STATE OF
MINNESOTA
NINETY-FIRST
SESSION - 2019
_____________________
FIFTY-SIXTH
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Friday, May 17, 2019
The House of Representatives convened at
10:00 a.m. and was called to order by Jeanne Poppe, Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by Pastor Ben Mailhot,
Watermark Church, Stillwater, 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:
Acomb
Albright
Backer
Bahner
Bahr
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Bernardy
Bierman
Boe
Brand
Cantrell
Carlson, A.
Carlson, L.
Christensen
Claflin
Considine
Daniels
Daudt
Davnie
Dehn
Demuth
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Erickson
Fabian
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gomez
Green
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Haley
Halverson
Hamilton
Hansen
Hassan
Hausman
Heinrich
Heintzeman
Her
Hertaus
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Johnson
Jurgens
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Kresha
Kunesh-Podein
Layman
Lee
Lesch
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Loeffler
Long
Lucero
Lueck
Mahoney
Mann
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Miller
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu
Noor
Nornes
O'Driscoll
Olson
O'Neill
Pelowski
Persell
Petersburg
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Poston
Pryor
Quam
Richardson
Runbeck
Sandell
Sandstede
Sauke
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Stephenson
Sundin
Swedzinski
Tabke
Theis
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Vogel
Wagenius
Wazlawik
West
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Hortman
A quorum was present.
Anderson and Robbins were excused.
Davids was excused until 7:50 p.m.
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
Carlson, L., from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2129, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rural Finance Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson, L., from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2796,
A bill for an act relating to state government; ratifying a labor agreement and
a compensation plan.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. LABOR
AGREEMENTS AND COMPENSATION PLANS.
Subdivision 1. Minnesota
Law Enforcement Association. The
labor agreement between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota Law
Enforcement Association, submitted to the Legislative Coordinating Commission
Subcommittee on Employee Relations on April 5, 2019, is ratified.
Subd. 2. Minnesota
State Board of Investment salary administration plan. The salary administration plan for the
Minnesota State Board of Investment, submitted to the Legislative Coordinating
Commission Subcommittee on Employee Relations on February 7, 2019, is ratified.
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
SECOND READING
OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. Nos. 2129 and 2796
were read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION
AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 2899, A bill for an act relating to education; administration of drugs and medicines; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Jurgens introduced:
H. F. No. 2900, A bill for an act relating to state government; limiting paid leave for state employees who are subjects of investigations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 43A.05, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Baker, Schomacker and Long introduced:
H. F. No. 2901, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a temporary subcommittee of the Minnesota Recovers Task Force; requiring reports; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Lillie, Wagenius and Hansen introduced:
H. F. No. 2902, A bill for an act relating to water; establishing the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Waters; eliminating the Clean Water Council and Legislative Water Commission; reassigning duties; providing appointments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 3.886, subdivision 6; 10A.01, subdivision 35; 97A.056, subdivision 3; 114D.35, subdivisions 2, 3; 114D.50, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 114D.15, subdivision 3; 114D.20, subdivisions 5, 6, 7; 114D.30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Kotyza-Witthuhn, Morrison, Bahner, Kunesh-Podein, Pinto and Carlson, A., introduced:
H. F. No. 2903, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools to make disposable menstrual products freely available in school restrooms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.21.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Edelson and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. No. 2904, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing a procedure to determine a defendant's competence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 628.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division.
Winkler moved that the House recess
subject to the call of the Chair. The
motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to
order by Speaker pro tempore Poppe.
There being no objection, the order of
business reverted to Reports of Standing Committees and Divisions.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS
Carlson, L., from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 850, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to address wildlife disease.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section
1. WILDLIFE
DISEASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) $2,060,000 in fiscal year 2020 and
$1,460,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of natural resources for planning for and emergency response to
disease outbreaks in wildlife. Of this
amount:
(1) $50,000 in fiscal year 2020 is to
establish a chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program;
(2) $50,000 in fiscal year 2020 is to
develop guidelines for handling, transporting, processing, and disposing of
deer carcasses; and
(3) $500,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for
a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Chronic
Wasting Disease Response, Research, and Policy Program.
The commissioner and board must each submit quarterly
reports on the activities funded under this paragraph to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction
over environment and natural resources and agriculture. Base funding for this activity is $1,100,000
in fiscal year 2022 and thereafter.
(b) If the appropriations in this section are enacted more than once in the 2019 regular legislative session, the appropriations must be given effect only once."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson, L., from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
S. F. No. 973, A bill for an act relating to health; requesting the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to establish an advisory council on rare diseases; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 3, line 31, delete "$50,000" and insert "$150,000" and delete "$50,000" and insert "$150,000"
Page 4, line 1, delete everything after the period and insert "This is a onetime appropriation."
Page 4, delete line 2 and insert:
"Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS
ENACTED MORE THAN ONCE; EFFECT.
If an appropriation in this act is enacted more than once in the 2019 legislative session, the appropriation must be given effect only once."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
SECOND READING
OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. No. 850 was read for
the second time.
SECOND READING
OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 973 was read for
the second time.
The following Conference Committee Report
was received:
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 148
A bill for an act relating to health; permitting a community emergency medical technician to be a member of a basic life support ambulance service; modifying an occupational title of certain emergency medical technicians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 144E.001, subdivision 5h; 144E.275, subdivision 7; 256B.0625, subdivision 60a.
May 16, 2019
The Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable Jeremy R. Miller
President of the Senate
We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 148 report that we have agreed upon the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
That the House concur in the Senate amendment.
We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.
House Conferees: John Huot, Mike Freiberg and Jeff Backer.
Senate Conferees: Julie A. Rosen, Rich Draheim and Karla Bigham.
Huot moved that the report of the
Conference Committee on H. F. No. 148 be adopted and that the
bill be repassed as amended by the Conference Committee. The motion prevailed.
H. F. No. 148, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting a community emergency medical technician to be a member of a basic life support ambulance service; modifying an occupational title of certain emergency medical technicians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 144E.001, subdivision 5h; 144E.275, subdivision 7; 256B.0625, subdivision 60a.
The bill was read for the third time, as
amended by Conference, and placed upon its repassage.
The question was taken on the repassage of
the bill and the roll was called. There
were 130 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Albright
Backer
Bahner
Bahr
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Bernardy
Bierman
Boe
Brand
Cantrell
Carlson, A.
Carlson, L.
Christensen
Claflin
Considine
Daniels
Daudt
Davnie
Demuth
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Erickson
Fabian
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gomez
Green
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Haley
Halverson
Hamilton
Hansen
Hassan
Hausman
Heinrich
Heintzeman
Her
Hertaus
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Johnson
Jurgens
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Kresha
Kunesh-Podein
Layman
Lee
Lesch
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Loeffler
Long
Lucero
Lueck
Mahoney
Mann
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Miller
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu
Noor
Nornes
O'Driscoll
Olson
O'Neill
Pelowski
Persell
Petersburg
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Poston
Pryor
Quam
Richardson
Runbeck
Sandell
Sandstede
Sauke
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Stephenson
Sundin
Swedzinski
Tabke
Theis
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Vogel
Wagenius
Wazlawik
West
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Hortman
The bill was repassed, as amended by Conference,
and its title agreed to.
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
RULES
AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Winkler from the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration, pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33, designated the
following bills to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Sunday, May 19,
2019 and established a prefiling requirement for amendments offered to the
following bills:
H. F. Nos. 2796 and 619;
and S. F. Nos. 573, 1257, 1003, 1261 and 2089.
CALENDAR FOR
THE DAY
S. F. No. 1100 was reported
to the House.
Haley moved to amend S. F. No. 1100, the unofficial engrossment, as follows:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.93, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 7. Exception; Prairie Island Indian Community. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in subdivision 3 or 4, the Prairie Island Indian Community of the Mdewakanton Dakota tribe has concurrent jurisdictional authority under this section with the local county sheriff within the geographical boundaries of the community's reservation to enforce state criminal law if the requirements of subdivision 2 are met, regardless of whether a cooperative agreement pursuant to subdivision 4 is entered into."
Amend the title accordingly
The
motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
S. F. No. 1100, A bill for
an act relating to public safety; modifying requirements for the Prairie Island
Indian Community to exercise concurrent state law enforcement jurisdictional
authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.93, by adding a
subdivision.
The bill was read for the third time, as
amended, and placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on the passage
of the bill and the roll was called.
There were 122 yeas and 8 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Albright
Backer
Bahner
Bahr
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Bernardy
Bierman
Boe
Brand
Cantrell
Carlson, A.
Carlson, L.
Christensen
Claflin
Considine
Daniels
Daudt
Davnie
Demuth
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Fabian
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gomez
Green
Gunther
Haley
Halverson
Hamilton
Hansen
Hassan
Hausman
Heintzeman
Her
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Johnson
Jurgens
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Kresha
Kunesh-Podein
Layman
Lee
Lesch
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Loeffler
Long
Lueck
Mahoney
Mann
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Miller
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu
Noor
Nornes
O'Driscoll
Olson
O'Neill
Pelowski
Persell
Petersburg
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Poston
Pryor
Quam
Richardson
Sandell
Sandstede
Sauke
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Stephenson
Sundin
Swedzinski
Tabke
Theis
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Vogel
Wagenius
Wazlawik
West
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Hortman
Those who voted in the negative were:
Erickson
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Heinrich
Hertaus
Lucero
Mekeland
Runbeck
The bill was
passed, as amended, and its title agreed to.
S. F. No. 328, A bill for
an act relating to health; modifying a hospital construction or modification
moratorium exception for an existing hospital in Carver County; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
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 126 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Albright
Backer
Bahner
Bahr
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Bernardy
Bierman
Boe
Brand
Cantrell
Carlson, A.
Carlson, L.
Christensen
Claflin
Considine
Daniels
Daudt
Davnie
Demuth
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Erickson
Fabian
Fischer
Franson
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gomez
Green
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Haley
Halverson
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Heinrich
Heintzeman
Her
Hertaus
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Johnson
Jurgens
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Kresha
Kunesh-Podein
Layman
Lee
Lesch
Lien
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Loeffler
Long
Lucero
Lueck
Mahoney
Mann
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Miller
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu
Noor
Nornes
O'Driscoll
Olson
O'Neill
Pelowski
Persell
Petersburg
Pierson
Pinto
Poppe
Poston
Pryor
Quam
Richardson
Sandell
Sandstede
Sauke
Schomacker
Scott
Stephenson
Sundin
Swedzinski
Tabke
Theis
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Vogel
Wagenius
Wazlawik
West
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Zerwas
Spk. Hortman
The
bill was passed and its title agreed to.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Persell moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 973. The motion prevailed.
Elkins moved that the name of Christensen
be added as an author on H. F. No. 983. The motion prevailed.
Fischer moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1502. The motion prevailed.
Zerwas moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1741. The motion prevailed.
Gunther moved that the name of Munson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 2888. The motion prevailed.
Gruenhagen moved that the name of Lippert
be added as an author on H. F. No. 2895. The motion prevailed.
Winkler introduced:
House Concurrent Resolution No. 2, A House concurrent resolution relating to adjournment of the House of Representatives and Senate until 2020.
The concurrent resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Winkler moved that the House recess
subject to the call of the Chair. The
motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to
order by Speaker pro tempore Olson.
Gruenhagen and Heinrich were excused
for the remainder of today's session.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
RULES AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Pursuant to rules 1.21 and 1.22, the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration specified Friday, May 17, 2019 as the date after which the 5:00 p.m. deadlines no longer apply to the designation of bills to be placed on the Calendar for the Day and to the announcement of the intention to request that bills be considered by the House on the Fiscal Calendar.
ADJOURNMENT
Winkler moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2019. The motion prevailed.
Winkler moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore
Olson declared the House stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18,
2019.
Patrick
D. Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives