The following House Files were introduced:
Lueck introduced:
H. F. 1726, A bill for an act relating to state agencies; prohibiting certain grants and loans; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Persell; Allen; Murphy, E.; Anzelc; Murphy, M.; Kahn; Ward; Sundin; Slocum; Moran; Laine; Clark; Johnson, C., and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 1727, A bill for an act relating to state government; changing the engraving on a statue of an historic figure.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Newberger introduced:
H. F. 1728, A bill for an act relating to taxation; gross revenues and gross receipts; providing an exemption from the health care provider tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 295.53, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 1729, A bill for an act relating to human services; continuing the payment rates for primary care services and immunization administration services for medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.76, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Lesch and Smith introduced:
H. F. 1730, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; providing for alternative notice periods of intention to quit; specifying residential landlord notice requirements for intention to quit or a rent increase; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. 1731, A bill for an act relating to taxation; renter property tax refunds; reducing percentage of rent constituting property tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.03, subdivisions 11, 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kelly and Petersburg introduced:
H. F. 1732, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the Metropolitan Council to consult with Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee on certain procurements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.915.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Kelly and Petersburg introduced:
H. F. 1733, A bill for an act relating to transportation; directing the commissioner of transportation to adopt policy to lower local share of transportation project costs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Persell, Newton, Dettmer, Ward, Sundin and Slocum introduced:
H. F. 1734, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying conditions for state park passes issued without a fee to active military personnel and disabled veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85.053, subdivisions 8, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.
Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. 1735, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; establishing a pilot program in southeastern Minnesota for issuing additional deer licenses to landowners with deer damage; requiring a Web site for connecting landowners suffering deer damage with deer hunters.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. 1736, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; repealing the estate tax; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 291.005; 291.01; 291.016; 291.03, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1d, 8, 9, 10, 11; 291.031; 291.075; 291.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 291.13, subdivisions 1, 3; 291.16; 291.21, subdivision 1; 291.215, subdivision 1; 291.27.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Fabian introduced:
H. F. 1737, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing certain vehicle use by hunters in state forests in August; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.926, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Hausman introduced:
H. F. 1738, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for greenhouse replacement at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.
Pierson and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 1739, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a grant program to provide in-home and community services for older adults with vision loss; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 1740, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; exempting certain property used to provide services to school district employees from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 272.01, subdivision 2; 272.02, subdivision 42.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 1741, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Goodhue Pioneer State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 1742, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Mississippi Blufflands Trail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85.015, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 1743, A bill for an act relating to employment; occupational health and safety; requiring that records be kept of the ethnicity of certain injured, sick, or deceased employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 182.663, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Ward introduced:
H. F. 1744, A bill for an act relating to transportation; motor carriers; prohibiting certain commercial motor vehicles from operating in Minnesota while a federal out-of-service order is effective; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 221.031, by adding a subdivision; 221.605, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. 1745, A bill for an act relating to siting solar generating systems; setting setback standards; requiring local project approval for site permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 216E.03, subdivisions 5, 7; 216E.04, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 1746, A bill for an act relating to health; altering license requirements for well construction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103I.205, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Laine and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 1747, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying child care provider requirements for providers receiving child care assistance payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 119B.09, subdivision 5; 119B.125, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Mahoney and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1748, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Murphy, M.; Simonson and Schultz introduced:
H. F. 1749, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for a loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1750, A bill for an act relating to crime; adding traffic control agents and Minneapolis park patrol agents to the list of public employees protected by statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.2231, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Schoen introduced:
H. F. 1751, A bill for an act relating to human rights; making changes to scope of application for certificate of compliance; clarifying requirements for bids and proposals from certain businesses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 363A.36, subdivision 1; 363A.37, subdivision 1; 473.144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Wagenius, Hornstein, Kahn, Loeffler and Dehn, R. introduced:
H. F. 1752, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for systemwide trail connections in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Runbeck and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 1753, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring county auditors to post sample ballots on the county's Web site; requiring publication of notice on where sample ballots can be viewed; removing requirement to publish sample ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204D.16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Kiel introduced:
H. F. 1754, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing grants for living at home programs for older adults; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Schoen introduced:
H. F. 1755, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for indeterminate lifetime and statutory maximum sentences for certain repeat sex offenders; adjusting when certain sex offenders are eligible for release from prison; establishing a special review panel to make release decisions regarding sex offenders; precluding the subsequent civil commitment of certain sex offenders subject to enhanced prison sentences; providing for lifetime supervision for all sex offenders; requiring minimal levels of sex offender treatment; requiring counties to provide housing for sex offenders in the community; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 244.05, subdivisions 1, 1b, 4, 5; 244.101, by adding a subdivision; 609.135, by adding a subdivision; 609.3455; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.3455, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 1756, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; clarifying coverage under the targeted logging industry fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.130, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Lillie introduced:
H. F. 1757, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mighty Ducks grants for new or renovated air handling systems of indoor ice facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Lillie introduced:
H. F. 1758, A bill for an act relating to creative freedom; adopting the Creative Freedom Act; regulating employee invention agreements for veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 181.78, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1759, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; applying open meeting law to certain treaty-related meetings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1760, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to design and construct bicycle and pedestrian facilities along 26th Avenue North in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Nash, Sanders, Nelson and Uglem introduced:
H. F. 1761, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring ten-day notice and a public hearing before a moratorium on residential development takes effect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462.355, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1762, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a financial incentive for districts that enhance proficiency for English language learners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 124D.59, subdivision 2; 124D.65, subdivision 5; 126C.10, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1763, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating numeracy incentive aid for eighth grade students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.98.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.