State of Minnesota

SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

12:15 P.M.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills

Senator Pratt introduced--

S.F. No. 4197: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing a license for the city of St. Paul.

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

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 4198: A bill for an act relating to state government; making human services forecast adjustments; appropriating money.

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

Senator Clausen introduced--

S.F. No. 4199: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a driver training facility at Dakota County Technical College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Cwodzinski introduced--

S.F. No. 4200: A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; modifying the basis for determining operation and maintenance expenditures for metropolitan-area regional parks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.351, subdivision 3.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.

Senator Howe introduced--

S.F. No. 4201: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional sports complex in Sauk Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Westrom introduced--

S.F. No. 4202: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the Minnesota State College and Universities mental health grants appropriation; increasing funding for mental health grants; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5.

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

Senator Westrom introduced--

S.F. No. 4203: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for additional food handler inspectors.

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

Senators Pratt and Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 4204: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; amending an appropriation of bond proceeds; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 7, subdivision 24.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Pratt, Rest, Housley, Nelson, and Weber introduced--

S.F. No. 4205: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; expanding the dependent care credit; establishing the great start child care credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 290.0131, by adding a subdivision; 290.067.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Newton introduced--

S.F. No. 4206: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; requiring the commissioner of management and budget to defease stadium appropriation bonds; appropriating money; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.965.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Dziedzic, Klein, and Wiklund introduced--

S.F. No. 4207: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to ServeMinnesota.

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

Senator Housley introduced--

S.F. No. 4208: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the senior nutrition program.

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

Senator Housley introduced--

S.F. No. 4209: A bill for an act relating to children and families; establishing the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson and Board of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson; appropriating money for the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson and Board of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 260C.

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

Senators Latz, Dziedzic, Bigham, López Franzen, and McEwen introduced--

S.F. No. 4210: A bill for an act relating to public defenders; appropriating money for the Board of Public Defense.

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

Senators Isaacson, Wiklund, Murphy, and Dibble introduced--

S.F. No. 4211: A bill for an act relating to health care; prohibiting prior authorization for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of mental illness in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 13f, 13j.

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

Senator Jasinski introduced--

S.F. No. 4212: A bill for an act relating to local government; amending the conditions for participation in an open meeting from a nonpublic location; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 13D.02, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.

Senator Champion introduced--

S.F. No. 4213: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new facility for Avenues for Youth.

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

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 4214: A bill for an act relating to local government; providing additional investment authority for certain self-insurance pools; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 118A.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government Policy.

Senators Torres Ray, Duckworth, and Newton introduced--

S.F. No. 4215: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the development and construction of veterans affordable housing in the city of Richfield; authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Port and López Franzen introduced--

S.F. No. 4216: A bill for an act relating to trade regulations; prohibiting abuse of dominance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.

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

Senators Frentz, López Franzen, Cwodzinski, and Carlson introduced--

S.F. No. 4217: A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting intimidation of election officials; prohibiting interference with the performance of a duty of election administration by an election official; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.

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

Senator Mathews introduced--

S.F. No. 4218: A bill for an act relating to taxation; aid to Tribal governments; aid to local governments; increasing state aid to reimburse counties for the nonfederal share of the cost for out-of-home placement of Indian children; establishing a Tribal resiliency aid program; establishing a juvenile safety and placement working group; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 477A.0126, subdivisions 3, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

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

Senator Bakk introduced--

S.F. No. 4219: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community facility in the city of Babbitt; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senators Bakk and Tomassoni introduced--

S.F. No. 4220: A bill for an act relating to mining; facilitating mineral commodity and nonfuel gas leases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 9.071; 93.245; 93.25, subdivisions 1, 2.

Referred to the Committee on Mining and Forestry Policy.

Senator Howe introduced--

S.F. No. 4221: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for local road improvements in the city of Rockville.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Cwodzinski introduced--

S.F. No. 4222: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance by five percent; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 2.

Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Senators Johnson Stewart, Dibble, López Franzen, and Rest introduced--

S.F. No. 4223: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the crime of carjacking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Senator Wiklund introduced--

S.F. No. 4224: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a state-issued identification process for certain persons eligible for medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Housley introduced--

S.F. No. 4225: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a household hazardous waste facility in Washington County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Chamberlain introduced--

S.F. No. 4226: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the White Bear Center for the Arts for a paid high school internship program.

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

Senators Bigham, Putnam, McEwen, Klein, and Eken introduced--

S.F. No. 4227: A bill for an act relating to taxation; adjusting the calculation of local government aid and county program aid in 2023 only; increasing the annual appropriation for local government aid; increasing the annual appropriation for county program aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 477A.013, subdivision 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--

S.F. No. 4228: A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying certain provisions classifying and regulating the use and sharing of mental health data when responding to a mental health emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.46, subdivisions 1, 2, 7; 13.82, subdivision 16, by adding a subdivision; 144.294, subdivision 2; 245.469, as amended; 403.10, subdivision 2.

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

Senators Westrom, Pratt, Ingebrigtsen, Howe, and Duckworth introduced--

S.F. No. 4229: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; authorizing a property tax rebate; appropriating money.

Referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Senators Kent and Pappas introduced--

S.F. No. 4230: A bill for an act relating to tourism; expanding membership on the Explore Minnesota Tourism Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116U.25.

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

Senator Champion introduced--

S.F. No. 4231: A bill for an act relating to human rights; requiring nondiscrimination and equity in access to organ transplants; prescribing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.

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

Senators Anderson, Ingebrigtsen, Senjem, and Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 4232: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; appropriating money for a grant to Beltrami County for planning and developing a comprehensive mental health services program for individuals under arrest or subject to arrest.

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

Senator Lang introduced--

S.F. No. 4233: A bill for an act relating to the military; appropriating money for holistic health and fitness program for Minnesota Army National Guard.

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

Senator Johnson introduced--

S.F. No. 4234: A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; establishing a special permit for hauling sugar beets; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Howe introduced--

S.F. No. 4235: A bill for an act relating to construction; modifying building permit fees for certain types of work; amending the definition of special skills for contractor licensing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.802, subdivision 15; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 326B.153, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.

Senator Lang introduced--

S.F. No. 4236: A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending definitions of labor trafficking; establishing enhanced penalties for labor trafficking when the trafficking occurs over an extended period of time or when a victim dies or suffers great bodily harm; making conforming changes related to the statewide human trafficking assessment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 299A.78, subdivision 1; 299A.79, subdivision 3; 609.281, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 609.282, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.281, subdivision 2.

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

Senator Putnam introduced--

S.F. No. 4237: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a survivor employment readiness pilot project in the greater St. Cloud area.

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

Senator Jasinski introduced--

S.F. No. 4238: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for new law enforcement and government facilities in Rice County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Mathews introduced--

S.F. No. 4239: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; creating general data audit trail requirements for not public data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.05, by adding a subdivision.

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

Senators Tomassoni and Bakk introduced--

S.F. No. 4240: A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating the pandemic relief grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money.

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

Senators Frentz, Newton, and Johnson Stewart introduced--

S.F. No. 4241: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring owners of certain buildings to enter energy use data into a benchmarking tool; requiring public disclosure of energy use data; providing grants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.

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

Senator Carlson introduced--

S.F. No. 4242: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to the secretary of state for certain activities related to election security.

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

Senator Senjem introduced--

S.F. No. 4243: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing a working group on ending land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste in Minnesota; appropriating money for the working group; providing appointments.

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

Senators Tomassoni and Bakk introduced--

S.F. No. 4244: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a legacy mine water management account; requiring a report; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 93.46, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.

Referred to the Committee on Mining and Forestry Policy.

Senator Hawj introduced--

S.F. No. 4245: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to address disparities experienced by Asian Minnesotans.

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

Senator Howe introduced--

S.F. No. 4246: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for intersection improvements on marked Trunk Highway 23 in the city of Rockville.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senators Hoffman, Abeler, and Newton introduced--

S.F. No. 4247: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mississippi Gateway Regional Park improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Kunesh introduced--

S.F. No. 4248: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wellness and community center in the city of St. Anthony; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Kunesh introduced--

S.F. No. 4249: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying enforcement authority for appropriating water; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.299, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.

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

Senator McEwen introduced--

S.F. No. 4250: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; Public Employees Retirement Association; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association; restoring augmentation of deferred annuities for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 352.22, subdivision 3a; 352B.08, subdivision 2b; 353.34, subdivision 3; 354.55, subdivision 11; 354A.37, subdivision 2.

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

Senator Utke introduced--

S.F. No. 4251: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for demolition of the abandoned Williams School building in Lake of the Woods County.

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

Senator Champion introduced--

S.F. No. 4252: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the small business partnership grant program; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2.

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

Senator Champion introduced--

S.F. No. 4253: A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring a report; appropriating money to make workforce training and entrepreneurship investments intended to help close the state's opportunity gaps for Minnesotans of color.

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

Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--

S.F. No. 4254: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; requiring the withholding of certain grant funds for capital projects before receipt of an approval of compliance with sustainable building guidelines; requiring the adjustment of certain capital project construction cost thresholds by the commissioner of administration; appropriating money for sustainable building guideline education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 16B.325, by adding a subdivision; 16B.335, subdivision 1.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Senator Draheim introduced--

S.F. No. 4255: A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the threshold for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to establish a cost per square foot valuation of certain properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 326B.145; 326B.153, by adding a subdivision.

Referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Policy.

Senators Bakk and Tomassoni introduced--

S.F. No. 4256: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for a new landfill in St. Louis County.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

Senator Koran introduced--

S.F. No. 4257: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying reporting, access, and other requirements related to the prescription monitoring program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.126, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 9.

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

Senator Duckworth introduced--

S.F. No. 4258: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district to levy for certain costs associated with data requests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.43.

Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Senator Wiger introduced--

S.F. No. 4259: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for planning and design of a grade-separated interchange at Trunk Highway 36 and Trunk Highway 120.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Senator Ingebrigtsen introduced--

S.F. No. 4260: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; extending the availability of an appropriation for a Glendalough State Park visitor center; appropriating money for a Glendalough State Park visitor center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 7, subdivision 9.

Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.