STATE OF
MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-NINTH
SESSION - 2015
_____________________
FIFTH
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, January 15, 2015
The House of Representatives convened at
3:30 p.m. and was called to order by Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Richard
D. Buller, Valley Community Presbyterian Church, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Albright
Allen
Anderson, M.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Applebaum
Backer
Baker
Barrett
Bennett
Bernardy
Bly
Carlson
Christensen
Clark
Considine
Cornish
Daniels
Davids
Davnie
Dean, M.
Dettmer
Dill
Drazkowski
Erhardt
Erickson
Fabian
Fenton
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Green
Gruenhagen
Hackbarth
Halverson
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Hausman
Heintzeman
Hertaus
Hilstrom
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Howe
Isaacson
Johnson, B.
Johnson, C.
Johnson, S.
Kahn
Kelly
Kiel
Knoblach
Koznick
Kresha
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Loeffler
Lohmer
Loon
Loonan
Lucero
Lueck
Mack
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
McNamara
Melin
Metsa
Miller
Moran
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nash
Nelson
Newberger
Newton
Nornes
Norton
O'Driscoll
O'Neill
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Petersburg
Peterson
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Pugh
Quam
Rarick
Rosenthal
Runbeck
Sanders
Schoen
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Selcer
Simonson
Slocum
Smith
Sundin
Swedzinski
Theis
Thissen
Torkelson
Uglem
Urdahl
Vogel
Wagenius
Ward
Whelan
Wills
Winkler
Yarusso
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Daudt
A quorum was present.
Atkins; Dehn, R.; Gunther and Mariani were
excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day. There
being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the
Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.
REPORTS
OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS
Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 6, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to federal income tax changes; clarifying the computation of state aid payments to the destination medical center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1; 469.40, subdivision 11; 469.44, subdivision 5; 469.47, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The report was
adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. No. 6 was read for
the second time.
DECLARATION OF URGENCY
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 19, of the
Constitution of the state of Minnesota, Davids moved that the rule therein be suspended
and an urgency be declared and that the rules of the House be so far suspended
so that H. F. No. 6 be given its third reading and be placed
upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.
H. F. No. 6, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to federal income tax changes; clarifying the computation of state aid payments to the destination medical center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1; 469.40, subdivision 11; 469.44, subdivision 5; 469.47, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5.
The bill was read for the third time and
placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of
the bill and the roll was called. There
were 129 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Albright
Allen
Anderson, M.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Applebaum
Backer
Baker
Barrett
Bennett
Bernardy
Bly
Carlson
Christensen
Clark
Considine
Cornish
Daniels
Davids
Davnie
Dean, M.
Dettmer
Dill
Drazkowski
Erhardt
Erickson
Fabian
Fenton
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Green
Gruenhagen
Hackbarth
Halverson
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Hausman
Heintzeman
Hertaus
Hilstrom
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Howe
Isaacson
Johnson, B.
Johnson, C.
Johnson, S.
Kahn
Kelly
Kiel
Knoblach
Koznick
Kresha
Laine
Lenczewski
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Loeffler
Lohmer
Loon
Loonan
Lucero
Lueck
Mack
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
McNamara
Melin
Metsa
Miller
Moran
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nash
Nelson
Newberger
Newton
Nornes
Norton
O'Driscoll
O'Neill
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Petersburg
Peterson
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Pugh
Quam
Rarick
Rosenthal
Runbeck
Sanders
Schoen
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Selcer
Simonson
Slocum
Smith
Sundin
Swedzinski
Theis
Thissen
Torkelson
Uglem
Urdahl
Vogel
Wagenius
Ward
Whelan
Wills
Winkler
Yarusso
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Daudt
The
bill was passed and its title agreed to.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Clark and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. No. 179, A bill for an act relating to sustainable agriculture; modifying certain programs and grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 17.115, subdivisions 2, 3; 17.116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Sanders and Isaacson introduced:
H. F. No. 180, A bill for an act relating to manufacturing housing; modifying manufactured home space requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327.20, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
McNamara and Hansen introduced:
H. F. No. 181, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from outdoor heritage fund; modifying requirements for use of outdoor heritage fund money; modifying previous appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Garofalo introduced:
H. F. No. 182, A bill for an act relating to taxation; special fuels; modifying the tax rate on compressed natural gas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 296A.08, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Hansen, Hausman, Lillie, Runbeck and Yarusso introduced:
H. F. No. 183, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for metropolitan cities inflow and infiltration grants; 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.
Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. No. 184, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; repealing aquatic invasive species prevention program requirements; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 84D.13, subdivision 9; 86B.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Yarusso introduced:
H. F. No. 185, A bill for an act relating to transportation; highways; requiring a noise barrier on a segment of marked U.S. Highway 10 and marked Interstate Highway 35W in Mounds View.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Yarusso, Fischer, Isaacson, Masin, Halverson, Schoen, Mahoney and Hausman introduced:
H. F. No. 186, A bill for an act relating to transportation; sales and use tax; amending allocation requirements for the metropolitan area transportation sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.992, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Yarusso, Mahoney, Simonson, Erhardt, Hausman and Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 187, A bill for an act relating to transportation; traffic regulations; eliminating special freight distribution permit; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.868.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Newberger, Schoen and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. No. 188, A bill for an act relating to health; amending the responsibility of collection and reporting of prehospital care data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 144E.266; 144E.31, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.381, subdivision 12; 144E.123, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Davids, Schoen, Newberger and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. No. 189, A bill for an act relating to health; transferring administration of regional emergency medical services program grants to the commissioner of health; modifying grant procedures; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144E.50; 144F.01, subdivision 5; 169.686, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144E.52.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Freiberg, Carlson, Schomacker and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. No. 190, A bill for an act relating to human services; specifying the operating rate for a certain facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.441, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Kresha; Backer; Mullery; Anderson, P.; Bennett; Howe and Lohmer introduced:
H. F. No. 191, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying screening of child maltreatment reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.556, subdivisions 7, 10e, 11c, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Freiberg; Murphy, M.; Kahn and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. No. 192, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the commissioner of administration to provide rehearsal and storage space for the state band; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.24, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Howe introduced:
H. F. No. 193, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for site remediation in Paynesville; 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.
Slocum introduced:
H. F. No. 194, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing additional accountability measures for charter schools serving at-risk student populations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Runbeck, Hertaus, Nash, Ward, Scott and Yarusso introduced:
H. F. No. 195, A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting the Metropolitan Council from certain indebtedness; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.39, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Hansen, Hausman, Lillie, Yarusso, Youakim and Freiberg introduced:
H. F. No. 196, A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for inflow and infiltration reduction programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Miller, Erickson, Baker, Hancock, Drazkowski, Urdahl and Pugh introduced:
H. F. No. 197, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school boards to implement flexible learning year programs without approval by the commissioner of education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120A.41; 124D.121; 124D.122; 124D.126, subdivision 1; 124D.127; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 3500.1000.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Johnson, C., and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. No. 198, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to design, renovate, renew, furnish, and equip laboratory, classroom, and office spaces at South Central College; 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.
Hilstrom; Cornish; Rosenthal; O'Neill; Dehn, R.; Johnson, B.; Considine; Winkler; Ward; Newberger; Zerwas and Lohmer introduced:
H. F. No. 199, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending first-degree burglary to include a violation of an order for protection as an underlying offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.582, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom, Scott, Rosenthal, Drazkowski, Zerwas and O'Neill introduced:
H. F. No. 200, A bill for an act relating to civil law; enacting the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 521A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Lucero, O'Neill, Hertaus, Newberger, Erickson, Zerwas, McDonald and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 201, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for lane expansion of marked Interstate Highway 94 and replacement of black iron overpasses in Wright County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 202, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying election judge party affiliation as public data on individuals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.607, by adding a subdivision; 204B.21, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Kahn; Freiberg; Lillie; Anderson, P.; Hornstein; Clark; Bly and Yarusso introduced:
H. F. No. 203, A bill for an act relating to public safety; traffic regulations; creating criminal penalties related to vulnerable road users; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 169.011, by adding a subdivision; 169.13, by adding a subdivision; 171.17, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Gruenhagen; Dean, M., and Norton introduced:
H. F. No. 204, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying participation requirements in certain public health care programs for dental service providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0644.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. No. 205, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Parkers Prairie for swimming pool renovations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. No. 206, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing mini truck operation on local roads; eliminating special permits for mini truck operation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 168.002, subdivision 24; 168A.05, by adding a subdivision; 169.045, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.045, subdivision 7a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Miller, Swedzinski, Dettmer and Sanders introduced:
H. F. No. 207, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a veterans home in Montevideo.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Gruenhagen introduced:
H. F. No. 208, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; prohibiting use of public funds to promote or defeat a ballot question; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 5; 10A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 209, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for the exclusion of Dodge County from the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.
Zerwas, Schoen, Hamilton, Loon and Liebling introduced:
H. F. No. 210, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring a hospital to provide a patient the opportunity to designate a caregiver upon entry to the hospital; requiring a hospital to provide a discharge plan and aftercare instructions to a designated caregiver prior to discharge; 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 and Human Services Reform.
Kiel; Dill; Bennett; Backer; Lueck; Schomacker; Dean, M.; Baker; Davids; Mack; Swedzinski; Franson and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. No. 211, A bill for an act relating to health; adding rural mental health professionals, public health nurses, dental therapists, and advanced dental therapists to the health professional education loan forgiveness program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.1501, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Moran; Kahn; Persell; Ward; Hornstein; Dehn, R.; Laine and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. No. 212, A resolution relating to ratification of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution; memorializing Congress to remove the deadline for ratification of the amendment by the states.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Davids, Schoen, Zerwas, Norton and Albright introduced:
H. F. No. 213, A bill for an act relating to human services; eliminating rate reductions for nonemergency medical transportation and ambulance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 17, 17a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Persell and Hancock introduced:
H. F. No. 214, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Howe; Christensen; Anderson, M.; Drazkowski; Heintzeman; Kresha and Theis introduced:
H. F. No. 215, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use tax; allocating the estimated revenue from the sale of motor vehicle parts to the highway user tax distribution fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.94.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Drazkowski moved that his name be stricken
as an author on H. F. No. 6.
The motion prevailed.
Davids moved that the names of Pierson,
Dettmer, Carlson, Knoblach and Loeffler be added as authors on
H. F. No. 6. The motion prevailed.
Davids moved that the name of Anderson,
S., be added as an author on H. F. No. 69. The motion prevailed.
Loon moved that the name of Dill be added
as an author on H. F. No. 82.
The motion prevailed.
Quam moved that the name of Gruenhagen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 88. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Miller be
added as an author on H. F. No. 95. The motion prevailed.
Albright moved that the names of Fenton
and Peterson be added as authors on H. F. No. 96. The motion prevailed.
Clark moved that the name of Allen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 98. The motion prevailed.
Garofalo moved that the name of Whelan be
added as an author on H. F. No. 102. The motion prevailed.
Quam moved that the name of Clark be added
as an author on H. F. No. 116.
The motion prevailed.
Rosenthal moved that the name of
Loon be added as an author on H. F. No. 132. The motion prevailed.
Dettmer moved that the name of McNamara be
added as an author on H. F. No. 137. The motion prevailed.
Clark moved that the name of Allen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 153. The motion prevailed.
Lueck moved that the name of Miller be
added as an author on H. F. No. 156. The motion prevailed.
Yarusso moved that the name of Ward be
added as an author on H. F. No. 159. The motion prevailed.
Zerwas moved that the names of Yarusso and
Isaacson be added as authors on H. F. No. 161. The motion prevailed.
Knoblach moved that the names of Backer,
Miller and Kresha be added as authors on H. F. No. 164. The motion prevailed.
Kahn moved that the names of Erhardt;
Carlson; Yarusso; Hornstein; Youakim; Johnson, S., and Hausman be added as
authors on H. F. No. 165.
The motion prevailed.
Newberger moved that the name of Newton be
added as an author on H. F. No. 170. The motion prevailed.
Erhardt moved that the name of Ward be
added as an author on H. F. No. 171. The motion prevailed.
Mahoney moved that the name of Clark be
added as an author on H. F. No. 174. The motion prevailed.
Clark moved that the name of Allen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 178. The motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Peppin moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, January 20, 2015. The motion prevailed.
Peppin moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, January 20,
2015.
Patrick
D. Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives