House Journal 30th Day Monday March 6 2023

A quorum was present.

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.

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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying provisions related to voter registration; absentee voting; requiring voting instructions and sample ballots to be multilingual and interpreters to be provided in certain situations; regulating intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with voter registration and voting; campaign finance; expanding the definition of express advocacy; providing penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10A.01, subdivision 16a; 10A.27, subdivision 11; 13.607, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, subdivision 3; 201.054, subdivisions 1, 2; 201.061, by adding a subdivision; 201.071, subdivision 1; 201.091, subdivision 4; 201.161; 201.162; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5; 203B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.12, by adding subdivisions; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 211B.15, subdivisions 1, 7b, by adding subdivisions; 211B.32, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 204B; 211B.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 6, line 23, after "256L" insert "or medical assistance under chapter 256B"

Page 6, line 32, delete everything after the first period

Page 8, line 14, after "(a)" insert "If permitted by the federal government,"

Page 8, line 16, delete "any" and insert "applicants 18 years of age or older whose United States citizenship has been verified as part of the application."

Page 8, delete lines 17 to 22

Page 8, line 23, delete everything before "The" and after "information" insert "required to register to vote, as prescribed by the secretary of state,"

Page 9, line 3, delete "December 1, 2025" and insert "September 30 of the year following the year in which federal approval or permission is given"

Page 9, delete lines 4 to 13 and insert:

"Subd. 5. Other agencies and units of government. (a) The commissioner of management and budget must, in consultation with the secretary of state, identify any other state agency that is eligible to implement automatic voter registration. The commissioner must consider a state agency eligible if the agency collects, processes, or stores the following information as part of providing assistance or services: name, residential address, date of birth, and citizenship verification. An eligible agency must submit a report to the governor and secretary of state no later than December 1, 2024, describing steps needed to implement automatic voter registration, barriers to implementation and ways to mitigate them, and applicable federal and state privacy protections for the data under consideration. By June 1, 2025, the governor, at the governor's sole discretion, must make final decisions, as to which agencies will implement automatic voter registration by December 31, 2025, and which agencies could implement automatic voter registration if provided with additional resources or if the legislature changed the law to allow data to be used for automatic voter registration. The governor must notify the commissioner of management and budget of the governor's decisions related to automatic voter registration. By October 1, 2025, the commissioner of management and budget must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over election policy and finance. The report must include:

(1) the agencies that will implement automatic voter registration by December 31, 2025;

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(2) the agencies which could implement automatic voter registration if provided with additional resources and recommendations on the necessary additional resources; and

(3) the agencies that could implement automatic voter registration if the legislature changed the law to allow data to be used for voter registration and recommendations on how the law could be changed to allow the use of the data for this purpose."

Page 9, line 17, after the period, insert "For each individual whose United States citizenship has been verified, the commissioner or agency head must transmit information required to register to vote, as prescribed by the secretary of state, to the secretary of state by electronic means. The governor must determine the frequency of the transmissions for each agency."

Page 9, line 19, after "commissioner" insert "or agency head"

Page 9, line 20, delete "who" and insert "whose"

Page 9, line 21, delete everything before "United" and after "citizenship" insert "has not been verified"

Page 14, delete lines 1 to 9 and insert:

"(1) except as otherwise provided by this section, at least 46 days before each regularly scheduled primary and general election and each special primary and special election;

(2) as soon as practicable for a special election held pursuant to section 204D.19, subdivisions 2 and 3; and

(3) at least 30 days before a town general election held in March."

Page 19, line 12, delete "moving party" and insert "plaintiff"

Page 19, line 14, delete "moving party" and insert "plaintiff" and delete "actor" and insert "defendant"

Page 19, line 15, after the period, insert "The plaintiff may also show that a reasonable person would believe that the defendant's actions were intended to compel or impede the plaintiff's activities as required by paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2)."

Page 19, after line 19, insert:

"(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), in a civil action brought to prevent and restrain violations of this subdivision or to require the payment of civil penalties, the plaintiff may show that the transmitted information would impede or prevent a reasonable person from exercising the right to vote. The plaintiff may also show that a reasonable person would believe that the defendant's actions were intended to impede or prevent the plaintiff from exercising the right to vote."

Page 19, line 20, delete "(b)" and insert "(c)"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

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Vang from the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 23, A bill for an act relating to labor; providing safe workplaces for meat and poultry processing workers; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.654, subdivision 11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 7, delete "egg production,"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Moller from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 100, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing the Office of Cannabis Management; establishing advisory councils; requiring reports relating to cannabis use and sales; legalizing and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; requiring testing of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; requiring labeling of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; limiting the advertisement of cannabis flower, cannabinoid products, and cannabis businesses; providing for the cultivation of cannabis in private residences; transferring regulatory authority for the medical cannabis program; taxing the sale of adult-use cannabis; establishing grant and loan programs; clarifying the prohibition on operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of cannabis; amending criminal penalties; establishing expungement procedures for certain individuals; requiring reports on expungements; providing for expungement of certain evictions; clarifying the rights of landlords and tenants regarding use of certain forms of cannabis; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by employees and testing of employees; providing for the temporary regulation of certain edible cannabinoid products; providing for professional licensing protections; providing for local registration of certain cannabis retail establishments; amending the scheduling of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols; classifying data; making miscellaneous cannabis-related changes and additions; making clarifying and technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.411, by adding a subdivision; 13.871, by adding a subdivision; 34A.01, subdivision 4; 144.99, subdivision 1; 144A.4791, subdivision 14; 151.72; 152.01, by adding subdivisions; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.11, subdivision 2; 169A.03, by adding subdivisions; 169A.20, subdivision 1; 169A.51, subdivisions 1, 4; 169A.72; 175.45, subdivision 1; 181.938, subdivision 2; 181.950, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, by adding a subdivision; 181.951, by adding subdivisions; 181.952, by adding a subdivision; 181.953; 181.954; 181.955; 181.957, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 2; 245C.08, subdivision 1; 256.01, subdivision 18c; 256B.0625, subdivision 13d; 256D.024, subdivisions 1, 3; 256J.26, subdivisions 1, 3; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.025, subdivision 2; 290.0132, subdivision 29; 290.0134, subdivision 19; 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, subdivisions 2, 7; 297A.70, subdivisions 2, 18; 297A.99, by adding a subdivision; 297D.01; 297D.04; 297D.06; 297D.07; 297D.08; 297D.085; 297D.09, subdivision 1a; 297D.10; 297D.11; 340A.412, subdivision 14; 484.014, subdivision 3; 504B.171, subdivision 1; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.2112, subdivision 1; 609.2113, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 609.2114, subdivisions 1, 2; 609.5311, subdivision 1; 609.5314, subdivision 1; 609.5316, subdivision 2; 609A.01; 609A.03, subdivisions 5, 9; 609B.425, subdivision 2; 609B.435, subdivision 2; 624.712, by adding subdivisions; 624.713, subdivision 1; 624.714, subdivision 6; 624.7142, subdivision 1; 624.7151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 116J; 116L; 120B; 144; 152; 169A; 289A; 295; 340A; 504B; 609A; 624; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 151.72;

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152.027, subdivisions 3, 4; 152.21; 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4; 152.30; 152.31; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.33, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.34; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5; 152.37; Minnesota Rules, parts 4770.0100; 4770.0200; 4770.0300; 4770.0400; 4770.0500; 4770.0600; 4770.0800; 4770.0900; 4770.1000; 4770.1100; 4770.1200; 4770.1300; 4770.1400; 4770.1460; 4770.1500; 4770.1600; 4770.1700; 4770.1800; 4770.1900; 4770.2000; 4770.2100; 4770.2200; 4770.2300; 4770.2400; 4770.2700; 4770.2800; 4770.4000; 4770.4002; 4770.4003; 4770.4004; 4770.4005; 4770.4007; 4770.4008; 4770.4009; 4770.4010; 4770.4012; 4770.4013; 4770.4014; 4770.4015; 4770.4016; 4770.4017; 4770.4018; 4770.4030.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 13, line 1, after "to" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 15, line 29, after the period, insert "State employees shall not be displaced by the transfer of duties from the Department of Health medical cannabis program to the Office of Cannabis Management under this subdivision."

Page 16, line 22, after "(b)" insert "Upon request by the office,"

Page 16, line 31, after "under" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 18, line 28, delete "and"

Page 19, line 11, delete the period and insert "; and"

Page 19, after line 11, insert:

"(32) a representative from the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota appointed by the association."

Page 28, delete subdivision 6 and insert:

"Subd. 6. Violations; penalties. (a) In addition to penalties listed in this subdivision, a person who violates the provisions of this chapter is subject to any applicable criminal penalty.

(b) The office may assess the following civil penalties on a person who sells cannabis flower or cannabinoid products without a license issued under this chapter that authorizes the sale:

(1) if the person sells up to two ounces of cannabis flower, up to $3,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater;

(2) if the person sells more than two ounces but not more than eight ounces of cannabis flower, up to $10,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater;

(3) if the person sells more than eight ounces but not more than one pound of cannabis flower, up to $25,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater;

(4) if the person sells more than one pound but not more than five pounds of cannabis flower, up to $50,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater;

(5) if the person sells more than five pounds but not more than 25 pounds of cannabis flower, up to $100,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater;

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(6) if the person sells more than 25 pounds but not more than 50 pounds of cannabis flower, up to $250,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater; and

(7) if the person sells more than 50 pounds of cannabis flower, up to $1,000,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis flower, whichever is greater.

(c) The office may assess the following civil penalties on a person who sells cannabis concentrate without a license issued under this chapter that authorizes the sale:

(1) if the person sells up to eight grams of cannabis concentrate, up to $3,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater;

(2) if the person sells more than eight grams but not more than 40 grams of cannabis concentrate, up to $10,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater;

(3) if the person sells more than 40 grams but not more than 80 grams of cannabis concentrate, up to $25,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater;

(4) if the person sells more than 80 grams but not more than 400 grams of cannabis concentrate, up to $50,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater;

(5) if the person sells more than 400 grams but not more than two kilograms of cannabis concentrate, up to $100,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater;

(6) if the person sells more than two kilograms but not more than four kilograms of cannabis concentrate, up to $250,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater; and

(7) if the person sells more than four kilograms of cannabis concentrate, up to $1,000,000 or three times the retail market value of the cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater.

(d) The office may assess the following civil penalties on a person who imports or sells products infused with tetrahydrocannabinol without a license issued under this chapter that authorizes the importation or sale:

(1) if the person imports or sells products infused with up to 800 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $3,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater;

(2) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than 800 milligrams but not more than four grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $10,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater;

(3) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than four grams but not more than eight grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $25,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater;

(4) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than eight grams but not more than 40 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $50,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater;

(5) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than 40 grams but not more than 200 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $100,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater;

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(6) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than 200 grams but not more than 400 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $250,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater; and

(7) if the person imports or sells products infused with a total of more than 400 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol, up to $1,000,000 or three times the retail market value of the infused product, whichever is greater.

(e) The office may assess a civil penalty of up to $500 for each plant grown in excess of the limit on a person who grows more than eight cannabis plants or more than four mature, flowering plants, without a license to cultivate cannabis issued under this chapter."

Page 35, line 1, after "application" insert "and the results of any required criminal history check"

Page 35, line 4, before "A" insert "Upon request by the office,"

Page 35, line 14, after "under" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 41, delete subdivision 6

Page 42, before line 4, insert:

"Sec. 18. [342.185] DATA PRACTICES.

Subdivision 1. Not public data. The following data collected, created, or maintained by the office are classified as nonpublic data, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 9, or as private data on individuals, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12:

(1) application data submitted by an applicant for a cannabis business license, other than the data listed in subdivision 2;

(2) the identity of a complainant who has made a report concerning a license holder or applicant that appears in inactive complaint data unless the complainant consents to the disclosure;

(3) the nature or content of unsubstantiated complaints when the information is not maintained in anticipation of legal action;

(4) the record of any disciplinary proceeding except as limited by subdivision 9;

(5) data identifying retail or wholesale customers of a cannabis business; and

(6) data identifying cannabis workers.

Subd. 2. Public data on license applicants. (a) The following application data submitted by an applicant for a cannabis business license are public data:

(1) the applicant's name and designated address;

(2) data disclosing the ownership and control of the applicant;

(3) proof of trade name registration;

(4) data showing the legal possession of the premises where the business will operate;

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(5) data describing whether volatile chemicals will be used in any methods of extraction or concentration;

(6) environmental plans;

(7) the type and number of other cannabis business licenses held by the applicant; and

(8) the name, address, location, dates, and hours of where any proposed cannabis event will take place.

(b) Scoring and other data generated by the office in its review of an applicant for a cannabis business license are public data.

Subd. 3. Public application data on license holders. Once an applicant for a cannabis business license becomes a license holder, all of the application data that the license holder had previously submitted to the office are public data except that the following data remain classified as nonpublic data or private data on individuals:

(1) data identifying retail or wholesale customers of a cannabis business;

(2) data identifying cannabis workers;

(3) tax returns, bank account statements, and other financial account information;

(4) business plans; and

(5) security information and trade secret information, as defined by section 13.37.

Subd. 4. Public disciplinary data. Minutes, orders for hearings, findings of fact, conclusions of law, and specification of the final disciplinary action contained in the record of the disciplinary action are classified as public data. If there is a public hearing concerning the disciplinary action, the entire record concerning the disciplinary action is public data. If the license holder and the office agree to resolve a complaint without a hearing, the agreement and the specific reasons for the agreement are public data.

Subd. 5. Data practices administration. (a) The office must establish written procedures to ensure that only individuals authorized by law may enter, update, or access data maintained by the office and classified as nonpublic or private data on individuals. An authorized individual's ability to enter, update, or access not public data must correspond to the official duties or training level of the individual and to the statutory authorization granting access for that purpose. All queries and responses, and all actions in which not public data are entered, updated, accessed, shared, or disseminated, must be recorded in a data audit trail. Data contained in the audit trail have the same classification as the underlying data tracked by the audit trail.

(b) The office must not share data classified as nonpublic or private data on individuals under this section or other data identifying an individual applicant or license holder with any federal agency, federal department, or federal entity unless specifically ordered to do so by a state or federal court.

(c) The office must arrange for an independent audit to verify compliance with this section. The audit must be completed annually for the first two years following establishment of the office and biennially thereafter. The results of the audit are public. No later than 30 days following completion of the audit, the office must provide a report summarizing the audit results to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over commerce and data practices, and the Legislative Commission on Data Practices and Personal Data Privacy. The report must be submitted as required under section 3.195, except that printed copies are not required."

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Page 42, line 32, before "Every" insert "Upon request by the office,"

Page 43, line 8, after "under" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 43, delete subdivision 2 and insert:

"Subd. 2. Criminal offenses; disqualifications. The office may by rule determine whether any felony convictions shall disqualify a person from holding or receiving a license issued under this chapter or working for a cannabis business, and the length of any such disqualification. In adopting rules pursuant to this subdivision, the office shall not disqualify a person for a violation of section 152.025."

Page 79, line 28, after "(b)" insert "Upon request by the office,"

Page 80, line 6, after "under" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 80, line 15, after "under" insert "rules adopted pursuant to"

Page 87, line 11, delete "cultivator" and insert "processor"

Page 87, lines 24 and 30, delete "distribution" and insert "medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products"

Page 97, line 15, delete "telemedicine" and insert "telehealth"

Page 97, line 16, delete "62A.671, subdivision 9" and insert "62A.673, subdivision 2"

Page 98, line 12, delete "or"

Page 98, after line 12, insert:

"(iii) in a state-operated treatment program, including the Minnesota sex offender program; or"

Page 98, line 13, delete "(iii)" and insert "(iv)"

Page 98, line 25, after the second "facilities" insert "licensed"

Page 110, line 14, before the period, insert ", and the effects use has on brain development for those under the age of 25"

Page 163, line 6, delete "for the unlawful sale of more than two" and insert "under subdivision 2 or 3; or"

Page 163, delete lines 7 and 8

Page 163, delete subdivision 2 and insert:

"Subd. 2. Sale of cannabis in the second degree. A person is guilty of sale of cannabis in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the person unlawfully sells:

(1) more than two ounces of cannabis flower, more than eight grams of cannabis concentrate, or edible cannabinoid products infused with more than 800 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol:

(i) to a minor and the defendant is an adult who is not more than 36 months older than the minor;

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(ii) in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment facility; or

(iii) within ten years of a conviction under subdivision 1, 2, or 3; or

(2) up to two ounces of cannabis flower, up to eight grams of cannabis concentrate, or edible cannabinoid products infused with up to 800 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol to a minor."

Page 166, delete section 24 and insert:

"Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Driving while impaired crime; motor vehicle. It is a crime for any person to drive, operate, or be in physical control of any motor vehicle, as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 15, within this state or on any boundary water of this state when:

(1) the person is under the influence of alcohol;

(2) the person is under the influence of a controlled substance;

(3) the person is under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(4) the person is under the influence of a combination of any two or more of the elements named in clauses (1) to (3) or (8);

(5) the person's alcohol concentration at the time, or as measured within two hours of the time, of driving, operating, or being in physical control of the motor vehicle is 0.08 or more;

(6) the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle and the person's alcohol concentration at the time, or as measured within two hours of the time, of driving, operating, or being in physical control of the commercial motor vehicle is 0.04 or more; or

(7) the person's body contains any amount of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II, or its metabolite, other than ~~marijuana~~ cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, an artificially derived cannabinoid, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

(8) the person is under the influence of cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, an artificially derived cannabinoid, or tetrahydrocannabinols."

Page 168, delete section 26

Page 169, delete section 27 and insert:

"Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169A.51, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Implied consent; conditions; election of test. (a) Any person who drives, operates, or is in physical control of a motor vehicle within this state or on any boundary water of this state consents, subject to the provisions of sections 169A.50 to 169A.53 (implied consent law), and section 169A.20 (driving while impaired), to a chemical test of that person's blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol,; a controlled substance or its metabolite,; cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or an intoxicating substance. The test must be administered at the direction of a peace officer.

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(b) The test may be required of a person when an officer has probable cause to believe the person was driving, operating, or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired), and one of the following conditions exist:

(1) the person has been lawfully placed under arrest for violation of section 169A.20 or an ordinance in conformity with it;

(2) the person has been involved in a motor vehicle accident or collision resulting in property damage, personal injury, or death;

(3) the person has refused to take the screening test provided for by section 169A.41 (preliminary screening test); or

(4) the screening test was administered and indicated an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.

(c) The test may also be required of a person when an officer has probable cause to believe the person was driving, operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle with the presence of any alcohol.

Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169A.51, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Requirement of urine or blood test. A blood or urine test may be required pursuant to a search warrant under sections 626.04 to 626.18 even after a breath test has been administered if there is probable cause to believe that:

(1) there is impairment by a controlled substance or; an intoxicating substance; or cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols that is not subject to testing by a breath test;

(2) a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II or its metabolite, other than ~~marijuana~~ cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols, is present in the person's body; or

(3) the person is unconscious or incapacitated to the point that the peace officer providing a breath test advisory, administering a breath test, or serving the search warrant has a good-faith belief that the person is mentally or physically unable to comprehend the breath test advisory or otherwise voluntarily submit to chemical tests.

Action may be taken against a person who refuses to take a blood test under this subdivision only if a urine test was offered and action may be taken against a person who refuses to take a urine test only if a blood test was offered. This limitation does not apply to an unconscious person under the circumstances described in clause (3)."

Pages 172 to 176, delete sections 31 to 36 and insert:

"Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2112, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Criminal vehicular homicide. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person is guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the person causes the death of a human being not constituting murder or manslaughter as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

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(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(6) in a negligent manner while any amount of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II, or its metabolite, other than ~~marijuana~~ cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols, is present in the person's body;

(7) where the driver who causes the collision leaves the scene of the collision in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

(8) where the driver had actual knowledge that a peace officer had previously issued a citation or warning that the motor vehicle was defectively maintained, the driver had actual knowledge that remedial action was not taken, the driver had reason to know that the defect created a present danger to others, and the death was caused by the defective maintenance.

(b) If a person is sentenced under paragraph (a) for a violation under paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (6), occurring within ten years of a qualified prior driving offense, the statutory maximum sentence of imprisonment is 15 years.

Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2113, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Great bodily harm. A person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person causes great bodily harm to another not constituting attempted murder or assault as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

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(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2113, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Substantial bodily harm. A person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation resulting in substantial bodily harm and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person causes substantial bodily harm to another as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

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Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2113, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Bodily harm. A person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation resulting in bodily harm and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the person causes bodily harm to another as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2114, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Death to an unborn child. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation resulting in death to an unborn child and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the person causes the death of an unborn child as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

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(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2114, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Injury to an unborn child. A person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation resulting in injury to an unborn child and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person causes the great bodily harm to an unborn child subsequently born alive as a result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance; or

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabinoid product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

~~(iii)~~ (iv) any combination of those elements;

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(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; or

Page 195, line 10, delete "342.18, subdivision 6" and insert "342.185"

Page 195, line 28, after "substance use" insert ", including but not limited to the use of fentanyl or mixtures containing fentanyl,"

Page 196, lines 11 and 27, after "substance use" insert ", including but not limited to the use of fentanyl or mixtures containing fentanyl,"

Page 196, lines 14 and 16, after "substance use" insert ", including but not limited to the use of fentanyl or mixtures containing fentanyl"

Page 197, line 28, after "health" insert ", in collaboration with local health departments,"

Page 198, after line 21, insert:

"Subd. 4. Local and Tribal health departments. The commissioner of health shall distribute grants to local health departments and Tribal health departments for these departments to create and disseminate educational materials on cannabis flower and cannabinoid products and to provide safe use and prevention training, education, technical assistance, and community engagement regarding cannabis flower and cannabinoid products."

Page 199, line 3, after "342.51" insert ", subdivision 2"

Page 199, delete line 4

Page 226, delete section 52 and insert:

"Sec. 52. REPEALER.

(a) Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, and 4; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, and 4; 152.30; 152.31; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 152.33, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 152.34; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and 152.37, are repealed.

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(b) Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.027, subdivisions 3 and 4, are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective January 1, 2024. Paragraph (b) is effective August 1, 2023. Paragraph (c) is effective July 1, 2023."

Page 260, after line 13, insert:

"(f) Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (a), $....... in fiscal year 2024 and $....... in fiscal year 2025 are for grants to local health departments for: (1) creation and dissemination of educational materials on cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; and (2) community education, technical assistance, and outreach on prevention and safe use regarding cannabis flower and cannabinoid products. The commissioner shall distribute these grants according to a contract with the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota. Of the appropriations in this paragraph, the commissioner may withhold up to ten percent for grant administration and technical assistance to local health departments. The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter.

(g) Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (a), $....... in fiscal year 2024 and $....... in fiscal year 2025 are for grants to Tribal health departments for: (1) creation and dissemination of educational materials on cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; and (2) community education, technical assistance, and outreach on prevention and safe use regarding cannabis flower and cannabinoid products. Of the appropriations in this paragraph, the commissioner may withhold up to ten percent for grant administration and technical assistance to Tribal health departments. The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter."

Page 261, line 10, after the period, insert "After June 30, 2025, any unencumbered balance from this appropriation may be used for grants to any eligible employer under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.246."

Renumber the sections in sequence

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Noor from the Committee on Human Services Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 135, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for persons experiencing homelessness in Hennepin County.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 7, delete "$4,000,000" and insert "$10,000,000" and delete "$13,000,000" and insert "$13,500,000"

Page 1, line 11, delete "$4,000,000" and insert "$10,000,000"

Page 1, line 14, delete "St. Stephens/House of Charity" and insert "Agate Housing Services"

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Page 1, line 15, after "funded" insert "through pandemic recovery funds and"

Page 2, line 5, after the period, insert "The base for this appropriation is $13,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $13,500,000 in fiscal year 2027."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Liebling from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 348, A bill for an act relating to insurance; limiting cost-sharing for prescription drugs and related medical supplies to treat chronic disease; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256B.0631, subdivision 1; 256L.03, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 495, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying postsecondary student voter registration provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 135A.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Residential housing list. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting ~~state or~~ federal financial aid may prepare a current list of students enrolled in the institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten miles of the institution's campus. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state financial aid must, to the extent the information may be disclosed pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, part 99, prepare a current list of students enrolled in the institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten miles of the institution's campus. The list shall include each student's current address, unless the student is enrolled in the Safe at Home address confidentiality program as provided in chapter 5B. The list shall be certified and sent to the appropriate county auditor or auditors for use in election day registration as provided under section 201.061, subdivision 3. A residential housing list provided under this subdivision may not be used or disseminated by a county auditor or the secretary of state for any other purpose.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.061, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 3a. Additional proofs of residence permitted for students. (a) An eligible voter may prove residence by presenting a current valid photo identification issued by a postsecondary educational institution in Minnesota if the voter's name; student identification number, if available; and address within the precinct appear on a current residential housing list under section 135A.17, certified to the county auditor by the postsecondary educational institution.

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(b) This additional proof of residence for students must not be allowed unless the postsecondary educational institution submits to the county auditor no later than 60 days prior to the election a written agreement that the postsecondary educational institution will certify for use at the election accurate updated residential housing lists under section 135A.17. A written agreement is effective for the election and all subsequent elections held in that calendar year, including the November general election.

(c) The additional proof of residence for students must be allowed on an equal basis for voters who reside in housing meeting the requirements of section 135A.17, if the residential housing lists certified by the postsecondary educational institution meet the requirements of this subdivision.

(d) An updated residential housing list must be certified to the county auditor no earlier than 20 days prior to each election. The certification must be dated and signed by the chief officer or designee of the postsecondary educational institution and must state that the list is current and accurate and includes only the names of persons residing as of the date of the certification.

(e) The county auditor shall instruct the election judges of the precinct in procedures for use of the list in conjunction with photo identification. The auditor shall supply a list to the election judges with the election supplies for the precinct.

(f) The county auditor shall notify all postsecondary educational institutions in the county of the provisions of this subdivision.

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.1611, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Forms. (a) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid ~~shall~~ must provide voter registration forms to each student ~~as early as possible in the fall quarter~~ during the fall and spring of each year. In state election years, it must be provided 15 days in advance of the deadline for registering to vote for the state general election. If the voter registration forms are provided electronically, the electronic message must be devoted exclusively to voter registration.

(b) All school districts ~~shall~~ must make available voter registration applications each May and September to all students registered as students of the school district who will be eligible to vote at the next election after those months. A school district has no obligation to provide voter registration applications to students who participate in a postsecondary education option program or who otherwise reside in the district but do not attend a school operated by the district. A school district fulfills its obligation to a student under this section if it provides a voter registration application to the student one time.

(c) The voter registration forms must contain spaces for the information required in section 201.071, subdivision 1, and applicable rules of the secretary of state. The institutions and school districts may request these forms from the secretary of state. Institutions ~~shall~~ must consult with their campus student government in determining the most effective means of distributing the forms and in seeking to facilitate election day registration of students under section 201.061, subdivision 3. School districts must advise students that completion of the voter registration application is not a school district requirement.

(d) The institutions and school districts must report to the secretary of state by November 30 of each year on their implementation of this section. At a minimum, the report must include how and when the forms were distributed, how many were distributed, and how many were completed. Institutions and school districts may include information about methods that were effective in increasing student registrations.

(e) By February 1 of each year, the secretary of state must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections on the data received from institutions and school districts. The secretary must highlight best practices and innovative methods that were most effective in registering students to vote.

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Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.1611, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 3. Voter information. (a) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid must maintain a webpage to share resources to help students determine where and how they are eligible to vote. The webpage must include the following:

(1) resources from state and local election officials on voter registration and voting requirements including voter registration deadlines; residency requirements; acceptable methods of proving residency for same day registration, as applicable; and absentee voting options;

(2) applicable deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot, as well as additional options for early and in-person voting, and voting on election day;

(3) resources to help students who are registered in another state to apply for absentee ballots in that state, and may include resources from state and local election officials from that state;

(4) the campus vote coordinator's name and contact information; and

(5) the voter engagement plan required by paragraph (b), clause (3).

(b) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid must designate a staff person as the campus vote coordinator. The campus vote coordinator must:

(1) ensure the institution complies with this section;

(2) report the number of physical and electronic voter registrations collected on an annual basis on the institution's voting website; and

(3) consult with the campus student association to develop a voter engagement plan that identifies goals and activities, resources to accomplish the identified goals and activities, and individual or key departments responsible for executing the identified goals and activities."

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "requiring a report;"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 562, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating due process special education aid for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.50.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

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Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 635, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting intimidation of election officials; prohibiting interference with the performance of a duty of election administration by an election official; prohibiting tampering with or unauthorized access to certain types of election systems and equipment; providing penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; 204B.26; 206.845, subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, delete section 1

Page 5, line 20, delete "$....... in fiscal year 2024 is" and insert "$200,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2025 are"

Renumber the sections in sequence

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Koegel from the Committee on Sustainable Infrastructure Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 749, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring energy guidelines for state buildings to incorporate provisions that address resiliency with respect to climate change; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.325, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Fischer from the Committee on Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 753, A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting disqualification of individuals subject to human services background studies with expunged criminal records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245C.08, subdivisions 1, 3.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

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Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 759, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for computer science education advancement; authorizing rulemaking.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 5, delete "FUND" and insert "PROGRAM"

Page 2, after line 4, insert:

"(e) "STEAM" means science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics."

Page 2, delete lines 5 to 27 and insert:

"Subd. 2. Computer science education supervisor. The computer science supervisor shall be dedicated to:

(1) the implementation of this act and the implementation of the computer science education strategic plan developed by the working group under subdivision 3;

(2) outreach to districts that need additional supports to create or advance their computer science programs; and

(3) supporting districts in using existing and available resources for districts to create and advance their computer science programs.

Subd. 3. Computer science working group. (a) The Department of Education shall establish a computer science education working group to develop a state strategic plan for long-term and sustained growth of computer science education in all kindergarten through grade 12 school districts and charter schools. The commissioner of education must appoint members of the working group by July 1, 2023.

(b) Demographics of the working group must be inclusive and represent the diversity of the state, including but not limited to racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity, and diversity related to gender and sexual orientation.

(c) Public members of the advisory committee may be compensated and reimbursed for expenses in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3.

(d) Meetings of the advisory committee are subject to the Open Meeting Law under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.

(e) The computer science education advisory committee shall consist of the following members:"

Page 3, line 5, after "community" insert "employing computer scientists or technologists"

Page 3, line 13, delete "and"

Page 3, after line 13, insert:

"(15) one licensed library media specialist; and"

Page 3, line 14, delete "(15)" and insert "(16)"

Page 3, line 16, delete "advisory committee" and insert "working group"

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Page 4, line 7, delete "Department of Education"

Page 4, line 8, after "teacher" insert "as determined by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board"

Page 4, delete lines 10 and 11 and insert:

"(ii) expansion of a high school credit equivalency for computer science;

(iii) a recommendation on whether a foundational computer science course should be a requirement to graduate high school;"

Renumber the items in sequence

Page 4, line 13, after the semicolon, insert "and"

Page 4, delete lines 15 and 16

Page 5, line 4, after "training" insert "and capacity building" and delete "Funding from the computer science" and insert "The"

Page 5, line 5, delete "education advancement fund shall be used by the" and delete "to" and insert "will"

Page 5, line 8, delete "the required"

Page 5, line 13, after "state" insert "that are reasonably accessible geographically to all Minnesota educators"

Page 5, line 23, after the semicolon, insert "and"

Page 5, delete lines 28 to 31 and insert:

"(2) professional learning opportunities for educators of students in grades 9 to 12 may also include trainings for Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and current enrollment credit computer science courses;"

Page 6, line 1, delete "clause (1)" and insert "clauses (1) and (2)"

Page 6, line 13, delete "and"

Page 6, after line 13, insert:

"(9) development of teacher credentialing programs;

(10) planning for districts to implement or expand computer science education opportunities; and"

Renumber the clauses in sequence

Page 6, line 21, after "that" insert "currently"

Page 6, line 29, delete "must"

Page 7, delete lines 11 and 12

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Page 7, line 16, delete the second "and"

Page 7, delete lines 17 to 26 and insert:

"(ii) trained within trainings offered as outlined in paragraph (c), clause (1), item (iv); and

(iii) trainings offered in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment credit computer science courses; and"

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Page 8, delete subdivision 5

Page 8, line 22, delete "(a)"

Page 8, delete lines 26 to 33

Page 9, delete lines 1 to 4

Page 9, delete subdivision 7 and insert:

"Subd. 7. Computer science education data collection. (a) The Department of Education shall require all high schools to report data and information about computer science course offerings and enrollment.

(b) The Department of Education shall develop a plan for the secure and regular reporting of computer science course offerings and enrollment data from schools with kindergarten to grade 8 bands within 90 days of enactment of this act.

(c) Data collected in processes described in paragraphs (a) and (b) should be disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, free and reduced-price lunch status, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act status, 504 status, and English language learner status."

Page 10, after line 6, insert:

"Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.

Subdivision 1. Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years designated.

Subd. 2. STEAM grants. (a) For grants to STEAM-focused programs that work directly with students providing additional STEAM education through after-school programming or new in-school programs:

		$4,000,000	. . . . .	2024
		$4,000,000	. . . . .	2025

(b) Eligible grant recipients are schools and school districts or nonprofits that are currently offering computer science courses or STEAM-focused programming for kindergarten to grade 12 students in after-school programs. Preference must be given to programs serving high free and reduced-priced lunch populations, students from Tribal Nations, or programs in schools or districts receiving sparsity revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10.

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(d) At the conclusion of the grant, recipients should submit to the commissioner of education student enrollment data disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, free and reduced-price lunch status, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act status, 504 status, and English language learner status.

(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.

Subd. 3. Computer science education advancement. (a) For computer science advancement:

		$4,000,000	. . . . .	2024
		$4,000,000	. . . . .	2025

(b) Eligible uses of the appropriation include expenses related to the implementation of section 1 and expenses related to the development, advancement, and promotion of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science education.

(d) The base appropriation for fiscal year 2026 and later is $4,000,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Renumber the sections in sequence

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 3, before the period, insert "; appropriating money"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Stephenson from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 770, A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying provisions governing life insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 61A.031; 61A.60, subdivision 3.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, delete section 1 and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 61A.031, is amended to read:

61A.031 SUICIDE PROVISIONS.

(a) The sanity or insanity of a person shall not be a factor in determining whether a person committed suicide within the terms of an individual or group life insurance policy regulating the payment of benefits in the event of the insured's suicide. This section shall not be construed to alter present law but is intended to clarify present law.

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(b) A life insurance policy or certificate issued or delivered in this state may exclude or restrict liability for any death benefit in the event the insured dies as a result of suicide within one year from the date of the issue of the policy or certificate. Any exclusion or restriction shall be clearly stated in the policy or certificate. Any life insurance policy or certificate which contains any exclusion or restriction under this paragraph shall also provide that in the event any death benefit is denied because the insured dies as a result of suicide within one year from the date of issue of the policy, the insurer shall refund all premiums paid for coverage providing the denied death benefit on the insured.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to policies issued or after that date."

Page 2, line 26, delete the new language and reinstate the stricken language

Page 2, after line 33, insert:

"EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to policies issued on or after that date."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Xiong from the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 784, A bill for an act relating to unemployment; modifying penalties for a misrepresentation overpayment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 268.069, subdivision 1; 268.085, subdivision 2; 268.101, subdivisions 1, 2; 268.133; 268.18; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.183.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.043, is amended to read:

268.043 DETERMINATIONS OF COVERAGE.

(a) The commissioner, upon the commissioner's own motion or upon application of a person, must determine if that person is an employer or whether services performed for it constitute employment and covered employment, or whether any compensation constitutes wages, and notify the person of the determination. The determination is final unless the person files an appeal within 20 60 calendar days after the commissioner sends the determination by mail or electronic transmission. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105.

(b) No person may be initially determined an employer, or that services performed for it were in employment or covered employment, for periods more than four years before the year in which the determination is made, unless the commissioner finds that there was fraudulent action to avoid liability under this chapter.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.069, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Requirements. The commissioner must pay unemployment benefits from the trust fund to an applicant who has met each of the following requirements:

(1) the applicant has filed an application for unemployment benefits and established a benefit account in accordance with section 268.07;

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(2) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.095 because of a quit or discharge;

(3) the applicant has met all of the ongoing eligibility requirements under section 268.085; and

(4) the applicant does not have an outstanding overpayment of unemployment benefits, including any penalties ~~or interest; and~~.

~~(5) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.183.~~

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.07, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a. Right of appeal. (a) A determination or amended determination of benefit account is final unless an applicant or base period employer within 20 60 calendar days after the sending of the determination or amended determination files an appeal. Every determination or amended determination of benefit account must contain a prominent statement indicating in clear language the consequences of not appealing. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105.

(b) Any applicant or base period employer may appeal from a determination or amended determination of benefit account on the issue of whether services performed constitute employment, whether the employment is covered employment, and whether money paid constitutes wages.

Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Not eligible. An applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits for any week:

(1) that occurs before the effective date of a benefit account;

~~(2) that the applicant, at any time during the week, has an outstanding misrepresentation overpayment balance under section 268.18, subdivision 2, including any penalties and interest;~~

~~(3)~~ (2) that the applicant is incarcerated or performing court-ordered community service. The applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount is reduced by one-fifth for each day the applicant is incarcerated or performing court‑ordered community service;

~~(4)~~ (3) that the applicant fails or refuses to provide information on an issue of ineligibility required under section 268.101;

~~(5)~~ (4) that the applicant is performing services 32 hours or more, in employment, covered employment, noncovered employment, volunteer work, or self-employment regardless of the amount of any earnings; or

~~(6)~~ (5) with respect to which the applicant has filed an application for unemployment benefits under any federal law or the law of any other state. If the appropriate agency finally determines that the applicant is not entitled to establish a benefit account under federal law or the law of any other state, this clause does not apply.

Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.101, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Notification. (a) In an application for unemployment benefits, each applicant must report the name and the reason for no longer working for the applicant's most recent employer, as well as the names of all employers and the reasons for no longer working for all employers during the six calendar months before the date of the application. If the reason reported for no longer working for any of those employers is other than a layoff

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because of lack of work, that raises an issue of ineligibility that the department must determine. An applicant must report any offers of employment refused during the eight calendar weeks before the date of the application for unemployment benefits and the name of the employer that made the offer. An applicant's failure to report the name of an employer, or giving an incorrect reason for no longer working for an employer, or failing to disclose an offer of employment that was refused, is a violation of section ~~268.183~~ 268.18.

In an application, the applicant must also provide all information necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility for unemployment benefits under this chapter. If the applicant fails or refuses to provide information necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility for unemployment benefits, the applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.085, subdivision 2, until the applicant provides this required information.

(b) Upon establishment of a benefit account under section 268.07, subdivision 2, the commissioner must notify, by mail or electronic transmission, all employers the applicant was required to report on the application and all base period employers and determined successors to those employers under section 268.051, subdivision 4, in order to provide the employer an opportunity to raise, in a manner and format prescribed by the commissioner, any issue of ineligibility. An employer must be informed of the effect that failure to raise an issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or discharge of the applicant, as provided for under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), may have on the employer under section 268.047.

(c) Each applicant must report any employment, and loss of employment, and offers of employment refused, during those weeks the applicant filed continued requests for unemployment benefits under section 268.0865. Each applicant who stops filing continued requests during the benefit year and later begins filing continued requests during that same benefit year must report the name of any employer the applicant worked for during the period between the filing of continued requests and the reason the applicant stopped working for the employer. The applicant must report any offers of employment refused during the period between the filing of continued requests for unemployment benefits. Those employers from which the applicant has reported a loss of employment under this paragraph must be notified by mail or electronic transmission and provided an opportunity to raise, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, any issue of ineligibility. An employer must be informed of the effect that failure to raise an issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or a discharge of the applicant may have on the employer under section 268.047.

(d) The purpose for requiring the applicant to report the name of employers and the reason for no longer working for those employers, or offers of employment refused, under paragraphs (a) and (c) is for the commissioner to obtain information from an applicant raising all issues that may result in the applicant being ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.095, because of a quit or discharge, or the applicant being ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.085, subdivision 13c. If the reason given by the applicant for no longer working for an employer is other than a layoff because of lack of work, that raises an issue of ineligibility and the applicant is required, as part of the determination process under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), to state all the facts about the cause for no longer working for the employer, if known. If the applicant fails or refuses to provide any required information, the applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.085, subdivision 2, until the applicant provides this required information.

Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Determination. (a) The commissioner must determine any issue of ineligibility raised by information required from an applicant under subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (c), and send to the applicant and any involved employer, by mail or electronic transmission, a document titled a determination of eligibility or a determination of ineligibility, as is appropriate. The determination on an issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or a discharge of the applicant must state the effect on the employer under section 268.047. A determination must be made in accordance with this paragraph even if a notified employer has not raised the issue of ineligibility.

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(b) The commissioner must determine any issue of ineligibility raised by an employer and send to the applicant and that employer, by mail or electronic transmission, a document titled a determination of eligibility or a determination of ineligibility as is appropriate. The determination on an issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or discharge of the applicant must state the effect on the employer under section 268.047.

If a base period employer:

(1) was not the applicant's most recent employer before the application for unemployment benefits;

(2) did not employ the applicant during the six calendar months before the application for unemployment benefits; and

(3) did not raise an issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or discharge of the applicant within ten calendar days of notification under subdivision 1, paragraph (b);

then any exception under section 268.047, subdivisions 2 and 3, begins the Sunday two weeks following the week that the issue of ineligibility as a result of a quit or discharge of the applicant was raised by the employer.

A communication from an employer must specifically set out why the applicant should be determined ineligible for unemployment benefits for that communication to be considered to have raised an issue of ineligibility for purposes of this section. A statement of "protest" or a similar term without more information does not constitute raising an issue of ineligibility for purposes of this section.

(c) Subject to section 268.031, an issue of ineligibility is determined based upon that information required of an applicant, any information that may be obtained from an applicant or employer, and information from any other source.

(d) Regardless of the requirements of this subdivision, the commissioner is not required to send to an applicant a copy of the determination where the applicant has satisfied a period of ineligibility because of a quit or a discharge under section 268.095, subdivision 10.

(e) The department is authorized to issue a determination on an issue of ineligibility within 24 months from the establishment of a benefit account based upon information from any source, even if the issue of ineligibility was not raised by the applicant or an employer.

If an applicant obtained unemployment benefits through misrepresentation under section 268.18, subdivision 2, the department is authorized to issue a determination of ineligibility within 48 months of the establishment of the benefit account.

If the department has filed an intervention in a worker's compensation matter under section 176.361, the department is authorized to issue a determination of ineligibility within 48 months of the establishment of the benefit account.

(f) A determination of eligibility or determination of ineligibility is final unless an appeal is filed by the applicant or employer within 20 60 calendar days after sending. The determination must contain a prominent statement indicating the consequences of not appealing. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105.

(g) An issue of ineligibility required to be determined under this section includes any question regarding the denial or allowing of unemployment benefits under this chapter except for issues under section 268.07. An issue of ineligibility for purposes of this section includes any question of effect on an employer under section 268.047.

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Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Amended determination. Unless an appeal has been filed, the commissioner, on the commissioner's own motion, may reconsider a determination of eligibility or determination of ineligibility that has not become final and issue an amended determination. Any amended determination must be sent to the applicant and any involved employer by mail or electronic transmission. Any amended determination is final unless an appeal is filed by the applicant or notified employer within 20 60 calendar days after sending. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105.

Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.105, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a. Decision. (a) After the conclusion of the hearing, upon the evidence obtained, the unemployment law judge must make written findings of fact, reasons for decision, and decision and send those, by mail or electronic transmission, to all parties. When the credibility of a witness testifying in a hearing has a significant effect on the outcome of a decision, the unemployment law judge must set out the reason for crediting or discrediting that testimony. The unemployment law judge's decision is final unless a request for reconsideration is filed under subdivision 2.

(b) If the appealing party fails to participate in the hearing, the unemployment law judge has the discretion to dismiss the appeal by summary decision. By failing to participate, the appealing party is considered to have failed to exhaust available administrative remedies unless the appealing party files a request for reconsideration under subdivision 2 and establishes good cause for failing to participate in the hearing. Submission of a written statement does not constitute participation. The applicant must participate personally and appearance solely by a representative does not constitute participation.

(c) The unemployment law judge must issue a decision dismissing the appeal as untimely if the judge decides the appeal was not filed within 20 60 calendar days after the sending of the determination. The unemployment law judge may dismiss the appeal by summary decision, or the judge may conduct a hearing to obtain evidence on the timeliness of the appeal.

(d) Decisions of an unemployment law judge are not precedential.

Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.105, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Request for reconsideration. (a) Any party, or the commissioner, may within 20 60 calendar days of the sending of the unemployment law judge's decision under subdivision 1a, file a request for reconsideration asking the judge to reconsider that decision.

(b) Upon a request for reconsideration having been filed, the chief unemployment law judge must send a notice, by mail or electronic transmission, to all parties that a request for reconsideration has been filed. The notice must inform the parties:

(1) that reconsideration is the procedure for the unemployment law judge to correct any factual or legal mistake in the decision, or to order an additional hearing when appropriate;

(2) of the opportunity to provide comment on the request for reconsideration, and the right under subdivision 5 to obtain a copy of any recorded testimony and exhibits offered or received into evidence at the hearing;

(3) that providing specific comments as to a perceived factual or legal mistake in the decision, or a perceived mistake in procedure during the hearing, will assist the unemployment law judge in deciding the request for reconsideration;

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(4) of the right to obtain any comments and submissions provided by any other party regarding the request for reconsideration; and

(5) of the provisions of paragraph (c) regarding additional evidence.

This paragraph does not apply if paragraph (d) is applicable. Sending the notice does not mean the unemployment law judge has decided the request for reconsideration was timely filed.

(c) In deciding a request for reconsideration, the unemployment law judge must not consider any evidence that was not submitted at the hearing, except for purposes of determining whether to order an additional hearing.

The unemployment law judge must order an additional hearing if a party shows that evidence which was not submitted at the hearing:

(1) would likely change the outcome of the decision and there was good cause for not having previously submitted that evidence; or

(2) would show that the evidence that was submitted at the hearing was likely false and that the likely false evidence had an effect on the outcome of the decision.

"Good cause" for purposes of this paragraph is a reason that would have prevented a reasonable person acting with due diligence from submitting the evidence.

(d) If the party who filed the request for reconsideration failed to participate in the hearing, the unemployment law judge must issue an order setting aside the decision and ordering an additional hearing if the party who failed to participate had good cause for failing to do so. The party who failed to participate in the hearing must be informed of the requirement to show good cause for failing to participate. If the unemployment law judge determines that good cause for failure to participate has not been shown, the judge must state that in the decision issued under paragraph (f).

Submission of a written statement at the hearing does not constitute participation for purposes of this paragraph.

"Good cause" for purposes of this paragraph is a reason that would have prevented a reasonable person acting with due diligence from participating in the hearing.

(e) A request for reconsideration must be decided by the unemployment law judge who issued the decision under subdivision 1a unless that judge:

(1) is no longer employed by the department;

(2) is on an extended or indefinite leave; or

(3) has been removed from the proceedings by the chief unemployment law judge.

(f) If a request for reconsideration is timely filed, the unemployment law judge must issue:

(1) a decision affirming the findings of fact, reasons for decision, and decision issued under subdivision 1a;

(2) a decision modifying the findings of fact, reasons for decision, and decision under subdivision 1a; or

(3) an order setting aside the findings of fact, reasons for decision, and decision issued under subdivision 1a, and ordering an additional hearing.

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The unemployment law judge must issue a decision dismissing the request for reconsideration as untimely if the judge decides the request for reconsideration was not filed within 20 60 calendar days after the sending of the decision under subdivision 1a.

The unemployment law judge must send to all parties, by mail or electronic transmission, the decision or order issued under this subdivision. A decision affirming or modifying the previously issued findings of fact, reasons for decision, and decision, or a decision dismissing the request for reconsideration as untimely, is the final decision on the matter and is binding on the parties unless judicial review is sought under subdivision 7.

Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.105, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Withdrawal of an appeal. (a) An appeal that is pending before an unemployment law judge may be withdrawn by the appealing party, or an authorized representative of that party, by filing of a notice of withdrawal. A notice of withdrawal may be filed by mail or by electronic transmission.

(b) The appeal must, by order, be dismissed if a notice of withdrawal is filed, unless an unemployment law judge directs that further proceedings are required for a proper result. An order of dismissal issued as a result of a notice of withdrawal is not subject to reconsideration or appeal.

(c) A party may file a new appeal after the order of dismissal, but the original ~~20-calendar-day~~ 60-calendar-day period for appeal begins from the date of issuance of the determination and that time period is not suspended or restarted by the notice of withdrawal and order of dismissal. The new appeal may only be filed by mail or facsimile transmission.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "appeals" includes a request for reconsideration filed under subdivision 2.

Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.133, is amended to read:

268.133 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE IN ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING.

Unemployment benefits are available to dislocated workers participating in the converting layoffs into Minnesota businesses (CLIMB) program under section 116L.17, subdivision 11. Applicants participating in CLIMB are considered in reemployment assistance training under section 268.035, subdivision 21c. All requirements under section 268.069, subdivision 1, must be met, except the commissioner may waive:

(1) the deductible earnings provisions in section 268.085, subdivision 5; and

(2) the 32 hours of work limitation in section 268.085, subdivision 2, clause ~~(5)~~ (4). A maximum of 500 applicants may receive a waiver at any given time.

Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.18, is amended to read:

268.18 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT OVERPAYMENTS.

Subdivision 1. Repaying an overpayment. (a) Any applicant who (1) because of a determination or amended determination issued under section 268.07 or 268.101, or any other section of this chapter, or (2) because of an unemployment law judge's decision under section 268.105, has received any unemployment benefits that the applicant was held not entitled to, is overpaid the benefits, and must promptly repay the benefits to the trust fund.

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(b) If the applicant fails to repay the unemployment benefits overpaid, including any penalty ~~and interest~~ assessed under ~~subdivisions~~ subdivision 2 ~~and 2b~~, the total due may be collected by the methods allowed under state and federal law.

Subd. 2. Overpayment because of misrepresentation. (a) An applicant has committed misrepresentation if the applicant is overpaid unemployment benefits by making a an intentional false statement or representation ~~without~~ in an effort to fraudulently collect benefits. Overpayment because of misrepresentation does not occur where there is unintentional mistake or a good faith belief as to the correctness of the statement or representation.

(b) In reviewing the facts of an alleged misrepresentation, the department shall consider any literacy, language, disability, and mental health barriers of the applicant. After the discovery of facts indicating misrepresentation, the commissioner must issue a determination of overpayment penalty assessing a penalty equal to 40 15 percent of the amount overpaid. ~~This penalty is in addition to penalties under section 268.183.~~

~~(b)~~ (c) Unless the applicant files an appeal within 20 60 calendar days after the sending of a determination of overpayment penalty to the applicant by mail or electronic transmission, the determination is final. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105.

~~(c)~~ (d) A determination of overpayment penalty must state the methods of collection the commissioner may use to recover the overpayment, and penalty~~, and interest~~ assessed. Money received in repayment of overpaid unemployment benefits, and penalties~~, and interest~~ is first applied to the benefits overpaid, and then to the penalty amount due~~, then to any interest due~~. 62.5 percent of the payments made toward the penalty are credited to the contingent account and 37.5 percent credited to the trust fund.

~~(d)~~ (e) The department is authorized to issue a determination of overpayment penalty under this subdivision within 48 months of the establishment of the benefit account upon which the unemployment benefits were obtained through misrepresentation.

~~Subd. 2b.~~ ~~Interest.~~ On any unemployment benefits obtained by misrepresentation, and any penalty amounts assessed under subdivision 2, the commissioner must assess interest on any amount that remains unpaid beginning 30 calendar days after the date of a determination of overpayment penalty. Interest is assessed at the rate of one percent per month or any part of a month. A determination of overpayment penalty must state that interest will be assessed. Interest is not assessed on unpaid interest. Interest collected under this subdivision is credited to the trust fund.

Subd. 3a. Offset of unemployment benefits. (a) The commissioner may offset from any future unemployment benefits otherwise payable the amount of ~~a nonmisrepresentation~~ an overpayment. Except when the ~~nonmisrepresentation~~ overpayment resulted because the applicant failed to report deductible earnings or deductible or benefit delaying payments, no single offset may exceed 50 percent of the amount of the payment from which the offset is made.

(b) Overpayments of unemployment benefits under a federal program, may be recovered by offset from future benefits otherwise payable.

(c) If an applicant has been overpaid unemployment benefits under the law of another state, the commissioner may offset from future benefits otherwise payable the amount of overpayment.

(d) ~~Nonmisrepresentation~~ Unemployment benefit overpayments may be recovered by offset from future benefits otherwise payable under a federal program.

Subd. 4. Cancellation of overpayments. (a) If unemployment benefits overpaid ~~for reasons other than misrepresentation~~ are not repaid or offset from subsequent benefits within six years after the date of the determination or decision holding the applicant overpaid, the commissioner must cancel the overpayment balance, and no administrative or legal proceedings may be used to enforce collection of those amounts.

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(b) If unemployment benefits overpaid because of misrepresentation including penalties and interest are not repaid within ten years after the date of the determination of overpayment penalty, the commissioner must cancel the overpayment balance and any penalties and interest due, and no administrative or legal proceeding may be used to enforce collection of those amounts.

~~(c)~~ (b) The commissioner may cancel at any time any overpayment, including penalties ~~and interest~~, that the commissioner determines is uncollectible because of death or bankruptcy.

Subd. 4a. Court fees; collection fees. (a) If the department is required to pay any court fees in an attempt to enforce collection of overpaid unemployment benefits, or penalties~~, or interest~~, the amount of the court fees may be added to the total amount due.

(b) If an applicant who has been overpaid unemployment benefits because of misrepresentation seeks to have any portion of the debt discharged under the federal bankruptcy code, and the department files an objection in bankruptcy court to the discharge, the cost of any court fees may be added to the debt if the bankruptcy court does not discharge the debt.

(c) If the Internal Revenue Service assesses the department a fee for offsetting from a federal tax refund the amount of any overpayment, including penalties ~~and interest~~, the amount of the fee may be added to the total amount due. The offset amount must be put in the trust fund and that amount credited to the total amount due from the applicant.

Subd. 5. Remedies. (a) Any method undertaken to recover an overpayment of unemployment benefits, including any penalties ~~and interest~~, is not an election of a method of recovery.

(b) Intervention or lack thereof, in whole or in part, in a workers' compensation matter under section 176.361 is not an election of a remedy and does not prevent the commissioner from determining an applicant ineligible for unemployment benefits.

Subd. 6. Collection of overpayments. (a) The commissioner may not compromise the amount of any overpaid unemployment benefits including penalties ~~and interest~~.

(b) The commissioner has discretion regarding the recovery of any overpayment ~~for reasons other than misrepresentation~~. Regardless of any law to the contrary, the commissioner is not required to refer any overpayment ~~for reasons other than misrepresentation~~ to a public or private collection agency, including agencies of this state.

(c) Amounts overpaid ~~for reasons other than misrepresentation~~ are not considered a "debt" to the state of Minnesota for purposes of any reporting requirements to the commissioner of management and budget.

(d) A pending appeal under section 268.105 does not suspend the assessment of ~~interest,~~ penalties, or collection of an overpayment.

(e) Section 16A.626 applies to the repayment by an applicant of any overpayment, or penalty~~, or interest~~.

Sec. 13. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.183, is repealed."

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Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to unemployment; modifying penalties for a misrepresentation overpayment; extending opportunities to appeal; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 268.043; 268.069, subdivision 1; 268.07, subdivision 3a; 268.085, subdivision 2; 268.101, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 268.105, subdivisions 1a, 2, 3; 268.133; 268.18; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.183."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The report was adopted.

Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 789, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting a candidate to request the candidate's residential address be classified as private data when the candidate has reasonable fear as to the safety of the candidate or the candidate's family; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.06, subdivision 1b.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 15, after "(b)" insert "If an affidavit for an office where a residency requirement must be satisfied by the close of the filing period is filed as provided by paragraph (c), the filing officer must, within one business day of receiving the filing, determine whether the address provided in the affidavit of candidacy is within the area represented by the office the candidate is seeking. For all other candidates who filed"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 827, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for teacher preparation time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.50.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 21, delete "permission" and insert "agreement with the exclusive representative."

Page 1, delete line 22

Page 2, line 1, delete "Additional preparation time must be provided" and insert "A collective bargaining agreement must include provisions for additional preparation time for a teacher required to engage in additional professional activities,"

Page 2, line 2, delete "to individuals with additional professional engagements,"

Page 2, line 4, delete everything after the period

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Page 2, delete line 5

Page 2, after line 8, insert:

"Subd. 5. Substitute teaching. If a teacher serves as a substitute classroom teacher during the teacher's designated preparation time, the district must pay the teacher an amount equal to two times the teacher's hourly wage for the classroom period spent substitute teaching. The district must make the additional payment on the pay period next following the time spent substitute teaching."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Noor from the Committee on Human Services Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 908, A bill for an act relating to nursing homes; establishing the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board; establishing duties for the board; requiring training for nursing home workers; prohibiting retaliation against nursing home workers; providing for enforcement; authorizing rulemaking; authorizing civil actions by nursing home workers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 177.27, subdivisions 4, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, line 18, after "workers" insert "in a licensed, Medicaid-certified facility that is reimbursed under chapter 256R"

Page 3, line 20, delete "administrative staff" and insert "non-direct care staff"

Page 3, line 21, after "contractors" insert ", but excluding administrative staff, medical directors, nursing directors, physicians, and individuals employed by a supplemental nursing services agency"

Page 5, after line 14, insert:

"Subd. 10. Antitrust compliance. The board shall establish operating procedures that meet all state and federal antitrust requirements and may prohibit board member access to data to meet the requirements of this subdivision."

Page 5, line 23, delete ", working hours,"

Page 5, line 24, delete everything after the period

Page 5, delete line 25

Page 5, line 26, delete everything before the period and insert "The board may not adopt standards that are less protective of or beneficial to nursing home workers as any other applicable statute or rule or any standard previously established by the board unless there is a determination by the board under subdivision 2 that existing standards exceed the operating payment rate and external fixed costs payment rates included in the most recent budget and economic forecast completed under section 16A.103"

Page 5, line 27, delete "may" and insert "must" and after the second comma, insert "and may adopt"

Page 5, line 28, delete everything after "occupations"

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Page 5, line 29, delete everything before the period

Page 5, line 30, delete "and working"

Page 5, line 31, delete "hours"

Page 6, line 12, before "The" insert "(a)"

Page 6, line 17, after the period, insert "Except for standards exceeding the threshold determined in paragraph (d), initial employment standards established by the board are effective beginning January 1, 2025, and shall remain in effect until any subsequent standards are adopted by rules. (b)"

Page 6, after line 31, insert:

"(c) In considering wage and benefit increases, the board must determine the impact of nursing home operating payment rates determined pursuant to section 256R.21, subdivision 3, and the employee benefits portion of the external fixed costs payment rate determined pursuant to section 256R.25. If the board, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, determines the operating payment rate and employee benefits portion of the external fixed costs payment rate will increase to comply with the new employment standards, the board shall report to the legislature the increase in funding needed to increase payment rates to comply with the new employment standards and must make implementation of any new nursing home employment standards contingent upon an appropriation, as determined by sections 256R.21 and 256R.25, to fund the rate increase necessary to comply with the new employment standards.

(d) In evaluating the impact of the employment standards on payment rates determined by sections 256R.21 and 256R.25, the board, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, must consider the following:

(1) the statewide average wage rates for employees pursuant to section 256R.10, subdivision 5, and benefit rates pursuant to section 256R.02, subdivisions 18 and 22, as determined by the annual Medicaid cost report used to determine the operating payment rate and the employee benefits portion of the external fixed costs payment rate for the first day of the calendar year immediately following the date the board has established minimum wage and benefit levels;

(2) compare the results of clause (1) to the operating payment rate and employee benefits portion of the external fixed costs payment rate increase for the first day of the second calendar year after the adoption of any nursing home employment standards included in the most recent budget and economic forecast completed under section 16A.103; and

(3) if the established nursing home employment standards result in an increase in costs that exceed the operating payment rate and external fixed costs payment rate increase included in the most recent budget and economic forecast completed under section 16A.103, effective on the proposed implementation date of the new nursing home employment standards, the board must determine the rates will need to be increased to meet the new employment standards and the standards must not be effective until an appropriation sufficient to cover the rate increase and federal approval of the rate increase is obtained.

(e) The budget and economic forecasts completed under section 16A.103 shall not assume an increase in payment rates determined under chapter 256R resulting from the new employment standards until the board certifies the rates will need to be increased and the legislature appropriates funding for the increase in payment rates."

Page 8, line 13, delete ", working hours,"

Page 9, line 26, delete "six months" and insert "two years"

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Page 11, line 25, delete ", maximum"

Page 11, line 26, delete "hours of work,"

Page 11, line 27, delete ", maximum hours of work,"

Page 11, line 31, delete "or for longer hours"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Hansen, R., from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 949, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring safety education and permitting for certain watercraft operators; imposing certain obligations on motorboat rental businesses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 86B.313, subdivision 4; 171.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 86B.101; 86B.305; 86B.313, subdivisions 2, 3.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 15, after "employees" insert "but does not include a resort business"

Page 2, after line 15, insert:

"Subd. 6. Resort business. "Resort business" means a person engaged in the business of providing lodging and recreational services to transient guests and classified as a resort under section 273.13, subdivision 22 or 25. A resort business includes a person's agents and employees."

Renumber the subdivisions in sequence

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Moller from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1279, A bill for an act relating to crime; requiring state to pay medical examination costs for criminal sexual conduct victim; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.35.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, after line 4, insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.6586, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Contents of notice. The commissioners of health and public safety, in consultation with sexual assault victim advocates and health care professionals, shall develop the notice required by subdivision 1. The notice must inform the victim, at a minimum, of:

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(1) the obligation under section 609.35 of the ~~county where the criminal sexual conduct occurred~~ state to pay for the examination performed for the purpose of gathering evidence, that payment is not contingent on the victim reporting the criminal sexual conduct to law enforcement, and that the victim may incur expenses for treatment of injuries;

(2) the victim's rights if the crime is reported to law enforcement, including the victim's right to apply for reparations under sections 611A.51 to 611A.68, information on how to apply for reparations, and information on how to obtain an order for protection or a harassment restraining order; and

(3) the opportunity under section 611A.27 to obtain status information about an unrestricted sexual assault examination kit, as defined in section 299C.106, subdivision 1, paragraph (h).

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.4712, is amended to read:

145.4712 EMERGENCY CARE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.

Subdivision 1. Emergency care to female sexual assault victims. (a) It shall be the standard of care for all hospitals and other health care providers that provide emergency care to, at a minimum:

(1) provide each female sexual assault victim with medically and factually accurate and unbiased written and oral information about emergency contraception from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and distributed to all hospitals by the Department of Health;

(2) orally inform each female sexual assault victim of the option of being provided with emergency contraception at the hospital or other health care facility; and

(3) immediately provide emergency contraception to each sexual assault victim who requests it provided it is not medically contraindicated and is ordered by a legal prescriber. Emergency contraception shall be administered in accordance with current medical protocols regarding timing and dosage necessary to complete the treatment.

(b) A hospital or health care provider may administer a pregnancy test. If the pregnancy test is positive, the hospital or health care provider does not have to comply with the provisions in paragraph (a).

Subd. 2. Emergency care to male and female sexual assault victims. It shall be the standard of care for all hospitals and health care providers that provide emergency care to, at a minimum:

(1) provide each sexual assault victim with factually accurate and unbiased written and oral medical information about prophylactic antibiotics for treatment of sexually transmitted ~~diseases~~ infections;

(2) orally inform each sexual assault victim of the option of being provided prophylactic antibiotics for treatment of sexually transmitted ~~diseases~~ infections at the hospital or other health care facility; and

(3) immediately provide prophylactic antibiotics for treatment of sexually transmitted ~~diseases~~ infections to each sexual assault victim who requests it, provided it is not medically contraindicated and is ordered by a legal prescriber."

Page 1, line 14, after the period, insert "A hospital, emergency medical facility, or health care provider shall submit the costs for examination and any associated tests and treatment to the Office of Justice Programs for payment. Upon receipt of the costs, the commissioner shall provide payment to the facility or health care provider. The cost of the examination and any associated test and treatments shall not exceed the amount of $1,400. Beginning on January 1, 2024, the maximum amount of an award shall be adjusted annually by the inflation rate."

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Page 1, line 20, after "hospital" insert "or other licensed health care provider"

Page 2, after line 4, insert:

"Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.

$....... in fiscal year 2024 and $....... in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to reimburse qualified health care providers for the expenses associated with medical examinations administered to victims of criminal sexual conduct as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 609.35."

Renumber the sections in sequence

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 3, before the semicolon, insert "; appropriating money"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1313, A bill for an act relating to education; striking obsolete language pertaining to the administration of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.07, subdivision 4a.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Liebling from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1329, A bill for an act relating to health; changing provisions for cancer reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.69.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 17, delete "will" and insert "must"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

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Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1337, A bill for an act relating to commerce; digital fair repair; requiring penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 5, line 3, delete "chapter 8" and insert "section 8.31"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Koegel from the Committee on Sustainable Infrastructure Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1346, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing electric vehicle infrastructure program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, after line 5, insert:

"Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.

(d) "Project" includes but is not limited to planning, predesign, design, preliminary and final engineering, environmental analysis, property acquisition, construction, and maintenance."

Renumber the subdivisions in sequence

Page 1, after line 14, insert:

"Subd. 4. Program requirements. (a) The commissioner must require that electric vehicle infrastructure funded under the program is constructed, installed, and maintained by a person who has received training and is certified under the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program.

(b) An electric vehicle infrastructure project that receives funds under the program is subject to the requirement of paying the prevailing wage rate as defined in section 177.42, and the requirements and enforcement provisions in sections 177.27, 177.30, 177.32, 177.41 to 177.435, and 177.45."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

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Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1348, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for employee health insurance; increasing the minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel; providing for paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 125A.08; 471.61, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, after line 7, insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120A.414, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 6. Other school personnel. A school district or charter school that declares an e-learning day must continue to pay the full wages for scheduled work hours and benefits of all school employees for the duration of the e-learning period. During the e-learning period, school employees must be allowed to work from home to the extent practicable, be assigned to work in an alternative location, or be retained on an on-call basis for any potential need.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. [121A.642] TRAINING ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR.

(a) A school district or charter school must provide noninstructional staff, including but not limited to food service employees and bus drivers, with a minimum of 16 annual hours of paid orientation or professional development. The training must include:

(1) strategies for managing student behavior;

(2) district or school policies relating to student behavior or discipline, including the bullying policy under section 121A.031; and

(3) district or school resources for addressing student behavior.

(b) Up to eight hours of paid training provided under section 171.321, subdivision 4, may be counted toward the 16 hours required under this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

Sec. 3. [123B.026] EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS.

(a) A school district or charter school that enters into a contract for services with a third party must require the third party to pay all its employees wages at a rate of at least $25 per hour. Unless approved by the commissioner of education, a school board must renegotiate any agreement for services with a third party in effect as of July 1, 2024, to require the third party to pay all its employees wages at a rate of at least $25 per hour, 16 hours of paid orientation or professional development that meets the requirements of section 121A.642, and wages for days that a school district or charter school designates as an e-learning day under section 120A.414.

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(b) A school administrator must provide an annual certification of compliance with this section to the commissioner of education. The first certification must be submitted by July 1, 2024.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023."

Page 4, after line 6, insert:

"Sec. 5. [126C.38] MINIMUM WAGE RATE AID.

Subdivision 1. Minimum wage. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a school district or charter school must pay the following employees wages at a rate of at least $25 per hour:

(1) paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other instructional support staff;

(2) food service employees;

(3) bus drivers; and

(4) other employees who do not have a license issued by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School Administrators, and who work at least 14 hours per week and 100 workdays per year in one position.

Subd. 2. Aid. A school district or charter school's minimum wage rate aid equals $........

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2023-2024 school year and later."

Page 4, line 12, delete "at least 83" and insert "100"

Page 4, line 15, delete "72" and insert "85"

Page 5, delete section 3

Page 5, delete subdivision 2 and insert:

"Subd. 2. Minimum wage rate aid. (a) For minimum wage rate aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.38:

		$.......	. . . . .	2024
		$.......	. . . . .	2025

(b) One hundred percent of the aid for the previous fiscal year must be paid in the current year for aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.38."

Page 5, after line 19, insert:

"Subd. 4. Training on student behavior. For costs associated with paid training on student behavior under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.642:

		$.......	. . . . .	2024
		$.......	. . . . .	2025"

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Renumber the sections in sequence

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1370, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images; establishing the crime of using deep fake technology to influence an election; establishing a crime for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 604; 609; 617.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 22, before "or" insert "partially or fully exposed nipple," and delete everything after "individual" and insert a period

Page 1, delete line 23

Page 5, line 11, delete "60" and insert "90"

Page 5, after line 23, insert:

"Subd. 4. Injunctive relief. A cause of action for injunctive relief may be maintained against any person who is reasonably believed to be about to violate or who is in the course of violating this section by:

(1) the attorney general;

(2) a county attorney or city attorney;

(3) the depicted individual; or

(4) a candidate for nomination or election to a public office who is injured or likely to be injured by dissemination."

Page 7, line 5, delete "person depicted in the deep fake" and insert "depicted individual"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

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Hassan from the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1398, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the community energy transition grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.55, subdivisions 1, 5, 6.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Howard from the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1419, A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aid; establishing the local affordable housing aid program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.

The report was adopted.

Fischer from the Committee on Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1434, A bill for an act relating to human services; eliminating certain parental contribution fees for services for children with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 252.27, subdivision 2a; 256B.14, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 9, after "option" insert "or a child accessing home and community-based waiver services"

Page 4, line 20, strike "shall"

Page 4, line 21, before "not" insert "do"

Page 4, line 23, after "option" insert "or to parents of children accessing home and community-based waiver services"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1502, A bill for an act relating to education; creating an ethnic studies requirement; creating an Ethnic Studies Working Group; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.024, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, line 12, delete the new language

Page 3, after line 20, insert:

"(c) Students must successfully complete an ethnic studies course for credit to graduate from high school in accordance with section 120B.025. A school district is required to offer an ethnic studies course that satisfies the requirements under section 120B.025 for credit to students in high school who begin grade 9 in the 2025-2026 school year and later."

Page 4, line 19, after the period, insert "An ethnic studies credit may fulfill a required elective credit if the credit meets applicable local academic standards or other requirements."

Page 5, line 3, after the period, insert "An ethnic studies credit may fulfill a required elective credit if the credit meets applicable local academic standards or other requirements."

Page 5, line 10, after "Hmong" insert ", Karen,"

Page 5, line 18, delete everything after "include" and insert "written and in-person feedback opportunities for"

Page 7, line 13, after "members" insert "with a demonstrated commitment to ethnic studies"

Page 7, delete lines 20 and 21 and insert:

"(7) four teachers with experience teaching ethnic studies to students in kindergarten to grade 8; and

(8) two school administrators."

Page 7, line 24, after "status," insert "disability status,"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Stephenson from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1503, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting certain social media algorithms that target children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. [325F.6945] UNLAWFUL SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES.

Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Account holder" means a person who accesses a social media account through a social media platform.

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(c) "Recommendation feature" is any tool or component of a social media platform that targets user-generated content to an account holder using a mechanism that considers, evaluates, or is contingent upon any metric of user engagement, including but not limited to the length of time something is viewed, the amount of time something appears on a screen, the time a user spends on a site, mouse movement, clicks, likes, votes, reactions, comments, purchases, saves, shares, or any other proxy for user-engagement without a user requesting to be shown the specific content. Recommendation features include but are not limited to landing pages with recommended content; recommendations for related content, videos, items, or products; and friend suggestions.

(d) "Social media algorithm" means any software used by a social media platform to (1) prioritize content to an individual account holder through recommendation features, and (2) direct the prioritized content to the account holder.

(e) "Social media platform" means an electronic medium, including a browser-based or application-based interactive computer service, telephone network, or data network, that allows users to create, share, and view user‑generated content. Social media platform does not include Internet search providers, Internet service providers, email, or short-message-service; or streaming video service or other Internet website where the content is not user‑generated but where interactive functions enable incidental chat, comments, or reviews. Social media platform does not include a communication service, including audio and video communication technology, provided by a business to the business's employees and clients for use in the course of business activities and not for public distribution.

(f) "User-generated content" means any content created or shared by an account holder, including without limitation written posts, photographs, graphics, video recordings, or audio recordings.

Subd. 2. Prohibitions; social media algorithm. (a) A social media platform with more than 1,000,000 account holders globally that is operating in Minnesota is prohibited from using a social media algorithm to target user‑generated content at an account holder who is under the age of 18 and who is located in Minnesota, except as provided in subdivision 3. Nothing in this section prohibits a social media platform from:

(1) allowing user-generated content to appear in a chronological manner for an account holder who is under the age of 18;

(2) displaying user-generated content that has been selected or followed by an account holder who is under the age of 18, as long as the content appears in a chronological manner; or

(3) providing search results to an account holder who is under the age of 18, if the search results are in response to a specific and immediately preceding query by the account holder.

(b) The social media platform is liable to an individual account holder who received user-generated content through a social media algorithm while the individual account holder was under the age of 18 and was using the individual account holder's own account, if the social media platform knew or had reason to know that the individual account holder was under the age of 18 and located in Minnesota. A social media platform subject to this section must require an account holder who is under the age of 18 located in Minnesota to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to opening a new user account. A social media platform subject to this paragraph is liable to the account holder for: (1) any general or special damages; (2) a statutory penalty of $1,000 for each violation of this section, provided that no individual account holder may recover more than $100,000 in statutory penalties under this subdivision in any calendar year; and (3) any other penalties available under law.

Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) An algorithm, software, or device that acts as a parental control, or an internal control used by the social media platform that is intended to control the ability of a minor to access content, or is used to filter content for age-appropriate or banned material, is exempt from this section.

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(b) User-generated content that is created by a federal, state, or local government or by a public or private school, college, or university, including software and applications or communication services or learning management systems used by and under the supervision or control of a public or private school, college, or university that are used for educational purposes, are exempt from this section.

Subd. 4. Short title. This section may be cited as the "Stop Online Targeting Against Kids Act" or "SOTA Kids Act."

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Nelson, M., from the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1522, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; classifying Occupational Safety and Health Act citation data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 182.659, subdivisions 1, 8; 182.66, by adding a subdivision; 182.661, by adding a subdivision; 182.676.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Nelson, M., from the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1551, A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; clarifying exemptions from inspections for load control allowed for electrical utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.36, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 25, before "class" insert "licensed electrician employed by a"

Page 2, line 28, delete "2030" and insert "2028"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1589, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a special education teacher pipeline program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.

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Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 18, after "as" insert "either" and after "staff," insert "or a teacher with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license,"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Liebling from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1665, A bill for an act relating to controlled substances; modifying Minnesota's schedules of controlled substances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.02, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Noor from the Committee on Human Services Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1686, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for families experiencing homelessness in Ramsey County.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Nelson, M., from the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1690, A bill for an act relating to labor relations; modifying public labor relations; modifying teacher probationary period requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.43, subdivision 6; 120A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.181, subdivision 5; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.40, subdivision 5; 122A.41, subdivision 2; 179A.03, subdivisions 14, 18, 19; 179A.06, by adding a subdivision; 179A.07, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 572B.17.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.43, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Access by labor organizations. (a) Personnel data ~~may~~ must be disseminated to labor organizations to the extent ~~that the responsible authority determines that the dissemination is~~ necessary to conduct elections, notify employees of fair share fee assessments, and implement the provisions of chapters 179 and 179A. Personnel data shall be disseminated to labor organizations and to the Bureau of Mediation Services to the extent the dissemination is ordered or authorized by the commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services. Personnel data described under section 179A.07, subdivision 8, must be disseminated to an exclusive representative under the terms of that subdivision.

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(b) The home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, negotiation units and groupings of employees, and emails or other communications between exclusive representatives and their members, prospective members, and nonmembers are private data on individuals.

Sec. 2. [16A.1335] EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN EVENT OF STATE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "government shutdown" means that, as of July 1 of an odd‑numbered year, legislation appropriating money for the general operations of (1) an executive agency, (2) an office or department of the legislature, including each house of the legislature and the Legislative Coordinating Commission, or (3) a judicial branch agency or department, including a court, has not been enacted for the biennium beginning July 1 of that year.

Subd. 2. Payment required. Notwithstanding section 16A.17, subdivision 8, state employees must be provided payment for lost salary and benefits resulting from their absence from work during a government shutdown. An employee is eligible for a payment under this section only upon the employee's return to work.

Subd. 3. Appropriation; limitation. (a) In the event of a government shutdown, the amount necessary to pay the salary and benefits of employees of any impacted agency, office, or department is appropriated beginning on that July 1 to that agency, office, or department. The appropriation is made from the fund or funds from which an appropriation was made in the previous fiscal year for salary and benefits paid to each affected employee.

(b) Amounts appropriated under this subdivision may not exceed the amount or amounts appropriated for general operations of the affected agency, office, or department in the previous fiscal year.

Subd. 4. Certification of amount for employees in the legislative and judicial branches. By June 25 of an odd-numbered year, if a government shutdown appears imminent, the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the supreme court must each certify to the commissioner of management and budget the amount needed for salaries and benefits for each fiscal year of the next biennium, and the commissioner of management and budget shall make the certified amount available on July 1 of that year, or on another schedule that permits payment of all salary and benefit obligations required by this section in a timely manner.

Subd. 5. Subsequent appropriations. A subsequent appropriation to the agency, office, or department for regular operations for a biennium in which this section has been applied may only supersede and replace the appropriation provided by subdivision 3 by express reference to this section.

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Plan. A school board may adopt an e-learning day plan after ~~consulting~~ meeting and negotiating with the exclusive representative of the teachers. A charter school may adopt an e-learning day plan after consulting with its teachers, or after meeting and negotiating with the exclusive representative for its teachers. The plan must include accommodations for students without Internet access at home and for digital device access for families without the technology or an insufficient amount of technology for the number of children in the household. A school's e-learning day plan must provide accessible options for students with disabilities under chapter 125A.

Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.181, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Limitations on license. (a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, clause (2), and limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 1 license.

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(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).

~~(c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher under section 179A.03, subdivision 18.~~

Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Exceptions. (a) A person who teaches in a community education program ~~which~~ that qualifies for aid pursuant to section 124D.52 shall continue to meet licensure requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in an early childhood and family education program ~~which~~ that is offered through a community education program and which qualifies for community education aid pursuant to section 124D.20 or early childhood and family education aid pursuant to section 124D.135 shall continue to meet licensure requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in a community education course ~~which~~ that is offered for credit for graduation to persons under 18 years of age shall continue to meet licensure requirements as a teacher.

(b) A person who teaches a driver training course ~~which~~ that is offered through a community education program to persons under 18 years of age shall be licensed by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or be subject to section 171.35. A license ~~which~~ that is required for an instructor in a community education program pursuant to this ~~subdivision~~ paragraph shall not be construed to bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, ~~clause~~ paragraph (a).

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2023-2024 school year and later.

Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Probationary period. (a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary period of employment, and, the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is thereafter employed shall be one year. The school board must adopt a plan for written evaluation of teachers during the probationary period that is consistent with subdivision 8. Evaluation must occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent‑teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school must not be included in determining the number of school days on which a teacher performs services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), during the probationary period any annual contract with any teacher may or may not be renewed as the school board shall see fit. However, the board must give any such teacher whose contract it declines to renew for the following school year written notice to that effect before July 1. If the teacher requests reasons for any nonrenewal of a teaching contract, the board must give the teacher its reason in writing, including a statement that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the nature and the extent of such supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by the board, within ten days after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing held upon due notice, discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective immediately, under section 122A.44.

(b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the teacher's license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.

(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes of paragraph (a).

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(d) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12 months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.

(e) A probationary teacher must complete at least ~~120~~ 60 days of teaching service each year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Probationary period; discharge or demotion. (a) All teachers in the public schools in cities of the first class during the first three years of consecutive employment shall be deemed to be in a probationary period of employment during which period any annual contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed as the school board, after consulting with the peer review committee charged with evaluating the probationary teachers under subdivision 3, shall see fit. The first three consecutive years of a teacher's first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary period of employment, and the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is thereafter employed shall be one year. The school site management team or the school board if there is no school site management team, shall adopt a plan for a written evaluation of teachers during the probationary period according to subdivisions 3 and 5. Evaluation by the peer review committee charged with evaluating probationary teachers under subdivision 3 shall occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school shall not be included in determining the number of school days on which a teacher performs services. The school board may, during such probationary period, discharge or demote a teacher for any of the causes as specified in this code. A written statement of the cause of such discharge or demotion shall be given to the teacher by the school board at least 30 days before such removal or demotion shall become effective, and the teacher so notified shall have no right of appeal therefrom.

(b) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes of paragraph (a).

(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12 months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.

(d) A probationary teacher must complete at least ~~120~~ 60 days of teaching service each year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14. Public employee or employee. (a) "Public employee" or "employee" means any person appointed or employed by a public employer except:

(1) elected public officials;

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(2) election officers;

(3) commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Minnesota National Guard;

(4) emergency employees who are employed for emergency work caused by natural disaster;

(5) part-time employees whose service does not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per week or 35 percent of the normal work week in the employee's appropriate unit;

(6) employees whose positions are basically temporary or seasonal in character and: (i) are not for more than 67 working days in any calendar year; or (ii) are not working for a Minnesota school district or charter school; or (iii) are not for more than 100 working days in any calendar year and the employees are under the age of 22, are full‑time students enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution prior to being hired by the employer, and have indicated, either in an application for employment or by being enrolled at an educational institution for the next academic year or term, an intention to continue as students during or after their temporary employment;

(7) employees providing services for not more than two consecutive quarters to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities under the terms of a professional or technical services contract as defined in section 16C.08, subdivision 1;

(8) employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, except that employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, are public employees for purposes of sections 179A.051, 179A.052, and 179A.13;

(9) full-time undergraduate students employed by the school which they attend under a work-study program or in connection with the receipt of financial aid, irrespective of number of hours of service per week;

(10) an individual who is employed for less than 300 hours in a fiscal year as an instructor in an adult vocational education program;

~~(11) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to teach one course for three or fewer credits for one semester in a year;~~

~~(12)~~ (11) with respect to court employees:

(i) personal secretaries to judges;

(ii) law clerks;

(iii) managerial employees;

(iv) confidential employees; and

(v) supervisory employees; or

~~(13)~~ (12) with respect to employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., managerial, supervisory, and confidential employees.

(b) The following individuals are public employees regardless of the exclusions of paragraph (a), clauses (5) ~~and (6)~~ to (7):

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(1) an employee hired by a school district or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities except at the university established in the Twin Cities metropolitan area under section 136F.10 or for community services or community education instruction offered on a noncredit basis: (i) to replace an absent teacher or faculty member who is a public employee, where the replacement employee is employed more than 30 working days as a replacement for that teacher or faculty member; or (ii) to take a teaching position created due to increased enrollment, curriculum expansion, courses which are a part of the curriculum whether offered annually or not, or other appropriate reasons;

(2) an employee hired for a position under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), if that same position has already been filled under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), in the same calendar year and the cumulative number of days worked in that same position by all employees exceeds 67 calendar days in that year. For the purpose of this paragraph, "same position" includes a substantially equivalent position if it is not the same position solely due to a change in the classification or title of the position; ~~and~~

(3) an early childhood family education teacher employed by a school district.; and

(4) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities as the instructor of record to teach (i) one class for more than three credits in a fiscal year, or (ii) two or more credit‑bearing classes in a fiscal year.

Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

Subd. 18. Teacher. "Teacher" means any public employee other than a superintendent or assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or a supervisory or confidential employee, employed by a school district:

(1) in a position for which the person must be licensed by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the commissioner of education; or

(2) in a position as a physical therapist, occupational therapist, art therapist, music therapist, or audiologist.; or

(3) in a position providing instruction to children in a prekindergarten or early learning program, except that an employee in a bargaining unit certified before January 1, 2023, may remain in a bargaining unit that does not include teachers unless an exclusive representative files a petition for a unit clarification or to transfer exclusive representative status.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 19, is amended to read:

Subd. 19. Terms and conditions of employment. "Terms and conditions of employment" means the hours of employment, the compensation therefor including fringe benefits except retirement contributions or benefits other than employer payment of, or contributions to, premiums for group insurance coverage of retired employees or severance pay, staffing ratios, class sizes in school districts and charter schools, student testing, student-to-personnel ratios in school districts, and the employer's personnel policies affecting the working conditions of the employees. In the case of professional employees the term does not mean educational policies of a school district. "Terms and conditions of employment" is subject to section 179A.07.

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Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.06, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. ~~Dues checkoff~~ Payroll deduction, authorization, and remittance. (a) Public employees have the right to request and be allowed ~~dues checkoff~~ payroll deduction for the exclusive representative~~. In the absence of an exclusive representative, public employees have the right to request and be allowed dues checkoff for the organization of their choice.~~, and the political fund associated with the exclusive representative and registered pursuant to section 10A.12. A public employer must rely on a certification from any exclusive representative requesting remittance of a deduction that the organization has and will maintain an authorization, signed by the public employee from whose salary or wages the deduction is to be made, which may include an electronic signature by the public employee as defined in section 325L.02, paragraph (h). An exclusive representative making such certification must not be required to provide the public employer a copy of the authorization unless a dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. The exclusive representative must indemnify the public employer for any successful claims made by the employee for unauthorized deductions in reliance on the certification.

(b) A dues deduction authorization remains in effect until the employer receives notice from the exclusive representative that a public employee has changed or canceled their authorization in writing in accordance with the terms of the original authorizing document, and a public employer must rely on information from the exclusive representative receiving remittance of the deduction regarding whether the deductions have been properly changed or canceled. The exclusive representative must indemnify the public employer for any successful claims made by the employee for unauthorized deductions made in reliance on such information.

(c) Deduction authorization under this section is independent from the public employee's membership status in the organization to which payment is remitted and is effective regardless of whether a collective bargaining agreement authorizes the deduction.

(d) Employers must commence deductions within 30 days of notice of authorization from the exclusive representative and must remit the deductions to the exclusive representative within 30 days of the deduction. The failure of an employer to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall be an unfair labor practice under section 179A.13, the relief for which shall be reimbursement by the employer of dues that should have been deducted or paid based on a valid authorization given by the employee or employees.

(e) In the absence of an exclusive representative, public employees have the right to request and be allowed payroll deduction for the organization of their choice.

(f) Any dispute under this subdivision must be resolved through an unfair labor practice proceeding under section 179A.13.

Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 8. Liability. (a) A public employer, a labor organization, or any of its employees or agents shall not be liable for and shall have a complete defense to claims or actions under the laws of this state for requiring, deducting, receiving, or retaining agency or fair share fees from public employees. Current or former public employees shall not have standing to pursue these claims or actions if the fees were permitted at the time under the laws of this state then in force and paid, through payroll deduction or otherwise, prior to June 27, 2018.

(b) This subdivision applies to claims or actions pending on the effective date of this section and to claims or actions filed on or after that date.

(c) The enactment of this section shall not be interpreted to create the inference that any relief made unavailable by this section would otherwise be available.

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(d) The legislature finds and declares:

(1) application of this subdivision to pending claims or actions clarifies state law rather than changes it. Public employees who paid agency or fair share fees as a condition of employment according to state law and supreme court precedent prior to June 27, 2018, had no legitimate expectation of receiving the money under any available cause of action. Public employees and organizations who relied on and abided by state law and supreme court precedent in deducting and accepting those fees were not liable to refund them or any agency or fair share fees paid for collective bargaining representation that employee organizations were obligated by state law to provide to public employees. Application of this subdivision to pending claims will preserve, rather than interfere with, important reliance interests; and

(2) this subdivision is necessary to provide certainty to public employers and employee organizations that relied on state law, and to avoid disruption of public employee labor relations.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Inherent managerial policy. A public employer is not required to meet and negotiate on matters of inherent managerial policy. Matters of inherent managerial policy include, but are not limited to, such areas of discretion or policy as the functions and programs of the employer, its overall budget, utilization of technology, the organizational structure, selection of personnel, and direction ~~and the number~~ of personnel. No public employer shall sign an agreement which limits its right to select persons to serve as supervisory employees or state managers under section 43A.18, subdivision 3, or requires the use of seniority in their selection.

Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Time off. A public employer must afford reasonable time off to elected officers or appointed representatives of the exclusive representative to conduct the duties of the exclusive representative and must, upon request, provide for leaves of absence to elected or appointed officials of the exclusive representative, to elected or appointed officials of an affiliate of an exclusive representative, or to a full-time appointed official of an exclusive representative of teachers in another Minnesota school district.

Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 8. Bargaining unit information. (a) Within ten calendar days from the date of hire of a bargaining unit employee, a public employer must provide the following contact information to an exclusive representative in an Excel file format or other format agreed to by the exclusive representative: name; job title; worksite location, including location within a facility when appropriate; home address; work telephone number; home and personal cell phone numbers on file with the public employer; date of hire; and work email address and personal email address on file with the public employer.

(b) Every 120 calendar days beginning on January 1, 2024, a public employer must provide an exclusive representative in an Excel file or similar format agreed to by the exclusive representative the following information for all bargaining unit employees: name, job title, worksite location, home address, work telephone number, home and personal cell phone numbers on file with the public employer, date of hire, and work email address and personal email address on file with the public employer.

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Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 9. Access. (a) A public employer must provide an exclusive representative access to members of the bargaining unit, including:

(1) the right to meet with bargaining unit members on the premises of the public employer during the workday to investigate and discuss grievances and other workplace issues;

(2) the right to conduct worksite meetings during lunch and other breaks, and before and after the workday, on the public employer's premises to discuss workplace issues, collective bargaining, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, internal matters involving the governance or business of the exclusive representative, and other matters related to the duties of an exclusive representative; and

(3) the right to meet in person with newly hired employees, without charge to the pay or leave time of the employees, for a minimum of 30 minutes, within 30 calendar days from the date of hire, during new employee orientations or, if the employer does not conduct new employee orientations, at individual or group meetings. An exclusive representative shall receive no less than ten days' notice in advance of an orientation, except that a shorter notice may be provided where there is an urgent need critical to the operations of the public employer that was not reasonably foreseeable. Notice of and attendance at new employee orientations and other meetings under this paragraph must be limited to the public employer, the employees, the exclusive representative, and any vendor contracted to provide a service for purposes of the meeting. Meetings may be held virtually only by mutual agreement of the public employer and exclusive representative.

(b) A public employer must provide an exclusive representative access to the public employer's email system to communicate with bargaining unit members regarding collective bargaining, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, the investigation of grievances, other workplace-related complaints and issues, and internal matters involving the governance or business of the exclusive representative.

(c) A public employer must provide an exclusive representative access to facilities owned or leased by the public employer to conduct meetings with bargaining unit members regarding collective bargaining, other workplace‑related complaints and issues, and internal matters involving the governance or business of the exclusive representative, provided the use does not interfere with governmental operations. Meetings conducted in government buildings pursuant to this subdivision must not be for the purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate for partisan political office, or for the purpose of distributing literature or information regarding partisan elections. An exclusive representative conducting a meeting in a government building or other government facility pursuant to this subdivision may be charged for maintenance, security, and other costs related to the use of the government building or facility that would not otherwise be incurred by the government entity.

Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 2a. Majority verification procedure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employee organization may file a petition with the commissioner requesting certification as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit based on a verification that over 50 percent of the employees in the proposed appropriate unit wish to be represented by the petitioner. The commissioner shall require dated representation authorization signatures of affected employees as verification of the employee organization's claim of majority status.

(b) Upon receipt of an employee organization's petition, accompanied by employee authorization signatures under this subdivision, the commissioner shall investigate the petition. If the commissioner determines that over 50 percent of the employees in an appropriate unit have provided authorization signatures designating the employee organization specified in the petition as their exclusive representative, the commissioner shall not order an election but shall certify the employee organization.

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Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Authorization signatures. In determining the numerical status of an employee organization for purposes of this section, the commissioner shall require dated representation authorization signatures of affected employees as verification of the statements contained in the joint request or petitions. These authorization signatures shall be privileged and confidential information available to the commissioner only. Electronic signatures, as defined in section 325L.02, paragraph (h), shall be valid as authorization signatures. Authorization signatures shall be valid for a period of one year following the date of signature.

Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11. Unfair labor practices. If the commissioner finds that an unfair labor practice was committed by an employer or representative candidate or an employee or group of employees, and that the unfair labor practice affected the result of an election or majority verification procedure pursuant to subdivision 2a, or that procedural or other irregularities in the conduct of the election or majority verification procedure may have substantially affected its results, the commissioner may void the ~~election~~ result and order a new election or majority verification procedure.

Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 572B.17, is amended to read:

572B.17 WITNESSES; SUBPOENAS; DEPOSITIONS; DISCOVERY.

(a) An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at any hearing and may administer oaths. A subpoena must be served in the manner for service of subpoenas in a civil action and, upon motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

(b) On request of a party to or a witness in an arbitration proceeding, an arbitrator may permit a deposition of any witness to provide testimony at the arbitration hearing, including a witness who cannot be subpoenaed for or is unable to attend a hearing, to be taken under conditions determined by the arbitrator for use as evidence in order to make the proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.

(c) An arbitrator may permit such discovery as the arbitrator decides is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties to the arbitration proceeding and other affected persons and the desirability of making the proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.

(d) If an arbitrator permits discovery under subsection (c), the arbitrator may order a party to the arbitration proceeding to comply with the arbitrator's discovery-related orders, including the issuance of a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at a discovery proceeding, and may take action against a party to the arbitration proceeding who does not comply to the extent permitted by law as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.

(e) An arbitrator may issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of privileged information, confidential information, trade secrets, data classified as nonpublic or private pursuant to chapter 13, and other information protected from disclosure as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.

(f) All laws compelling a person under subpoena to testify and all fees for attending a judicial proceeding, a deposition, or a discovery proceeding as a witness apply to an arbitration proceeding as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action under the laws and rules of civil procedure of this state.

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(g) The court may enforce a subpoena or discovery-related order for the attendance of a witness within this state and for the production of records and other evidence issued by an arbitrator in connection with an arbitration proceeding in another state upon conditions determined by the court in order to make the arbitration proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective. A subpoena or discovery-related order issued by an arbitrator must be served in the manner provided by law for service of subpoenas in a civil action in this state and, upon motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner provided by law for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action in this state.

Sec. 21. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 2, is repealed."

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1691, A bill for an act relating to labor relations; modifying public labor relations; modifying teacher probationary period requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.43, subdivision 6; 120A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.181, subdivision 5; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.40, subdivision 5; 122A.41, subdivision 2; 179A.03, subdivisions 14, 18, 19; 179A.06, by adding a subdivision; 179A.07, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 572B.17.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Hansen, R., from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1699, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new spur of the Mesabi Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

The report was adopted.

Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1723, A bill for an act relating to elections; appropriating money to the secretary of state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 5.30, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

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Pryor from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1773, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring indexing of English learner programs revenue to basic education revenue; establishing microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learners; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 122A.14, by adding a subdivision; 122A.187, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 122A.19, by adding a subdivision; 124D.65, subdivision 5; 126C.10, subdivision 4.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

The report was adopted.

Hansen, R., from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1853, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for a weather resilience program in the University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 7, delete everything before "appropriated" and insert "(a) $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are"

Page 1, line 11, before "The" insert "These funds remain available until June 30, 2030." and delete everything after the first "year" and insert "2026 and beyond is $1,000,000."

Page 1, line 17, delete "adapt and" and after "for" insert "and adapt to"

Page 1, line 21, delete the second "the" and insert "their scientific basis"

Page 1, line 22, delete "science behind them" and after "educate" insert "and provide technical assistance to"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Nelson, M., from the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1859, A bill for an act relating to labor; creating new enforcement provisions for construction workers wage protection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 177.27, subdivisions 1, 4, 8, 9, 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

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Howard from the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1976, A bill for an act relating to housing; manufactured housing; providing limits to rent increases, billing for water, and modifying notice provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 327C.02, subdivision 5; 327C.03, subdivision 3; 327C.06, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 4, line 4, after "park" insert "or its amenities"

Page 4, delete line 28

Page 4, delete section 5

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, delete the comma

Page 1, line 3, delete "billing for water,"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Acomb from the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1990, A bill for an act relating to energy; making technical changes to the solar for schools program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216C.375, subdivision 4.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Acomb from the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1991, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for the solar for schools program.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The report was adopted.

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Koegel from the Committee on Sustainable Infrastructure Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2036, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying provisions on energy use; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16B.32, subdivisions 1, 1a; 16B.87, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16B.323, subdivisions 1, 2; 16B.326.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Fischer from the Committee on Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2058, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the cultural and ethnic minority infrastructure grant program, grants for culturally specific provider consultations, and a community health worker mental health training program; modifying medical assistance reimbursement for mental health group settings; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.4889, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, subdivisions 18a, 49; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Pinto from the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2095, A bill for an act relating to child protection; modifying terminology for pregnant persons; modifying standards for chemical dependency in pregnancy and prenatal substance use; specifying that prenatal substance use does not itself constitute neglect or maltreatment; modifying prenatal substance use reporting requirements; establishing informed consent requirements for parent and newborn infant toxicology tests and drug or alcohol screenings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 253B.02, subdivision 2; 260E.03, subdivision 15; 260E.31, subdivision 1; 260E.32, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 29, before "alone" insert "shall not" and delete "constitutes" and insert "constitute"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Noor from the Committee on Human Services Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2138, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for persons experiencing homelessness in Olmsted County.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

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Koegel from the Committee on Sustainable Infrastructure Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2170, A bill for an act relating to state purchasing; requiring the establishment of global warming impact standards for certain construction materials used in state buildings and roads; integrating those global warming standards into the procurement process; establishing pilot programs to report greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacture of certain products; establishing a grant program; establishing a technical advisory committee; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, line 1, after "shall" insert "gather input from task forces and"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Fischer from the Committee on Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2234, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a home and community-based services systemic critical incident review team; clarifying adult foster care and community residential setting licensing provisions; modifying substance use disorder treatment requirements; extending certain councils and committees; clarifying provider-controlled and own-home settings; making technical and conforming changes; clarifying effective dates; repealing obsolete language related to chemical health pilot program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.462, subdivisions 3, 12; 245.4711, subdivisions 3, 4; 245.477; 245.4835, subdivision 2; 245.4871, subdivisions 3, 19; 245.4873, subdivision 4; 245.4881, subdivisions 3, 4; 245.4885, subdivision 1; 245.4887; 245A.03, subdivision 7; 245A.11, subdivision 7; 245A.16, subdivision 1; 245D.03, subdivision 1; 245G.07, subdivision 3a; 246.0135; 254A.035, subdivision 2; 254B.05, subdivisions 1a, 5; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0911, subdivision 23; 256B.092, subdivision 10; 256B.093, subdivision 1; 256B.492; 256B.493, subdivisions 2a, 4; 256S.202, subdivision 1; 524.5-104; 524.5-313; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 17; article 6, section 12; article 11, section 18; article 13, section 43; Laws 2022, chapter 98, article 4, section 37; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 254B.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 254B.16; 256B.49, subdivision 23; 260.835, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 13, line 24, before the second "child" insert "family" and before the third "child" insert "family"

Page 13, line 25, before the first "adult" insert "family" and delete "or a" and insert ", dual licensure of child foster residence setting and" and before the second "adult" insert "family"

Page 18, delete section 18

Page 41, line 30, after the first semicolon, insert "256.041, subdivision 10;"

Renumber the sections in sequence

Correct the title numbers accordingly

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With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Stephenson from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2257, A bill for an act relating to consumer data privacy; creating the Minnesota Age-Appropriate Design Code Act; placing obligations on certain businesses regarding children's consumer information; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325O.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2310, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and natural resources; modifying utilities license and permit provisions; modifying commissioner's duties; modifying disposition of certain receipts; modifying and providing for fees; modifying provisions for water and soil conservation; modifying requirements to notify of water pollution; modifying provisions for waste management assistance; modifying certain environmental stewardship and grant programs; providing for environmental justice considerations in certain permitting; prohibiting lead and cadmium in certain consumer products; modifying report requirements; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 84.415, subdivisions 3, 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 84D.15, subdivision 2; 85.055, subdivision 1; 86B.005, by adding a subdivision; 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; 97A.473, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2b, 5, 5a; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 10, 10a, 11, 12, 13; 97C.087, subdivision 2; 103B.101, subdivisions 9, 16, by adding a subdivision; 103B.103; 103C.501, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6; 103D.605, subdivision 5; 103F.505; 103F.511, by adding a subdivision; 103G.2242, subdivision 1; 103G.271, subdivision 6; 103G.301, subdivision 2; 115.03, subdivision 1; 115.061; 115A.03, by adding a subdivision; 115A.1415; 115A.49; 115A.51; 115A.54, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 115A.565, subdivisions 1, 3; 115B.17, subdivision 14; 115B.171, subdivision 3; 115B.52, subdivision 4; 116.06, by adding subdivisions; 116.07, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 168.1295, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103B; 103F; 116; 325E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 103C.501, subdivisions 2, 3; 115.44, subdivision 9; 116.011; 325E.389; 325E.3891; Minnesota Rules, parts 8400.0500; 8400.0550; 8400.0600, subparts 4, 5; 8400.0900, subparts 1, 2, 4, 5; 8400.1650; 8400.1700; 8400.1750; 8400.1800; 8400.1900.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2320, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the children's cabinet; establishing the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; transferring responsibilities from the Department of Education, Department of Human Services, and Department of Public Safety to the Department of Children, Youth, and

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Families; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 4.045; 10.65, subdivision 2; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 256.014, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 143.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2324, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for drill core library.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2335, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a budget for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; providing for childhood housing stability; establishing a community stabilization program; establishing a supportive housing program; establishing a first-generation homebuyers down payment assistance fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 462A.201, subdivision 2; 462A.204, subdivision 8; 462A.21, subdivision 3b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

S. F. No. 667, A bill for an act relating to children; making changes to the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260.753; 260.755, subdivisions 1a, 3, 20, 22, by adding subdivisions; 260.761; 260.7611; 260.762; 260.765, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 260.771; 260.781; 260.785, subdivision 2; 260.791; 260.795, subdivision 1; 260.805; 260.821, subdivision 2; 260.835, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260.755, subdivision 17.

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. 770, 789, 1313, 1337, 1551 and 1990 were read for the second time.

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SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS

S. F. No. 667 was read for the second time.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Files were introduced:

Klevorn introduced:

H. F. No. 2555, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the number of copies of a mandated report that a department or agency must file with the Legislative Reference Library; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.195, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

Wolgamott; Frederick; Lislegard; Olson, L., and Brand introduced:

H. F. No. 2556, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for grants to initiative foundations.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Klevorn introduced:

H. F. No. 2557, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring health plans to cover medically necessary dental procedures that are a result of cancer treatment; 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.

Norris introduced:

H. F. No. 2558, A bill for an act relating to taxation; liquor; reducing the excise tax on certain prepackaged cocktails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297G.01, by adding a subdivision; 297G.03, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Hussein; Lee, K., and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:

H. F. No. 2559, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Hmong American Partnership.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.

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Sencer-Mura and Elkins introduced:

H. F. No. 2560, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management and assistance activities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 2561, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for an industrial hemp processing facility.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.

Sencer-Mura, Cha, Pursell, Frederick and Nelson, N., introduced:

H. F. No. 2562, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to partner organizations to assist meat and poultry processors with hiring and training new employees.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.

Cha; Anderson, P. H.; Nelson, N., and Pursell introduced:

H. F. No. 2563, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.

Hansen, R., and Lee, F., introduced:

H. F. No. 2564, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for snowmobile registration; establishing accounts; modifying provisions for state parks and state trails; modifying eligibility for Minnesota Naturalist Corps; modifying timber provisions; modifying requirements for water permit applications; modifying requirements for resident licenses; modifying walk-in access program; modifying use of motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas; authorizing permits to take wild animals under federal incidental take permit; modifying hunting and fishing provisions; modifying elk management provisions; providing for nonlethal control of deer and elk causing damage; modifying wanton waste provisions; clarifying dates for certain open seasons; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 84.82, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 84.821, subdivision 2; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.992, subdivisions 2, 5; 85.015, subdivision 10; 85.052, subdivision 6; 90.181, subdivision 2; 97A.031; 97A.126; 97A.137, subdivision 3; 97A.401, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.405, subdivision 5; 97B.071; 97B.301, subdivisions 2, 6; 97B.318, subdivision 1; 97B.516; 97B.668; 97C.041; 97C.315, subdivision 1; 97C.345, subdivision 1; 97C.371, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 97C.601, subdivision 1; 97C.836; 103G.301, subdivisions 6, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97C.055; Minnesota Rules, parts 6100.5000, subparts 3, 4, 5; 6100.5700, subpart 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

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Pinto introduced:

H. F. No. 2565, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for early childhood programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 119A.52; 120A.20, subdivision 1; 120A.41; 121A.19; 124D.03, subdivisions 5a, 12; 124D.1158, subdivision 3; 124D.141, subdivision 2; 124D.151, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 124D.165, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 124D.59, subdivision 2; 125A.13; 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 3; 126C.10, subdivision 2d; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.151, subdivisions 5, 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Huot introduced:

H. F. No. 2566, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for Minnesota Historical Society.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Davis, Igo and Lislegard introduced:

H. F. No. 2567, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community civic center in the city of Cohasset; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Finke, Kozlowski, Feist, Youakim, Frazier, Curran and Lee, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 2568, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for HIV/AIDS support services.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

Lislegard, Igo and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2569, A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for coordinated plans to complete environmental review and other state agency actions; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 116.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Koegel, Hornstein and Acomb introduced:

H. F. No. 2570, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain entities to use public roads for the purpose of constructing, using, operating, and maintaining high-voltage transmission lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 161.45, subdivision 1; 222.37, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

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Hollins introduced:

H. F. No. 2571, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting misleading claims regarding product or packaging recyclability; requiring creation of recyclable materials list; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Schultz introduced:

H. F. No. 2572, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing for a full subtraction of taxable Social Security benefits for veterans and surviving spouses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:

H. F. No. 2573, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; establishing an early childhood apprenticeship program; appropriating money for an apprenticeship program, an early childhood workforce compensation task force, early childhood workforce development scholarships, and for grants to postsecondary institutions to improve early childhood program curricula; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

Huot introduced:

H. F. No. 2574, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying certification requirements for community paramedics; modifying medical assistance coverage of community paramedic services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144E.28, subdivision 9; 256B.0625, subdivision 60.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Youakim, Koznick, Davids, Howard, Lillie, Robbins, Elkins and Witte introduced:

H. F. No. 2575, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; providing a refundable sales tax exemption for construction materials for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport renovation; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. No. 2576, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying exemption provisions for construction materials by certain contractors; adding a refund provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

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Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. No. 2577, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials used for road construction or repair if purchased by contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Reyer, Heintzeman and Gillman introduced:

H. F. No. 2578, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for state-owned public water access facilities; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 2579, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a veterans memorial park in Parkers Prairie; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Gomez and Hassan introduced:

H. F. No. 2580, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Pillsbury United Communities for capital improvements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Gomez introduced:

H. F. No. 2581, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income, estate, and property tax refunds; incorporating the Internal Revenue Code, as amended through March 1, 2023; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7, as amended; 290.01, subdivisions 19, as amended, 31, as amended; 290A.03, subdivision 15, as amended; 291.005, subdivision 1, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Gomez, Hassan and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 2582, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring payment of wages for employees of staffing services for canceled assignments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.03, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy.

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Gomez, Hussein, Hassan, Feist, Hicks, Hill and Noor introduced:

H. F. No. 2583, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to MNCAPD, Roots Connect, and FRAYEO.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.

Hudella introduced:

H. F. No. 2584, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing an Air Medal special veterans license plate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.123, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Hassan, Noor, Hussein, Gomez and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 2585, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing a fee-based, first-time homebuyer home purchase financing program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Hansen, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 2586, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a gross revenues tax on entities manufacturing and selling products containing PFAS; creating a xx cleanup account in the special revenue fund; establishing the XX Advisory Commission; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Davis introduced:

H. F. No. 2587, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money to Independent School District No. 318, Grand Rapids, for facilities improvements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Noor introduced:

H. F. No. 2588, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a school district to grant secondary credit for postsecondary courses outside the school year; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.09, subdivision 8; 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

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Fogelman introduced:

H. F. No. 2589, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer infrastructure in the city of Lakefield; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Hassan; Hanson, J., and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 2590, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for business loans, technical assistance, and capacity building to nonprofits serving the African immigrant community.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Neu Brindley; Anderson, P. E., and Johnson introduced:

H. F. No. 2591, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked U.S. Highway 8; 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.

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2592, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for veteran housing developed by Contained Solutions in certain cities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega; Hussein and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2593, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing housing infrastructure bonds to be issued for veterans housing; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462A.37, subdivisions 2, 5, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 2594, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mni Sota Fund.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bliss introduced:

H. F. No. 2595, A bill for an act relating to local taxes; authorizing the city of Blackduck to impose a local sales and use tax.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

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Wiener introduced:

H. F. No. 2596, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring paperless angling, hunting, and trapping licenses unless requested in paper format; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.045, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivision 2; 97A.420, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Wiener introduced:

H. F. No. 2597, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for participation in 4-H shooting sports events.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Stephenson introduced:

H. F. No. 2598, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing the Office of Cannabis Management; establishing advisory councils; requiring reports relating to cannabis use and sales; legalizing and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; requiring testing of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; requiring labeling of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; limiting the advertisement of cannabis flower, cannabinoid products, and cannabis businesses; providing for the cultivation of cannabis in private residences; transferring regulatory authority for the medical cannabis program; taxing the sale of adult-use cannabis; establishing grant and loan programs; amending criminal penalties; establishing expungement procedures for certain individuals; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by employees and testing of employees; providing for the temporary regulation of certain edible cannabinoid products; providing for professional licensing protections; amending the scheduling of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols; classifying data; making miscellaneous cannabis-related changes and additions; making clarifying and technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.411, by adding a subdivision; 13.871, by adding a subdivision; 34A.01, subdivision 4; 144.99, subdivision 1; 151.72; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.021, subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.18, subdivision 1; 181.938, subdivision 2; 181.950, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, by adding a subdivision; 181.951, by adding subdivisions; 181.952, by adding a subdivision; 181.953; 181.954; 181.955; 181.957, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 2; 245C.08, subdivision 1; 256.01, subdivision 18c; 256B.0625, subdivision 13d; 256D.024, subdivisions 1, 3; 256J.26, subdivisions 1, 3; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.025, subdivision 2; 290.0132, subdivision 29; 290.0134, subdivision 19; 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, subdivisions 2, 7; 297A.70, subdivisions 2, 18; 297A.99, by adding a subdivision; 297D.01; 297D.04; 297D.06; 297D.07; 297D.08; 297D.085; 297D.09, subdivision 1a; 297D.10; 297D.11; 340A.412, subdivision 14; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.5311, subdivision 1; 609.5314, subdivision 1; 609.5316, subdivision 2; 609A.01; 609A.03, subdivisions 5, 9; 609B.425, subdivision 2; 609B.435, subdivision 2; 624.712, by adding subdivisions; 624.713, subdivision 1; 624.714, subdivision 6; 624.7142, subdivision 1; 624.7151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 116J; 116L; 120B; 144; 152; 289A; 295; 340A; 609A; 624; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 151.72; 152.027, subdivisions 3, 4; 152.21; 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4; 152.30; 152.31; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.33,

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subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.34; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5; 152.37; Minnesota Rules, parts 4770.0100; 4770.0200; 4770.0300; 4770.0400; 4770.0500; 4770.0600; 4770.0800; 4770.0900; 4770.1000; 4770.1100; 4770.1200; 4770.1300; 4770.1400; 4770.1460; 4770.1500; 4770.1600; 4770.1700; 4770.1800; 4770.1900; 4770.2000; 4770.2100; 4770.2200; 4770.2300; 4770.2400; 4770.2700; 4770.2800; 4770.4000; 4770.4002; 4770.4003; 4770.4004; 4770.4005; 4770.4007; 4770.4008; 4770.4009; 4770.4010; 4770.4012; 4770.4013; 4770.4014; 4770.4015; 4770.4016; 4770.4017; 4770.4018; 4770.4030.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Reyer introduced:

H. F. No. 2599, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing requirements for hospitals to screen patients for eligibility for health coverage or assistance; requiring an affidavit of expert review before certain debt collection activities; limiting hospital charges for uninsured treatments and services for certain patients; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Brand introduced:

H. F. No. 2600, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the small cities assistance program.

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. 2601, A bill for an act relating to energy; including certain uses of B100 fuel as a carbon-free energy technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g, as added.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.

Brand, Long, Elkins, Stephenson, Koegel, Smith, Pursell and Frederick introduced:

H. F. No. 2602, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a standard to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 239.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.

Huot introduced:

H. F. No. 2603, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting household exclusions in policies of automotive insurance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.

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Jordan, Hornstein, Tabke and Koegel introduced:

H. F. No. 2604, A bill for an act relating to transit; appropriating money for certain transit service improvements, including transit fare elimination, transit shelters, zero-emission bus transition, arterial bus rapid transit planning, and transit signal priority system planning; establishing a working group; requiring reports.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Huot introduced:

H. F. No. 2605, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a moratorium on green burials in certain locations; requiring a study.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Keeler introduced:

H. F. No. 2606, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a payment to Tribal contract or grant schools equivalent to the annual payment to school districts and charter schools from the permanent school fund endowment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.83, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Finke; Kozlowski; Curran; Gomez; Pursell; Lee, K.; Sencer-Mura; Kraft; Hicks; Smith; Hollins; Howard; Fischer; Moller; Her; Richardson; Feist; Klevorn; Bahner; Pryor; Tabke and Stephenson introduced:

H. F. No. 2607, A bill for an act relating to health care; clarifying that health plans must cover gender-affirming care; clarifying that medical assistance covers gender-affirming care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3a; 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.

Keeler, Gomez, Kozlowski, Hollins, Frazier and Howard introduced:

H. F. No. 2608, A bill for an act relating to health and human services; appropriating money for homeless youth act grants.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

Moller, Becker-Finn and Pinto introduced:

H. F. No. 2609, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying regulation of machine guns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.67, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

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Frazier, Hussein, Vang, Tabke, Xiong, Sencer-Mura and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. No. 2610, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; requiring racial impact screening of certain legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

Frazier, Becker-Finn, Hussein, Vang, Tabke, Xiong and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 2611, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; increasing the membership of the State Board of Public Defense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 611.215, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Hassan, Agbaje, Hussein, Noor and Gomez introduced:

H. F. No. 2612, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to Urban Homeworks.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Lislegard, Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. No. 2613, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying the permanent university fund for mineral research; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 137.022, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Norris introduced:

H. F. No. 2614, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing the Home Heroes Act to provide seniors with services to age in place.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Finke and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2615, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing an accessibility for the arts and cultural economy capital grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Finke introduced:

H. F. No. 2616, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for grant to Public Art Saint Paul.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

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Curran introduced:

H. F. No. 2617, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing supported decision making grant programs; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

Hussein, Pérez-Vega, Hornstein and Koegel introduced:

H. F. No. 2618, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Rice Street Capitol Area redesign project.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Stephenson; Pursell; Hortman; Hill; Clardy; Pryor; Hanson, J.; Sencer-Mura; Tabke and Jordan introduced:

H. F. No. 2619, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance; directing money to class size reduction; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2; 126C.12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Pursell, Acomb, Kraft, Hornstein, Carroll, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Bierman, Rehm, Hollins and Long introduced:

H. F. No. 2620, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for distribution system upgrades to interconnect certain distributed energy projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116C.779, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116C.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.

Schomacker introduced:

H. F. No. 2621, A bill for an act relating to health; changing health care capital expenditure notification and reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62J.17, subdivision 5a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.

Kozlowski; Olson, L., and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2622, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Great Lakes Aquarium in the city of Duluth.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

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Bahner, Schomacker, Elkins, Kiel, Acomb, Backer, Quam, Perryman, Nadeau, Reyer, Her, Murphy, Carroll, Neu Brindley, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Bierman, Heintzeman and Altendorf introduced:

H. F. No. 2623, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; creating a physician assistant licensure compact; 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 Finance and Policy.

Demuth introduced:

H. F. No. 2624, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the Avon local sales tax authority; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 6, section 13, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Frazier introduced:

H. F. No. 2625, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to reduce crime and violence in African American communities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Hill and Kraft introduced:

H. F. No. 2626, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota GreenStep Schools program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Carroll, Acomb and Bierman introduced:

H. F. No. 2627, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for solar on closed landfills; requiring a feasibility analysis.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.

Frederick, Baker, Fischer, Hicks, Bierman and Brand introduced:

H. F. No. 2628, A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; providing and waiving fees for certified birth records, identification cards, and driver's licenses for persons treated for substance use disorder who are eligible for medical assistance; modifying substance use disorder treatment plan review requirements; providing for transition follow-up counseling; modifying substance use disorder treatment rate and staffing requirements; requiring data to be provided to substance use disorder treatment providers; providing temporary rate increases for substance use disorder treatment providers and direct care staff; directing the commissioner of human services to develop

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recommendations on transition support services; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144.226, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, by adding a subdivision; 245G.06, subdivision 3; 245G.07, by adding a subdivision; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 254B.051; 254B.12, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.

Olson, B.; Pelowski; Dotseth; Fogelman; Joy; Grossell and Pursell introduced:

H. F. No. 2629, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for new construction and capital improvements to county and city public safety facilities in counties outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. No. 2630, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; amending the surcharge on all-electric vehicles; imposing surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles; defining types of electric motorcycles; requiring surcharge rate adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.013, subdivision 1m, by adding subdivisions; 169.011, by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Hanson, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 2631, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to MNSBIR, Inc., to secure federal research and development funding.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Hussein, Howard, Hortman and Cha introduced:

H. F. No. 2632, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing stable housing organization relief program; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2633, A bill for an act relating to labor; requiring the commissioner of labor and employment to develop a workplace poster identifying veterans' benefits and services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy.

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Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2634, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing additional firearms to be used during the muzzleloader deer season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 32a; 97B.311.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Lislegard and Hortman introduced:

H. F. No. 2635, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a filmmaking and film education facility.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Fischer and Keeler introduced:

H. F. No. 2636, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a shelter inhabitants' bill of rights; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256K.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.

Frederick and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 2637, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing grants for Project Success; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Hill and Youakim introduced:

H. F. No. 2638, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Playworks for the expansion of social-emotional programming in elementary schools.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Urdahl and Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 2639, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of water infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Lake Lillian; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

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Schultz; Johnson; Harder; Wiener; Jacob; Nelson, N.; Mekeland; Heintzeman; Hudson; Niska; Neu Brindley; Joy; Swedzinski; Davis; Franson; Quam and Knudsen introduced:

H. F. No. 2640, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting health care providers from asking patients or residents about firearms or ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.651, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Scott introduced:

H. F. No. 2641, A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying data protection in certain tax proceedings; requiring notice of data exchanges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.51, subdivisions 2, 4; 273.061, subdivision 8a; 278.05, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Norris, Stephenson, Koegel, Novotny, Newton and Curran introduced:

H. F. No. 2642, A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying levy limits for public safety financing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383E.21.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

Reyer, Jordan, Skraba, Noor and Dotseth introduced:

H. F. No. 2643, A bill for an act relating to health care; providing a grant for a federally qualified health centers apprenticeship program; requiring a report to the legislature; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Bierman, Jordan, Skraba, Frederick and Dotseth introduced:

H. F. No. 2644, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for subsidies for federally qualified health centers.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Hussein; Vang; Pérez-Vega; Kozlowski; Finke; Lee, K., and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 2645, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to TaikoArts Midwest.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

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Smith, Hicks and Liebling introduced:

H. F. No. 2646, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a municipal district heating and cooling energy distribution system in the city of Rochester.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Smith, Hicks and Liebling introduced:

H. F. No. 2647, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to rehabilitate George Stoppel historic site.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. No. 2648, A bill for an act relating to transportation; combining the driver services operating account and vehicle services operating account into a single account; creating the driver and vehicle services fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.326; 168.327, subdivisions 1, 5b; 169.09, subdivision 13; 171.26; 299A.705, subdivisions 1, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.121, subdivision 5; 168.1282, subdivision 5; 168.1294, subdivision 5; 168.1299, subdivision 4; 299A.705, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2649, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to renovate historic sites in Cook County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bahner and Reyer introduced:

H. F. No. 2650, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for home visiting services.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

Hudson, Harder, Witte, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Wiens and Novotny introduced:

H. F. No. 2651, A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing the penalty for assaulting a police officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

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Bakeberg, Engen, Witte and Koznick introduced:

H. F. No. 2652, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing an income tax subtraction for volunteer firefighter pension benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivision 2, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bakeberg introduced:

H. F. No. 2653, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public water access improvements in Scott County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. No. 2654, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an industrial park in the city of Lamberton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. No. 2655, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials for certain school buildings and facilities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Urdahl, Becker-Finn, Kozlowski and Keeler introduced:

H. F. No. 2656, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Red Lake Nation Tribal College.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Fischer; Xiong; Lee, K., and Lillie introduced:

H. F. No. 2657, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for improvements to recreational and cultural facilities at Keller Regional Park.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

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Jordan introduced:

H. F. No. 2658, A bill for an act relating to local government; clarifying county assessor and city assessor duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 273.063.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Igo; Hudella; Bliss; Olson, B., and Bakeberg introduced:

H. F. No. 2659, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; excluding veterans educational benefits from household income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. No. 2660, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for distance learning days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120A.41; 120A.414.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Urdahl; Baker; Robbins; Olson, B.; Knudsen; Kiel; Murphy; Dotseth; Franson and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 2661, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing the licensed child care provider credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega; Hussein and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2662, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; expanding the homeownership education, counseling, and training program to include specialized homeownership education for veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462A.209, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Engen, Scott and Fogelman introduced:

H. F. No. 2663, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for enforcement of judicially ordered firearms restrictions for abusing parties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260C.201, subdivision 3; 518B.01, subdivision 6; 609.2242, subdivision 3; 609.749, subdivision 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

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Hassan and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 2664, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Twin Cities R!SE for the Empowerment Institute.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.

Hicks, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Pinto, Noor and Reyer introduced:

H. F. No. 2665, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a diaper distribution grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

Hollins, Gomez, Agbaje, Keeler and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 2666, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a Minnesota basic income grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

Koznick and Witte introduced:

H. F. No. 2667, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of the interchange at Interstate 35 and County State-Aid Highway 50 in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. No. 2668, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for additional Metro Transit Police officers.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Huot and Freiberg introduced:

H. F. No. 2669, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting the conversion of human remains to basic elements using natural organic reduction; establishing licensure requirements for natural organic reduction facilities; establishing licensure fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 149A.01, subdivision 3; 149A.02, subdivisions 3, 16, 26a, 27, 35, 37c, by adding subdivisions; 149A.03; 149A.65, by adding a subdivision; 149A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5; 149A.71, subdivisions 2, 4; 149A.72, subdivisions 3, 9; 149A.73, subdivision 1; 149A.74, subdivision 1; 149A.93, subdivision 3; 149A.94, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 149A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.

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Clardy and Engen introduced:

H. F. No. 2670, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a scholarship program for Minnesota State High School Mathematics League students; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Torkelson, Davis, Knudsen, Urdahl, Murphy, Robbins and Hudson introduced:

H. F. No. 2671, A bill for an act relating to elections; repealing authorization of absentee ballot drop boxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.08, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.082.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.

Torkelson, Davis, Niska, Knudsen, Urdahl, Murphy, Robbins and Hudson introduced:

H. F. No. 2672, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a complaint process for certain election law violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 200.04, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.

Anderson, P. H.; Urdahl; Swedzinski and Franson introduced:

H. F. No. 2673, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements on and adjacent to Trunk Highway 119 to facilitate safe fishing on Lac Qui Parle reservoir; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Witte and Koznick introduced:

H. F. No. 2674, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for highway safety improvements in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Jordan, Hornstein and Hansen, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 2675, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Ukrainian American Community Center in the city of Minneapolis.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

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Stephenson introduced:

H. F. No. 2676, A bill for an act relating to housing; limiting rent increases in certain low-income rental projects that use residential rental bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.128, subdivision 1; 474A.047, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Kraft, Hornstein and Elkins introduced:

H. F. No. 2677, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; requiring a climate action plan as a part of comprehensive plan content; requiring a land use study and report to the legislature by the council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.859, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Kraft and Hortman introduced:

H. F. No. 2678, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the fire safety account fee assessed to homeowner insurance policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297I.06, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Long 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 Davids.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

The following message was received from the Senate:

Madam Speaker:

I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned, as amended by the Senate, in which amendments the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested:

H. F. No. 121, A bill for an act relating to competency attainment; making certain technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 611.41, subdivisions 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, by adding a subdivision; 611.42, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 611.43, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 611.44, subdivisions 1, 2; 611.45, subdivision 3; 611.46, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 611.47; 611.48; 611.49; 611.51; 611.55; 611.56; 611.57; 611.58; 611.59; Laws 2022, chapter 99, article 3, section 1.

Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate

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CONCURRENCE AND REPASSAGE

Edelson moved that the House concur in the Senate amendments to H. F. No. 121 and that the bill be repassed as amended by the Senate. The motion prevailed.

The bill was read for the third time, as amended by the Senate, and placed upon its repassage.

The question was taken on the repassage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 133 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were: