State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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 McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3029: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a headwaters community food and water economic resiliency program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3030: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing a grant program to develop distributed energy projects; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3031: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for accessible housing units owned by Accessible Space, Inc., in the city of Duluth.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3032: A bill for an act relating to education; providing for student welfare and parental awareness in education; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3033: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the altering of a flag; clarifying use of the Stars and Stripes flag design; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.40, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3034: A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting electricity generated outside the state from the requirement that a certain proportion of retail electricity be carbon-free by certain dates; amending Laws 2023, chapter 7, section 10.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3035: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a biennial budget for Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission, and Explore Minnesota; modifying various provisions governing economic development, unemployment insurance, and Explore Minnesota; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 116J.5492, subdivisions 8, 10; 116J.8748, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, by adding a subdivision; 116J.8749, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 10; 116L.361, subdivision 7; 116L.362, subdivision 1; 116L.364, subdivision 3; 116L.56, subdivision 2; 116L.561, subdivision 5; 116L.562, subdivision 2; 116U.05; 116U.10; 116U.15; 116U.20; 116U.25; 116U.30; 116U.35; 126C.43, subdivision 2; 127A.45, subdivision 12; 268.085, subdivisions 7, 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 116L; 116U; 124D.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3036: A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development to study student loan forgiveness programs; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 3037: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials for a new water treatment plant in the city of Ramsey; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.71, subdivision 52.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Pha, Xiong, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3038: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hmong Minnesota Community Center.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 3039: A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a gross receipts tax on certain digital products; appropriating money for payments to local governments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3040: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rail grade separation projects in the city of Moorhead.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3041: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Opus Public Space in Minnetonka; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3042: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a legislative study group on school safety; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 3043: A bill for an act relating to elections; repealing certain eligibility requirements for caucus participation; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 202A.16.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3044: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for grants to facilitate youth involvement in tuj lub and sepak takraw sports.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3045: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for career training in the culinary arts.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3046: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water and sewer infrastructure in the city of Newport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hoffman and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3047: A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, by adding a section; creating a dedicated fund for long-term care services; closing a tax loophole by levying a tax on individuals with income not taxed for Social Security purposes to fund long-term care services; dedicating revenues; providing for the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of human services to propose implementing legislation.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3048: A bill for an act relating to real property; landlord and tenant; providing for care facilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3049: A bill for an act relating to civil procedure; exempting property tax refunds from attachment, garnishment, or sale; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 550.37, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3050: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to develop a White Earth Nation-specific digital therapy tool for substance use disorder services.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 3051: A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hoffman and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3052: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Council on Disability.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 3053: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for possession limits for sunfish in certain counties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3054: A bill for an act relating to transit; appropriating money for certain transit service improvements, including transit fare elimination, transit shelters, zero-emission bus transition, arterial bus rapid transit planning, and transit signal priority system planning; establishing a working group; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Pratt, Mathews, Lieske, Duckworth, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3055: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing the A+ Energy Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 216B.01; 216B.1691, subdivisions 1, as amended, 2e, as amended; 216B.243, subdivisions 3b, 8, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3056: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a household hazardous waste facility in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3057: A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for licensed school teacher salary increases; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3058: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money to Metro Deaf School.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Pappas and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3059: A bill for an act relating to public safety; removing law regarding collection of DNA data without a conviction; providing for the removal of certain biological specimens and records from the DNA index system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299C.105, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299C.105, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mohamed, Oumou Verbeten, Mann, Champion, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3060: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding membership of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission; providing for staggered terms for members of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.09, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 3061: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a federal setting IV educational facility in Polk County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Dibble and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3062: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for HIV/AIDS support services.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Port introduced--
S.F. No. 3063: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing trust account requirements; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 82.75, subdivision 8; 327C.095, subdivisions 12, 13, 16.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3064: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for Dreamland on 38th.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3065: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a commodities storage and handling facility in the city of Orono; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3066: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Orono Golf Course Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3067: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community recreation center in the city of Orono; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson, Kupec, Hauschild, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3068: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing for a small business sales tax allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.77, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Kunesh and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3069: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing Lowland Conifer Carbon Reserve; modifying uses of positive general fund balance; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.152, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 88.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3070: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying payment rates for certain nursing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256R.25; 256R.47.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3071: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new facility for YMCA of the North Camp Northern Lights.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3072: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new public safety facility in the city of Chisholm; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3073: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the Timber Hall facility in Embarrass Township.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3074: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the regional public safety center and training facility project in the city of Virginia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3075: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new spur of the Mesabi Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3076: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the children's museum in the city of Mankato.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3077: A bill for an act relating to local government; adding conforming industrialized or modular buildings for residential use to the structures that may not be prohibited by regulation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462.357, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3078: 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 2022, sections 326B.145; 326B.153, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3079: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of the Lake Crystal Area Recreation Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3080: A bill for an act relating to local and metropolitan government; the Legalizing Affordable Housing Act; addressing provisions on land use and planning requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 15.99, subdivisions 1, 2; 326B.145; 326B.153, by adding a subdivision; 394.24, subdivision 1; 462.355, subdivision 4; 462.357, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 462.358, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 473.145; 473.254, subdivision 2; 473.517, subdivision 3; 473.858, subdivision 1; 473.859, subdivision 2; 473.865, subdivisions 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 394; 462; 473; 513; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462E; repealing Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 2, section 46.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Dibble and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3081: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to establish Camille J. Gage Artist Fellowship; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3082: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for workforce development in the fields of construction, clean energy, and energy efficiency.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3083: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for minority business development; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3084: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; transportation; appropriating money for the realignment of Trunk Highway 60 and local infrastructure related thereto in the city of Wabasha; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3085: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying motor vehicle dealer access to replacement license plates; clarifying the operation of used motor vehicles by motor vehicle dealers and their employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.27, subdivision 16, by adding a subdivision; 168A.02, subdivision 2; 168A.03, subdivision 2; 168A.11, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 3086: A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing the city of Cohasset to operate a casino gaming facility regulated by the Department of Public Safety; authorizing the city to issue additional on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Mohamed and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3087: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management and assistance activities.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3088: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the Safe Harbor Act to include all individuals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 145.4711, by adding a subdivision; 145.4716; 145.4717; 145.4718; 609.3241; 609.5315, subdivision 5c.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3089: A bill for an act relating to state government; creating a fund for Native recovery; creating a council on Native programs; imposing new taxes; requiring an audit by the legislative auditor; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 287.21, by adding a subdivision; 287.29; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3090: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the children's museum in Duluth.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3091: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3092: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; creating a new green infrastructure grant program; amending criteria for certain projects funded through the clean water and drinking water revolving funds; requiring rules and the prioritization of clean water and drinking water projects in certain project priority lists to factor in new criteria; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 116.182, subdivision 5; 446A.07, subdivisions 1a, 7, 8; 446A.081, subdivisions 1, 8, 9, 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3093: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Dibble, Port, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3094: A bill for an act relating to transportation; creating a Plain Language Driver's Manual and Written Examination Working Group; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3095: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Southside Community Health Services.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3096: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Sabathani Community Center.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3097: A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a report on Minnesota State Colleges and Universities course placement practices; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3098: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; appropriating money to the revisor of statutes to replace the bill and administrative rules drafting system.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3099: A bill for an act relating to state government; providing a statutory appropriation of funds to the legislature for sums sufficient to operate the house of representatives, senate, and Legislative Coordinating Commission; requiring the Compensation Council to prescribe salaries for constitutional officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10.44; 10.45; 15A.082, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 16A.152, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3100: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; modifying the date on which the legislature must meet in odd-numbered years; modifying the definition of legislative day; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 3.011; 3.012.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 3101: A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; modifying certain pull-tab restrictions and requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 349.1721, subdivision 3; 349.18, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Pappas, Hawj, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3102: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Penumbra Theatre Company.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.