; 62D.19; 62E.02, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 137: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the city of West St. Paul for lift station upgrades and force main replacements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Klein, Rest, and Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 138: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying additional property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 290A.04, subdivision 2h.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 139: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to extend the Shorewood Park Sanitary Sewer District sewer system to Rush Lake and expand treatment facilities in Chisago County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 140: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a misdemeanor for traffic violations that cause great bodily harm or death to another; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.13, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senators Goggin and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 141: A bill for an act relating to environmental protection; appropriating money for the Byllesby Dam.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Senators Goggin, Eichorn, Johnson, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 142: A bill for an act relating to transportation; natural resources; modifying certain rules for operating all-terrain vehicles on public roads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.928, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Goggin and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 143: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Cannon Valley Trail access and storm water infrastructure renovation and improvement; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 144: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Cloquet; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 145: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Cloquet; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 146: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying the evaluation process for mandated health benefit proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 62J.03, subdivision 4; 62J.26, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 147: A bill for an act relating to teachers; reducing school district reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.091, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Wiger introduced--
S.F. No. 148: A bill for an act relating to water; providing well disclosure requirements; authorizing compost facilities to refuse certain compostable products; appropriating money to monitor water quality; appropriating money to develop network for monitoring unregulated contaminants in sources of drinking water; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103I.235, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 115A; 513.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 149: A bill for an act relating to standards of time; providing for advanced standard time, also known as daylight saving time, year-round effective upon authorization by federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 645.071.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 150: A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying provisions governing policies for certain day care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 65A.30, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 151: A bill for an act relating to state government; State Lottery; making name of a lottery prize winner private; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 349A.08, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 152: A bill for an act relating to transportation; increasing motorcycle endorsement fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senators Pappas and Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 153: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public housing rehabilitation and preservation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.37, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 154: A bill for an act relating to education finance; amending the allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senators Dziedzic and Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 155: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring installation of automatic sprinkler systems in certain existing high-rise buildings; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senators Bigham and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 156: A bill for an act relating to environment; defining perfluorochemicals as hazardous substance under Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115B.02, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Bigham introduced--
S.F. No. 157: A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing a process for towns to establish speed limits on town roads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.14, subdivision 5h.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Bigham introduced--
S.F. No. 158: A bill for an act relating to charter schools; allowing a charter school authorizer to open the Sisu Environmental School for the 2021-2022 school year.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senators Bigham, Weber, Murphy, and Eken introduced--
S.F. No. 159: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring cannabinoid product labels to contain a bar code or QR code; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 151.72, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senators Cwodzinski, Bigham, and Wiger introduced--
S.F. No. 160: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a program to provide payments to firefighters with cancer or heart disease, counseling for firefighters, and firefighter training; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Bigham introduced--
S.F. No. 161: A bill for an act relating to education; creating a deadline for teacher contracts; imposing a penalty for late contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senators Bigham, Frentz, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 162: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing Legislative Commission on Waste Management; providing for appointments; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Howe, Ingebrigtsen, Dahms, and Goggin introduced--
S.F. No. 163: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; eliminating shotgun zone for taking deer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.031, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.318.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Howe, Johnson, Eichorn, Ingebrigtsen, and Goggin introduced--
S.F. No. 164: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying muzzleloader provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 97A.015, subdivision 51; 97B.031, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 165: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the PROMISE Act; creating a community repair panel to consider claims and determine awards; classifying certain data; creating redevelopment and relief programs; establishing a Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Corporation; imposing a sales and use tax; requiring insurance claims assistance; regulating certain leases; authorizing limited use of eminent domain; exempting certain items from sales and use tax; requiring property tax abatement for certain properties; establishing the Civil Unrest Investigatory Commission; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473K.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Ingebrigtsen and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 166: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying previous appropriations; amending Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Senators Ingebrigtsen and Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 167: A bill for an act relating to environment; prioritizing expenditures from dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account; banning perchloroethylene; modifying prior appropriation; appropriating money for cost-share program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115B.49, subdivision 3; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 2, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Senators Howe and Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 168: A bill for an act relating to transportation; directing the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, and adhere to pavement investment guide; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 169: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to Hennepin County to recruit foster families.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Dziedzic and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 170: A bill for an act relating to housing; refunding deposits to bond issuers on applications for bonding authority allocations from the 2020 housing pool.
Referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 171: A bill for an act relating to human rights; prohibiting employers from inquiring about past pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 363A.08, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 172: A bill for an act relating to public safety; limiting the use of money bail for certain offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 629.53.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 173: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID 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, subdivisions 1, 4; 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 Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 174: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an exception to the nursing home licensing and certification moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c.
Referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 175: A bill for an act relating to human services; transferring child care assistance program fraud investigation unit from Department of Human Services to Department of Public Safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 245E.01, subdivisions 4, 7; 245E.02, subdivision 4; 245E.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 245E.06, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5; 245E.07.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senator Goggin introduced--
S.F. No. 176: A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a payment rate exemption for a nursing facility in Red Wing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256R.53, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 177: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation of the Chisago County household hazardous waste facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 178: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an Alzheimer's public information program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Policy.
Senators Kiffmeyer, Howe, and Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 179: A bill for an act relating to elections, requiring voters who register on election day to cast provisional ballots; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 171.072; 201.061, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.225, subdivisions 2, 5; 203B.04, subdivision 4; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.081, subdivision 3; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 204C.07, subdivision 3a; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 7; 201.121, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Benson and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 180: 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 2020, sections 13D.015, subdivisions 2, 4; 13D.02, subdivision 1; 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; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 181: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; clarifying exemptions from inspections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.36, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 182: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring destruction of certain welfare data.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 183: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying backflow rebuilder designations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 326B.42, subdivisions 1b, 1c; 326B.437; 326B.46, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 184: A bill for an act relating to health; preserving access to affordable drugs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 185: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; providing grant funding for African American arts and cultural programs; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 8, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 186: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying requirement to analyze and consider cumulative pollution before issuing air quality permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, subdivision 4a.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 187: A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting employers or prospective employers from requiring or using credit information as a condition of employment or for employment purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.53.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 188: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the Minnesota inclusion initiative grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 189: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for statewide parent-to-parent programs for families of children and youth with special health care needs.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Clausen, Abeler, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 190: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for establishing an area learning center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123A.05, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 191: A resolution calling for an end to the cold genocide and forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.