STATE OF
MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-NINTH
SESSION - 2015
_____________________
SIXTH
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The House of Representatives convened at
12:00 noon and was called to order by Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by Chaplain Jenni
Eagleman, Allina Health Hospice, St. Paul and Minneapolis, 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, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Applebaum
Atkins
Backer
Baker
Barrett
Bennett
Bernardy
Bly
Carlson
Christensen
Clark
Cornish
Daniels
Davids
Davnie
Dean, M.
Dehn, R.
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Erhardt
Erickson
Fabian
Fenton
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Green
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Hackbarth
Halverson
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Hausman
Heintzeman
Hertaus
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Howe
Isaacson
Johnson, B.
Johnson, C.
Johnson, S.
Kiel
Knoblach
Koznick
Kresha
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Loeffler
Lohmer
Loon
Loonan
Lucero
Lueck
Mack
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
McNamara
Melin
Metsa
Miller
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
Sanders
Schoen
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Selcer
Slocum
Smith
Sundin
Swedzinski
Theis
Thissen
Torkelson
Uglem
Urdahl
Vogel
Wagenius
Ward
Whelan
Wills
Winkler
Yarusso
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Daudt
A quorum was present.
Anderson, M.; Considine; Dill; Hilstrom;
Kahn; Kelly; Moran; Runbeck and Simonson 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.
INTRODUCTION
AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Anderson, P.; Bly; Franson; Johnson, C.; Poppe; Rarick; Clark; Hamilton; Kiel; Johnson, B.; Lueck and Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 216, A bill for an act relating to civil liability; providing immunity from liability for certain agritourism activities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Selcer, Wills, Mariani, Bly, Youakim, Yarusso, Slocum, Newton, Applebaum, Rosenthal, Laine and Peterson introduced:
H. F. No. 217, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing 9th and 10th grade students to enroll in concurrent enrollment world language courses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 218, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the MERIT Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Norton and Liebling introduced:
H. F. No. 219, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; appropriating money to Third Judicial District Court for development of a drug court.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Norton introduced:
H. F. No. 220, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; providing for a Nurse Licensure Compact; providing for appointments; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Davnie, Bly, Allen and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 221, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; eliminating state preemption of certain pesticide control ordinances for cities of the first class; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 18B.02.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Cornish, Hilstrom and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. No. 222, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying data related to automated license plate readers; requiring a log of use; requiring data to be destroyed in certain circumstances; requiring an inventory of surveillance technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Howe, Heintzeman, Kresha, Theis, Hertaus, Nash, Loonan and Whelan introduced:
H. F. No. 223, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for zero-based budgeting; 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.
Gruenhagen, Hamilton, Poppe, Fabian, Kiel, Hancock, Newberger and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. No. 224, A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing school boards to elect to levy debt service against an alternative tax base; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.53, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 123B.55; 123B.71, subdivision 9; 126C.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Winkler introduced:
H. F. No. 225, A bill for an act relating to education finance; reserving future increases in school endowment fund apportionments for early learning programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.33.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Halverson, Davnie, Youakim, Selcer and Newton introduced:
H. F. No. 226, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for school readiness programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sundin, Melin, Zerwas, Simonson, Anzelc and Garofalo introduced:
H. F. No. 227, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing use of spear guns to take fish; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 86B.601, subdivision 4; 97A.475, subdivisions 6, 7; 97C.301, subdivision 3; 97C.371, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Knoblach and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 228, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying definition of income for property tax refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.
McDonald; Lillie; Dean, M.; Murphy, E.; Davids; Schomacker; Drazkowski; Albright; Gruenhagen and Hoppe introduced:
H. F. No. 229, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; providing an individual subtraction for the value of the use of an employer provided fitness facility; providing a corporate subtraction for fitness facility dues for employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 19d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Johnson, C., introduced:
H. F. No. 230, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IX, section 1; requiring gubernatorial approval of a law proposing a constitutional amendment before it is submitted to the voters; providing legislative override of governor's veto of law proposing constitutional amendment.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Loon; Loonan; Norton; Dill; Anderson, S.; Anderson, M.; Cornish; Drazkowski; Petersburg; Whelan; Yarusso; Kahn; Freiberg; Daniels; Liebling; Smith; Lesch; Lucero and O'Neill introduced:
H. F. No. 231, A bill for an act relating to liquor; permitting off-sale intoxicating liquor sales on Sunday; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.504, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Urdahl; Baker; Miller; Schomacker; Fabian; Gruenhagen; Loonan; Rarick; Heintzeman; Torkelson; Howe; Swedzinski; Backer; Johnson, B.; Green; Hancock; Anderson, P.; Persell; Murphy, E.; Lillie; Franson and Kiel introduced:
H. F. No. 232, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a nursing facility operating payment rate increase for certain facilities; 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.
Hancock; Persell; Zerwas; Johnson, B.; Cornish; O'Neill; Gruenhagen and Green introduced:
H. F. No. 233, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; clarifying the alternative to use of interactive video conference in civil commitment hearings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 253B.08, subdivision 2a; 253B.12, subdivision 2a; 253D.28, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Hilstrom, Norton, Nelson, Barrett and O'Neill introduced:
H. F.
No. 234, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing certain
duties for private for-profit postsecondary
schools; requiring certain disclosures; proposing coding for new law as
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 141A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Hilstrom, Norton and Nelson introduced:
H. F. No. 235, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing certain requirements related to private education loans; requiring certain disclosures; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 141B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Zerwas, Schoen, Isaacson, Lesch, Gruenhagen, Lillie, Fischer, Albright, Sanders and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. No. 236, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting the use of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices by certain eligible patients; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Liebling, Lillie, Loeffler, Fischer and Halverson introduced:
H. F. No. 237, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying requirements for the medical assistance spenddown and excess income standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.056, subdivisions 5, 5c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Dill, Hackbarth, Metsa, Baker and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. No. 238, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing residents age 84 or over to take deer of either sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.301, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Anderson, P.; Swedzinski; Backer and Sanders introduced:
H. F.
No. 239, A bill for an act relating to civil law; amending the Uniform Probate
Code; providing an exception for
conservators to post bond for the assets of a protected person; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 524.5-413.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Zerwas, Schoen, Lillie, Isaacson, Gruenhagen, Fischer and Cornish introduced:
H. F. No. 240, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; diverting persons under arrest or subject to arrest from incarceration to comprehensive mental health programs; establishing a grant program to fund comprehensive mental health programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 245; 628.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Hilstrom, Cornish, Ward, O'Neill, Zerwas, Schoen and Rosenthal introduced:
H. F. No. 241, A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating the crime of electronic impersonation; imposing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Quam and Anderson, M., introduced:
H. F. No. 242, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring counties and cities to have written procedures that are available to the public and to provide notice of availability to the public; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Newton, Dettmer and Johnson, S., introduced:
H. F. No. 243, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing purple heart designation on driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards; providing for state park permits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 85.053, by adding a subdivision; 171.07, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.
Urdahl, Erickson, Wills, Loon, Kresha and Loonan introduced:
H. F. No. 244, A bill for an act relating to education; collecting and reporting data on the efficacy of teacher preparation programs approved by the state Board of Teaching; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Urdahl; Murphy, E.; Wills; Loon and Kresha introduced:
H. F. No. 245, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a tax credit for K-12 teachers who complete a master's degree in a content area directly related to their licensure field; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Urdahl, Wills, Loon and Kresha introduced:
H. F. No. 246, A bill for an act relating to education; reaffirming the importance of teacher mentorship programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 122A.40, subdivision 8; 122A.41, subdivision 5; 122A.60, subdivision 1a; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 122A.70.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Urdahl, Wills, Kresha, Loonan and Rarick introduced:
H. F. No. 247, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for interstate reciprocity agreements for teacher licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.23, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Newton, Hortman and Uglem introduced:
H. F. No. 248, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Foley Boulevard Northstar commuter rail station; 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.
Lenczewski, Rosenthal and Slocum introduced:
H. F. No. 249, A bill for an act relating to transportation, highways; appropriating money for marked I-35W and marked I-494 interchange improvements; 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.
Newton and Selcer introduced:
H. F. No. 250, A bill for an act relating to education; adding school personnel notice and reporting requirements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Newton and Selcer introduced:
H. F. No. 251, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying that children under age seven who voluntarily enroll in school are subject to the compulsory attendance law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120A.22, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Newton, Mullery, Marquart and Selcer introduced:
H. F. No. 252, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing school readiness aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Newton introduced:
H. F.
No. 253, A bill for an act relating to human rights; requiring captioning on
all televisions and audiovisual display equipment used to communicate with the
public; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Anderson, P., and Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 254, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting propane tanks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Johnson, S., introduced:
H. F. No. 255, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Battle Creek winter recreation area; 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.
Johnson, S., introduced:
H. F. No. 256, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Pig's Eye Regional Park in St. Paul; 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.
Quam, Davids and Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. No. 257, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; requiring the establishment of a rural service district in cities containing agricultural property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 272.67, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Peterson and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 258, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; increasing the rate of and providing for limited refundability of the research credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.068, subdivisions 1, 3, 6a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
O'Driscoll, Newberger, Howe, Theis and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. No. 259, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for the expansion of County State-Aid Highway 3; 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.
Lesch and Scott introduced:
H. F. No. 260, A bill for an act relating to family law; establishing and modifying the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.17, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Mack, Schoen, Newberger, Zerwas, Schomacker and McDonald introduced:
H. F. No. 261, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a certification for community medical response emergency medical technicians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144E.001, by adding a subdivision; 144E.275, 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.
Smith, Scott, Lesch and Winkler introduced:
H. F. No. 262, A bill for an act relating to real property; modifying government approval of plats; authorizing new certificate by examiner's directive after cancellation of contract for deed; authorizing new certificate of possessory interest by directive after cancellation of contract for deed; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 505.03, subdivision 1; 508.58, by adding a subdivision; 508A.58, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Peterson, Selcer, Bennett and Kresha introduced:
H. F. No. 263, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; making a sales tax exemption on school tickets and admissions permanent; amending Laws 2006, chapter 257, section 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Knoblach and Carlson introduced:
H. F. No. 264, A bill for an act relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency funding for disaster assistance, food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; providing local match funds to repair local roads; providing funding to protect water and soil resources in a disaster area; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Freiberg, Kahn, Metsa and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. No. 265, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; requiring the commission to ensure equal access to TSA screening by all passengers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.608, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Freiberg, Garofalo, Hornstein, Rarick and Applebaum introduced:
H. F. No. 266, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending requirements governing use of high-occupancy lanes by operators of certain electric vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 160.93, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 169.011, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mack moved that the name of Nornes be
added as an author on H. F. No. 5. The motion prevailed.
Davids moved that the name of Norton be
added as an author on H. F. No. 6. The motion prevailed.
Knoblach moved that the name of
Loon be added as an author on H. F. No. 7. The motion prevailed.
Murphy, E., moved that the name of Winkler
be added as an author on H. F. No. 46. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the names of Newberger,
Metsa and Drazkowski be added as authors on H. F. No. 95. The motion prevailed.
Garofalo moved that the name of Hancock be
added as an author on H. F. No. 102. The motion prevailed.
Dettmer moved that the name of Gruenhagen
be added as an author on H. F. No. 137. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Lucero be
added as an author on H. F. No. 154. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Lucero be
added as an author on H. F. No. 155. The motion prevailed.
Kahn moved that the names of Halverson;
Murphy, E.; Slocum and Ward be added as authors on
H. F. No. 165. The motion
prevailed.
Sanders moved that the name of Ward be
added as an author on H. F. No. 177. The motion prevailed.
Hansen moved that the names of Schoen,
Freiberg and Applebaum be added as authors on
H. F. No. 183. The motion
prevailed.
Drazkowski moved that the name of Nash be
added as an author on H. F. No. 184. The motion prevailed.
Freiberg moved that the name of Newton be
added as an author on H. F. No. 190. The motion prevailed.
Kresha moved that the names of Pugh,
Wills, Runbeck and Anderson, S., be added as authors on
H. F. No. 191. The motion
prevailed.
Runbeck moved that the names of Lucero and
Pugh be added as authors on H. F. No. 195. The motion prevailed.
Hansen moved that the names of Schoen and
Slocum be added as authors on H. F. No. 196. The motion prevailed.
Hilstrom moved that the name of Slocum be
added as an author on H. F. No. 199. The motion prevailed.
Hilstrom moved that the name of Hortman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 200. The motion prevailed.
Lucero moved that the name of Pugh be
added as an author on H. F. No. 201. The motion prevailed.
Quam moved that the name of Pugh be added
as an author on H. F. No. 202.
The motion prevailed.
Gruenhagen moved that the name of
Considine be added as an author on H. F. No. 204. The motion prevailed.
Zerwas moved that the names of Yarusso and
Slocum be added as authors on H. F. No. 210. The motion prevailed.
Moran moved that the names of Masin and
Slocum be added as authors on H. F. No. 212. The motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Peppin moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, January 22, 2015. The motion prevailed.
Peppin moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, January 22,
2015.
Patrick
D. Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives