State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, March 17, 2025
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.
Senators Wesenberg, Lucero, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2572: A bill for an act relating to employment; making employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits permissive; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivisions 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2573: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for public educational radio stations.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2574: A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing sharing of government data in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Gustafson and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2575: A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring duties from the Department of Human Services to the Office of Administrative Hearings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 14.48; 14.49; 14.50; 14.51; 142A.20, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 142G.02, subdivision 37; 142G.45; 256.01, subdivision 29; 256.045, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, by adding a subdivision; 256.0451, subdivisions 3, 6, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 14.56; 256.045, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Pha and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2576: A bill for an act relating to education; providing building lease aid for charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124E.22.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2577: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Restoration for All.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2578: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing grants management provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.97, subdivision 1; 16B.98, subdivisions 1, 4; 16B.981, subdivision 4; 16B.991, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Pha, Hawj, and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2579: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to CAPI USA.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 2580: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring correction of certain errors regarding the taxable year to which a deductible contribution is attributed.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 2581: A bill for an act relating to taxation; taxpayer assistance; providing funds for taxpayer assistance grants and tax credit outreach grants; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Anderson and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 2582: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new water treatment facility in the city of Howard Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2583: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring Department of Transportation to publish certain notices and information for road easement projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2584: A bill for an act relating to state lands; appropriating money to condemn certain land in Cass County and authorizing its transfer for no consideration.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Nelson, Weber, Howe, and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2585: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporation franchise; providing for contingent rate reductions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2586: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee for purposes of earned sick and safe time to exclude townships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Nelson and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2587: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of employer for purposes of paid leave to exclude townships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivision 18.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kreun, Westlin, Weber, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2588: A bill for an act relating to taxation; making Tax Court interpretations of tax laws binding on the commissioner of revenue; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270C.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lucero, Drazkowski, Wesenberg, Eichorn, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 2589: A bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a definition for Trump Derangement Syndrome; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.462, subdivision 20, by adding a subdivision; 245I.02, subdivision 29, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2590: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for United Hmong Family.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2591: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring organizations eligible for grants to engage with youth community organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.70, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2592: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to celebrate 50 years of Southeast Asians in Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Dibble and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2593: A bill for an act relating to health and human services; appropriating money for Homeless Youth Act grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2594: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; increasing the amount of the student loan credit and making the credit refundable; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0682, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2595: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to Parents in Community Action.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2596: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying positive support professional and positive support analyst qualifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245D.091, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Rarick and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2597: A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying grant program to higher education institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1241, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2598: A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivisions 24, 25.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Lieske and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2599: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a centralized public safety center in the city of New Prague; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Maye Quade and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2600: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring that one-half of an agency's advertising expenses be paid to local news organizations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Weber and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 2601: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure improvements in the city of Trimont; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 2602: A bill for an act relating to highways; designating a segment of U.S. Highway 63 as "Officer Jason B. Meyer Memorial Highway"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 2603: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for preservation of the historic Forestville bridge in Fillmore County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gruenhagen, Hoffman, Lieske, Wesenberg, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2604: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a cost-benefit analysis of Minnesota's special education system; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Gruenhagen, Dornink, Draheim, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 2605: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying earned sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.50, by adding a subdivision; 181.9445, subdivisions 4, 5, 7; 181.9446; 181.9447, subdivisions 2, 3, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Limmer, Hoffman, Anderson, Johnson Stewart, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2606: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying certain allocation requirements under the corridors of commerce program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.088, subdivision 4a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2607: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying applicability of prior authorization clinical criteria changes and utilization review provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62M.17, subdivision 2; 256B.0625, subdivision 25c.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Nelson, Rasmusson, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2608: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; creating a Nurse Licensure Compact; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Nelson and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2609: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a vendor allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.20, subdivision 4; 297A.77, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2610: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying beginning farmer program provisions; modifying grain buyer provisions; allowing the commissioner of agriculture to coordinate with other state agencies and local governments to protect public health against fertilizers and fertilizer by-products; repealing a provision requiring the commissioner of agriculture to report on implementing the biodiesel fuel mandate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18C.111, by adding a subdivision; 41B.0391, subdivisions 1, 4; 223.17, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.77, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2611: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying livestock market agency and dealer licensing provisions; modifying farmers' market or community event food sampling and demonstration provisions; modifying food certificate payment provisions; repealing obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 17A.03, subdivisions 8, 10, 11, by adding a subdivision; 17A.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8; 17A.06, subdivisions 2, 3; 17A.07; 17A.08; 28A.081, subdivision 1; 28A.151, subdivision 2; 31B.03; 34A.04, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 35.68; 35.830.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Frentz and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2612: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for county implementation of service delivery transformation requirements and information technology modernization projects.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 2613: A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the mandatory fine for school bus stop-signal arm violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.444, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Coleman and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2614: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating the use of social media for minors ages 15 and younger; requiring anonymous age verification for websites harmful to minors; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Jasinski and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2615: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing a property tax exemption for an electric generation facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2616: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for grant to 30,000 Feet, a nonprofit organization.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kupec and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2617: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money to implement the University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Hauschild, Weber, Westlin, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 2618: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for grants to counties to address blight conditions and remediate environmental contamination on properties that have come under county ownership or are being held in trust by the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115B.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Hoffman, Johnson, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2619: A bill for an act relating to solid waste; exempting paper products from the extended producer responsibility program managing solid waste; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1441, subdivisions 10, 16, 26; 115A.1442; 115A.1450, subdivision 4; 115A.1451, subdivision 7; 115A.1454, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wiklund and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2620: A bill for an act relating to human services; Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General and operations policy provisions; modifying provisions on home and community-based services licensing, behavioral health licensing, background studies, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, anti-kickback laws, and human services judges personal data protection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142E.51, subdivisions 5, 6; 144.651, subdivision 2; 245A.04, subdivisions 1, 7; 245A.16, subdivision 1; 245A.242, subdivision 2; 245C.05, by adding a subdivision; 245C.08, subdivision 3; 245C.22, subdivision 5; 245D.02, subdivision 4a; 245G.05, subdivision 1; 245G.06, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3a; 245G.07, subdivision 2; 245G.08, subdivision 6; 245G.09, subdivision 3; 245G.11, subdivision 11; 245G.18, subdivision 2; 245G.19, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 245G.22, subdivisions 1, 14, 15; 256.98, subdivision 1; 256B.12; 480.40, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.11, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mohamed, Port, Maye Quade, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2621: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI; increasing the sales tax rate by three-eighths of one percent and dedicating the receipts for housing purposes; creating a homeownership opportunity fund, a community and household stability fund, and a rental opportunity fund; creating fund councils; providing appointments; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256K; 462A.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Mohamed and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2622: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to bring public right-of-way facilities in compliance with ADA requirements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Dahms, Frentz, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2623: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to reconstruct the platform, base, and supporting structure for the Hermann the German statue in New Ulm.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Drazkowski, Seeberger, Wesenberg, and Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 2624: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing three-line fishing in Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97C.315, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2625: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a consolidated list of people and vendors who may not receive state contracts or payments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Drazkowski and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2626: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of agricultural products for class 2 agricultural property classification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson, Mohamed, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2627: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a statewide education campaign to inform employers about the benefits of second-chance hiring.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Rasmusson, Hoffman, and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2628: A bill for an act relating to direct care and treatment; modifying county cost of care provisions; modifying required admission timelines; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 246.54, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 246C.07, by adding a subdivision; 253B.10, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 253B.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2629: A bill for an act relating to human rights; establishing the Minnesota Fair Chance Access to Housing Act; imposing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2630: A bill for an act relating to human services; converting the Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council; codifying existing grants; appropriating money; amending Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 12, section 5, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Pratt, Duckworth, Coleman, Johnson Stewart, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2631: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying requirements for publishing notice in a qualified newspaper; authorizing online publication of public notices when no qualified newspaper is available; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 331A.10, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Kunesh and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2632: A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for civic education grants.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2633: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program to improve educational outcomes, safety, and accountability for students with disabilities; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2634: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring access to relationship-building and de-escalation training in schools; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2635: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing rights to tenants when a landlord has received funding to assist with renovations of a residential rental unit; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 2636: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for Minnesota intercollegiate sports tickets and admissions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.70, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hauschild, Kupec, Marty, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 2637: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; corporate franchise; allowing a credit for local advertising expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0131, by adding a subdivision; 290.0133, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2638: A bill for an act relating to health; adding variance considerations related to submerged closed loop heat exchanger systems; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2639: A bill for an act relating to commerce; raising liability and uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage amounts; requiring motorcycle insurance to include uninsured and underinsured coverage; establishing the traumatic brain injury recovery account and program; establishing arbitration timelines; requiring a surcharge on automobile insurance for the traumatic brain injury recovery account and program; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 65B.133, by adding a subdivision; 65B.43, by adding a subdivision; 65B.44, subdivision 1; 65B.48, subdivision 5; 65B.49, subdivisions 3, 3a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 65B; 297I.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Maye Quade, Abeler, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2640: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying community first services and supports reimbursement rates; increasing certain budgets for consumer-direct community supports; establishing the Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 179A.54, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0659, subdivision 17a; 256B.85, subdivisions 7a, 8, 16; 256B.851, subdivisions 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Frentz and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2641: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; authorizing certain liquor wholesalers to purchase and sell lower-potency hemp edibles; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2642: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a student attendance marketing campaign.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2643: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying accident report requirements; authorizing local law enforcement to provide certain data to contracted service providers for purposes of accident reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.011, by adding a subdivision; 169.09, subdivisions 8, 13.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Hawj, Murphy, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2644: A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing the issuance of housing infrastructure bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.37, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Boldon, Lieske, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2645: A bill for an act relating to health; permitting Formulary Committee members with a potential conflict of interest to participate in committee communications and discussions; requiring the commissioner of human services to develop a public comment process for recommendations to the Formulary Committee; requiring the Formulary Committee to seek expertise from the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 13c, 13f, 13g.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2646: A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing for alternative licensing inspections for certain human services programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2647: A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying substance use disorder comprehensive assessment requirements and treatment provider qualifications; requiring a study and report on substance use disorder treatment practice limitations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245G.05, subdivision 1; 245G.11, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Latz, Marty, Port, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2648: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying the definition of debt buyer; appropriating money for a grant to Undue Medical Debt; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 332.31, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Boldon, Gustafson, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2649: A bill for an act relating to trade regulations; requiring retailers to advertise lung cancer screenings at cigarette point of sales; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Seeberger, Rasmusson, Klein, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2650: A bill for an act relating to insurance; establishing a peer-to-peer car sharing program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 72A.125, subdivision 1; 297A.64, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 65B.49, subdivision 5a.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2651: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions governing long-term care consultation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivisions 1, 10, 13, 14, 17, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2652: A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; requiring reports on grants issued by the commissioner of veterans affairs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Kupec and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2653: A bill for an act relating to utilities; establishing a special license plate for solar pollinator programs; providing agrivoltaic solar sites may be eligible for solar site management practices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1642, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2654: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the construction of improvements along Trunk Highway 210 in Otter Tail County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2655: A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting certain governing bodies from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations; prohibiting certain governing bodies from requiring terms not required under state law in homeowners association documents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 394.25, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Hawj, Pha, Mitchell, and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2656: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a mural and statue honoring Tou Ger Xiong.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Pappas, Oumou Verbeten, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2657: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; extending the city of St. Paul local sales tax; amending Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivision 5, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hawj and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2658: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the city of St. Paul for the Right Track youth internship program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Port and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2659: A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing housing and redevelopment authorities to create public corporations for the purpose of purchasing, owning, and operating properties converted under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program; permitting corporations of authorities to receive certain funding through the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 15.082; 462A.202, subdivision 3a; 462C.02, subdivision 6; 469.012, subdivision 2j; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Mohamed and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2660: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Project for Pride in Living.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 2661: A bill for an act relating to finance; proposing the Minnesota Bitcoin Act; allowing payments to the state by cryptocurrency; authorizing the State Board of Investment to invest in cryptocurrency; modifying various tax provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 11A.24, subdivision 6; 16A.626; 276.05; 279.025; 289A.02, subdivision 8, by adding a subdivision; 290.01, by adding a subdivision; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.0134, by adding a subdivision; 290.033; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 354B.25, subdivision 2; 356A.06, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Housley, Hoffman, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 2662: A bill for an act relating to family law; modifying visitation rights to a minor child; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 257C.08, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 257C.08, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Drazkowski and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 2663: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; modifying the funding source and increasing the appropriation for soil and water conservation district aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.23, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mathews, Rarick, Gruenhagen, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2664: A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring local government and Tribal approval for all solar projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216I.05, subdivision 5; 216I.10, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Howe, Anderson, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2665: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the shareholder limit for entity-owned agricultural property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.124, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Housley and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2666: A bill for an act relating to child support; repealing cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 518.68, subdivision 2; 518A.34; 518A.40, subdivision 3; 518A.41, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518A.75.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2667: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; expanding eligible uses of increment from tax increment financing districts in the cities of Minnetonka, Richfield, and St. Louis Park to include transfers to local housing trust funds; imposing requirements on use of transferred increment.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2668: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding eligibility for certain spouses of retired state employees under the group insurance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.27, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Wiklund and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2669: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying provisions relating to the Department of Health, health care, pharmacy services, background studies, Department of Human Services program integrity, health-related licensing boards, and certain fees; providing for rulemaking; requiring reports; making forecast adjustments; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.46, subdivisions 2, 3; 62D.21; 62D.211; 103I.005, subdivision 17b; 103I.101, subdivisions 2, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 103I.208, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 103I.235, subdivision 1; 103I.525, subdivisions 2, 6, 8; 103I.531, subdivisions 2, 6, 8; 103I.535, subdivisions 2, 6, 8; 103I.541, subdivisions 2b, 2c, 4; 103I.545, subdivisions 1, 2; 103I.601, subdivisions 2, 4; 144.0758, subdivision 3; 144.1205, subdivisions 2, 4, 8, 9, 10; 144.121, subdivisions 1a, 2, 5, by adding subdivisions; 144.1215, by adding a subdivision; 144.122; 144.1222, subdivision 1a; 144.3831, subdivision 1; 144.55, subdivision 1a; 144.554; 144.608, subdivision 2; 144.615, subdivision 8; 144.966, subdivision 2; 144A.291, subdivision 2; 144A.43, by adding a subdivision; 144A.474, subdivisions 9, 11; 144A.475, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b, 3c; 144A.71, subdivision 2; 144A.753, subdivision 1; 144E.123, subdivision 3; 144G.20, subdivisions 3, 13, 16, 17; 144G.30, subdivision 7; 144G.31, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8; 144G.45, subdivision 6; 145.8811; 148.108, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 148B.53, subdivision 3; 148E.180, subdivisions 1, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 153B.85, subdivisions 1, 3; 156.015, by adding subdivisions; 157.16, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3, 3a, by adding a subdivision; 174.30, subdivision 3; 245.095, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 245A.04, subdivision 1; 245A.05; 245A.07, subdivision 2; 245C.13, subdivision 2; 245C.14, by adding subdivisions; 245C.15, subdivisions 1, 4a; 254B.06, by adding a subdivision; 256.9657, subdivisions 2, 3; 256.983, subdivision 4; 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0625, subdivisions 3b, 8e, 13, 13c, 30; 256B.0659, subdivision 21; 256B.0949, subdivision 2; 256B.69, subdivision 6d; 256B.85, subdivision 12; 256L.03, subdivision 3b; 326.72, subdivision 1; 326.75, subdivisions 3, 3a; 327.15, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 67, section 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 153; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103I.550; 148.108, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 156.015, subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, parts 2500.1150; 2500.2030; 4695.2900; 6900.0250, subparts 1, 2; 9100.0400, subparts 1, 3; 9100.0500; 9100.0600.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade, Utke, Boldon, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2670: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring individual pricing of phototherapy lights; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.766.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 2671: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for safety improvements to U.S. Highway 2 in the city of Crookston.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Drazkowski and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2672: A bill for an act relating to state government; increasing penalties for employees and officials for failure to stop fraudulent payments; enhancing responsibilities for employees and officials to stop fraudulent payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16A.41, subdivision 1; 609.455.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Drazkowski and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2673: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; repealing advance payments of the child tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 289A.08, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0661, subdivisions 8, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Drazkowski and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2674: A bill for an act relating to state government; strengthening requirements for state employees to report fraud; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 179A.07, by adding a subdivision; 609.456, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Drazkowski, Bahr, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2675: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating requirement for state forecast to account for the rate of inflation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.103, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senators Drazkowski and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2676: A bill for an act relating to state government; required training for state employees on preventing, recognizing, and reacting to fraud; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Drazkowski, Bahr, and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2677: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring state contracts with the federal government to allow the state to withhold fraudulent payments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Draheim, Pha, Lucero, Putnam, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2678: A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying the housing affordability fund in fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Draheim, Jasinski, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2679: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; establishing a private sector equipment training opportunity program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2680: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure projects in the city of Good Thunder; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kunesh, Port, Lucero, Boldon, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2681: A bill for an act relating to housing; transferring money to the housing development fund; appropriating money for the manufactured home down payment assistance program and the manufactured home park cooperative purchase program.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Utke and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2682: A bill for an act relating to health and human services; modifying hospital payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.969, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Utke, Farnsworth, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2683: A bill for an act relating to higher education; eliminating the North Star Promise scholarship program; appropriating unencumbered balances in the North Star Promise special revenue fund account to the state grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 136A.053; 136A.84, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1465.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 2684: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Minnesota Independence College and Community for workforce development services for adults with autism and learning differences.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Dibble and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2685: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the Minnesota State High School League to contract for catastrophic accident insurance; requiring catastrophic injury payments; providing a subtraction from income; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 128C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2686: A bill for an act relating to transportation; environment; requiring the commissioners of transportation and the Pollution Control Agency to be licensed professional engineers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116.03, subdivision 1; 174.02, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2687: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a safe school bus site development work group; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2688: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying the surcharge on all-electric vehicles; imposing surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles; defining types of electric motorcycles; requiring surcharge rate adjustments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.013, subdivision 1m, by adding subdivisions; 169.011, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2689: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; adding and modifying provisions governing Medicaid fraud; providing the attorney general certain subpoena and enforcement authority; providing criminal penalties; making conforming changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 8.16, subdivision 1; 256B.12; 628.26; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.466.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2690: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for access to epinephrine in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.22, subdivision 2; 121A.2205; 121A.2207.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Boldon, Putnam, Port, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2691: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges in manufactured home parks; requiring certain safety inspections; modifying provisions for sale of manufactured home parks; modifying penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 327C.015, subdivision 13; 327C.03, subdivision 3; 327C.04, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 327C.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 327C.097; 327C.15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327C.096.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.