STATE OF
MINNESOTA
Journal of the House
NINETY-THIRD
SESSION - 2024
_____________________
EIGHTY-FIRST
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, February 15, 2024
The House of Representatives convened at
10:10 a.m. and was called to order by Kaohly Vang Her, Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by Pastor Al Fiene, Friedens
United Church of Christ, Norwood Young America, Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The Speaker assumed the Chair.
The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Acomb
Agbaje
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Bahner
Bakeberg
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Berg
Bierman
Bliss
Brand
Burkel
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Daniels
Davids
Davis
Demuth
Dotseth
Edelson
Elkins
Engen
Feist
Fischer
Fogelman
Franson
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gillman
Gomez
Greenman
Grossell
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Harder
Heintzeman
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hornstein
Howard
Hudella
Hudson
Huot
Hussein
Igo
Jacob
Johnson
Jordan
Joy
Keeler
Kiel
Klevorn
Knudsen
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Koznick
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Lislegard
Long
McDonald
Mekeland
Moller
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Newton
Niska
Noor
Norris
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson, B.
Olson, L.
Pelowski
Pérez-Vega
Perryman
Petersburg
Pfarr
Pinto
Pryor
Pursell
Quam
Rarick
Rehm
Reyer
Robbins
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Sencer-Mura
Skraba
Smith
Stephenson
Swedzinski
Tabke
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Virnig
West
Wiener
Wiens
Witte
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
Zeleznikar
Spk. Hortman
A quorum was present.
Backer, Finke, Hassan, Kresha, Nash and
Neu Brindley 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
Olson, L., from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2757, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income, aids, and local sales and use; modifying the calculation of the standard deduction and definitions for the statewide local housing aid; amending the local sales and use tax authorization for Beltrami County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0123, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 290.0123, subdivision 3; 477A.36, subdivisions 1, 6; Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 10, section 25.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 3435, A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying applicability of census activity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 2.92, subdivision 4.
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. Nos. 2757 and 3435
were read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF
HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Wiens; Newton; Hill; Myers; Engen; Zeleznikar; Hudella; Olson, B., and Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 3790, A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; requiring reporting on grants issued by the commissioner of veterans affairs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 3791, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for new electronic license system; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 14.386; 84.027, subdivision 15; 84.0874; 84.152, subdivision 3; 84.788, subdivision 11; 84.798, subdivision 10; 84.8035, subdivision 1; 84.82, subdivisions 2a, 11; 84.8205; 84.83, subdivision 2; 84.922, subdivision 12; 85.41, subdivisions 1, 4; 85.45, subdivision 1; 85.46, subdivision 3; 86B.415, subdivision 11; 97A.015, subdivision 3a, by adding a subdivision; 97A.215, by adding a subdivision; 97A.255, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a; 97A.420, as amended; 97A.445, by adding a subdivision; 97A.473, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 5a; 97A.474, subdivision 3; 97A.481; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4; 97A.551, subdivision 6; 97B.303; 97B.401; 97B.603; 97B.716, subdivision 2; 97B.721; 97C.087; 97C.301, subdivision 2a; 97C.355, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 84.83, subdivision 3; 97A.405, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 27a; 97A.485, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 3792, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for intersection improvements along marked U.S. Highway 14 in the city of Byron; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 3793, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for the construction of a fire station in the city of Kasson.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Wiens, Petersburg, Dotseth, Rarick and Engen introduced:
H. F. No. 3794, A bill for an act relating to family law; modifying custody and parenting time presumptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 518.17, subdivision 1; 518.175, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Knudsen introduced:
H. F. No. 3795, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new city hall in the city of East Gull Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Davis, Heintzeman, Engen, Igo, Witte, Knudsen, Skraba, Zeleznikar, Bliss, Burkel, Dotseth, Nash, Novotny, Grossell, Pfarr, Niska and Hudella introduced:
H. F. No. 3796, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing liability for costs incurred for search and rescue operations on unsafe ice; requiring county sheriff reimbursement; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 86B.106; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Brand introduced:
H. F. No. 3797, A bill for an act relating to transportation; designating a portion of marked U.S. Highway 14 as "Robert Beussman Memorial Highway"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Brand and Frederick introduced:
H. F. No. 3798, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying hazardous railroad incident notification requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 115E.042, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Norris, Berg and Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 3799, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Office of Animal Protection and providing for its duties; expanding the definition of crime of violence; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 624.712, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299P.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Norris, Howard and Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 3800, A bill for an act relating to cooperatives; providing for the organization and operation of housing cooperatives for seniors, low and moderate income people, limited equity cooperatives and leasing cooperatives for designated members; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 308C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 3801, A bill for an act relating to veterans; authorizing veteran service officers to receive vital records without a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 197.63, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 3802, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing exclusion amounts for the disabled veterans homestead market value exclusion; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 34.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 3803, A bill for an act relating to teachers; requiring stipends to be paid to student teachers; appropriating money; 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 Policy.
Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 3804, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to develop a health care instruction form related to opioids; modifying existing permissible health care instructions to exclude prohibiting the intraoperative use of opioids; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 145C.05, subdivision 2; 145C.17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Norris, Wolgamott, Perryman and Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. No. 3805, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to develop digital geographic information system mapping data for certain school facilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 3806, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction projects in the Lake Superior School District.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 3807, A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying the composition of the North Koochiching sanitary sewer board; amending Laws 1981, chapter 291, sections 1, subdivision 14; 2, as amended; 4, subdivision 1, as amended; 23; repealing Laws 1981, chapter 291, section 1, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Nadeau, Bakeberg, Myers, Witte, Zeleznikar, Urdahl and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 3808, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing for an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service; increasing the employee contribution rate for the Teachers Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354.44, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 354.42, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Tabke introduced:
H. F. No. 3809, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying provisions related to elk; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.7371, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.7371, subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 1506.0010; 1506.0015; 1506.0020; 1506.0025; 1506.0030; 1506.0035; 1506.0040.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Moller introduced:
H. F. No. 3810, A bill for an act relating to civil law; prohibiting a landlord from initiating an eviction action against a tenant who terminates a lease based on status as a crime victim; modifying expungements of eviction records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.206, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 484.014, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Mueller, Bennett, Bakeberg, Kresha, Hudson, Gillman and Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 3811, A bill for an act relating to education; amending the Read Act; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 120B.1117; 120B.1118, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 122A.091, subdivision 1; 122A.185, subdivision 1; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 3; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 10, section 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Acomb, Baker, Pérez-Vega, Kraft, Sencer-Mura, Edelson, Hollins, Koegel, Huot, Curran and Tabke introduced:
H. F. No. 3812, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing immunity for individuals assisting another to seek medical assistance for a drug-related overdose; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 604A.05, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Acomb; Fischer; Edelson; Hollins; Lee, F.; Pérez-Vega; Kraft and Vang introduced:
H. F. No. 3813, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting the use of lead ammunition when hunting; prohibiting the sale, manufacture, and use of lead tackle; establishing a nontoxic ammunition performance standard for shooting sports facilities; requiring nontoxic ammunition in school shooting sports; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 38.33; 38.331, subdivision 1; 87A.02, subdivision 2; 87A.10; 97A.045, by adding a subdivision; 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 38; 97B; 97C; 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Klevorn and Noor introduced:
H. F. No. 3814, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying certain state grant provisions; setting a tuition and fees maximum for certain students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 136A.121, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Cha introduced:
H. F. No. 3815, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying grain indemnity provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 223.17, subdivision 6; 232.21, subdivisions 3, 7, 11, 12, 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Klevorn and Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 3816, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to a driver's license exam station; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill, Wiens and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. No. 3817, A bill for an act relating to health; revising the permitted number of hospital beds in connection with a project to replace a hospital; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hill, Wiens and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. No. 3818, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvement of the Washington Avenue intersection in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill and Wiens introduced:
H. F. No. 3819, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the reconstruction of Myrtle Street in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Wiens; Anderson, P. E.; Hill and Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 3820, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wildlife rehabilitation facility.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. No. 3821, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; amending the expiration of Food Safety and Defense Task Force provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 28A.21, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Hill and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 3822, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the process for approving community education adults with disabilities programs; requiring reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.19, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 3823, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; amending fertilizer definitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 18C.005, subdivision 33, by adding a subdivision; 18C.115, subdivision 2; 18C.215, subdivision 1; 18C.221.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Keeler, Gomez, Kozlowski, Hollins and Berg introduced:
H. F. No. 3824, A bill for an act relating to child protection; adding requirements for reporting when a peace officer takes a child into immediate custody; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256M.80, subdivision 1; 257.0725; 260C.175, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Keeler; Hanson, J.; Frazier; Gomez; Zeleznikar; Hudson; Berg; Kozlowski and Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 3825, A bill for an act relating to child care licensing; modifying employment qualifications and the definition of education for child care centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 245A.02, subdivision 6b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Keeler, Kozlowski, Hollins, Gomez and Berg introduced:
H. F. No. 3826, A bill for an act relating to child care; appropriating money for child care services grants for staff training.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Keeler, Berg, Kozlowski, Gomez and Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 3827, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reporting on student attendance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120A.22, subdivisions 12, 13; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 123B.147, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Perryman and Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. No. 3828, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain third-party testing by transit operators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.3213.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Franson introduced:
H. F. No. 3829, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 3830, A bill for an act relating to civil law; clarifying that two people may enter into an antenuptial contract; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 519.11, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Clardy introduced:
H. F. No. 3831, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for student support services; providing funding for nonpublic elementary counseling services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.44, subdivisions 1, 5, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivision 3; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 6; article 5, section 64, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Clardy introduced:
H. F. No. 3832, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Teach for America-Twin Cities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Daniels, Jacob, Schultz, Zeleznikar and Scott introduced:
H. F. No. 3833, A bill for an act relating to corrections; expanding exclusions to earned incentive release credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 244.45.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 3834, A bill for an act relating to health; providing medical assistance coverage for violence prevention services; requiring initial and final reports on violence prevention services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Frederick and Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 3835, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to authorize indirect billing for individualized home supports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.
Kraft, Feist, Howard, Acomb, Pérez-Vega, Bierman, Elkins, Hicks and Finke introduced:
H. F. No. 3836, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring disability income coverage to apply the same standards and provide the same benefits for disability due to mental illness and substance use disorders as for other medical disabilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 3837, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for acquisition of land and easements for habitat and natural area management purposes; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 3838, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a grant for capital improvements to expand services for adults with developmental disabilities; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Skraba, Zeleznikar and Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 3839, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for improvements to building leased to International Wolf Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bierman introduced:
H. F. No. 3840, A bill for an act relating to health care; providing an alternative mechanism for prompt payment of emergency room and ambulance charges incurred by patients enrolled in very high deductible health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 60A.23, subdivision 8; 62Q.01, by adding a subdivision; 62Q.025, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 3841, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying membership of the Rare Disease Advisory Council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256.4835, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Johnson introduced:
H. F. No. 3842, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements and railroad relocation projects along marked Trunk Highway 95 in the city of Cambridge; authorizing the sale and issue of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Agbaje, Howard and Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 3843, A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring landlords to accept a tenant's individual taxpayer identification number in lieu of a Social Security number; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Agbaje and Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 3844, A bill for an act relating to civil law; amending an effective date related to eviction records; amending Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 19, section 120.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Agbaje and Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 3845, A bill for an act relating to civil law; clarifying landlord and tenant provisions; modifying service of summons and complaint; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.177; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 504B.144; 504B.331; 504B.345, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. No. 3846, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the community wealth-building grant program pilot project; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 15, section 33, subdivisions 4, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. No. 3847, A bill for an act relating to economic development; making technical changes to the small business assistance partnerships grant program, Minnesota expanding opportunity fund program, Minnesota emerging entrepreneur program, and community wealth-building grant program pilot project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116M.18; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 116J.682, subdivisions 1, 3; 116J.8733; Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 15, section 33, subdivisions 4, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Lislegard and Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 3848, A bill for an act relating to taxation; aids to local governments; providing for an annual inflation and population adjustment to the appropriations for local government aid and county program aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 477A.03, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 3849, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Jobs Foundation.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 3850, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Hired for employment assistance training.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 3851, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting consent searches by peace officers; prohibiting use of the odor of marijuana as the basis to search a motor vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 626.21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 3852, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring independent investigations of law enforcement use of force incidents that result in death; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 626.5534.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
McDonald introduced:
H. F. No. 3853, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a veterans memorial in Howard Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Wiener introduced:
H. F. No. 3854, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying walleye stocking provisions; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 3855, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program restaurant meals program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 3856, A bill for an act relating to foster care; modifying notice requirements for foster children receiving benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256N.26, subdivisions 12, 13; 260C.4411, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 3857, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing technical amendments for scrap metal dealer record-keeping and marking requirements for purchase or acquisition of catalytic converters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 325E.21, subdivisions 1b, 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Rehm, Elkins, Hornstein, Kraft and Tabke introduced:
H. F. No. 3858, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending requirements related to active transportation, including regulation of electric-assisted bicycles and sales, requirements on complete streets, driver's education, and authority to issue certain citations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 169.011, by adding subdivisions; 169.06, subdivisions 5, 6; 169.14, subdivision 2; 169.21, subdivisions 3, 6; 169.222, subdivision 6b; 174.75, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 169.011, subdivision 27; 171.0705, subdivision 2; 171.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Lislegard introduced:
H. F. No. 3859, A bill for an act relating to broadband; modifying matching requirements for the lower population density grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116J.3952, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Curran and Becker-Finn introduced:
H. F. No. 3860, A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating the State Board of Civil Legal Aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 480.24, subdivisions 2, 4; 480.242; 480.243; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 480.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Pérez-Vega, Her, Urdahl, Pelowski, Franson and Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 3861, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to History Theatre to renovate the Crawford Livingston Theatre in the city of St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 3862, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for regional farm-to-institution coordinators.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 3863, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools participating in the state school milk program to provide daily milk to students in kindergarten through grade 12; prohibiting fees for school milk; modifying the reimbursement rate for school milk; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.118.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Lislegard introduced:
H. F. No. 3864, A bill for an act relating to taxation; aid to local governments; modifying the calculation of town aid; increasing the annual town aid amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 477A.013, subdivision 1; 477A.03, subdivision 2c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Baker and Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 3865, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions related to assertive community treatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0622, subdivisions 2a, 3a, 7a, 7d; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0622, subdivision 7b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.
Becker-Finn and Finke introduced:
H. F. No. 3866, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota OVAL in the city of Roseville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bennett introduced:
H. F. No. 3867, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for clean water infrastructure in the city of Manchester; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 3868, A bill for an act relating to commerce; adopting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code to accommodate emerging technologies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 336.1-201; 336.1-204; 336.1-301; 336.1-306; 336.2-102; 336.2-106; 336.2-201; 336.2-202; 336.2-203; 336.2-205; 336.2-209; 336.2A-102; 336.2A-103; 336.2A-107; 336.2A-201; 336.2A-202; 336.2A-203; 336.2A-205; 336.2A-208; 336.3-104; 336.3-105; 336.3-401; 336.3-604; 336.4A-103; 336.4A-201; 336.4A-202; 336.4A-203; 336.4A-207; 336.4A-208; 336.4A-210; 336.4A-211; 336.4A-305; 336.5-104; 336.5-116; 336.7-102; 336.7-106; 336.8-102; 336.8-103; 336.8-106; 336.8-110; 336.8-303; 336.9-102; 336.9-104; 336.9-105; 336.9-203; 336.9-204; 336.9-207; 336.9-208; 336.9-209; 336.9-210; 336.9-301; 336.9-304; 336.9-305; 336.9-310; 336.9-312; 336.9-313; 336.9-314; 336.9-316; 336.9-317; 336.9-323; 336.9-324; 336.9-330; 336.9-331; 336.9-332; 336.9-334; 336.9-341; 336.9-404; 336.9-406; 336.9-408; 336.9-509; 336.9-513; 336.9-605; 336.9-608; 336.9-611; 336.9-613; 336.9-614; 336.9-615; 336.9-616; 336.9-619; 336.9-620; 336.9-621; 336.9-624; 336.9-628; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 336.9-601; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 336.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Hudella introduced:
H. F. No. 3869, A bill for an act relating to the military; modifying provisions related to powers of the adjutant general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 190.16, subdivisions 3, 6a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Olson, B., introduced:
H. F. No. 3870, A bill for an act relating to the military; modifying provisions related to armories; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 193.143; 193.29, subdivisions 1, 4; 193.36, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Olson, B., introduced:
H. F. No. 3871, A bill for an act relating to the military; modifying the crime of unauthorized presence at Camp Ripley to include any campground, military reservation, armory, installation, or facility owned or controlled by the state or federal government for military purposes; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.396.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Becker-Finn, Frazier, Finke, Feist, Moller and Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 3872, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; amending certain court actions regarding possession of property, suspension of license for uninsured vehicle, and debts subject to revenue recapture; modifying definition of court examiner; providing for electronic service of order for protection or restraining order; requiring employer to release employee from work for prospective jury service; authorizing district court to publish notice on Minnesota judicial branch website; appropriating money for psychological services, cybersecurity, court interpreter services, juror per diem, and courthouse security; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 117.042; 171.182, subdivisions 2, 3; 253B.02, subdivision 4d; 331A.02, by adding a subdivision; 480.15, subdivision 10c; 518B.01, subdivision 8; 593.50, subdivision 1; 609.748, subdivision 5; 645.11; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 611.41, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Novotny and Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 3873, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying Safe Place for Newborns provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.902, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 3874, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying administrative penalty order authority for enforcing public water and drainage ditch buffer requirements; making certain lawns to legumes program data private; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 103B.101, subdivisions 12, 12a; 103F.48, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 103B.104.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Olson, L., and Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. No. 3875, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Scott, Zeleznikar, Perryman, Myers, Bakeberg, Altendorf and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. No. 3876, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; reducing fishing license fees for persons 65 years of age and older; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.055, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 3877, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public safety training facility and emergency operations center in the city of Rogers; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 3878, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the reconstruction of Main Street in the city of Rogers; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 3879, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new water tower in the city of Dayton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 3880, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wellhead treatment facility in the city of Dayton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Mekeland, Novotny and Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. No. 3881, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for interchange construction in the city of Becker; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Olson, L.; Berg and Nelson, M., introduced:
H. F. No. 3882, A bill for an act relating to employees; modifying earned sick and safe time; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 177.27, subdivision 4; 177.50, by adding subdivisions; 181.032; 181.9445, subdivisions 4, 5; 181.9446; 181.9447, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 10, 11; 181.9448, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy.
Myers and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 3883, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; allowing a credit for certain federal payroll taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Myers and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 3884, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to nurses, physicians, and other persons providing health care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman, Knudsen and Davis introduced:
H. F. No. 3885, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing all cities to appropriate money to a public or privately owned cemetery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 471.84.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Olson, L.; Kozlowski; Skraba; Lislegard and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 3886, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a food bank facility in the city of Duluth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Coulter, Wolgamott, Her and Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 3887, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing matching funds to institutions for childcare programs; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Bierman and Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 3888, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Apple Valley Sports Arena; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 3889, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for amino acid-based elemental formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott, Novotny, Witte and Lislegard introduced:
H. F. No. 3890, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for a Brady-Giglio designation for peace officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Reyer, Pryor, Virnig and Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 3891, A bill for an act relating to health; amending licensing requirements for graduates of foreign medical schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 147.037, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 147.037, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Witte; Demuth; Bakeberg; Kresha; Novotny; Engen; Harder; Zeleznikar; Hudson; Perryman; Mueller; Dotseth; Myers; Baker; Urdahl; Gillman; Petersburg; Knudsen; Nadeau; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Robbins; Johnson; Joy; Kiel; Nash; Backer; Wiens; Altendorf; Niska; Skraba; Davids; Scott and Grossell introduced:
H. F. No. 3892, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for public safety; modifying the grounds for the use of reasonable force in schools; defining duties and establishing minimum training requirements for school resource officers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 121A.582, by adding a
subdivision; 123B.02, by adding a subdivision; 124E.03, by adding a subdivision; 609.06, subdivision 1; 609.379, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 121A.58, subdivisions 1, 2a; 121A.582, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bierman introduced:
H. F. No. 3893, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover prenatal, maternity, and postnatal care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62A.041, subdivision 1; 62A.0411; 62A.047; 62Q.521; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62A.041, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Carroll was excused for the remainder of
today's session.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Tabke moved that the name of Myers be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1158. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the names of Huot
and Her be added as authors on H. F. No. 1618. The motion prevailed.
Brand moved that the name of Curran be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1658. The motion prevailed.
Daniels moved that the name of Schultz be
shown as chief author on H. F. No. 1849. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the names of Baker,
O'Driscoll and Harder be added as authors on H. F. No. 3204. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Mueller be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3331. The motion prevailed.
Koegel moved that the name of Tabke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3339. The motion prevailed.
Greenman moved that the names of Brand and
Virnig be added as authors on H. F. No. 3376. The motion prevailed.
Hansen, R., moved that the name of Fischer
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3377. The motion prevailed.
Her moved that the name of Sencer-Mura be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3387. The motion prevailed.
Rehm moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 3439. The motion prevailed.
Rehm moved that the name of Fischer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3466. The motion prevailed.
Feist moved that the name of Edelson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3483. The motion prevailed.
Fischer moved that the name of Kiel be added as an author on
H. F. No. 3495. The
motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Anderson,
P. E., be added as an author on H. F. No. 3553. The motion prevailed.
Jordan moved that the name of Youakim be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3556. The motion prevailed.
Hollins moved that the name of Fischer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3565. The motion prevailed.
Hollins moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3566. The motion prevailed.
Agbaje moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3593. The motion prevailed.
Stephenson moved that the name of
Heintzeman be added as an author on H. F. No. 3625. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Harder be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3632. The motion prevailed.
Her moved that the name of Sencer-Mura be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3640. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Harder be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3660. The motion prevailed.
Elkins moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3677. The motion prevailed.
Kotyza-Witthuhn moved that the names of
Norris and Hanson, J., be added as authors on
H. F. No. 3681. The
motion prevailed.
Kotyza-Witthuhn moved that the name of
Sencer-Mura be added as an author on H. F. No. 3682. The motion prevailed.
Hassan moved that the name of Sencer-Mura
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3692. The motion prevailed.
Smith moved that the name of Sencer-Mura
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3700. The motion prevailed.
Kraft moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3704. The motion prevailed.
Fischer moved that the names of Pursell
and Norris be added as authors on H. F. No. 3705. The motion prevailed.
Jordan moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3731. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of Keeler
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3736. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the names of
Hill and Wiens be added as authors on H. F. No. 3754. The motion prevailed.
Edelson moved that the name of Fischer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3765. The motion prevailed.
Harder moved that the name of Franson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3770. The motion prevailed.
Kozlowski moved that the names of Pursell
and Rehm be added as authors on H. F. No. 3783. The motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Long moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 3:30 p.m., Monday, February 19, 2024. The motion prevailed.
Long moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 3:30 p.m., Monday, February 19, 2024.
Patrick
D. Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives