State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, February 18, 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.
Senator Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 1139: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the addiction medicine graduate medical education fellowship program.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 1140: A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating a statewide sex trafficking investigation coordinator; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Dziedzic and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1141: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for Somali young adult and youth job training.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senator Eaton introduced--
S.F. No. 1142: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing syringe services providers to possess, distribute, and dispose of syringes; authorizing the possession of hypodermic syringes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 151.01, by adding a subdivision; 151.40, subdivision 1; 152.01, subdivision 18.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Eaton introduced--
S.F. No. 1143: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Eaton introduced--
S.F. No. 1144: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting open season for taking wolves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.645, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Housley and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1145: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; authorizing micro unit dwellings at sacred settlements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1146: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for small business development in East St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1147: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property and local; exempting certain tribal-owned property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 1148: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying certification requirements for certain occupations regulated by the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board; modifying requirements for education programs and education program primary instructors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 144E.001, by adding a subdivision; 144E.27, subdivisions 2, 3; 144E.28, subdivisions 1, 3, 7, 8; 144E.283; 144E.285, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144E.27, subdivisions 1, 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Newton introduced--
S.F. No. 1149: A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; providing duty disability benefits in certain cases.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1150: A bill for an act relating to education; suspending and restarting social studies standards review cycle.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1151: A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting the use of highway user tax distribution funds or trunk highway funds for bicycle lanes or routes; prohibiting vehicle travel lanes from being converted into bicycle lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 160.02, by adding subdivisions; 160.262, subdivision 1; 160.264; 160.266, by adding a subdivision; 174.75, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1152: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the conveyance of the Cosmos elementary school in Meeker County to the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Eichorn, Jasinski, Nelson, and Chamberlain introduced--
S.F. No. 1153: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the K-12 education expense subtraction and credit; extending the credit to tuition; increasing the subtraction and credit amounts; increasing the income phaseout for the credit; adjusting the credit and subtraction amounts and credit phaseout thresholds for inflation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 290.0132, subdivision 4; 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1154: A bill for an act relating to transportation; correcting cross-references; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 162.145, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1155: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing grants to certain cities for facade preservation in historic commercial districts; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Benson, Rosen, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1156: A bill for an act relating to health care; increasing medical assistance reimbursement rate for administration of COVID-19 vaccine.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1157: A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a tax credit for certain employers; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1158: A bill for an act relating to transportation; making appropriations for aeronautics purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Newman introduced--
S.F. No. 1159: A bill for an act relating to transportation; making technical changes to remove certain obsolete dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 174.185, subdivision 3; 174.24, subdivision 7; 174.285, subdivision 5; 174.40, subdivision 5; 174.56, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senators Rosen, Benson, and Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 1160: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying coverage for health care services and consultation provided through telehealth; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 147.033; 151.37, subdivision 2; 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; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 62A.67; 62A.671; 62A.672.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1161: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying classification and regulation of electric-assisted bicycles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 84.787, subdivision 7; 84.797, subdivision 7; 84.92, subdivision 8; 168.002, subdivision 18; 169.011, subdivisions 27, 42, by adding subdivisions; 169.222, subdivisions 4, 6a, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 1162: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the Board of Animal Health; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 35.02, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy.
Senators Utke and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 1163: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing a program to provide financial incentives for the production of wood pellets; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy.
Senators Kiffmeyer and Chamberlain introduced--
S.F. No. 1164: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 120B.20.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 1165: A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting counties to convey certain nonconforming real property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 373.01, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.
Senator Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 1166: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying deadline to report on funding for section 404 assumption; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 2, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 1167: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association police and fire plan; amending disability provisions for members who are age 55 and older; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 353.656, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 3, 3a, 5a.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Weber and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1168: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota child care facility program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Weber and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 1169: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota child care facility program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1170: A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying certain license restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.22, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 1171: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing carpet stewardship program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 1172: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring disclosure of vaccine ingredients; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1173: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for local public health grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1174: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity; providing legislative appointments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on Technology and Reform Policy.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 1175: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Pine to Prairie Museum in the city of Fosston; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1176: A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying certain taxation provisions; modifying off-sale limit for microdistilleries; authorizing self-distribution for certain producers; modifying certain malt liquor packaging and off-sale requirements; modifying brand registration requirements; authorizing limited off-sale for bars and restaurants; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 297G.01, subdivision 3a; 297G.03, subdivisions 1, 6; 340A.101, by adding a subdivision; 340A.22, subdivision 4; 340A.24, subdivisions 3, 4; 340A.28, subdivisions 1, 2; 340A.285; 340A.301, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; 340A.311; 340A.315, subdivisions 7, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 297G.03, subdivision 4; 340A.315, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Senator Senjem introduced--
S.F. No. 1177: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing a pilot project for oral fluid roadside testing for drug-impaired driving; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 169A.41, by adding a subdivision; 169A.51, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 1178: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing a biofuels education and marketing program; establishing a council on biofuels education and promotion; requiring compliance with certain compatibility standards; modifying minimum biofuel standard; making technical changes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 116.49, by adding a subdivision; 239.791, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3, 7, 8, 15, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41A.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1179: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying operation of the medical cannabis program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 152.22, by adding a subdivision; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 152.31.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senators Coleman and Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 1180: A bill for an act relating to employment; expanding applicability of pregnancy accommodations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.939; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.9414.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1181: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for grants to the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 1182: A bill for an act relating to child welfare; modifying requirements for reporting prenatal substance use; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 260E.31, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 1183: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for transferring certain firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.7141.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 1184: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for probationary sentences for certain nonviolent offenders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Coleman and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1185: A bill for an act relating to children; requiring a report on participation in early childhood programs by children in foster care; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Draheim, Dornink, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1186: A bill for an act relating to broadband; appropriating money to the broadband grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.397.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy.
Senators Fateh, Johnson Stewart, Abeler, Frentz, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 1187: A bill for an act relating to redistricting; requiring the allocation of certain incarcerated persons based on their last known address in the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 2.
Referred to the Committee on Redistricting.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1188: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the Department of Human Services to allocate funds for county reimbursement of costs for incorrectly claimed federal funds.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 1189: A bill for an act relating to public safety; permitting certain retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.66, subdivision 1d.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1190: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a Minnesota Citizens Federal Oversight Committee; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1191: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for Summit Academy OIC.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 1192: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring a legislative report on the transit taxing district.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1193: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked U.S. Highway 8.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 1194: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked U.S. Highway 8; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 1195: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the issuance of redevelopment appropriation bonds for areas damaged by civil unrest; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 1196: A bill for an act relating to state government; creating a commission to redesign the official state flag and the official state seal; requiring a report; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 1.135; 1.141.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Bigham, Latz, Kent, Limmer, and Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 1197: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the public dissemination of information regarding a law enforcement official's home address; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Bigham, Latz, Pappas, and Benson introduced--
S.F. No. 1198: A bill for an act relating to child protection; expanding persons required to report known or suspected child maltreatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 260E.06, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.
Senators Bigham and Kent introduced--
S.F. No. 1199: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1200: A bill for an act relating to business operation; creating a timeline for ending restrictions on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senators Howe and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1201: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of income used for the property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Howe, Dornink, Eichorn, Koran, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 1202: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the closure of shooting ranges during a state of emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.7192.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1203: A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; extending the presumption for a workers' compensation claim based on COVID-19; amending Laws 2020, chapter 72, section 1.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 1204: A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating an open appropriation from the general fund to the public safety officer's benefit account; providing for reimbursement for continued health insurance coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 299A.42; 299A.465, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Kent and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 1205: A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for paid family, pregnancy, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits; regulating and requiring certain employment leaves; classifying certain data; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.719, by adding a subdivision; 177.27, subdivision 4; 181.032; 256J.561, by adding a subdivision; 256J.95, subdivisions 3, 11; 256P.01, subdivision 3; 268.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268B.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.
Senators Kent, Bigham, and Wiger introduced--
S.F. No. 1206: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Central Park facility in the city of Woodbury; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 1207: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a grant to African American Youth Access and African Immigrant Family Outreach programs; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Hawj, Murphy, and Bigham introduced--
S.F. No. 1208: A bill for an act relating to health care; authorizing the commissioner of human services to award a grant to a nonprofit organization that serves the Somali community for outreach, training, and distribution of naloxone kits; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Hawj, Bigham, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 1209: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for efforts to ensure Department of Natural Resources staff includes members of communities traditionally underrepresented.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senators Duckworth, Chamberlain, Wiger, Eichorn, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 1210: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring special education recovery services and support plans for students with disabilities; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senators Murphy and Bigham introduced--
S.F. No. 1211: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing reproductive health rights; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 1212: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local lodging tax; authorizing the city of Maple Grove to allocate revenues.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.