State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
12:00 Noon
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 5226: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure improvements in the city of Lilydale; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 5227: A bill for an act relating to retirement; resolving a conflict in the statute that dictates the established date for full funding; deleting obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 356.215, subdivision 11.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5228: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to redevelop the auditorium of the former Sandstone School in the city of Sandstone; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5229: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for student support services; providing funding for nonpublic elementary counseling services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.44, subdivisions 1, 5, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivision 3; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 6; article 5, section 64, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5230: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure in the city of Pine City; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Drazkowski, Koran, Howe, Abeler, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 5231: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027; allowing a school board to not comply with certain laws or rules.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Dibble and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5232: A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority for retrofitting glass on the professional football stadium for bird safety.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 5233: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring a job accommodation request form for an employee with a known disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 5234: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying property taxes, individual income and corporate franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, and local government aids; clarifying the definition of certain attachments and appurtenances; proposing advanced payments of the child tax credit; clarifying the credit for research calculation for the gross receipts tax; modifying the effective date of a reduction in the limitation on the deductibility of net operating losses; modifying Tribal Nation aid payment dates; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 272.02, subdivision 19; 273.38; 273.41; 289A.08, subdivision 1; 295.53, subdivision 4a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 290.0661, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 477A.40, subdivisions 4, 5; Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 1, section 44.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 5235: A bill for an act relating to taxation; public financing; modifying local government debt financing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 123B.71, subdivision 8; 446A.086, subdivision 1; 469.104; 474A.091, subdivisions 2, 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 123B.71, subdivision 12; 126C.40, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 5236: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional public safety training center in the city of Lakeville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 5237: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 5238: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; providing special tax increment financing authority to the city of Moorhead.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 5239: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a special license plate for solar pollinator programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 5240: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027; allowing a school board to not comply with certain laws or rules.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 5241: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public safety facility in the city of Wyoming; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 5242: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Duluth International Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hawj, Oumou Verbeten, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 5243: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a grant to the Hmong American Mediation Center.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Dibble, Limmer, Hoffman, Westrom, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5244: A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing a task force on guardianship; providing appointments; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Nelson, Utke, Limmer, Dornink, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 5245: A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027; allowing a school board to not comply with certain laws or rules.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Klein, Frentz, Hauschild, Rest, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 5246: A bill for an act relating to taxation; solid waste management; modifying the allocation of revenues from the solid waste management tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 5247: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to African Career, Education, and Resources, Inc., and the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 5248: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money and extending grant for Lake Alice water-quality project.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 5249: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an engagement services pilot project in Otter Tail county; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 5250: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying appropriations for the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs; increasing the maximum bonded indebtedness allowed for the State Armory Building Commission; designating Gopher Gunners Memorial Bridge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 161.14, by adding a subdivision; 193.143; Laws 2023, chapter 38, article 1, sections 2, subdivisions 1, 4; 3, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 5251: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; modifying prior appropriations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16A.642, subdivision 1; 446A.07, subdivision 8; 446A.072, subdivision 5a; 446A.073, subdivision 1; 462A.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 256E.37, subdivision 1; 446A.081, subdivision 9; 462A.37, subdivision 5; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, sections 14, subdivisions 5, 6; 25; Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 27; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 115B; 174; 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.662.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5252: A bill for an act relating to education; providing for supplemental funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, American Indian education, teachers, charter schools, special education, facilities, nutrition, libraries, early childhood education, and state agencies; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120A.41; 122A.415, by adding a subdivision; 122A.73, subdivision 4; 124E.22; 126C.05, subdivision 15; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 121A.642; 122A.415, subdivision 4; 122A.73, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.77, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 123B.92, subdivision 11; 124D.151, subdivision 6; 124D.65, subdivision 5; 124D.81, subdivision 2b; 124D.901, subdivision 3; 124D.995, subdivision 3; 124E.13, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 2e, 3, 3c, 13; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 6, 7, 9, 17, 24; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; article 2, section 64, subdivisions 2, 6, 14, 16, 21, 23, 26, 31; article 4, section 21, subdivisions 2, 5; article 5, sections 64, subdivisions 3, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16; 65, subdivisions 3, 6; article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7; article 8, section 19, subdivisions 3, 5, 6; article 9, section 18, subdivisions 4, 8; article 11, section 11, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 10; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 10, section 4.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 5253: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing a special license in the city of Mankato.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Hoffman and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 5254: A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing special authority and provisions related to property taxes, tax increment financing, and sales and use taxes for certain projects in the city of Brooklyn Park; providing special tax increment financing authority; providing special property tax abatement authority; authorizing establishment of a value capture district; providing a refundable sales and use tax exemption for construction materials; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5255: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for early childhood program appropriations; amending Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 6, 24.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5256: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing certain lunchroom furniture costs in the school food service fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.111, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 5257: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying combative sports regulations; increasing payment threshold from the contractor recovery fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 326B.89, subdivision 5; 341.28, by adding a subdivision; 341.29; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 341.25; 341.28, subdivision 5; 341.30, subdivision 4; 341.321; 341.33, by adding a subdivision; 341.355.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators McEwen, Kunesh, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 5258: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing a grant program for pilot projects to encourage and increase composting in multifamily buildings; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators McEwen, Dibble, Fateh, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5259: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing requirements on encampments in trunk highway rights-of-way; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 5260: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 5261: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for culvert improvements in Albion Township; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 5262: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements consistent with the Capitol Mall Design Framework update and for related fundraising efforts; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 5263: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public safety facility and other capital improvements in Osseo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Weber and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 5264: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing emergency relief grants for financially distressed early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention providers; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 5265: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a pilot project to improve water quality.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 5266: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying supplemental appropriations and other provisions related to the Bureau of Mediation Services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 626.892, subdivision 10; Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 19, section 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 179.81; 179.82; 179.83, subdivision 1; 179.84, subdivision 1; 179.85; Minnesota Rules, parts 5520.0100; 5520.0110; 5520.0120; 5520.0200; 5520.0250; 5520.0300; 5520.0500; 5520.0520; 5520.0540; 5520.0560; 5520.0600; 5520.0620; 5520.0700; 5520.0710; 5520.0800.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 5267: A bill for an act relating to insurance; authorizing insurers to use certain weather-related losses for purposes of underwriting and rating; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 65A.29, subdivisions 7, 8; 70A.05.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Carlson, Dibble, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 5268: A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing a road usage charge for all-electric vehicles; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 168.002, by adding a subdivision; 168.013, subdivision 1m; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 5269: A bill for an act relating to barbering; permitting registration as an apprentice barber; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 154.003; 154.01; 154.05; 154.09; 154.10, subdivision 2; 154.11, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 154.14; 154.15; 154.161, subdivision 4; 154.162; 154.19; 154.24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 154.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 5270: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for traffic safety public education programs.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Port and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 5271: A bill for an act relating to solar energy; establishing a program to award financial incentives to permitting authorities that install an automated software system to review and issue permits for residential solar energy projects; establishing an account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Port, Kupec, McEwen, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 5272: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing the reproductive health equity grant fund; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 5273: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying requirements for fees collected for city services, permits, or licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462.353, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5274: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Somali Community Resettlement Services.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Jasinski, Dibble, Coleman, Lang, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 5275: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying distribution of proceeds from the sales tax on vehicle repair and replacement parts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 297A.94.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5276: A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating the Slice for St. Paul Kids literacy incentive pilot program through a school and community partnership; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5277: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for St. Paul Neighborhood Network for after-school programming; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5278: A bill for an act relating to public safety; limiting supervision of parolees to five years; modifying the grounds for early discharge from parole and the certificate of final discharge; modifying the qualifications for the Supervised Release Board members; limiting reappointment of members to the Supervised Release Board; making certain inmates eligible for earned release credits; modifying the considerations for granting parole or supervised release; modifying the standards for granting medical release; establishing the Medical Release Review Board; eliminating life sentences; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.05, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 243.05, subdivision 3; 244.049, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 244.05, subdivisions 4, 5, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 244.45; 244.46, subdivision 4; 609.106, subdivision 2; 609.3455, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5279: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for cultural events.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5280: A bill for an act relating to crimes; modifying the definition of crime of violence for firearms crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 624.712, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5281: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 5282: A bill for an act relating to direct care and treatment; modifying the eligible recipients and funding for mental health innovation programs; removing county responsibility for the cost of care for a client awaiting transfer to another state-operated facility or program or facility operated by the Department of Corrections; appropriating money for direct care and treatment capacity and utilization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.4662; 246.18, subdivision 4a; 246.54, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 246.54, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 5283: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the maximum amount of the taconite homestead credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 273.135, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dibble and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 5284: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing a Tribal worksite training program; establishing a transportation facilities capital program; authorizing collection of passenger rail user fees and revenue; modifying previous appropriations; appropriating money for driver's license testing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 174.02, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 174.634, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 3; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 2, sections 2, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9; 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Dibble, Jasinski, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 5285: A bill for an act relating to transit; requiring an annual transportation financial review by the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.13, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 5286: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying provisions related to exemptions for institutions of public charity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 272.02, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Morrison and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5287: A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for suicide prevention curriculum.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 5288: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System correctional state employees retirement plan; expanding eligibility to certain registered nurse supervisors; modifying other lists of covered employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 352.91, subdivisions 1, 3c; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 352.91, subdivision 3f.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.