State of Minnesota

SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS

Monday, February 1, 2021

11:00 A.M.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills

Senators Bakk and Tomassoni introduced--

S.F. No. 479: A bill for an act relating to taxation; regulating direct shippers of wine; imposing sales and use taxes, liquor gross receipts taxes, and excise taxes on direct shipments of wine; providing for licensing and required reports; providing for classification of data; prohibiting bootlegging; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 295.75, subdivision 4; 297A.83, subdivision 1; 297G.07, subdivision 1; 299A.706; 340A.304; 340A.417; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senator Bakk introduced--

S.F. No. 480: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Gitchi Gami State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Benson introduced--

S.F. No. 481: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying requirements for substance use disorder and mental health treatment provided via telemedicine; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 245G.01, subdivisions 13, 26; 245G.05, subdivision 1; 245G.06, subdivision 1; 254A.19, subdivision 5; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 256B.0625, subdivisions 3b, 46; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245G.22, subdivision 13.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Licensing Policy.

Senators Eichorn, Lang, Jasinski, Koran, and Ruud introduced--

S.F. No. 482: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for building materials purchased by nonprofit snowmobile clubs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Ruud introduced--

S.F. No. 483: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying provisions on farmed Cervidae; modifying muzzleloader provisions; permanently allowing portable stands in certain wildlife management areas; modifying Cervidae carcass transportation restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 35.155, subdivisions 1, 6; 97A.015, subdivision 51; 97A.137, subdivision 5; 97A.505, subdivision 8; 97B.031, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Lang introduced--

S.F. No. 484: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; canceling previous appropriations; appropriating money for road improvements in Swift County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Lang introduced--

S.F. No. 485: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a Capitol flag program for families of military service members and first responders who die in the line of duty; providing a Capitol flag program study and pilot program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

Referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.

Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 486: A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring nonprofit health service plan corporations and health maintenance organizations to only enter into contracts with nonprofit corporations; prohibiting the sharing of patient identifying data with any organization or agency located in another country; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 62C.13, subdivisions 3, 4; 62D.05, subdivisions 3, 4.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 487: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring guaranteed issue for individual health plans offered by health carriers to Minnesota residents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62A.65, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senators Rest and Dziedzic introduced--

S.F. No. 488: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring a report on free filing for individual income taxpayers; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Rest introduced--

S.F. No. 489: A bill for an act relating to elections; regulating access to certain lists of voter data related to the presidential nomination primary; allowing voters to request that their data be excluded from the lists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.091, subdivision 4a.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senator Rest introduced--

S.F. No. 490: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for catch-and-release bass fishing outside the season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.395, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Dziedzic, Rest, and Port introduced--

S.F. No. 491: A bill for an act relating to housing; amending certain eviction procedures during and after a public health emergency; allowing for expungement of certain eviction actions filed during and after a public health emergency; preventing home foreclosure during and after a public health emergency; appropriating money for emergency housing assistance grants during the peacetime emergency related to COVID-19.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 492: A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the waiver allowing for remote provisions of certain services under home and community-based services waivers; requiring the commissioner to develop a proposal for a new medical assistance covered service; requiring the commissioner of human services to seek advice related to unit-based services; amending Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, as amended.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.

Senator Rarick introduced--

S.F. No. 493: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of Cloquet to impose a local sales and use tax.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Rarick introduced--

S.F. No. 494: A bill for an act relating to animals; requiring one Board of Animal Health member to be from a federally recognized tribe; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 35.02, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy.

Senator Rarick introduced--

S.F. No. 495: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills; requiring notice by schools located near former landfills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 496: A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the waiver modifying background study requirements for human services programs pursuant to governor's executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic; amending Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, as amended.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Licensing Policy.

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 497: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing enrollment requirements for personal care assistance agencies; establishing additional duties for personal care assistants and qualified professionals; establishing a payment rate methodology for personal care assistance services; requiring commissioner of human services to study methodology; requiring providers to submit workforce data; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 256B.0659, subdivisions 14, 21, 24, by adding subdivisions; 256B.69, subdivision 5a; 256B.85, subdivision 2; 256S.18, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Licensing Policy.

Senators Abeler, Hoffman, Tomassoni, Ingebrigtsen, and Mathews introduced--

S.F. No. 498: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; exempting paddleboards from watercraft licensure requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 86B.005, subdivision 18; 86B.415, subdivision 1a.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Bigham, Duckworth, and Kent introduced--

S.F. No. 499: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for early voting; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 201.022, subdivision 1; 203B.001; 203B.01, by adding a subdivision; 203B.03, subdivision 1; 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.081, subdivision 2; 203B.085; 203B.121, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 204B.28, subdivision 2; 206.82, subdivision 1; 206.83; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.081, subdivision 3.

Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 500: A bill for an act relating to broadband service; prohibiting certain activities by Internet service providers serving Minnesota customers and those under contract to the state or political subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16C; 325F.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senators Clausen, Cwodzinski, and Port introduced--

S.F. No. 501: 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.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 502: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring restaurants to serve specified drinks as the default beverage for children's meals; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 503: A bill for an act relating to mass transit; appropriating money for the Red Rock Corridor transitway demonstration project.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 504: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 505: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to install lighting along the marked U.S. Highway 61 corridor in Cottage Grove.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 506: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; prohibiting false caller identification information; providing for criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 325E.26, by adding subdivisions; 609.52, subdivision 3; 609.527, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 325E.31.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 507: A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring the annual review of the coroner and medical examiner by the county board; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 390.005, subdivision 6; 390.31, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 508: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; expanding the definition of agricultural products for class 2 land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 509: A bill for an act relating to data practices; authorizing the commissioner of revenue to disclose return information related to business relief payments to counties; amending Laws 2020, Seventh Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 1, subdivision 4.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Osmek introduced--

S.F. No. 510: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a safe crossing route for connection with the Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail in Shorewood; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Ruud, Tomassoni, and Eichorn introduced--

S.F. No. 511: A bill for an act relating to tourism; appropriating money for Explore Minnesota Tourism.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Benson introduced--

S.F. No. 512: A bill for an act relating to health care; specifying immunity from liability based on the level or manner of care due to the COVID-19 peacetime emergency; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12.

Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.

Senator Ruud introduced--

S.F. No. 513: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for local recreation grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Ruud introduced--

S.F. No. 514: A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying provisions for conveying state land interests; adding to and deleting from state parks and recreation areas; authorizing sales of certain state lands; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 84.63; 92.502.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senator Senjem introduced--

S.F. No. 515: A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the statute of limitations for certain sex offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 628.26.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--

S.F. No. 516: 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, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--

S.F. No. 517: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying administrative law procedures for certain child care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245A.08, subdivisions 4, 5.

Referred to the Committee on Human Services Licensing Policy.

Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--

S.F. No. 518: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing exemption from personal liability for municipality officers or employees; removing exception for counties to be liable for claims at family day care where county had actual knowledge of risk that led to claims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 466.03, subdivision 6d.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senator Osmek introduced--

S.F. No. 519: A bill for an act relating to corrections; providing identification cards for offenders released from incarceration; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 3.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Newman introduced--

S.F. No. 520: A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending provisions relating to grants for local bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.50, subdivisions 6d, 7.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Newman introduced--

S.F. No. 521: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to publish certain information about project selection; requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt certain project selection policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 174.40, subdivision 5; 174.50, subdivision 7; 174.52, subdivision 5.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senators Clausen, Port, and Cwodzinski introduced--

S.F. No. 522: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring teacher preparation programs to include online coursework; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.092, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Senators Housley and Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 523: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership.

Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.

Senator Housley introduced--

S.F. No. 524: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; clarifying building and fire code requirements for public places of accommodation that are rural event centers; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.108, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.

Senator Housley introduced--

S.F. No. 525: A bill for an act relating to family law; requiring the court to provide certain notices; modifying requirements for parent education program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 518.157, subdivisions 1, 3.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senators Koran and Duckworth introduced--

S.F. No. 526: A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities to increase the number of black male teachers; requiring a report; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Senator Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 527: A bill for an act relating to human rights; adding a provision to the certificate of compliance provision in the Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 363A.36, subdivision 3; 363A.44, subdivision 4.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senators Coleman, Pratt, Osmek, and Newman introduced--

S.F. No. 528: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to expand U.S. Highway 212 to four lanes between Norwood Young America and Cologne.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senators Duckworth, Johnson, Mathews, and Eichorn introduced--

S.F. No. 529: A bill for an act relating to housing; permitting a landlord to require a tenant to provide documentation supporting the tenant's need for a service or support animal; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 256C.02; 363A.09, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senator Johnson introduced--

S.F. No. 530: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; amending an appropriation for property development in the city of Crookston; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 21, subdivision 14.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Duckworth, Eichorn, Draheim, Dahms, and Franzen introduced--

S.F. No. 531: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring notices for reverse mortgage loans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 47.58, subdivisions 1, 8, by adding subdivisions.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Senators Duckworth, Kiffmeyer, Mathews, Bigham, and Hoffman introduced--

S.F. No. 532: A bill for an act relating to family law; updating the notice to parties in custody and parenting time cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 518.168.

Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Senators Weber and Dahms introduced--

S.F. No. 533: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for county fairs.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Weber, Eken, Mathews, Rosen, and Ingebrigtsen introduced--

S.F. No. 534: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for emergency management readiness grants for local planning and preparedness efforts; requiring a report.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--

S.F. No. 535: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local lodging taxes; removing the expiration date of the local lodging tax imposed by the city of Plymouth; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 6, section 25.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--

S.F. No. 536: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for fire stations in the city of Plymouth; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.71, subdivision 52.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--

S.F. No. 537: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an alternatives analysis of transit service in the marked Trunk Highway 55 corridor from Medina to Minneapolis.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 538: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota.

Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 539: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.

Senators Frentz and Putnam introduced--

S.F. No. 540: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Minnesota State University, Mankato; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 541: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for certain construction materials for a St. Peter fire station; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.71, subdivision 52.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 542: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of St. Peter to impose a local sales and use tax.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senator Frentz introduced--

S.F. No. 543: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing a revolving loan fund for energy conservation in state buildings; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy.

Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Bigham introduced--

S.F. No. 544: A bill for an act relating to taxation; revenue recapture; disallowing claims from certain hospitals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 270A.03, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--

S.F. No. 545: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the definition of prescription drug for purposes of the state antikickback provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62J.23, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.