The following House Files were introduced:
Murphy; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Olson; Burkel and Cha introduced:
H. F. 2878, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; authorizing commercial feed licensees to employ veterinarians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 25.341, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Witte, Norris, Joy, Robbins, Perryman, Scott and Novotny introduced:
H. F. 2879, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crimes Advisory Board; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Engen and Johnson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2880, A bill for an act relating to insurance; clarifying that direct primary care agreements are not insurance; defining direct primary care agreement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Engen; Duran; Harder; Repinski; Stier; Hudson; Novotny; Schwartz; Johnson, P., and Norris introduced:
H. F. 2881, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing funding for the Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Baker introduced:
H. F. 2882, A bill for an act relating to construction codes; exempting certain well contractors from Department of Labor and Industry plan review and inspection requirements; clarifying existing exemptions to contractor licensing, registration, and bonding requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326B.43, by adding a subdivision; 326B.46, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Altendorf and Hudson introduced:
H. F. 2883, A bill for an act relating to human services; limiting use of funds for state-sponsored health programs for funding abortions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Altendorf and Mekeland introduced:
H. F. 2884, A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting enforcement of government vaccine mandates; allowing proof of presence of natural antibodies as an alternative to vaccination; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Altendorf, Knudsen, Fogelman, Schultz and Olson introduced:
H. F. 2885, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing permitted and trained school staff to carry firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.66, subdivision 1d; 624.714, subdivision 18, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Baker introduced:
H. F. 2886, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the final segment of the Glacial Lakes Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Baker introduced:
H. F. 2887, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Phase 2 of water infrastructure improvements in the city of Kandiyohi; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. 2888, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of St. Cloud.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 2889, A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; extending the duration of the Hermantown local sales and use tax; amending Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 2, section 29, subdivision 4, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Nash and Koznick introduced:
H. F. 2890, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; providing for fund loss requests by organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 349.19, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Wiener; Scott and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. 2891, A bill for an act relating to grants management; requiring certain state employees to receive training and certification in grants management; requiring granting agencies to take certain actions following failures by grantees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.97, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 16B.98, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Novotny introduced:
H. F. 2892, A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the community justice reinvestment account in the special revenue fund; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.707.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Dippel introduced:
H. F. 2893, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying recess detention; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.611.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Dippel introduced:
H. F. 2894, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; redesignating certain districts of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area in St. Paul Park.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Dippel introduced:
H. F. 2895, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating an education empowerment account program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. 2896, A bill for an act relating to labor; allowing union members who are teachers to allocate union dues to the local, state, or national organization of their choice; requiring that public employees who are teachers be notified of their rights under state and federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.12, subdivision 5; 179A.06, subdivision 6; 181.06, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Nelson introduced:
H. F. 2897, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Schultz and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 2898, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 2899, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a fully funded summer school program; establishing a voluntary integration and inclusion program; establishing a voluntary metro-wide interdistrict integration program; establishing a diverse magnet school program; establishing a credit recovery pilot program; requiring an evidence-based strategies and family information system; requiring minimum pay for teachers; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.68, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.861; 124D.862; 124D.896; Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100; 3535.0110; 3535.0120; 3535.0130; 3535.0140; 3535.0150; 3535.0160; 3535.0170; 3535.0180.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Howard introduced:
H. F. 2900, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Rehrauer and Momanyi-Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. 2901, A bill for an act relating to housing; expanding allowable uses of funds in the Minnesota housing tax credit contribution account to include funding supportive services in supportive housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.40, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Pinto introduced:
H. F. 2902, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying certain requirements relating to a reintegration driver's license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.301, subdivisions 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Reyer, Myers and Rehrauer introduced:
H. F. 2903, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for transitional housing renovation and construction.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Reyer; Davids; Stephenson; Her; Tabke; Wolgamott; Norris; Gomez; Frazier; Rehm; Youakim; Rehrauer; Johnson, P.; Clardy; Lee, K.; Virnig; Hansen, R.; Howard; Agbaje; Jones; Greenman; Kraft; Frederick; Hussein; Hanson, J.; Hicks; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Pinto; Smith; Nadeau and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 2904, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the public employees insurance program; requiring participation by certain school employers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.316, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.316, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Lee, K. introduced:
H. F. 2905, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing computer science grants; encouraging local computer science standards; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.021, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 120B.241, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 122A.187, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 122A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Smith, Hollins, Gomez, Xiong and Jordan introduced:
H. F. 2906, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a psilocybin therapeutic use program; establishing protections for registered patients, designated cultivators, registered facilitators, and health care practitioners; authorizing rulemaking; authorizing civil actions; establishing fees; classifying data; establishing an advisory committee; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 2907, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:
H. F. 2908, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a statewide children's savings account program for higher education; establishing local partner design and implementation grants; requiring a report; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136G.03, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Bahner, Backer and Bierman introduced:
H. F. 2909, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying coverage and payment for certain pharmacy services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; 256L.03, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. 2910, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for Open Access Connections voice mail services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Her introduced:
H. F. 2911, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to YWCA St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Her and Acomb introduced:
H. F. 2912, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for a geothermal energy system at Macalester College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. 2913, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a disability rights and support special license plate; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. 2914, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the workforce homeownership program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Finke introduced:
H. F. 2915, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the Family Tree Clinic.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 2916, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a southeast regional groundwater protection and soil health initiative.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R. introduced:
H. F. 2917, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting counties to provide administrative penalties for certain violations of park ordinances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 398.34, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Pursell and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 2918, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to develop water availability atlas and siting methodology; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Klevorn introduced:
H. F. 2919, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J. introduced:
H. F. 2920, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to MNSBIR, Inc.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Pursell; Baker; Johnson, P.; Backer and Keeler introduced:
H. F. 2921, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Rural Cancer Institute.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 2922, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for public educational radio stations; amending Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Long introduced:
H. F. 2923, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Virnig introduced:
H. F. 2924, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Mendota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hanson, J. introduced:
H. F. 2925, A bill for an act relating to children; appropriating money for improvements to the Social Services Information System.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 2926, A bill for an act relating to taxation; charitable gambling; removing pull-tabs and electronic pull-tabs from the combined net receipts tax base and imposing separate taxes on pull-tabs and electronic pull-tabs; modifying a definition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297E.01, subdivision 8; 297E.02, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Johnson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2927, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Great Lakes Aquarium; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Acomb introduced:
H. F. 2928, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects; adding information to permit applications for large water appropriation projects; specifying the level of environmental review for data centers; removing data centers' energy consumption from the calculation of a utility's energy savings goal; exempting data centers from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan; depositing fee revenues in an account to be used for energy conservation; modifying the definition of large energy facility; establishing energy requirements for data centers; imposing a fee on data centers; requiring the Public Utilities Commission to establish a new tariff for data centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103G.265, by adding a subdivision; 103G.271, by adding a subdivision; 116D.04, by adding a subdivision; 216B.2402, subdivision 10; 216B.241, subdivisions 1a, 2a; 216B.2421, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Kotyza-Witthuhn and West introduced:
H. F. 2929, A bill for an act relating to children and families; clarifying eligibility determinations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hill; Wolgamott; Smith; Johnson, P., and Freiberg introduced:
H. F. 2930, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a report; canceling an appropriation; appropriating money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research; repealing Laws 2022, chapter 42, section 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Keeler and Joy introduced:
H. F. 2931, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lee, K. introduced:
H. F. 2932, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a Southeast Asian American film festival and a Hmong music festival.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Skraba and Fogelman introduced:
H. F. 2933, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for greater Minnesota transit operating assistance.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. 2934, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money to evaluate the state's geologic hydrogen potential.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.