State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, March 20, 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 Koran and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 2692: A bill for an act relating to taxation; charitable gambling; modifying rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Koran, Lucero, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2693: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying requirements for identifying and verifying a candidate's residence on an affidavit of candidacy; providing a criminal penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.06, subdivision 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran, Lucero, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2694: A bill for an act relating to statements of economic interest; requiring certain officials in cities of the first, second, or third class to file a statement of economic interest with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.09, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran, Lucero, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2695: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring voter verification before mail delivery of an absentee ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2696: A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting certain candidates, candidate representatives, and political parties to observe the work of absentee ballot boards; permitting certain candidates, candidate representatives, and political parties to observe recounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.121, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 2697: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying certain voting administration provisions, including candidate filing, registration, vouching, election judges, polling places, ballots, postelection review; requiring reports; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, by adding a subdivision; 201.061, subdivision 3; 201.091, subdivision 2; 201.14; 201.225, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.23, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivision 1b; 204B.14, subdivision 2; 204B.19, subdivision 5; 204B.21, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 204B.25, subdivision 1; 204B.27, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 204B.40; 204C.07; 204C.24, subdivision 1; 204C.35, by adding a subdivision; 204D.17, by adding a subdivision; 206.845, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 206.89, subdivisions 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.21, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran, Lucero, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2698: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring voters who register on election day to cast provisional ballots; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.072; 201.061, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.225, subdivisions 2, 5; 203B.04, subdivision 4; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.081, subdivision 3; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.30, subdivisions 2, 3; 204C.07, subdivision 3a; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 7; 201.121, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Koran, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2699: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions governing fluoridation of public water supplies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2700: A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for corridor improvements in Chisago County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2701: A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for intersection improvements in Chisago County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 2702: A bill for an act relating to elections; changing the date of the state primary from August to May; changing the date of primary elections conducted by a political subdivision in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204B.14, subdivisions 2, 4; 204B.21, subdivision 1; 204D.03, subdivision 1; 204D.09, subdivision 1; 204D.28, subdivision 5; 205.065, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.06, subdivision 1a; 205A.11, subdivision 2a; 206.61, subdivision 5; 206.82, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2703: A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating an enrollment fraud working group; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 2704: A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2705: A bill for an act relating to children; the Department of Children, Youth, and Families governor's budget bill; modifying provisions related to department administration, child safety and permanency, and early childhood; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 127A.41, subdivisions 8, 9; 127A.45, subdivision 13; 142A.03, subdivision 2; 142D.08, subdivision 8; 142D.093; 142D.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 10; 142D.21, subdivisions 6, 10; 142D.31, subdivision 2; 142E.03, subdivision 3; 142E.11, subdivisions 1, 2; 142E.13, subdivision 2; 142E.15, subdivision 1; 142E.16, subdivisions 3, 7; 260.810, subdivisions 1, 2; 260.821, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 2706: A bill for an act relating to children; follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.922, subdivision 1; 13.41, subdivision 1; 13.46, subdivisions 3, 4, 9, 10; 13.598, subdivision 10; 14.03, subdivision 3; 116L.881; 125A.15; 125A.744, subdivision 2; 127A.11; 127A.70, subdivision 2; 142A.607, subdivision 14; 142A.609, subdivision 21; 142B.41, subdivision 9; 144.061; 144.225, subdivision 2a; 145.895; 145.901, subdivisions 2, 4; 145.9255, subdivision 1; 145.9265; 174.285, subdivision 4; 214.104; 216C.266, subdivisions 2, 3; 241.021, subdivision 2; 242.09; 242.21; 242.32, subdivision 1; 245.697, subdivisions 1, 2a; 245.814, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 245C.02, subdivisions 7, 12, 13; 245C.031, subdivision 9; 245C.033, subdivision 2; 245C.05, subdivision 7; 245C.07; 256.88; 256.89; 256.90; 256.91; 256.92; 256G.01, subdivisions 1, 3; 256G.03, subdivision 2; 256G.04, subdivision 2; 256G.09, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 256G.10; 256G.11; 256G.12, subdivision 1; 260.762, subdivision 2a; 260B.171, subdivision 4; 260E.03, subdivision 6; 260E.11, subdivision 1; 260E.30, subdivision 4; 260E.33, subdivision 6; 261.232; 270B.14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 299C.76, subdivision 1; 299F.011, subdivision 4a; 402A.10, subdivisions 1a, 2, 4c; 402A.12; 402A.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 402A.18, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 402A.35, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 462A.2095, subdivision 6; 466.131; 518.165, subdivision 5; 524.5-106; 524.5-118, subdivision 2; 595.02, subdivision 2; 626.5533; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.15; 142E.50, subdivisions 2, 12; 245A.02, subdivision 6d; 256G.02, subdivisions 3, 5; 261.003.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2707: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring the Housing Finance Agency to promote information on the rights and obligations of landlords and residential tenants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.07, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Coleman, Pratt, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2708: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing local optional aid for schools; limiting state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.111, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 1d, 4, by adding a subdivision; 124E.20, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 2e.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Kreun, Coleman, Housley, Gustafson, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2709: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for anti-scale fencing, pedestrian doors, and vehicle gates.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Farnsworth, Hauschild, Eichorn, Mathews, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2710: A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the definition of "carbon-free"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 2711: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; modifying the prohibition on certain legislator lobbying activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.084, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2712: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local lodging taxes; removing the expiration date of the local lodging tax imposed by the city of Plymouth; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 6, section 25.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Clark, Kunesh, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2713: A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the requirements for school board renewal of an expiring referendum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 9b.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2714: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for free angling, deer, and small game licenses to residents age 70 or over; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2715: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing a right of lifetime retention and reassignment of license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.12, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Seeberger, Lang, Duckworth, Hauschild, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2716: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; exempting veterans from certain motor vehicle registration taxes and fees, including certain registration taxes, license plate fees, title fees, driver's license and identification card fees, and motor vehicle sales taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.012, subdivision 13; 171.06, subdivision 2c; 297B.03.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Gustafson and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2717: A bill for an act relating to the State Fire Code; establishing fire life safety damper testing; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Mohamed and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2718: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Bolder Options for youth programming.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2719: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Washington County for the county's wood waste and diseased tree utilization program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 2720: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring an open season for wolves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97B.645, subdivision 9; 97B.646; 97B.647, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kreun and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 2721: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying dates related to the notice of proposed property taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 275.065, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Kreun and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2722: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing program integrity requirements in the child care assistance program; directing the commissioner of children, youth, and families to establish an electronic record-keeping system for child care enrollment; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.461, subdivision 28; 142A.03, subdivision 2; 142E.17, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142E.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 2723: A bill for an act relating to child care; requiring child care centers to use video security cameras to monitor infants and toddlers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.461, subdivision 28; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2724: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying voter registration provisions for individuals in jail; requiring the secretary of state to make grants to sheriffs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 201.061, subdivision 3; 203B.28; 387.11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 5.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 2725: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to the African American Child Wellness Institute.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hawj and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2726: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the Asian Economic Development Association.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2727: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for materials used in construction projects in redevelopment districts in the city of St. Cloud.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2728: A bill for an act relating to state government; increasing the cap on certain lawful expenditures for charitable gambling; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 349.12, subdivision 25.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2729: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the Minitex library information and resource sharing program.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Port and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2730: A bill for an act relating to housing; statewide affordable housing aids; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.36, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Howe, Jasinski, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 2731: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding definitions in the public safety officer death benefit law; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivisions 3, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2732: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to Twin Cities Recovery Project for posttreatment recovery support.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2733: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to Niyyah Recovery Initiative.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2734: A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the Minnesota Green Iron Initiative at the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2735: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring removal and disposal of abandoned boats; providing criminal and civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97A.223, subdivision 1; 97A.421, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86B.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2736: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to YWCA Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2737: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring an audit of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2738: A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting minimum parking mandates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2739: A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring minimum standards for certain higher education student banking accounts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2740: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing for certain customized living providers an exemption from the community living setting licensing moratorium and the commissioner's authority to manage statewide community living setting capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.03, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 2741: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying housing stabilization service authorizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.051, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2742: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring a report on the affordable housing industry; setting a maximum compliance period for certain low-income tax credit commitment requirements; requiring the commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to identify avenues for potential regulatory relief to affordable housing providers; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 462A.07, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 462A.222, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2743: A bill for an act relating to human services; extending medical assistance coverage of audio-only telehealth; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3b.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Seeberger, Murphy, Johnson, Dornink, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2744: A bill for an act relating to worker safety; appropriating money for initiatives to promote mental health in the construction industry.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Latz and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2745: A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing a regional housing navigator program; appropriating money for regional housing navigators; establishing the housing choice voucher account; transferring money to the housing choice voucher account; requiring reports; requiring the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency to identify recommendations for improvements to affordable housing rental voucher programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 2746: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement agencies to trace and report on recovered or confiscated firearms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Kreun, Gustafson, Bahr, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2747: A bill for an act relating to transportation; employment and economic development; awarding construction mitigation grants to businesses affected by Trunk Highway 65 construction; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2748: A bill for an act relating to children, youth, and families; establishing an African Youth Soccer League; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2749: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for grants for substance misuse prevention, education, and recovery programs.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2750: A bill for an act relating to human services; correcting terminology related to nursing facility payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256R.38; 256R.40, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Hoffman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 2751: A bill for an act relating to health; providing residents of long-term care facilities with the right to a designated support person; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.651, subdivision 10a; 144G.91, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2752: A bill for an act relating to retirement; firefighters relief associations; increasing the maximum lump-sum service pension amount for each year of service credited; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 424A.02, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Kupec and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2753: A bill for an act relating to higher education; permitting cybersecurity to be offered as an applied doctoral degree; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 135A.052, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2754: A bill for an act relating to taxation; economic development; increasing allocation to the border city enterprise zones; modifying tax reduction authority; removing restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 469.169, subdivision 21; 469.171, subdivisions 1, 4, 6, 6a; 469.1731, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Maye Quade, Mohamed, Abeler, Rasmusson, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2755: A bill for an act relating to human services; implementing the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly service delivery system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.69, subdivision 23; 256L.12, subdivision 9; 256S.02, subdivision 17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade, Hoffman, Abeler, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2756: A bill for an act relating to human rights; prohibiting disability discrimination by programs or activities receiving state financial assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.03, subdivision 48; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2757: A bill for an act relating to housing; creating local government grant account; establishing grant programs for local governments to pay for certain costs of federal action; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2758: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for microgrid research and application; extending previous appropriations.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2759: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing a program to assist families with the cost of child care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.44, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142D.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2760: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing the rural child care stabilization and support payment program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142D.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2761: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to provide equine-experiential mental health therapy to first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2762: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing veterans with 100 percent service-connected disability to obtain a license for a fish house, dark house, or shelter without paying a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2763: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an annual observance for 1st Minnesota Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2764: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing requirements for the use of hot water pools on certain rental properties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2765: A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting small rural ambulance services from health care gross receipts taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 295.52, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2766: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; reducing homestead credit refund co-pays; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2767: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring life jackets for children aboard watercraft to have reflective material; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.501, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2768: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring disclosure of virtual currency on the statement of economic interest; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.09, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2769: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a Dual Enrollment Task Force; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2770: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the requirements for gifted and talented programs and services; requiring the commissioner to report certain gifted and talented program data; increasing revenue for gifted and talented programs and services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.15; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2771: A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing for a grant to Lake County to plan a veterans memorial park; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Rasmusson and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2772: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the requirements for special agricultural homestead; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.124, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2773: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a trustee to oversee all charter school closures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124E.05, subdivision 7; 124E.25, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124E.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2774: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for charter school boards of directors and charter school chief administrators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.01, subdivision 35; 124E.07, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 124E.12, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Port, Abeler, McEwen, Kupec, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2775: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring hospitals to provide registered nurse staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards; requiring reporting of staffing levels; prohibiting retaliation; imposing civil penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.7055; 148.264, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2776: A bill for an act relating to human services; Department of Human Services policy bill sections on background studies, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, kickback crimes, and appeals division worker protections; providing for criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142E.51, subdivisions 5, 6; 245C.05, by adding a subdivision; 245C.08, subdivision 3; 245C.22, subdivision 5; 256.98, subdivision 1; 256B.12; 480.40, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2777: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing special license plates for colorectal cancer awareness; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2778: A bill for an act relating to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; policy language for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; updating the TEACH early childhood program, the great start compensation support payment program, child welfare policies, and out-of-home placement plans; modifying provisions to prevent foster care placements; exempting the commissioner from electronic benefits transfer contract term limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.03, by adding a subdivision; 142D.21, by adding a subdivision; 260.65; 260.66, subdivision 1; 260.691, subdivision 1; 260.692; 260C.001, subdivision 2; 260C.007, subdivision 19; 260C.141, subdivision 1; 260C.150, subdivision 3; 260C.178, subdivisions 1, 7; 260C.201, subdivisions 1, 2; 260C.202, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 260C.204; 260C.212, subdivisions 1, 1a; 260C.223, subdivisions 1, 2; 260C.329, subdivisions 3, 8; 260C.451, subdivision 9; 260C.452, subdivision 4; 260E.09; 260E.20, subdivisions 1, 3; 260E.24, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260E.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Port, Maye Quade, Duckworth, and Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 2779: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the interchange reconstruction project at marked Trunk Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue in Burnsville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Marty, Mohamed, Boldon, Pha, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2780: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; requiring the Department of Revenue to make available certain corporate franchise tax information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270B.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2781: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying reporting requirements for certain environmental review; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2782: A bill for an act relating to environment; removing obsolete provisions related to Environmental Quality Board; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.04, subdivision 11; 116C.991.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2783: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the water treatment facility in the city of International Falls; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hawj and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2784: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a grant for the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office to provide security at certain events and participate in community engagement; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hawj and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2785: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to Asian Economic Development Association for outdoor programs for youth.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2786: A bill for an act relating to biofuels; establishing a biofuels education and promotion program to promote biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel; establishing an advisory council on biofuels education and promotion; requiring compliance with certain compatibility standards for underground gasoline storage tanks; requiring reports; appropriating money for the biofuels education and promotion program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 41A.15, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 116.49, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41A.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Westlin and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2787: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring due process time for special education forms and procedures; establishing due process aid; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Dahms and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2788: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; adding definition for restricted pesticide handler; modifying restricted pesticide license requirements for handlers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.01, subdivision 1d, by adding a subdivision; 18B.30.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Wesenberg and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 2789: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; adding definition for restricted pesticide handler; modifying restricted pesticide license requirements for handlers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.01, subdivision 1d, by adding a subdivision; 18B.30.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Pha, Cwodzinski, Hoffman, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2790: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Urban Debate League.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Pha, Dibble, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 2791: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying use of proceeds from the cannabis gross receipts tax; establishing the cannabis youth grant program; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 295.81, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2792: A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying the housing challenge program by expanding eligible schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.33, subdivisions 2, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2793: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing transfer of unused water-use permit gallons; allowing irrigators to use excess water in drought conditions; allowing additional water use for cover crops; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.271, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 2794: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; modifying the maximum interest rate for certain loans and contracts for deed; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 47.20, subdivision 4a; 334.01, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 2795: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for a project in East Grand Forks.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Fateh, Hoffman, Mann, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2796: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring waiver case management labor market analysis; increasing waiver case management rates; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0922, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Duckworth and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 2797: A bill for an act relating to school buses; modifying the motor vehicle registration renewal period for certain vehicles; increasing penalties for violations of school bus stop-signal arm law; requiring an annual school bus inspection report and specifying report contents; authorizing public transit operators to perform third-party testing for school buses; modifying the number of tests required to maintain third-party testing certification; modifying electric school bus grants to include propane buses; requiring rulemaking; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.013, subdivisions 1f, 18; 169.444, subdivision 2; 169.451, by adding a subdivision; 171.01, by adding subdivisions; 171.3213; 216C.374, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2798: A bill for an act relating to education; allowing for enrollment in a nonresident school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120A.22, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2799: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvement of the Aldrich Arena in Ramsey County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2800: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; modifying the definition of joint offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.305, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2801: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; modifying a provision governing joint legislative studies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.305, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2802: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for early childhood learning and child protection facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2803: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2804: A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing a worker safety requirement to provide access to automatic external defibrillators and trained operators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 182.6526, subdivisions 1, 6, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2805: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding members to opioids, substance use, and addiction subcabinet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 4.046, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2806: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing provisions in the prescription monitoring program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.126, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2807: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing credit reporting option to tenants; appropriating money for grants to landlords to assist with credit reporting; permitting the collection of certain data from landlords awarded grants; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 2808: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; expanding the renter's credit to provide parity with the homestead credit refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0693, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2809: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for mental health outreach and support and farm safety grant and outreach programs.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Hawj, Draheim, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 2810: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Gustafson, Housley, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 2811: A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing test and professional licensure preparation services; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Pratt, Putnam, Johnson Stewart, Duckworth, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 2812: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to support Minnesota's thoroughbred racing culture.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Weber, Dahms, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2813: A bill for an act relating to real estate appraisers; modifying out-of-state continuing education credit requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 82B.19, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Weber, Dahms, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2814: A bill for an act relating to real estate appraisers; establishing a disciplinary sanction matrix; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 82B.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Weber, Carlson, Klein, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2815: A bill for an act relating to taxation; provider taxes; establishing quarterly pharmacy refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 295.54, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Clark and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2816: A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring refund of unused student meal plan balances; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Housley, Pratt, Coleman, Nelson, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 2817: A bill for an act relating to education policy; requiring athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.49, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2818: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying application processing times for housing stabilization services; modifying housing support supplemental service rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.051, subdivisions 6, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 2819: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing requirements for green burials; modifying the amount of proceeds dedicated to permanent care and improvement funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 149A.02, by adding a subdivision; 306.37, subdivision 1; 306.78; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 149A; 306; 307.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2820: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Howe and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 2821: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding definitions and benefits in the public safety officer death benefit law; providing for retroactive benefit awards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivisions 3, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Duckworth, Klein, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 2822: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; modifying notice requirements for conventional loan mortgage documents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 47.20, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2823: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to improve water quality in the Middle Fork Crow River Watershed; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2824: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing use of certain increment to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes; modifying calculation of certain increment and findings required for a district converting vacant or underused property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 469.174, subdivision 10; 469.175, subdivision 3; 469.177, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2825: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying that the protections related to interviews of child abuse victims apply to all recordings; proposing changes to terms used in statutes that punish creation, distribution, and possession of sexually explicit materials involving children; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.03, subdivision 6; 13.821; 144.296; 246B.04, subdivision 2; 609.527, subdivision 3; 611A.90; 617.246; 617.247; 634.35.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 2826: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; permitting petition to court for relief from stay of adjudication; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 590.01.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 2827: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; renaming the library construction grant program; appropriating money for library construction grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.45.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gruenhagen and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2828: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for Isuroon to support microbusinesses through loans, grants, technical assistance, and a business incubator program; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Lucero, Draheim, Howe, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 2829: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring that certain bills be referred to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over housing finance and policy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Anderson, Hawj, Eichorn, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 2830: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Delano Sesquicentennial.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2831: A bill for an act relating to education; extending Minnesota State High School League tickets and admissions sales tax savings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 128C.24; 297A.70, subdivision 11a; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, sections 4; 26.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2832: A bill for an act relating to state government; designating Ursa Minor as the official state constellation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2833: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying provisions for permitting efficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115.542; 116.03, subdivision 2b; 116.07, subdivision 4a.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2834: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Lake Superior Zoological Society.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Nelson and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2835: A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; establishing a Minnesota corporate headquarters credit; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 2836: A bill for an act relating to housing; limiting regulations on certain residential development; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Rarick and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 2837: A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to maintain a supply of opiate antagonists to administer to persons who overdose in correctional facilities; requiring the commissioner to provide training to employees on how to administer opiate antagonists; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2838: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring disclosure of personnel data on peace officers and other potential government witnesses to a prosecuting authority to comply with the authority's constitutional disclosure obligations; providing for a Brady-Giglio designation for peace officers; establishing a task force to examine Brady-Giglio lists; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.03, subdivision 6; 13.43, by adding a subdivision; 626.8457, subdivisions 3, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2839: A bill for an act relating to education finance; reducing the share of unreimbursed special education aid paid by the resident school district to a charter school; increasing the state portion of special education aid for unreimbursed charter school expenditures; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124E.21, subdivision 1; 127A.47, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 2840: A bill for an act relating to education finance; reducing school food waste; authorizing free school milk during the lunch meal in place of a full school lunch; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.118.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 2841: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money to stabilize shoreline in St. Louis County.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 2842: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for documentary celebrating 50 years of Frisbee sports in Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kunesh, Abeler, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2843: A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for community solutions for healthy child development grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hauschild, Dibble, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2844: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Orchestra.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2845: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a southeast regional groundwater protection and soil health initiative.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Boldon, Westlin, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 2846: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring notice at a closed polling place until the occurrence of a presidential election or redistricting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.16, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 2847: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying various statutory forms pertaining to garnishment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 550.136, subdivisions 6, 9; 550.143, subdivisions 2, 3a, 3b, 3c; 551.05, subdivisions 1b, 1c, 1d; 551.06, subdivisions 6, 9; 571.72, subdivisions 8, 10; 571.74; 571.75, subdivision 2; 571.912; 571.914, subdivision 2; 571.925; 571.931, subdivision 6; 571.932, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Abeler, Clark, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2848: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to Isuroon for rental assistance and eviction prevention services; transferring money; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 2849: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for agriculture processing materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.71, subdivision 13.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 2850: A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting use of cameras for traffic safety enforcement; canceling an appropriation; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.824, subdivision 1; 169.04; 169.14, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.011, subdivisions 62b, 77a, 85a; 169.06, subdivisions 10, 11; 169.14, subdivisions 13, 14; 169.147; 171.12, subdivision 6a; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 3, sections 116; 117.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 2851: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing the date of the report on the budget reserve percentage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.152, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Klein, Champion, Nelson, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 2852: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying optometry scope of practice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.56, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2853: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for supported decision making programs; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 2854: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain research and development campuses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Frentz, Xiong, Weber, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 2855: A bill for an act relating to energy; sunsetting the community solar garden program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1641, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 2856: A bill for an act relating to state government; withholding payments to program participants under certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2857: A bill for an act relating to guardians ad litem; appropriating money to the State Guardian Ad Litem Board.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hawj and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 2858: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to Hmong Town Connections to renovate a building to create arts space.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2859: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing Keep it Clean program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2860: A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing special tax increment financing authority to the city of St. Cloud.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 2861: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; appropriating money for forensic navigator services.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 2862: A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the annual volume cap allocations and allocation procedure for public facility projects funded by public facility bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 474A.03, subdivision 1; 474A.091, subdivisions 2a, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 2863: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for roadway improvements in Waldorf; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 2864: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a segment of the Shooting Star state trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2865: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to maintain dedicated funding website.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 2866: A bill for an act relating to clean water fund; requiring Clean Water Council's clean water fund recommendations to be broken out by fiscal year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 114D.30, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mann, Boldon, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 2867: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a fifth tier of the individual income tax at a rate sufficient to offset lost federal Medicaid funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.