STATE OF
MINNESOTA
Journal of the House
NINETY-FOURTH
SESSION - 2025
_____________________
FOURTH
LEGISLATIVE DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, February 10, 2025
The House of Representatives convened at
3:30 p.m. and was called to order by Lisa Demuth, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dale
Witherington, Chief Steward, Restore Minnesota, St. Michael, Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called
and the following members were present:
Acomb
Agbaje
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bahner
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Berg
Bierman
Bliss
Burkel
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Elkins
Engen
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Fogelman
Franson
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gander
Gillman
Gomez
Gordon
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Harder
Heintzeman
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Hudson
Huot
Hussein
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, P.
Johnson, W.
Jones
Jordan
Joy
Keeler
Klevorn
Knudsen
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Koznick
Kraft
Kresha
Lawrence
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
McDonald
Mekeland
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Noor
Norris
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Pérez-Vega
Perryman
Pinto
Pursell
Quam
Rarick
Rehm
Rehrauer
Repinski
Reyer
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sencer-Mura
Sexton
Skraba
Smith
Stephenson
Stier
Swedzinski
Tabke
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Vang
Virnig
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
A quorum was present.
Pursuant to Rule 10.05, relating to Remote
House Operations, the DFL Caucus Leader permitted the following member to vote
via remote means: Sencer-Mura.
The
Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journals of the preceding days. There being no objection, further reading of
the Journals was dispensed with and the Journals were approved as corrected by
the Chief Clerk.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF
HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Roach, Niska, Demuth, Nash, Perryman, Allen, Murphy and Gander introduced:
H. F. No. 26, A bill for an act relating to emergency management; repealing governor's power to declare emergency; establishing a legislative emergency declaration and extension process; repealing governor's authority to adopt orders and expedited rules that have the effect of law during an emergency; protecting citizen rights; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 12.03, subdivision 1e; 12.21, subdivisions 1, 3; 12.25, subdivision 3; 12.36; 12.45; 12.61, subdivision 2; 14.03, subdivision 1; 34A.11, subdivision 6; 35.0661, subdivision 1; 41B.047, subdivision 1; 144.4197; 144E.266; 151.441, subdivisions 12, 13; 270C.34, subdivision 1; 295.50, subdivision 2b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 4.035, subdivision 2; 12.31; 12.32.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 27, A bill for an act relating to health care; repealing state agency authority to submit a public option waiver application to the federal government; reducing appropriation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 16, section 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Mekeland introduced:
H. F. No. 28, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for data center energy generation redundancy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116D.04, subdivision 4a; 216B.02, by adding a subdivision; 216B.243, subdivision 8; 216I.02, by adding a subdivision; 216I.07, subdivision 2; 216I.08, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Kresha, Bakeberg, Bennett, Hudson, Lawrence, Altendorf and Rymer introduced:
H. F. No. 29, A bill for an act relating to education; suspending social studies standards adoption and modifying review cycle; repealing ethnic studies requirements; canceling ethnic studies appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.021, subdivision 4; 120B.024, subdivision 2; 120B.11, subdivision 1; 124D.861, subdivision 2; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivisions 13, 14, as amended; article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.25; 120B.251.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 30, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring the commissioner of revenue to establish a system for direct free filing of individual returns; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 289A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Youakim, Clardy, Feist, Rehm and Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 31, A bill for an act relating to education finance; calculating a school's compensatory revenue eligibility on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits; modifying the percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions; establishing a Compensatory Revenue Task Force; modifying professional development requirements for Read Act implementation; providing funding for teacher training; increasing funding for the school unemployment aid account in the special revenue fund; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.123, subdivision 5; 126C.10, subdivision 3b; 126C.15, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 32, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; prohibiting insurers from requiring co-payments for children's mental health services; 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.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 33, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing ambulance service grant programs and a rural emergency medical services uncompensated care pool payment program; establishing a monthly emergency medical services telecommunications fee and a prepaid wireless emergency medical services fee; authorizing transfers of money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144E.001, by adding subdivisions; 403.161, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7; 403.162, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.275, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Greenman and Her introduced:
H. F. No. 34, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; establishing the Fair Competition Act; regulating monopsony power; prohibiting certain price increases; prohibiting price discrimination; providing enforcement authority; modifying and establishing civil and criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 325D.50, by adding subdivisions; 325D.52; 325D.53, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 325D.54; 325D.56, subdivisions 1, 2; 325D.64, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325E; 325F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325D.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Clardy and Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 35, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to develop a maternal mental health program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62A.0411, by adding a subdivision; 256B.69, by adding a subdivision; 256L.12, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 36, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing payment rates for nonemergency medical transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Greenman; Howard; Gomez; Tabke; Her; Freiberg; Coulter; Johnson, P.; Hanson, J.; Kozlowski; Wolgamott; Lee, K.; Frazier; Liebling; Kraft; Curran; Bahner; Klevorn; Pursell; Reyer; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Mahamoud; Sencer‑Mura; Berg; Moller; Acomb; Vang; Frederick; Elkins; Lee, F.; Hill; Hicks; Long; Hollins and Rehm introduced:
H. F. No. 37, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for free, fair, and equal elections.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Gander, Burkel and Anderson, P. H., introduced:
H. F. No. 38, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H.; Gander and Burkel introduced:
H. F.
No. 39, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for
county agricultural inspector grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 40, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; removing requirement that fencing prevent physical contact between farmed Cervidae and free-roaming Cervidae; removing authority to revoke registrations under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 35.155, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Burkel, Harder and Anderson, P. H., introduced:
H. F. No. 41, 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.
Anderson, P. H.; Burkel; Nelson; Davids; Gander; Gillman; Perryman; McDonald and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 42, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the definition of sustainable aviation fuel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.30, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H.; Frederick; Burkel; Davids; Gander and Nelson introduced:
H. F. No. 43, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring reports; appropriating money for biofuel infrastructure grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 44, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring food manufacturers and brand owners to report ortho-phthalate testing results of packaged food products to the commissioner of agriculture; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 34A.01, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 34A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Pérez-Vega, Sencer-Mura, Hussein, Coulter and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. No. 45, A bill for an act relating to food support; appropriating money for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Outreach Program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 46, A bill for an act relating to insurance; designation of payment by dental organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.78, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 47, A bill for an act relating to construction codes; modifying provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.198, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Robbins and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 48, 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 325M.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Robbins; Joy; Harder; Davids; Warwas; Johnson, W.; Witte; Wiener and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 49, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; repealing the taxes imposed on all lawful gambling receipts; making related technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 270C.56, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 3a; 299L.03, subdivision 1; 299L.07, subdivision 8; 349.12, subdivision 25; 349.151, subdivision 4; 349.162, subdivision 2; 349.163, subdivision 5; 349.1641; 349.19, subdivision 5; 349.2125, subdivisions 1, 3; 349.2127, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 349.213, subdivision 1; 349.22, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4967, subdivision 6; 297E.01; 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; 297E.03; 297E.031; 297E.04; 297E.05; 297E.06; 297E.07; 297E.10; 297E.11; 297E.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 297E.13; 297E.14; 297E.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 297E.17; 349.16, subdivision 11; Minnesota Rules, parts 8122.0100; 8122.0150; 8122.0200; 8122.0250; 8122.0300; 8122.0350; 8122.0400; 8122.0450; 8122.0500; 8122.0510; 8122.0550; 8122.0650.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Koznick and Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 50, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a bridge interchange project on marked Interstate Highway 35 in the city of Lakeville; 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.
Virnig and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 51, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing roof projects as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.595, subdivisions 1, 4, 8, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Anderson, P. E., and Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 52, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for pupil transportation; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 53, A bill for an act relating to education finance; amending the transportation sparsity revenue percent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sencer-Mura, Frazier and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 54, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sencer-Mura and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 55, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota Alliance With Youth Promise Fellow program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lawrence, Kresha, Mueller and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 56, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a safe schools aid; repealing student support personnel aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 57, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing special education cross subsidy aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.76, subdivision 2e.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Quam and Jacob introduced:
H. F. No. 58, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting the teaching of racist or sexist concepts; creating private rights of action; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 136F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 59, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring notice of violent school incidents; prohibiting retaliation for reporting; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Clardy and Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 60, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher licensure requirements; requiring professional development on dyslexia; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.182, subdivision 3; 122A.187, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Clardy and Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 61, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for students with mental illness; requiring mental health instruction that is approved by the Department of Education; providing for youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention; modifying requirements of the statewide plan on restrictive procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.21; 121A.37; 125A.0942, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Keeler, Bakeberg, Lawrence, Virnig and Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 62, A bill for an act relating to education; providing references to statutes governing student attendance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Sencer-Mura and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 63, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying school board membership requirements; expanding school board membership to include student members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.09; 128.01; 128D.05; 128D.055, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bennett, Bakeberg, Mueller and Lawrence introduced:
H. F. No. 64, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an Office of Achievement and Innovation in the Department of Education; modifying the equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bennett, Mueller, Kresha, Bakeberg, Lawrence and Hudson introduced:
H. F. No. 65, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing authority to adopt rules implementing statewide health standards; canceling certain funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.018, subdivision 6; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 120B.024, subdivision 1; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 22, subdivision 4; repealing Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 21.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 66, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a set filing period for special elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204D.19, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam and Jacob introduced:
H. F. No. 67, A bill for an act relating to elections; repealing automatic voter registration; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.06, subdivision 3; 201.061, subdivision 1b; 201.161, subdivision 3; 201.162; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, subdivision 9; 201.161, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 68, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring retention elections for persons appointed to certain county offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 375A.12, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 69, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring city, town, and school district general elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year; permitting cities of the first class to choose to conduct a general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of either an odd-numbered or even-numbered year; requiring affected cities, towns, and school districts to adopt an orderly transition plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 205.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 205.075, subdivision 2; 205A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.04, subdivision 1; 205A.055, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 205A.04, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 70, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the designation and election of presidential electors; withdrawing from the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 208.03; 208.05; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 208.051; 208.052.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 71, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a working group on local candidate campaign finance reporting; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Engen, Allen, Schwartz, Gordon and Murphy introduced:
H. F. No. 72, A bill for an act relating to campaign expenditures; prohibiting entities or organizations that receive state funding from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Freiberg; Virnig; Coulter; Lee, K., and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 73, A bill for an act relating to elections; increasing the maximum refund for political contributions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. No. 74, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing amortization of certain property uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, subdivision 1c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Anderson, P. H.; Mekeland; Gillman; Davids and McDonald introduced:
H. F. No. 75, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying the hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Greenman, Acomb and Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 76, A bill for an act relating to energy; limiting rate recovery of executive pay for certain public utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.16, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Pursell introduced:
H. F. No. 77, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring disclosure of subsurface drain tile; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Davis and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 78, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying membership of Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.0146, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Curran and Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 79, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying water appropriation allocation priorities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.261.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 80, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for grants to restore and create wetlands for the wetland banking program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 81, A bill for an act relating to environment; exempting off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.943, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 82, A bill for an act relating to health-related licensing; clarifying athletic trainer scope of practice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.7802, by adding a subdivision; 148.7806; 148.7807; 148.7814; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.7802, subdivisions 4, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 83, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing coverage of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation as an outpatient service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 84, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the requirements for reciprocal licensure to practice mortuary science; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 149A.30, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 85, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for mortuary science internships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 149A.02, subdivision 26; 149A.20, subdivisions 6, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 86, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; modifying requirements for community emergency medical technician certification; modifying medical assistance coverage of community emergency medical technician services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144E.275, subdivision 7; 256B.0625, subdivision 60a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 87, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an ambulance provider assessment program; providing supplemental medical assistance payments for ambulance services; exempting certain ambulance services from the MinnesotaCare provider tax; requiring report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 295.50, subdivision 4; 295.52, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 295.52, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 88, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant title to physician associate; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 147A.01, subdivision 18; 147A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Bahner, Backer and Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 89, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant collaborative agreement requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.02.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Pursell introduced:
H. F. No. 90, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying dental service coverage to include pediatric zirconia crowns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 91, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring a parent or legal guardian to be present for vaccine administration to a minor; 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.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 92, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a vaccine recipient bill of rights; 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.
Backer and Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 93, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; establishing an ambulance service training and staffing grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Backer, Engen and Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 94, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying reimbursement requirements for ambulance attendant education costs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.35.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Clardy and Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 95, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring coverage for certain diagnostic and screening colorectal cancer tests; requiring early colorectal cancer screening; developing an education program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62A.30, subdivisions 2, 6, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. No. 96, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; requiring medical assistance to cover birth services provided at home; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Huot, Koegel, Schomacker, Elkins, Perryman, Baker, Reyer and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 97, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; modifying coverage of chiropractic services in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 8e; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256L.03, subdivision 3b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Fischer, Gillman, Baker, Frederick, Schomacker and Noor introduced:
H. F. No. 98, A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying case management associate, mental health behavioral aide, and mental health rehabilitation worker supervision requirements; exempting intensive residential treatment services or residential crisis stabilization services providers from specified client rights; modifying mental health residential program critical incident reporting requirements; modifying timeline for intensive residential treatment services level of care assessments; modifying assertive community treatment team leader requirements; allowing payment for adult mental health case management contact conducted via secure electronic message; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.462, subdivision 4; 245I.06, subdivision 3; 245I.12, subdivisions 1, 5; 245I.13; 245I.23, subdivision 7; 256B.0622, subdivision 7a; 256B.0625, subdivision 20.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. No. 99, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for housing with support for persons with serious mental illness.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Repinski introduced:
H. F. No. 100, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 101, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; prohibiting parent contact information from being designated as publicly available directory information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivisions 2, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Curran and Scott introduced:
H. F. No. 102, A bill for an act relating to child support; modifying circumstances under which the public authority must direct support to an obligee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518A.46, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 103, A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting government entities from requesting or obtaining reverse-location information; prohibiting the use of reverse-location information from being used in a criminal action; prohibiting a court from issuing a court order to obtain reverse-location data; providing a civil cause of action when reverse-location data is obtained by a government entity; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 104, A bill for an act relating to witnesses; establishing confidentiality for restorative justice practices participants; classifying data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 595.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Zeleznikar and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 105, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Aspirus Lake View Hospital for certified nursing assistant training.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Clardy and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F.
No. 106, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating
money for a grant to Neighbors, Inc.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Berg; Pinto; Frazier; Johnson, P.; Rehrauer; Hill; Frederick; Kozlowski; Wolgamott; Jordan; Greenman and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 107, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying eligibility under certain conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 13b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hussein, Her, Cha, Xiong, Frazier, Greenman and Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 108, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Ujamaa Place.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hussein, Pérez-Vega and Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 109, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Propel Nonprofits.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hussein and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 110, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Hmong American Partnership.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hussein and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 111, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to the Sanneh Foundation.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 112, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the definition of financial assistance to include certain tax increment financing or allocations of low-income housing credits; expanding the definition of project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.871, subdivision 1; 177.42, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Clardy introduced:
H. F. No. 113, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to preserve cultural heritage of Black farmers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Lillie; McDonald; Vang; Burkel; Cha; Hussein; Davids; Hiltsley; Skraba; Stier; Anderson, P. H.; Swedzinski; Heintzeman and Nelson introduced:
H. F. No. 114, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for county fairs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Pérez-Vega, Hussein and Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. No. 115, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Children's Museum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Pérez-Vega, Hussein, Kozlowski, Gomez and Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 116, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to expand arts programming that celebrates Latino cultural heritage.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Hussein, Pérez-Vega and Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 117, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Walker West Music Academy.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 118, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the state band.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Hussein, Her, Cha, Xiong and Lee, F., introduced:
H. F. No. 119, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 120, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying intensive comprehensive law enforcement education and training program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8516, subdivisions 4, 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 121, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing enhanced penalties for assaulting a sports official; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 122, A bill for an act relating to public safety; imposing civil penalty on persons who disrupt or interfere with youth athletic activity; establishing youth officiating account; providing for grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 240A.03, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 123, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a statewide public safety radio communication system equipment grant program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Berg, Witte, Moller and Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 124, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing for the acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., and Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 125, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring certain facilities to notify local emergency responders of a hazardous chemical release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299K.07.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Davis, Burkel, Schultz, Warwas and Joy introduced:
H. F. No. 126, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing the lawful carry and possession of firearms at the State Fairgrounds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 37.16; 624.714, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Knudsen introduced:
H. F. No. 127, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for creating, distributing, and possessing sexually explicit materials involving children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 617.246, subdivisions 2, 4; 617.247, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Rarick introduced:
H. F. No. 128, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.324, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Repinski introduced:
H. F. No. 129, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring director of child sex trafficking prevention to submit a program evaluation each odd-numbered year to the legislature; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.4718.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Harder introduced:
H. F. No. 130, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sex trafficking offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.322, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Knudsen introduced:
H. F. No. 131, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring persons subject to stays of adjudication in criminal sexual conduct cases to register as predatory offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.166, subdivision 1b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Freiberg; Frazier; Lee, K.; Virnig; Hollins and Long introduced:
H. F. No. 132, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the open or concealed carry of firearms within 100 feet of designated polling places; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Feist and Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 133, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for supplemental nonprofit security grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Feist introduced:
H. F. No. 134, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a violence prevention project research center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Myers and Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 135, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring consecutive sentences for assaults committed by certain inmates of local facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2232.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Engen and Rymer introduced:
H. F. No. 136, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry or for the benefit of a transnational crime organization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.229, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Engen, Schwartz and Allen introduced:
H. F. No. 137, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the definition of prior qualified human trafficking-related offense to include violations of certain state laws committed in the person's lifetime and violations of similar laws in other states; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.321, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Engen, Allen, Schwartz and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 138, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring yearly reporting of trafficking data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.785, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
O'Driscoll; Stephenson; Lillie; Stier; Nadeau; Wolgamott; Johnson, P.; Perryman; Cha; Anderson, P. H.; Her; Gander; Tabke; Davids; Moller; Koznick; Hussein; Anderson, P. E.; Acomb; Franson; Klevorn; Witte; Huot; Youakim; Bierman; Schultz; Rehrauer; Nash; Reyer; Olson; Jordan; Skraba; Engen; Demuth and Hortman introduced:
H. F. No. 139, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; state patrol retirement plan; increasing postretirement adjustments; decreasing the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the public employees police and fire retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.415, subdivisions 1c, 1e.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Bahner, Elkins, Hiltsley and Cha introduced:
H. F. No. 140, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a state-funded county and city cybersecurity grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Reyer; Lee, F.; Kraft; Falconer; Xiong; Frederick; Pérez-Vega; Hussein; Lillie; Hansen, R., and Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 141, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the purposes, processes, and related agency responsibilities for the sustainable building guidelines; adding sustainable building guideline compliance to predesign requirements; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.325; 16B.335, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Freiberg; Pursell; Frazier; Lee, K.; Virnig; Long and Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 142, A resolution urging Congress to pass federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 143, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing an exemption for religious beliefs for entities providing certain services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 144, A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing immigrant worker enterprise zones; requiring law enforcement to comply with federal detainers; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116L; 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 145, A bill for an act relating to taxation; aggregate material production tax; providing authority for the city of St. Paul Park and Grey Cloud Island Township to impose an aggregate material production tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 298.75, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 146, A bill for an act relating to local government aid; providing 2023 aid penalty forgiveness to the city of Stewart; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Anderson, P. H.; Davids; Gander and Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 147, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; increasing the general subtraction amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.016, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
McDonald and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 148, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for an ice rink in the city of Delano.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 149, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; consolidating property tax classifications; modifying classification rates; modifying the definition of referendum market value; eliminating the state general levy on seasonal residential recreational property; eliminating the blind and disabled property tax classification and replacing it with a refund; repealing the aggregate resource preservation property tax law; making conforming technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123A.455, subdivision 1; 126C.01, subdivision 3; 216I.21, subdivision 4; 271.21, subdivision 2; 273.11, subdivisions 12, 13; 273.1115, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 273.1231, subdivision 4; 273.124, subdivisions 1, 3a, 17; 273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 35; 273.165, subdivision 2;
273.42, subdivision 2; 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4; 276A.01, subdivision 4; 278.03, subdivision 1; 278.05, subdivision 5; 279.01, subdivisions 1, 3; 279.37, subdivision 1; 290.0694, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivisions 6, 13; 290A.04, subdivision 2h, by adding a subdivision; 428A.01, subdivision 7; 473F.02, subdivision 4; 507.235, subdivision 1; 580.23, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.1315, subdivisions 1, 2; 273.1319; 275.025, subdivision 3; 279.01, subdivision 4; 327C.015, subdivision 2; 327C.16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 150, A bill for an act relating to taxes; local lodging; clarifying authority for political subdivisions to impose and collect local lodging taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 469.190, subdivisions 1, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bierman introduced:
H. F. No. 151, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for building materials for the Central Maintenance Facility project in the city of Apple Valley; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Joy, Knudsen, Bliss, Olson, Murphy, Duran and Davis introduced:
H. F. No. 152, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the subtraction for National Guard and reserve compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Joy, Knudsen, Duran, Zeleznikar, Van Binsbergen, Davis and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 153, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing all individual income tax rates by one percentage point; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Joy, Knudsen, Duran, Zeleznikar, Van Binsbergen, Davis and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 154, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the first tier rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Feist and Koegel introduced:
H. F. No. 155, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for construction of a city hall in the city of Columbia Heights.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Anderson, P. E., and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 156, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain construction materials for a regional exhibition center in Olmsted County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Fischer, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Lillie introduced:
H. F. No. 157, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Maplewood; amending Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 9, section 21.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kotyza-Witthuhn and Falconer introduced:
H. F. No. 158, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Eden Prairie.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Berg, Reyer and Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 159, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for construction of a city hall in the city of Burnsville.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bahner, Robbins, Klevorn, Acomb and Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 160, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Maple Grove; amending Laws 2014, chapter 308, article 6, section 9, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Elkins, Gomez and Jones introduced:
H. F. No. 161, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; authorizing cities to create land-value taxation districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 428A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Greenman, Gomez, Xiong, Howard, Kozlowski and Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 162, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; requiring the Department of Revenue to make available certain corporate franchise tax information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 163, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the application requirements for special agricultural homestead; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.124, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Engen, Allen, Schwartz and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 164, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; exempting tip income from the individual income tax and tax withholding requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.92, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Engen, Allen, Schwartz and Rymer introduced:
H. F. No. 165, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing for refunds of taxes paid for qualifying individuals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins; Davids; Joy; Harder; Johnson, W.; Witte; Wiener and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 166, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; conforming to the federal estate tax exclusion amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.016, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins; Davids; Joy; Harder; Warwas; Johnson, W.; Witte; Wiener and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 167, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income and property tax refunds; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; modifying individual income tax rates; modifying property tax refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, subdivision 26; 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins; Harder; Davids; Warwas; Johnson, W.; Witte; Wiener and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 168, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; property tax refund; establishing a process for seniors to receive an advance credit of the homestead credit refund; establishing the advance credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivision 13, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; 290A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins, Harder and Warwas introduced:
H. F. No. 169, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; subjecting all lawful gambling receipts to a flat rate tax; repealing the combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 170, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; providing for a ten-year phaseout of the estate tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 291.03, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 171, A bill for an act relating to taxation; creating an amusement device gross receipts tax; removing amusement devices from the definition of sale and purchase for the sales and use tax; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.68, subdivisions 3a, 45; 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.
Davids, Witte and Harder introduced:
H. F. No. 172, A bill for an act relating to taxation; charitable gambling; reducing rates and making corresponding changes to brackets for the combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins; Dotseth; Harder; Johnson, W.; Novotny and Gander introduced:
H. F. No. 173, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise tax; modifying the research credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.068, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 174, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the taxation of certain cooperative association property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, subdivision 19; 273.38; 273.41.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 175, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and Internet access services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 176, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for all school supplies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 177, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for construction of new single-family residential housing for first-time homebuyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 178, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for construction of new multifamily residential housing for first-time homebuyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Wiener introduced:
H. F. No. 179, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain construction materials purchased for Browerville Public Schools.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Anderson, P. E., and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 180, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing Donate Life special plates; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Rehrauer and Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 181, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange project at marked Trunk Highway 610 and East River Road in the city of Coon Rapids; 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.
Rehrauer and Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 182, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange project on East River Road at marked Trunk Highway 610 in the city of Coon Rapids; 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.
Anderson, P. E.; Schwartz; Bennett; Perryman; Gillman; Harder; Bakeberg; Rymer; West; Swedzinski; Schomacker; Kresha; Joy; Torkelson; Heintzeman; Wiener; Davis; Allen; Murphy; Sexton; Gordon; Bliss; Jacob; Burkel; Backer; Warwas; Fogelman; Altendorf; Gander; Knudsen; Johnson, W.; Zeleznikar; Igo; Roach and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. No. 183, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending imposition and allocation of certain taxes; repealing retail delivery fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 174.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 270C.15; 297A.94; 297A.9915, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168E.01; 168E.03; 168E.05; 168E.07; 168E.09.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 184, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for reallocation of an appropriation for Northern Lights Express passenger rail; requiring study of Minneapolis-Duluth intercity bus service; making a transfer; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Koegel, Olson, Koznick, Tabke and Kraft introduced:
H. F. No. 185, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a resilient pavement program for certain trunk highway project modifications to pavement design life; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura, Jones, Kozlowski and Vang introduced:
H. F. No. 186, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements related to highway project development and highway purposes, including transportation cumulative impacts analysis, alternative design analysis, position of environmental justice ombudsperson, and permissible uses of certain highway funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116.065, by adding a subdivision; 161.045; 174.02, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Freiberg introduced:
H. F. No. 187, A bill for an act relating to pupil transportation; requiring seat belts on newly purchased school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.447, subdivision 2a; 169.685, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Skraba, Stier and Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 188, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for placement of automated license plate readers in trunk highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.434.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Skraba, Heintzeman, Gillman and Knudsen introduced:
H. F. No. 189, 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 2024, 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.
Engen, Zeleznikar, Allen and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 190, A bill for an act relating to transit; requiring the Metropolitan Council to publish monthly ridership numbers and quarterly crime statistics.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Engen introduced:
H. F. No. 191, A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxes; abolishing motor fuel taxes; making conforming changes; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.794, subdivision 1; 84.803, subdivision 1; 84.83, subdivision 2; 84.927, subdivision 1; 86B.706, subdivisions 2, 3; 89.70; 89.72; 115C.08, subdivision 3; 296A.03, subdivision 2; 296A.04, subdivisions 1, 3; 296A.05, subdivision 1; 296A.06, subdivision 2; 296A.061; 296A.12; 296A.15; 296A.21; 296A.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9; 296A.23, subdivisions 2, 8; 296A.24, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 296A.01, subdivision 36; 296A.07; 296A.08; 296A.083; 296A.09; 296A.10; 296A.11; 296A.13; 296A.14; 296A.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, 5, 7, 8; 296A.17; 296A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 7, 8; 296A.22, subdivision 4; 296A.23, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; 296A.26.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 192, A bill for an act relating to highways; establishing requirements governing cost participation on trunk highway projects; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Repinski, Sexton, Hiltsley, Knudsen, Bennett, Jacob, Dippel, Warwas, Allen, Murphy, Hussein, Greene, Stier and Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 193, A bill for an act relating to veterans; requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs to provide grave markers for veterans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.23, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Knudsen introduced:
H. F. No. 194, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing exclusion amount for homesteads of veterans with a disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 34.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Bennett, Perryman, Sexton, McDonald and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. No. 195, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; removing classification rate and establishing property tax exemption for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Clardy and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 196, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Thompson County Park 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.
Zeleznikar and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 197, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a food bank facility in the city of Duluth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Zeleznikar and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 198, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Duluth International Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Burkel; Anderson, P. H., and Gander introduced:
H. F. No. 199, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rural Finance Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 200, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for town roads and bridges; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. No. 201, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for sewer main improvements in St. Joseph; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 202, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying appropriation for construction of an interchange at marked U.S. Highway 169 and marked Trunk Highway 282 in Scott County; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 17, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Feist and Koegel introduced:
H. F. No. 203, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public works facility in the city of Columbia Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Feist and Moller introduced:
H. F. No. 204, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rice Creek Watershed District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Feist, Agbaje and Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 205, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation of a homeless shelter in the city of Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 206, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional trail in the city of Vadnais Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Freiberg and Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 207, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Phase II of a new fire station in the city of Golden Valley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Pérez-Vega, Koznick, Gomez, Kozlowski and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 208, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Latino Museum; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill; Curran; Hansen, R.; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Lillie; Cha and Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 209, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Brown's Creek State Trail capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Kotyza-Witthuhn, Falconer, Kraft, Acomb, Youakim and Greene introduced:
H. F. No. 210, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional public safety garage and storage facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Fischer, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Lillie introduced:
H. F. No. 211, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion of the East Metro Public Safety Training Facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 212, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water treatment plants in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 213, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvement of the Washington Avenue intersection in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 214, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of improvements to water infrastructure for treatment of PFAS in the city of Oak Park Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 215, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 216, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the reconstruction of Myrtle Street in the city of Stillwater; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Berg, Reyer and Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 217, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Burnsville Water Treatment Plant; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Clardy and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 218, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for community square improvements in the city of West St. Paul; 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 Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 219, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for the city of Maple Grove; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Repinski introduced:
H. F. No. 220, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Winona wastewater treatment facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Koegel introduced:
H. F. No. 221, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a road extension and bridge over the BNSF Northtown Yard in Fridley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Koegel introduced:
H. F. No. 222, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new emergency shelter and other municipal improvements in the city of Hilltop; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bierman introduced:
H. F. No. 223, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Apple Valley Sports Arena; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 224, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new public works facility in the city of South St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 225, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to predesign and design a new swimming pool and aquatics center in the city of South St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 226, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at state historic sites and museums and for grants for the preservation of historic structures; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 227, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a driver training facility at Dakota County Technical College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 228, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Biscay; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Murphy and Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 229, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a youth transitional facility in Otter Tail 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.
Mekeland introduced:
H. F. No. 230, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment plant improvements in the city of Big Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 231, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Veterans Campground.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 232, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements in the city of Forest Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 233, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hardwood Creek Regional Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Gillman and Harder introduced:
H. F. No. 234, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a tempered vehicle and equipment storage and fueling facility at the Hutchinson Area Transportation Services facility in the city of Hutchinson; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hansen, R.; Bierman and Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 235, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to Doug Woog Arena in the city of South St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 236, 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 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Greene and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 237, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the city of Edina.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Johnson, W.; Davids; Harder; Warwas; Joy and Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 238, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the rate at which interest accrues on unpaid special assessments; requiring refunds of certain payments on interest; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 429.061, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 239, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; excluding veterans educational benefits from household income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 240, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure improvements in the city of Keewatin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 241, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to water and sewer infrastructure in the city of Floodwood; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 242, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water, sewer, and street infrastructure in the city of Keewatin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Curran and Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 243, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to White Bear Lake Area Historical Society.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Jones, Greene, Noor, Agbaje, Jordan, Gomez, Long, Howard and Mahamoud introduced:
H. F. No. 244, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to expand and renovate a facility for child and family services in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Greene and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 245, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Edina Aquatic Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Greene and Youakim introduced:
H. F. No. 246, A bill for an act relating
to capital investment; appropriating money for an interchange at the intersection of Highway 100 and Vernon Avenue in
the city of Edina; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 247, A bill for an act relating to weights and measures; allowing more than one nonoxygenated gasoline storage tank; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.791, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 248, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring city, town, and school district general elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year; permitting cities of the first class to choose to conduct a general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of either an odd-numbered or even-numbered year; requiring affected cities, towns, and school districts to adopt an orderly transition plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 205.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 205.075, subdivision 2; 205A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.04, subdivision 1; 205A.055, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 205A.04, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 249, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the definition of "carbon-free"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 250, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing state policy supporting the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216H.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 251, A bill for an act relating to energy; allowing hydroelectric generated energy of any capacity to be considered an eligible energy technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 252, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the eligibility of small natural gas utilities to be exempt from regulation by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.16, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 253, A bill for an act relating to water; temporarily prohibiting modifications to the public water inventory; requiring a report.
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. 254, A bill for an act relating to water; modifying public water inventory revision process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.201.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Liebling, Bierman, Reyer, Smith, Pursell, Fischer, Hicks and Frederick introduced:
H. F. No. 255, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing a Patient-Centered Care program; authorizing direct state payments to health care providers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0753; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0755.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 256, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting health care providers from asking patients or residents about firearms or ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, 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.
Hanson, J.; Curran; Hicks and Frederick introduced:
H. F. No. 257, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a review process for denials of eligibility for and access to long-term services and supports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 258, A bill for an act relating to human services; clarifying notice to the revisor of statutes of federal approval of legislative enactments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 259, A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting employment of unauthorized individuals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Johnson, W.; Baker; Sexton; Mueller; Stier; Witte and Murphy introduced:
H. F. No. 260, A bill for an act relating to employment; exempting small employers from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law until January 1, 2028; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17, 18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Koznick and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. No. 261, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to provide equine-experiential mental health therapy to first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J.; Curran; Hicks; Moller; Fischer; Elkins; Coulter; Kozlowski; Lee, K.; Greenman; Jordan; Xiong; Freiberg; Frazier; Sencer-Mura; Smith; Reyer; Bierman; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Mahamoud; Berg; Howard; Noor; Gomez; Pursell; Bahner; Rehm; Clardy; Youakim; Carroll; Koegel; Agbaje; Hiltsley; Kraft and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 262, A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting subminimum wages for persons with disabilities; appropriating money for MnCHOICES system enhancements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.24, by adding a subdivision; 252.44; 256B.4906.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 263, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; allowing a grant to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency to be used for creation of a regional hub building to provide services; extending an appropriation of money; amending Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J.; Curran; Hicks; Kozlowski; Lee, K.; Frederick; Vang; Jordan; Freiberg; Frazier; Sencer-Mura; Berg; Coulter; Smith; Fischer; Gomez; Xiong; Pursell; Bahner; Rehm; Clardy; Huot; Pinto; Agbaje; Reyer; Feist; Hiltsley; Kraft; Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 264, A bill for an act relating to corrections; providing for improved medical care in licensed facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J.; Curran; Hicks; Kozlowski; Lee, K.; Vang; Jordan; Frederick; Frazier; Sencer-Mura; Smith; Fischer; Gomez; Xiong; Pursell; Huot; Reyer; Feist; Hiltsley; Kraft; Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 265, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring a program for responding to mental health crisis emergency calls; providing a civil cause of action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 403.03, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 266, A bill for an act relating to occupational boards; amending requirements related to complaints initiated or submitted to the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design by the executive director of the board; requiring disclosures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 214.10, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 267, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring a report on trunk highway project cultural resources expenditures; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 268, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing certain limitations on use of interest or investment income from transportation revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 162.16; 473.13, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 269, A bill for an act relating to transit; requiring the commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council to request approval to discontinue Northstar passenger rail operations; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. No. 270, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a noise barrier on U.S. Highway 10 in Anoka; 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.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 271, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wolf and elk depredation payments.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 272, A bill for an act relating to animals; providing for civil damages for failing to give notice of finding an estray; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 346.021.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 273, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing the Student Religious Liberties Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Skraba and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 274, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to update the C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail Master Plan to allow for all-terrain vehicle use on a portion of the trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 275, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying trapping provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97B.931; 97B.945; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 6234.2400, subpart 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Nash, Heintzeman and Scott introduced:
H. F. No. 276, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; reducing fishing license fees for persons 65 years of age and older; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97A.055, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 277, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain recipients of money appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund to perform criminal background checks on employees, volunteers, and contractors that work with children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman, Skraba, Warwas and Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 278, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; adding a grant-in-aid surcharge to the all-terrain vehicle registration fee; increasing fee for nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail passes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.922, subdivision 5; 84.9275, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Warwas, Skraba, Zeleznikar, Igo and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 279, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for all-terrain vehicle trails and studies.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 280, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Lake County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Heintzeman, Skraba, Warwas, Zeleznikar, Schultz and Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 281, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for all-terrain vehicle trails.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 282, A bill for an act relating to human rights; prohibiting discrimination based on political affiliation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 363A.03, by adding a subdivision; 363A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.11, subdivision 1; 363A.12, subdivision 1; 363A.13; 363A.16, subdivision 1; 363A.17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Sexton; Johnson, W.; Davis; Joy; Anderson, P. H.; Koznick; Bakeberg and Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 283, A bill for an act relating to firearms; clarifying law on use of force in defense of home and person; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of
self‑defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.065.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 284, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the information collected and scope of background check conducted for noncitizen permit to carry applicants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 285, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for the right to carry without a permit; providing for an optional permit to carry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivisions 2, 3, 7, 15, 20, 23, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 624.714, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 16; 624.7181.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. No. 286, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing local units of government to conduct criminal background checks under certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Engen introduced:
H. F. No. 287, A bill for an act relating to public safety; maintaining ten years of age as the minimum age of delinquency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 260B.007, subdivisions 6, 16; 260C.007, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Davis; Knudsen; Burkel; Gander; Joy; Rymer; Van Binsbergen; Murphy; Wiener; Heintzeman; Torkelson; O'Driscoll; Harder; Mekeland; Anderson, P. H.; Gillman; McDonald; Perryman; Schwartz; Schultz and Hudson introduced:
H. F. No. 288, A bill for an act relating to emergency management; requiring legislative approval to extend a declared emergency beyond five days; protecting citizen rights; requiring legislative enactment before certain executive orders and rules may have the force and effect of law; defining terms; repealing certain criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 12.03, subdivision 1e, by adding subdivisions; 12.21, subdivision 3; 12.31, subdivisions 2, 3; 12.32; 12.36; 12.61, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 12.45.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Quam, Davis, Sexton and Anderson, P. H., introduced:
H. F. No. 289, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the SAVI program for state agencies to encourage innovation and cost savings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.28, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. E., and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 290, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting additional purchases made by public and private health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 291, A bill for an act relating to mining; improving coordination, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of environmental review and permitting process for metallic mineral mining projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 292, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for resurfacing local roads in the city of Tamarack; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 293, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for airport improvements in the city of McGregor.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 294, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for demolition of the Tamarack school building; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 295, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for drinking water infrastructure in the city of Hibbing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 296, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Carey Lake Recreation Area in the city of Hibbing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 297, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 298, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to renovate the historic Old Central School in the city of Grand Rapids.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 299, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; removing classification rate and establishing property tax exemption for certain property owned and operated by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 300, A bill for an act relating to individual income; reducing all income tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 301, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing all income tax rates by 3.25 percentage points; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 302, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing annual tax holiday periods for sales and purchases of certain firearms and certain fishing equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. No. 303, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain third-party testing by transit operators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.3213.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Joy, Davis, Knudsen and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 304, A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxes; repealing indexed increases to the motor fuels tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Joy, Knudsen, Davis, Rymer, Duran and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 305, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying the fund for deposit of revenue relating to blackout special license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.1287, subdivisions 1, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 306, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Greenfield Road in the city of Greenfield; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. No. 307, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a youth shelter facility in the city of St. Cloud.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hanson, J., and Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 308, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing the tax on illegal cannabis and controlled substances; making related technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.902, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4967, subdivision 5; 297D.01; 297D.02; 297D.03; 297D.04; 297D.05; 297D.06; 297D.07; 297D.08; 297D.085; 297D.09, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 297D.10; 297D.11; 297D.12; 297D.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The
following messages were received from the Senate:
Madam Speaker:
I have the honor to announce that on January 14, 2025, the Senate of the State of Minnesota was duly organized pursuant to law with the election of the following officers:
Bobby Joe Champion and Jeremy R. Miller, Co-Presiding Officers of the Senate
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
Michael R. Linn, First Assistant Secretary of the Senate
Jessica Tupper, Second Assistant Secretary of the Senate
Melissa G. Mapes, Engrossing Secretary
Sven K. Lindquist, Sergeant at Arms
Bryan Pierick, Assistant Sergeant at Arms
Reverend Kirsten Fryer, Chaplain
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
I have the honor to announce that on February 3, 2025, after the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8, the Senate elected the following officer:
Bobby Joe Champion, President of the Senate
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS
Anderson,
P. E., moved that the names of Perryman; Engen; Knudsen; Burkel; Bennett;
Swedzinski; Johnson, W.; Harder; Allen; Backer and Gordon be added as
authors on H. F. No. 1.
The motion prevailed.
Davis moved that the names of Perryman;
Engen; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Robbins; Johnson, W.; Harder; Allen and
Swedzinski be added as authors on H. F. No. 2. The motion prevailed.
Nash moved that the names of Schultz;
Duran; Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Van Binsbergen; Knudsen; Burkel; Bennett;
Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Jacob; Davis; Robbins; Swedzinski; Johnson,
W.; Harder; Allen; Gordon and Scott be added as authors on H. F. No. 3. The motion prevailed.
Johnson, W., moved that the names of
Schultz, Duran, Perryman, Engen, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Van Binsbergen, Burkel,
Bennett, Hudson, Jacob, Robbins, Swedzinski, Harder, Allen, Backer, Gordon,
Scott and Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 4. The motion prevailed.
Joy moved that the names of Schultz;
Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Jacob; Robbins;
Swedzinski; Anderson, P. E.; Allen; Backer; Gordon and Warwas be added as
authors on H. F. No. 5.
The motion prevailed.
Bennett moved that the names of Duran;
Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Kresha; Burkel; Dotseth; Hudson;
Lawrence; Jacob; Swedzinski; Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Johnson, W.; Harder;
Allen; Backer and Scott be added as authors on H. F. No. 6. The motion prevailed.
Novotny moved that the names of Duran;
Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Burkel; Dotseth; Anderson, P.
H.; Hudson; Jacob; Swedzinski; Robbins; Harder; Allen; Backer; Gordon and
Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 7. The motion prevailed.
Heintzeman moved that the names of
Schultz; Igo; Duran; Engen; Zeleznikar; Van Binsbergen; Knudsen; Bennett;
Burkel; Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Skraba; Swedzinski; Harder; Allen;
Backer; Gordon; Scott; Warwas and Davis be added as authors on H. F. No. 8. The motion prevailed.
Swedzinski moved that the names of
Schultz; Igo; Duran; Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Van Binsbergen; Knudsen;
Bennett; Burkel; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Robbins; Skraba; Anderson, P. E.;
Allen; Backer; Scott and Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 9. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the names of Duran;
Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Van Binsbergen; Kresha; Knudsen; Bennett; Burkel;
Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Jacob; Swedzinski; Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Harder;
Allen; Backer; Gordon; Warwas and Roach be added as authors on
H. F. No. 10. The motion
prevailed.
Baker
moved that the names of Duran; Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett;
Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.;
Scott moved
that the names of Schultz; Duran; Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen;
Bennett; Anderson, P. H.;
Hudson; Jacob; Anderson, P. E.; Burkel; Harder; Allen; Backer; Van Binsbergen;
Gordon; Warwas and Roach be added as authors on
H. F. No. 12. The motion
prevailed.
Bliss moved that the names of Schultz;
Duran; Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.;
Hudson; Jacob; Robbins; Skraba; Burkel; Harder; Backer; Gordon; Novotny and
Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 13. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the names of Duran;
Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Burkel; Harder and
Backer be added as authors on H. F. No. 14. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the names of Duran,
Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Bennett, Hudson, Jacob, Robbins, Burkel, Harder, Allen,
Backer and Niska be added as authors on H. F. No. 15. The motion prevailed.
Rymer moved that the names of Schultz,
Duran, Engen, Knudsen, Bennett, Hudson, Jacob, Robbins, Burkel, Harder, Allen,
Backer, Niska, Gordon, Scott, Warwas and Roach be added as authors on
H. F. No. 16. The motion
prevailed.
Bliss moved that the names of Schultz;
Duran; Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.;
Hudson; Jacob; Skraba; Burkel; Harder; Allen; Backer; Gordon and Warwas be
added as authors on H. F. No. 17. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the names of Schultz;
Duran; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Burkel; Harder;
Allen; Backer; Niska; Gordon and Warwas be added as authors on
H. F. No. 18. The motion
prevailed.
Kresha moved that the names of Schultz;
Duran; Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Anderson, P. H.; Lawrence; Hudson;
Jacob; Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Burkel; Harder; Allen; Backer; Scott; Roach
and Rymer be added as authors on H. F. No. 19. The motion prevailed.
Niska moved that the names of Duran,
Engen, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Bennett, Dotseth, Jacob, Robbins, Burkel,
Harder, Allen and Scott be added as authors on
H. F. No. 20. The motion
prevailed.
Robbins moved
that the names of Schultz; Duran; Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Knudsen;
Bennett; Anderson, P. H.;
Bakeberg; Hudson; Jacob; Burkel; Allen; Backer and Warwas be added as authors
on H. F. No. 21. The
motion prevailed.
Gillman moved that the names of Duran,
Engen, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Kresha, Knudsen, Bennett, Jacob, Burkel, Harder,
Allen, Backer, Niska and Warwas be added as authors on
H. F. No. 22. The motion
prevailed.
Robbins moved that the names of Duran,
Perryman, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Bennett, Dotseth, Jacob, Burkel, Harder, Allen,
Backer and Niska be added as authors on H. F. No. 23. The motion prevailed.
Knudsen moved that the names of Schultz;
Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Bakeberg; Jacob;
Robbins; Harder; Allen; Backer; Scott; Davids and Warwas be added as authors on
H. F. No. 24. The motion
prevailed.
Zeleznikar
moved that the names of Schultz; Duran; Engen; Perryman; Bennett; Dotseth;
Anderson, P. H.; Bakeberg; Jacob; Robbins; Skraba; Harder; Allen; Backer;
Burkel; Scott and Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 25. The motion prevailed.
Gillman moved that
H. F. No. 22 be recalled from the Committee on Education Policy
and be re-referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and
Policy. The motion prevailed.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE DFL CAUCUS LEADER
The DFL Caucus Leader announced the
following appointments and changes in committee assignments:
Public Safety Finance and Policy: Change Moller from the nonvoting member to a
voting member and show Tabke as the nonvoting member.
ADJOURNMENT
Niska moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 2025. The motion prevailed.
Niska moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 13,
2025.
Patrick
Duffy Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives