STATE
OF MINNESOTA
Journal of the House
NINETY-FOURTH
SESSION - 2025
_____________________
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The House of Representatives convened at
12:15 p.m. and was called to order by Lisa Demuth, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by Pastor Nathan
Roberts, First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, 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 Speaker permitted the following member to vote via remote
means: Olson.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day. There
being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the
Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS
Nash from the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an Office of the Inspector General; providing powers; specifying duties; requiring a fraud reporting hotline; requiring agencies to halt payments when fraud is suspected; eliminating agency-based offices of inspector general; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.97, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 3.971, subdivisions 1, 9; 142B.53; 245A.24; 268.19, subdivision 1; 268B.30; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 15; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.321, subdivision 12; 127A.21.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"ARTICLE 1
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.97, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Policy. Continuous legislative review of the
spending of public funds and financing at all levels of government is required
in the public interest to enable the enactment of appropriate legislation. Fraud, waste, and abuse in public programs
are unacceptable and must be prevented. If
fraud occurs, it must be promptly identified and prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.97, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3d. Complementary. The commission must ensure that the
work of the inspector general is complementary to, and not duplicative of, that
of the legislative auditor.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.97, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3e. Executive
secretaries. The legislative
auditor and the inspector general are the executive secretaries of the
commission.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.971, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Appointment
and term. The legislative auditor
is the executive secretary of the commission. The legislative auditor shall be appointed by
the commission for a six-year term and serve in the unclassified service. When in office, the legislative auditor may
not at any time hold any other public office.
The legislative auditor may not be removed from office before the
expiration of the term of service except for cause after public hearing.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.971, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9. Obligation to notify the legislative auditor. The chief executive, financial, or information officers of an organization subject to audit under this section must promptly notify the legislative auditor when the officer obtains information indicating that (1) public money or other public resources may have been used for an unlawful
Sec. 6. [3.99]
DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1. Application. For purposes of sections 3.991 to
3.997, the following terms have the meanings given.
Subd. 2. Abuse. "Abuse" means actions that
may, directly or indirectly, result in unnecessary cost to a program. Abuse may involve paying for items or
services when there is no legal entitlement to that payment.
Subd. 3. Agency. "Agency" means any entity
subject to audit under section 3.971, subdivision 6, or section 3.972,
subdivision 2.
Subd. 4. Fraud. "Fraud" means an intentional
or deliberate act to deprive another of property or money or to acquire
property or money by deception or other unfair means. Fraud includes intentionally submitting false
information to the state, a political subdivision, or a private entity under
contract with the state or a political subdivision for the purpose of obtaining
a greater compensation or benefit than that to which the person is legally
entitled. Fraud also includes failure to
correct errors in the maintenance of records in a timely manner after a request
by the state.
Subd. 5. Inspector
general. "Inspector
general" means the person appointed under section 3.991 or their designee.
Subd. 6. Investigation. "Investigation" means a
proceeding or inquiry by the office concerning a provider or recipient of
state-funded services.
Subd. 7. Office. "Office" means the Office of
the Inspector General.
Subd. 8. Program. "Program" or "state
program" means any program fully or partially administered or funded by
the state.
Subd. 9. Recipient
of state funds. "Recipient
of state funds" means any entity or person, including associated persons,
that receives, disburses, or has custody of funds or other resources
transferred or disbursed under a program.
Recipient of state funds includes but is not limited to a private person
or entity currently or formerly under contract with the state to provide
benefits, goods, or services to eligible recipients.
Subd. 10. Waste. "Waste" means practices that
directly or indirectly result in unnecessary program cost, including but not
limited to the misuse of resources.
Sec. 7. [3.991]
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Office of the Inspector General is
established in the legislative branch under the direction of the inspector
general. The inspector general reports
to the Legislative Audit Commission but may independently initiate
investigations and allocate the resources of the office to effectively achieve
the purpose in subdivision 2.
Subd. 2. Purpose. The inspector general must investigate
and combat fraud, waste, and abuse in state government with a focus on the
providers and recipients of state-funded services.
Subd. 3. Inspector
general appointment; term. (a)
The Legislative Audit Commission must appoint an inspector general to serve in
the unclassified service for a six-year term.
When in office, the inspector general may not at any time hold another
public office. The commission may not
remove an inspector general from office before the expiration of the term of
service except for cause after public hearing.
Subd. 4. Qualifications. The commission must select an
inspector general without regard to political affiliation and on the basis of
outstanding professional qualifications and demonstrated integrity, leadership,
and ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management
analysis, public administration, investigation, criminal justice, or a related
field. The inspector general must hold
at the time of appointment, or be required by the commission to obtain within a
time certain after appointment, certification from the Association of
Inspectors General.
Subd. 5. Conflicts
of interest; code of ethics. The
inspector general, deputy inspector general, assistant inspectors general, and
all other employees of the office are public officials for purposes of the
conflict of interest and statement of economic disclosure requirements in
chapter 10A and are subject to the code of ethics in section 43A.38 where
applicable.
Subd. 6. Staff;
compensation. (a) The
inspector general must appoint a deputy inspector general, with the approval of
the commission, for a term coterminous with the inspector general's term. The deputy inspector general may be removed
by the commission or the inspector general before the expiration of the
deputy's term only for cause. The
inspector general and deputy inspector general may each appoint an
administrative support specialist to serve at pleasure. The deputy inspector general may perform and
exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities imposed by law on the
inspector general when authorized by the inspector general.
(b) The inspector general must hire
assistant inspectors general and other staff as required, in the inspector
general's estimation, to administer sections 3.99 to 3.997 and other relevant
law.
(c) The salaries and benefits of the
inspector general, deputy inspector general, administrative support
specialists, assistant inspectors general, and other staff must be determined
by a compensation plan approved by the Legislative Coordinating Commission.
(d) All employees of the Office of the
Inspector General serve in the unclassified service.
(e) Notwithstanding section 43A.32,
subdivision 3, or any other law to the contrary, an employee of the Office of
the Inspector General is prohibited from being a candidate for a partisan
elected public office.
Sec. 8. [3.992]
DUTIES.
The inspector general must:
(1) provide general direction and
leadership for the office and its staff;
(2) oversee state grantmaking under
sections 3.998 to 3.9992;
(3) embed assistant inspectors general,
and other staff as determined by the inspector general, within the Departments
of Children, Youth, and Families; Corrections; Education; Employment and
Economic Development; Health; Human Services; and Labor and Industry;
(4) develop and maintain a website and
telephone hotline for state agency staff and the public to report suspected
fraud, waste, or abuse in state programs, and to do so anonymously if they so
choose;
(5)
establish policies and procedures for evaluating and consistently responding to
each tip received under clause (4);
(6) notify and
coordinate with the legislative auditor when the inspector general receives a
credible report of suspected fraud, waste, or abuse that is within the
legislative auditor's authority;
(7) establish and maintain policies and
procedures for conducting investigations;
(8) report suspected fraud or other
misuse of public funds to the appropriate law enforcement entity and cooperate
with law enforcement to assist any investigation and subsequent civil or
criminal prosecution; and
(9) exercise all other powers
reasonably necessary to implement and administer sections 3.99 to 3.997 and
other applicable law.
Policies and procedures developed by the inspector general
under clauses (5) and (7) are not subject to chapter 14, including section
14.386. The inspector general must
submit policies to the Legislative Audit Commission for review at least 30 days
prior to adoption or substantial revision.
Procedures developed by the inspector general under clauses (5) and (7)
are nonpublic data.
Sec. 9. [3.993]
POWERS.
Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, the inspector general may exercise the following powers as necessary
to conduct investigations and achieve the purpose of sections 3.99 to 3.997:
(1) require the commissioner or other
chief executive officer of an agency to provide full and unrestricted access to
all government data, regardless of classification, created and maintained by
the agency;
(2) require a recipient of state funds
to provide full and unrestricted access to all records, reports, plans,
contracts, memoranda, correspondence, and other information created or
maintained by the recipient;
(3) require a recipient of state funds
to provide the inspector general, upon presentation of official credentials,
access at reasonable times and without delay to sites and facilities owned or
operated by the recipient;
(4) subpoena witnesses, administer
oaths or affirmations, take testimony, and compel the production of the data
specified under clauses (1) and (2) as the inspector general deems necessary;
(5) in consultation with law
enforcement, impose or require state agencies to impose appropriate temporary
sanctions, including the withholding of payment to a recipient of state funds,
if:
(i) the inspector general determines
there is credible indicia of fraud, waste, or abuse by the recipient;
(ii) there was a criminal, civil, or
administrative adjudication of fraud, waste, or abuse against the recipient in
Minnesota or in another state or jurisdiction;
(iii) the recipient was receiving funds
under any contract or registered in any program administered by another
Minnesota state agency, a government agency in another state, or a federal
agency, and was under investigation or excluded from that contract or program
for reasons credibly indicating fraud, waste, or abuse by the recipient; or
(iv) the recipient demonstrates a
pattern of noncompliance with an investigation;
(6) require state employees to fully
cooperate with an investigation of suspected fraud, waste, or abuse;
(7) recommend actions to be taken by an
agency to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse;
(8) require agencies to
provide suitable office space and facilities access for inspector general staff
embedded within the agency; and
(9) monitor the implementation of
requirements and recommendations issued by the office.
Sec. 10. [3.994]
DATA PRACTICES.
(a) The inspector general has access to
all government data regardless of classification.
(b) It is not a violation of rights
conferred by chapter 13 or any other statute related to the confidentiality of
government data for an agency to provide data or information to the inspector
general.
(c) The inspector general is subject to
the Government Data Practices Act, chapter 13, and must protect from unlawful
disclosure data classified as not public.
Data collected, created, received, or maintained by the inspector
general relating to an investigation are subject to section 13.39.
(d) If data provided by the inspector
general to the Legislative Audit Commission is disseminated by the commission
or its members or agents in violation of section 13.05, subdivision 4, the
commission is subject to liability under section 13.08, subdivisions 1 and 3. Members of the commission have access to not
public data that is collected or used by the inspector general only as
authorized by resolution of the commission.
The commission may not authorize its members to have access to private
or confidential data on individuals collected or used in connection with the
collection of any tax.
Sec. 11. [3.995]
RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
An employee or other individual who
discloses information to an agency or the inspector general about fraud, waste,
or abuse in state programs is protected under section 181.932, governing
disclosure of information by employees.
Sec. 12. [3.996]
INTERFERENCE PROHIBITED.
No state employee may interfere with or
obstruct an investigation conducted pursuant to sections 3.99 to 3.997.
Sec. 13. [3.997]
REPORTING REQUIRED.
When the inspector general documents the
existence of fraud, waste, or abuse in an agency or program administered by an
agency, the inspector general must quantify the amount of documented fraud,
waste, or abuse and report this amount to the Legislative Audit Commission and
the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over the agency's operating budget.
Sec. 14. [15.442]
DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUD AND OTHER MISUSES OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the
following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Agency" has the meaning
given in section 3.99.
(c) "Obligated officer" means
an agency's:
(1) chief executive officer;
(2) deputy and assistant chief executive
officers;
(3) chief administrative,
chief financial, chief information, and chief investigative officers;
(4) heads of divisions, bureaus,
departments, institutes, or other such organizational units; and
(5) where applicable, board chair.
Subd. 2. Suspected
fraud or other misuse. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, if an obligated officer finds or receives credible
indicia of fraud or other misuse of public funds in a grant program or other
program administered by the agency, the agency must:
(1) report to the appropriate law
enforcement entity;
(2) report to the inspector general and
the legislative auditor under section 609.456;
(3) fully cooperate with law enforcement
and the inspector general, including but not limited to assisting in any investigation
and subsequent civil or criminal prosecution; and
(4) if approved or directed by law
enforcement or the inspector general, stop payment, increase oversight, or take
other action necessary to prevent further suspected fraud or misuse of public
funds in the program.
Subd. 3. Identification
of fraud reporting tools. (a)
The commissioner or other chief executive officer of each agency must
prominently highlight on the agency's website the fraud reporting tools
administered by the Office of the Inspector General and the Office of the
Legislative Auditor under chapter 3.
(b) As part of any grant agreement
between the state and a nonprofit organization, the agreement must require the
nonprofit organization to prominently highlight on the organization's website
the fraud reporting tools administered by the Office of the Inspector General
and the Office of the Legislative Auditor under chapter 3. The state agency administering the grant must
regularly confirm and document the organization's compliance with the
requirement under this paragraph for the life of the grant agreement.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.456, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Legislative
auditor. Whenever an employee or
officer of the state, University of Minnesota, or other organization listed in
section 3.971, subdivision 6, discovers evidence of theft, embezzlement, or
unlawful use of public funds or property, the employee or officer shall,
except when to do so would knowingly impede or otherwise interfere with an
ongoing criminal investigation, promptly report in writing to the
legislative auditor a detailed description of the alleged incident or
incidents.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.456, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3. Inspector
general. Whenever an employee
or officer of the state, University of Minnesota, or other organization listed
in section 3.971, subdivision 6, discovers evidence of fraud, waste, or abuse
of public funds or property, the employee or officer shall promptly report in
writing to the inspector general a detailed description of the alleged incident
or incidents.
Sec. 17. APPROPRIATION.
$....... in fiscal year 2026 and
$....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general fund to the
inspector general for purposes of this act.
Sec. 18. APPROPRIATION.
$....... in fiscal year 2026 and
$....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general fund to the
legislative auditor. The amount each
year is in addition to the legislative auditor's base general fund budget.
This article is effective July 1, 2025.
ARTICLE 2
CONFORMING ITEMS AND REPEALERS
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Other salary and compensation plan
plans. The commission shall
review and approve or reject the plan for compensation, terms, and conditions
of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor
under section 3.971, subdivision 2, and a plan for compensation, terms, and
conditions of employment for employees of the Office of the Inspector General
under section 3.991, subdivision 6.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.53, is amended to read:
142B.53
MANDATORY REPORTING.
Any individual engaging in licensing
functions and activities under this chapter, including authorities delegated
under section 142B.30, must immediately report any suspected fraud to county
children, youth, and families investigators or and the Department
of Children, Youth, and Families Office of the Inspector General.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.24, is amended to read:
245A.24
MANDATORY REPORTING.
Any individual engaging in licensing
functions and activities under this chapter, including authorities delegated
under section 245A.16, must immediately report any suspected fraud to county
human services investigators or the Department of Human Services Office
of the Inspector General.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of the data:
(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal law;
(2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment insurance program;
(3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
(4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in accordance with section 518A.83;
(5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
(6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota laws;
(8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under Minnesota law;
(9) the Department of Human Services and,
the Office of the Inspector General, and its agents within the
Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for
investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of
providers when the provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
(10) the Department of Human Services for the purpose of evaluating medical assistance services and supporting program improvement;
(11) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment program and other cash assistance programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance under chapter 142E, or medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L or formerly codified under chapter 256D;
(12) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an assistance program;
(13) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a criminal investigation;
(14) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
(15) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
(16) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of case planning and internal research for preprobation, probation, and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed offenders;
(17) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building zones as required under section 469.3201;
(18) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program improvement, system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System; and
(19) the Family and Medical Benefits Division of the Department of Employment and Economic Development to be used as necessary to administer chapter 268B.
(b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.30, is amended to read:
268B.30
DATA PRIVACY.
(a) Except as provided by this section, data collected, created, or maintained under this chapter are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and must not be disclosed except according to a district court order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order.
(b) Data classified under paragraph (a) may be disseminated to and used by the following without the consent of the subject of the data:
(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal law;
(2) the unemployment insurance division, to the extent necessary to administer the programs established under this chapter and chapter 268;
(3) employers, to the extent necessary to support adjudication of application requests and to support the employer's administration of a leave of absence;
(4) health care providers, to the extent necessary to support verification of health care conditions and qualifying events;
(5) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in accordance with section 518A.83;
(6) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
(7) the Department of Revenue, to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota laws;
(8) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
(9) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under Minnesota law;
(10) the Department of Human Services and,
the Office of the Inspector General, and its agents within the
Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for
investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of
providers when the provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
(11) the Department of Public Safety for support in identity verification;
(12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a criminal investigation;
(13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
(14) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of tracking incarceration of applicants; and
(c) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the department in an investigation under section 268B.19, 268B.21, 268B.22, or 268B.23 are confidential as to data on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
(d) Data gathered by the department in the administration of this chapter must not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department.
Sec. 6. EXISTING
DUTIES ABOLISHED; TRANSFERS PROVIDED.
Subdivision 1. Duties
abolished. Duties pertaining
to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Offices of Inspector
General in the Departments of Education; Human Services; and Children, Youth,
and Families are abolished effective the day after the inspector general under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.991, certifies in writing to the commissioner of
the respective department and the commissioner of management and budget that
the inspector general has assumed responsibility for these duties.
Subd. 2. Inspector
general transfers. Pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, all active investigations, obligations,
court actions, contracts, records, personnel, and unexpended funds shall
transfer from each department in subdivision 1 to the inspector general under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.991, except as provided by the inspector general.
Sec. 7. REPEALER.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
13.321, subdivision 12; and 127A.21, are repealed.
Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
(a) Sections 1 and 6 are effective July
1, 2025.
(b) Section 2 is effective the day
after the inspector general notifies the revisor of statutes that the Office of
the Inspector General has assumed responsibility for identifying and
investigating fraud, waste, and abuse in the Department of Children, Youth, and
Families.
(c) Sections 3 to 5 are effective the
day after the inspector general notifies the revisor of statutes that the
Office of the Inspector General has assumed responsibility for identifying and
investigating fraud, waste, and abuse in the Department of Human Services.
(d) Section 7 is effective the day after the inspector general under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.991, notifies the revisor of statutes that the Office of the Inspector General under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.991, has assumed responsibility for identifying and investigating fraud, waste, and abuse in the Department of Education."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an Office of the Inspector General; providing powers; specifying duties; requiring fraud reporting tools; transferring grant oversight duties and powers; modifying or repealing existing executive Offices of Inspector General; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Backer from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 10, A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting state-funded services to undocumented noncitizens; providing that undocumented noncitizens are ineligible for MinnesotaCare and the North Star Promise scholarship program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 136A.1465, subdivision 1; 256L.04, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Backer from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:
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.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Quam from the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations to which was referred:
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.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Quam from the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations to which was referred:
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
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Quam from the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations to which was referred:
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.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
SECOND READING
OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. Nos. 66 and 72 were
read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Frederick, Curran and Schomacker introduced:
H. F. No. 1095, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to authorize indirect billing for individualized home supports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Baker; Frazier; Hussein; Bakeberg; Johnson, W., and Agbaje introduced:
H. F.
No. 1096, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating
money to Summit Academy OIC.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hollins, Xiong, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 1097, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for grant to 30,000 Feet, a nonprofit organization.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
H. F. No. 1098, A bill for an act relating to food support; appropriating money for infrastructure for food shelf facilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura, Jordan, Jones, Mahamoud and Greenman introduced:
H. F. No. 1099, A bill for an act relating to education finance; reducing the share of unreimbursed special education aid paid by the resident school district to a charter school; increasing the state portion of special education aid for unreimbursed charter school expenditures; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124E.21, subdivision 1; 127A.47, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Bahner, Backer, Bierman, Nadeau, Reyer and Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. No. 1100, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a directed pharmacy dispensing payment to improve and maintain access to pharmaceutical services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.69, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H., introduced:
H. F. No. 1101, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; transferring money to the agricultural emergency account.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H., introduced:
H. F. No. 1102, A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for a water quality project in the city of Beardsley.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Schomacker, Reyer, Nadeau, Elkins, Bahner, Bierman and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 1103, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying medication repository program procedures; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.555, subdivisions 6, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1104, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying retail delivery fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168E.01, subdivision 12; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168E.01, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Agbaje, Hollins, Pérez-Vega, Frazier, Clardy, Noor, Reyer, Her, Mahamoud, Hussein and Momanyi-Hiltsley introduced:
H. F. No. 1105, A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying requirements for maternal death studies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.901, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Agbaje and Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 1106, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying certain requirements for the Tax Expenditure Review Commission; repealing legislative requirements for new or renewed tax expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.8855, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8; 270C.11, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.192.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Agbaje and Lee, F., introduced:
H. F. No. 1107, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Black Women's Wealth Alliance.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 1108, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Lundstrum Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Roach introduced:
H. F. No. 1109, A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting data centers in certain districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
H. F. No. 1110, A bill for an act relating to economic development; making grants for dental assisting and hygiene education programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Schomacker and Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 1111, A bill for an act relating to health; making grants for dental assisting and hygiene education programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Johnson, W.; Zeleznikar; Hicks; Coulter and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 1112, A bill for an act relating to food support; creating regional food bank grants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Johnson, W.; Cha; Lillie; Hill; Xiong and Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1113, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public works facility in Washington 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.
Frazier; Agbaje; Sencer-Mura; Lee, K.; Hussein; Clardy; Momanyi-Hiltsley and Vang introduced:
H. F. No. 1114, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the GroundBreak capital access and innovation fund; 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.
McDonald, Engen and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 1115, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing subtractions for overtime pay, tips income, bonuses, and winnings from nonprofit lawful gambling organizations; making changes to withholding provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding subdivisions; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.92, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1116, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for a Brady-Giglio designation for peace officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Duran, Schwartz, Joy and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1117, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting local units of government from disarming peace officers who are in good standing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8452, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Duran, Schwartz and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1118, A bill for an act relating to public safety; revising posttraumatic stress syndrome benefits that law enforcement agencies must provide peace officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.475.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Duran, Stier, Schwartz and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1119, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle and failing to obey certain traffic laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Myers, Jordan, Heintzeman, Lillie and Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 1120, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing Keep it Clean program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 1121, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing certain temporary licenses to be issued by Lake of the Woods County notwithstanding a restriction in law.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 1122, A bill for an act relating to state lands; making the commissioner of natural resources responsible for the maintenance and use of the Old Williams School property; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1123, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable sales tax exemption for construction materials for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport renovation.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Youakim, Bennett, Jordan, Clardy, Virnig, Frazier, Greene, Bahner, Coulter and Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 1124, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a school year to start before Labor Day for two school years; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Robbins and Bahner introduced:
H. F. No. 1125, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the interchange reconstruction project at U.S. Highway 169 and Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 130.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura, Kozlowski and Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 1126, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a property tax exemption for certain property owned by an Indian Tribe; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Robbins and Bahner introduced:
H. F. No. 1127, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for the city of Maple Grove.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 1128, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring public high schools to participate in the direct admissions program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Igo and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 1129, A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aid; establishing a sparsity factor in the city aid formula; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 477A.011, subdivision 34, by adding a subdivision; 477A.03, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1130, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for workforce development efforts in the city of Bloomington.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1131, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporation franchise; providing for contingent rate reductions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.06, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Harder, Frederick, Schwartz and Olson introduced:
H. F. No. 1132, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring reports; appropriating money for agriculture‑related business assistance.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1133, A bill for an act relating to local government; exempting certain housing proposals from related interim ordinances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.355, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1134, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; amending Metropolitan Land Planning Act requirements and authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.254, subdivision 2; 473.858, subdivision 1; 473.865, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 2, section 46.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1135, A bill for an act relating to local government; amending municipal land dedication requirements and authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.358, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1136, A bill for an act relating to state and local government; establishing procedures for review of building applications by government entities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.99, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1137, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the threshold for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to establish a cost per square foot valuation of certain properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326B.145; 326B.153, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1138, A bill for an act relating to real property; requiring the disclosure of energy costs and ratings to prospective purchasers of real property; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 513.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Elkins and Jones introduced:
H. F. No. 1139, A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; amending the State Building Code to require electric vehicle charging infrastructure in all new residential buildings that provide on-site parking facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.106, subdivision 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 1140, A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing a road usage charge for all-electric vehicles; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 168.002, by adding a subdivision; 168.013, subdivision 1m; 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.
Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1141, A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing the issuance of housing infrastructure bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.37, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1142, A bill for an act relating to housing; prohibiting the use of tenant screening software that uses nonpublic competitor data to set rent; prohibiting the use of tenant screening software that is biased against protected classes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.245; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1143, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota housing infrastructure program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1144, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to seek federal authority to provide supportive parenting services to people eligible for personal care assistance or community first services and supports; directing the commissioner of human services to seek certain federal waivers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Coulter, Virnig, Greenman, Norris, Rehrauer and Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. No. 1145, A bill for an act relating to lobbying; prohibiting legislators from lobbying for two years after leaving office; authorizing a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Coulter, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 1146, A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing the Minnesota SNAP step up for seniors program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Coulter, Virnig, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 1147, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school-age care programs to provide services to certain eligible prekindergarten students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.19, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
H. F. No. 1148, A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing the prepared meals food grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. No. 1149, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring physical and sexual abuse education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.234, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Pursell, Finke and Falconer introduced:
H. F. No. 1150, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring study of environmental impacts of artificial intelligence; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Nash introduced:
H. F. No. 1151, A bill for an act relating to state government; changing provision for the compensation council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15A.082, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15A.082, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Johnson, P.; Zeleznikar; Hussein; Berg and Schultz introduced:
H. F. No. 1152, A bill for an act relating to Explore Minnesota; modifying duties and missions; modifying promotional authority contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116U.05; 116U.06; 116U.15; 116U.30; 116U.35.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Fogelman, Schomacker and Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1153, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for campus improvements at Minnesota West Community and 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.
H. F. No. 1154, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying cooperation requirement for applicants and recipients of medical assistance to identify potential liable third-party payers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Schomacker introduced:
H. F. No. 1155, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Ruthton; 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. 1156, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying passenger rail appropriation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Engen and Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 1157, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing direct primary care service agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62A.01, by adding a subdivision; 62A.011, subdivision 3; 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.
Hicks introduced:
H. F. No. 1158, A bill for an act relating to children, youth, and families; modifying the diaper distribution program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.42.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Youakim, Kraft, Howard, Acomb and Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 1159, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; tax increment financing; expanding eligible uses of increment from tax increment financing districts to include transfers to local housing trust funds; imposing requirements on use of transferred increment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 469.1763, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1160, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo, Davids, Rehrauer, Kresha, Virnig, Skraba and Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 1161, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing school district seasonal tax base replacement aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.13, subdivision 4; 126C.17, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Bierman, Virnig, Koznick and Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 1162, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new animal hospital and asset preservation at the Minnesota Zoo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Youakim; Witte; Huot; Tabke; Moller; Johnson, P.; Stephenson; Kraft; Novotny and Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 1163, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the scope of the hometown heroes assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.477, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 1164, A bill for an act relating to low-income support; appropriating money for a grant to Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches for drop-in support services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Bahner, Davids, Schomacker, Zeleznikar and Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. No. 1165, A bill for an act relating to health care facility finance; restructuring and renaming the Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority as the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority; authorizing the authority to construct and finance health care facilities; increasing bonding capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.732, subdivision 1; 10A.01, subdivision 35; 136A.25; 136A.26; 136A.27; 136A.28; 136A.29, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, by adding a subdivision; 136A.32, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 136A.33; 136A.34, subdivisions 3, 4; 136A.36; 136A.38; 136A.41; 136A.42; 136F.67, subdivision 1; 354B.20, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.29, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1166, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a grant to expand disability services technology and advocacy; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 1167, A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting expenditures for the Northern Lights Express passenger rail project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Bahner, Quam, Freiberg, McDonald and Gomez introduced:
H. F. No. 1168, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring the commissioner of revenue to establish an online system to claim the political contribution refund; modifying the political contribution refund program to allow for electronic information transfer between the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board and the Department of Revenue; classifying data; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.02, subdivision 11b; 10A.322, subdivision 4; 290.06, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Nelson, Sexton, Repinski, Keeler, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Hicks and Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 1169, A bill for an act relating to child protection; directing the commissioner to make recommendations for paperwork reduction relating to child protection cases.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 1170, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota BioImaging Center of the Hormel Institute; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Rehrauer, Bennett, Youakim and Engen introduced:
H. F. No. 1171, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the mission of the Minnesota math corps program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.42, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
H. F. No. 1172, A bill for an act relating to state government; designating Ursa Minor as the official state constellation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 1173, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the transportation economic development infrastructure program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 1174, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying various provisions related to driver and vehicle services; requiring distribution of money to deputy registrars for no-fee transactions; modifying driver's license examination requirements; establishing online renewal of drivers' licenses; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.33, subdivision 7; 171.06, by adding a subdivision; 171.13, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 1175, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring cardiac emergency response plans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; 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.
Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 1176, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant for the ActivEd Walkabouts program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
West and Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 1177, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the election of state legislators without political party designation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204D.08, subdivisions 4, 6; 204D.13, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
H. F. No. 1178, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the University of Minnesota for capital improvements in Mower County for the FAARM program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Olson introduced:
H. F. No. 1179, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing public transit operators to perform third‑party testing for school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.01, by adding subdivisions; 171.3213.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Greenman; Lee, F.; Sencer-Mura; Mahamoud and Jones introduced:
H. F. No. 1180, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Nicollet Avenue Bridge over Minnehaha Creek; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Greenman introduced:
H. F. No. 1181, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing Jewish war veterans special license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.123, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Greenman introduced:
H. F. No. 1182, A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing an ombudsperson for safety, health, and well-being of agricultural and food processing workers; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Greenman, Gomez and Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1183, A bill for an act relating to taxation; employee classification; providing that a certain uncodified provision in federal law that relates to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.01, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1184, A bill for an act relating to veterans; removing state veterans cemetery burial fee for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 190.19, subdivision 2a; 197.236, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Roach, Davis, Sexton, Repinski, Olson and Van Binsbergen introduced:
H. F. No. 1185, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a special license plate for National Defense Service Medal recipients; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.123.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Finke introduced:
H. F. No. 1186, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to FilmNorth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Finke and Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1187, A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring a report on contractors receiving financing from the Housing Finance Agency; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 1188, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing city attorneys to file delinquency petitions for offenses committed by a juvenile when a county attorney declines to file a petition; authorizing city attorneys to prosecute felony offenses and certain gross misdemeanor offenses when a county attorney declines to prosecute; authorizing city attorneys to issue administrative subpoenas in certain cases; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 260B.007, subdivision 16; 260B.141, subdivision 2; 260B.163, subdivision 5; 260B.171, subdivision 4; 260B.335, subdivisions 2, 4; 260B.425, subdivision 2; 388.051, subdivision 2; 388.23, subdivision 1; 390.251; 484.87, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hicks, Smith and Liebling introduced:
H. F. No. 1189, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the Rochester Area Foundation for the Pamoja Women program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1190, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying certain employment requirements for third‑party testing program applicants; 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.
Kresha introduced:
H. F. No. 1191, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Dippel introduced:
H. F. No. 1192, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in the city of Hastings; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Dippel introduced:
H. F. No. 1193, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in the city of Hastings.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Berg and Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 1194, A bill for an act relating to education finance; linking extended time revenue to increases in the general education basic formula allowance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 1195, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for trail lighting in Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 1196, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements in Washington 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.
H. F. No. 1197, A bill for an act relating to mining; prohibiting environmental review and the issuance of nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits, licenses, or leases to bad actors; 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.
Niska and Long introduced:
H. F. No. 1198, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; increasing the number of leadership positions in each body; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.099, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. No. 1199, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Aitkin County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Duran, Bliss and Joy introduced:
H. F. No. 1200, A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting cooperative electric associations from clean and renewable energy standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Duran and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1201, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for purchases made by the Department of Transportation for road construction projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Duran and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1202, A bill for an act relating to data practices; requiring interagency group meetings to be open to the public; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 4; 13D.015, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
H. F. No. 1203, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for firearm storage units; providing an exemption for firearm safety devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, subdivision 40.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1204, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying provisions to petition for preparation of environmental assessment worksheet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116D.04, subdivisions 2a, 5a; 116D.045, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1205, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying reporting requirements; modifying state trail pass provisions for off-road vehicles; modifying invasive species provisions; providing for burbot commercial fishing on Lake Superior; modifying provisions of public waters inventory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.03; 84.8035, subdivision 1; 84D.01, by adding a subdivision; 84D.05, subdivision 1; 97C.835, subdivision 2; 103G.201.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Fischer and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1206, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for the upper Mississippi River basin priority lakes and streams initiative.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1207, A bill for an act relating to environment; facilitating use of artificial aquifer recharge where appropriate; appropriating money for groundwater storage and recovery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103A.204.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1208, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying provisions for permitting efficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115.542; 116.03, subdivision 2b; 116.07, subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1209, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for a voluntary well water testing program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Her; Xiong; Vang; Lee, K.; Sencer-Mura and Cha introduced:
H. F. No. 1210, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to TaikoArts Midwest.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Falconer, Kotyza-Witthuhn and Rehm introduced:
H. F. No. 1211, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements in the city of Eden Prairie.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Falconer introduced:
H. F. No. 1212, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring the secretary of state to amend rules to recognize a medical bill as a proof of residence on election day; authorizing rulemaking.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1213, A bill for an act relating to electric cooperatives; improving member access to cooperative documents and meetings; requiring electronic voting and voting by mail for cooperative board directors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 308A.327.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1214, A bill for an act relating to transportation; directing transportation advancement account funds be used for suicide prevention measures on the Washington Avenue Bridge in the city of Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1215, A bill for an act relating to human services licensing; modifying licensing violation actions against chapter 245D providers; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.06, subdivisions 1a, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Berg and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. No. 1216, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; appropriating money for apprenticeship readiness programming.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Witte and Moller introduced:
H. F. No. 1217, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring permit to carry holders to provide notification of a change of legal name; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivision 7a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
REPORT
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
AND
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Niska from the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration, pursuant to rule 1.21, designated the following
bill to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025:
H. F. No. 20.
MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS
Johnson, W., moved that the name of Davis
be added as an author on H. F. No. 4. The motion prevailed.
Kresha moved that the name of Nash be
added as an author on H. F. No. 19. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Engen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 23. The motion prevailed.
Knudsen moved that the names of Mueller
and Roach be added as authors on H. F. No. 24. The motion prevailed.
Kresha moved that the names of Davis and
Schultz be added as authors on H. F. No. 29. The motion prevailed.
Gomez moved that the name of Kraft be
added as an author on H. F. No. 30. The motion prevailed.
Youakim moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 31. The motion prevailed.
Stephenson moved that the name of Kraft be
added as an author on H. F. No. 32. The motion prevailed.
Clardy moved that the names of Falconer
and Kraft be added as authors on H. F. No. 35. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the names of Wolgamott
and Davis be added as authors on H. F. No. 47. The motion prevailed.
Sencer-Mura moved that the name of Kraft
be added as an author on H. F. No. 54. The motion prevailed.
Sencer-Mura moved that the name of Kraft
be added as an author on H. F. No. 63. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Schultz be
added as an author on H. F. No. 82. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Kraft be added
as an author on H. F. No. 97.
The motion prevailed.
Repinski moved that the names of Engen and
Scott be added as authors on H. F. No. 100. The motion prevailed.
Zeleznikar moved that the name of
Kozlowski be added as an author on H. F. No. 105. The motion prevailed.
Berg moved that the name of Johnson, P.,
be added as an author on H. F. No. 124. The motion prevailed.
Bennett moved that the name of Engen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 195. The motion prevailed.
Koznick moved that the name of Tabke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 261. The motion prevailed.
Burkel moved that the names of Warwas and
Dotseth be added as authors on H. F. No. 271. The motion prevailed.
Falconer moved that the name of Smith be
added as an author on H. F. No. 309. The motion prevailed.
Agbaje moved that the name of Johnson, P.,
be added as an author on H. F. No. 339. The motion prevailed.
Heintzeman moved that the names of Tabke
and Hudson be added as authors on H. F. No. 341. The motion prevailed.
Smith moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 350. The motion prevailed.
Smith moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 351. The motion prevailed.
Pinto moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 362. The motion prevailed.
Murphy moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 369. The motion prevailed.
Perryman moved that the name of Dotseth be
added as an author on H. F. No. 400. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 412. The motion prevailed.
Jordan moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 420. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of
Rehrauer be added as an author on H. F. No. 421. The motion prevailed.
Koegel moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 422. The motion prevailed.
Franson moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 435. The motion prevailed.
West moved that the names of Norris,
Tabke, Coulter and Pinto be added as authors on
H. F. No. 470. The motion
prevailed.
Long moved that the name of Stephenson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 474. The motion prevailed.
Long moved that the name of Stephenson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 475. The motion prevailed.
Mekeland moved that the name of Roach be
added as an author on H. F. No. 482. The motion prevailed.
Wiener moved that the names of Falconer
and Gander be added as authors on H. F. No. 487. The motion prevailed.
Klevorn moved that the names of Falconer
and Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as authors on H. F. No. 488. The motion prevailed.
Hill moved that the names of Rehrauer,
Tabke, Hudson and Engen be added as authors on
H. F. No. 491. The motion
prevailed.
Hill moved that the names of Rehrauer and
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as authors on H. F. No. 492. The motion prevailed.
Agbaje moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 497. The motion prevailed.
Zeleznikar moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 500. The motion prevailed.
Nadeau moved that the name of Stephenson
be added as an author on H. F. No. 504. The motion prevailed.
Koznick moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 510. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 514. The motion prevailed.
Stier moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 540. The motion prevailed.
Burkel moved that the name of Warwas be
added as an author on H. F. No. 601. The motion prevailed.
Mueller moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 630. The motion prevailed.
Altendorf moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 638. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 641. The motion prevailed.
Skraba moved that the name of Warwas be
added as an author on H. F. No. 648. The motion prevailed.
Nelson moved that the name of Tabke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 653. The motion prevailed.
Freiberg moved that the name of Rehrauer
be added as an author on H. F. No. 675. The motion prevailed.
Frazier moved that the names of Norris,
Rehrauer, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Greene and Stephenson be added as authors on
H. F. No. 683. The motion
prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Johnson, P., be added as an author on H. F. No. 684. The motion prevailed.
Frazier moved that the names of Norris,
Rehrauer and Stephenson be added as authors on
H. F. No. 689. The motion
prevailed.
Finke moved that the name of Stephenson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 695. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that the name of Huot be added
as an author on H. F. No. 697.
The motion prevailed.
Johnson, W., moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 701. The motion prevailed.
Acomb moved that the names of Falconer and
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as authors on H. F. No. 703. The motion prevailed.
Koegel moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 712. The motion prevailed.
Lee, F., moved that the names of Rehrauer
and Lillie be added as authors on H. F. No. 719. The motion prevailed.
Olson moved that the names of Niska and
Repinski be added as authors on H. F. No. 733. The motion prevailed.
Clardy moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 744. The motion prevailed.
Koznick moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 749. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the names of Tabke and
Hudson be added as authors on H. F. No. 750. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 751. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 752. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the names of Scott,
Repinski, Baker, Perryman and Van Binsbergen be added as authors on
H. F. No. 753. The motion
prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 754. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 756. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 767. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Scott be
added as an author on H. F. No. 768. The motion prevailed.
Quam moved that the name of Jacob be added
as an author on H. F. No. 769.
The motion prevailed.
Feist moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 773. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Falconer be added as an author on H. F. No. 774. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of
Rehrauer be added as an author on H. F. No. 775. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of Norris
be added as an author on H. F. No. 776. The motion prevailed.
Coulter moved that the names of
Rehrauer and Stephenson be added as authors on
H. F. No. 777. The motion
prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Falconer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 788. The motion prevailed.
Hollins moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 793. The motion prevailed.
Nadeau moved that the names of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Stephenson be added as authors on
H. F. No. 794. The motion
prevailed.
Youakim moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 805. The motion prevailed.
Wiener moved that the name of Roach be
added as an author on H. F. No. 814. The motion prevailed.
Bliss moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 840. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Norris be
added as an author on H. F. No. 842. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that the names of Knudsen and
Van Binsbergen be added as authors on H. F. No. 845. The motion prevailed.
Clardy moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 846. The motion prevailed.
Hansen, R., moved that the names of Rehm,
Reyer and Falconer be added as authors on H. F. No. 855. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the name of Hemmingsen-Jaeger
be added as an author on H. F. No. 856. The motion prevailed.
West moved that the names of Rehrauer and
Stephenson be added as authors on H. F. No. 953. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of
Rehrauer be added as an author on H. F. No. 954. The motion prevailed.
Hanson, J., moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 955. The motion prevailed.
Novotny moved that the names of Wolgamott
and Robbins be added as authors on H. F. No. 962. The motion prevailed.
Bierman moved that the name of Koegel be
added as an author on H. F. No. 981. The motion prevailed.
Sexton moved that the names of Schultz;
Davids; Bennett; Elkins; Engen; Johnson, P.; Dotseth; Johnson, W., and Hill be
added as authors on H. F. No. 1004. The motion prevailed.
Bierman moved that the name of Freiberg be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1005. The motion prevailed.
Agbaje moved that the name of Sencer-Mura
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1010. The motion prevailed.
Bierman moved that the names of Dotseth,
Robbins, Gillman, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Koznick be added as authors on
H. F. No. 1011. The
motion prevailed.
Pursell moved that the name of Finke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1012. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Huot be
stricken as an author on H. F. No. 1025. The motion prevailed.
McDonald moved that the name of Mueller be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1025. The motion prevailed.
Pérez-Vega moved that the name of Rehrauer
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1028. The motion prevailed.
Torkelson moved that the names of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Stephenson be added as authors on
H. F. No. 1029. The
motion prevailed.
Norris moved that the name of Koegel be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1031. The motion prevailed.
Smith moved that the name of Falconer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1041. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the name of Harder be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1042. The motion prevailed.
Frederick moved that the names of Lillie
and Feist be added as authors on H. F. No. 1044. The motion prevailed.
Frederick moved that the name of Koegel be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1047. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the names of Scott and
Baker be added as authors on H. F. No. 1052. The motion prevailed.
Hansen, R., moved that the name of
Hemmingsen-Jaeger be added as an author on H. F. No. 1073. The motion prevailed.
Hansen, R., moved that the name of Lillie
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1078. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the names of Bahner and
Rehrauer be added as authors on H. F. No. 1082. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the names of Bahner and
Rehrauer be added as authors on H. F. No. 1083. The motion prevailed.
Coulter moved that the name of Elkins be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1088. The motion prevailed.
Lee, F., moved that the name of Lillie be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1090. The motion prevailed.
Murphy moved that
H. F. No. 367 be recalled from the Committee on Public Safety
Finance and Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation
Finance and Policy. The motion
prevailed.
Hicks moved that
H. F. No. 664 be recalled from the Committee on Health Finance
and Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and
Policy. The motion prevailed.
Hicks moved that
H. F. No. 665 be recalled from the Committee on Health Finance
and Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and
Policy. The motion prevailed.
Hicks moved that
H. F. No. 666 be recalled from the Committee on Health Finance
and Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and
Policy. The motion prevailed.
Nash moved that
H. F. No. 1061 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce
Finance and Policy and be re‑referred to the Committee on State Government
Finance and Policy. The motion
prevailed.
Quam moved that
H. F. No. 594 be returned to its author. The motion prevailed.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
In the interest of maintaining order and
decorum in the House Chamber and providing an atmosphere of respect and
courtesy for members who have the floor, and in accordance with House Rule
7.01, DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE SPEAKER, paragraph 2, "The Speaker must
preserve order and decorum[,]" the following rules and policies will be
enforced during the 2025-26 legislative session.
Floor Debate Decorum
House Rule 2.20 DUTIES OF MEMBERS states:
''A member, before speaking, must rise and respectfully address the Speaker and
must not speak further until recognized by the Speaker."
House Rule 2.33 ORDER DURING SESSION
states: "A member must not engage in private conversation while another
member is speaking . . ."
Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure Section 110 Addressing
Members or Presiding Officer paragraph 1 states: "All debate must be
addressed to the presiding officer and not to the members."
Mason's Manual Section 114 Asking Questions
of Members paragraph 5 states: "A question should not be permitted
that reflects upon the character or conduct of any member or upon the executive
or other official. A question as to what
course a member proposes to follow is not in order.''
Mason's Manual Section 120 Equality of
Members in Debate states: "Every member has the same right as any
other member to present questions for the consideration of the house and has
the same right to be heard."
It is not proper procedure to start a
debate on a subject not before the body by asking a member to yield to a question. Mason's
Manual Section 100 There Must Be a Question Before the House to Permit
Debate paragraph 2 states: "Debate must always have relation to
some definite question that is under consideration by the body. There must be a motion or a question proposed
to the body by the presiding officer for the purpose of ascertaining the will
of the body."
Mason's Manual Section 121 Breaches of the
Order of the House (Repetition in Debate) paragraph 3 states: "A
member who resorts to persistent irrelevance or to persistent repetition after
the attention of the house has been called to the matter may be directed to
discontinue the speech by the presiding officer."
Mason's Manual Section 124 Personalities
Not Permitted in Debate (Questioning Motives) paragraph 1 states: "In
debate a member must confine remarks to the question before the house, and
avoid personalities." Paragraph 3
states: "It is not the person but the measure that is the subject of
debate, and it is not allowable to arraign the motives of a member, but the
nature or consequences of a measure may be condemned in strong terms."
Points of Order,
Points of Privilege, and Announcements
There is no point of order unless a member
cites the Rule, Joint Rule, or section of Mason's Manual being violated.
House Rule 5.04 AUTHORIZED MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE states: "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure governs
the House in all applicable cases if it is not inconsistent with these Rules,
the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, or established
custom and usage."
"Points of Privilege" should not
be used to make statements that definitely are not points of privilege. Questions relating to members of the body in
their representative capacity are called "Points of Personal
Privilege" and should relate to charges against a member's rights,
conduct, or character. Questions
relating to the entire body are called "Points of Privilege of the
House" and should relate to charges against the membership of the entire
body. Political or congratulatory
speeches should not be made under the guise of being a point of privilege. Members should not use this procedure to
create a debate on a subject not properly before the body. The appropriate way to recognize events of
achievement occurring within one's legislative district is by reserving a room
in the State Capitol for a celebration and inviting fellow members to that room
for the celebration under the order of business ''Announcements."
Floor Access
House Rule 2.40 ADMITTANCE TO FLOOR provides
that certain persons are admitted by Rule to the House Chamber, and other
guests "may be issued a permit by the Speaker good for the day, but that
person must be seated near the Speaker's rostrum, and must not engage in
conversation that disturbs the business of the House." It further provides that "[f]rom one
hour before the time the House is scheduled to convene until one hour after the
House adjourns for the day, the retiring room is reserved for the exclusive use
of the members and employees of the House." This Rule will be enforced during the orders
of business relating to consideration of legislation, such as "Calendar for
the Day," "Fiscal Calendar," and "Conference Committee
Reports." Lobbyists are not allowed
in the House Chamber or in the retiring room during this period.
When House Rule 2.40 ADMITTANCE TO FLOOR is applicable, the spouse and children of members may be permitted to access the House Chamber without a permit, within reason and with approval of the Speaker when guided by a member. Spouses and children are limited to seating in the alcoves, retiring room, and the seats near the Speaker’s rostrum. Spouses and children of members may not sit at a member’s floor desk or access or use offices designated for staff. Members are responsible for the behavior of their spouse and children. Spouses and children who breach decorum and order or create a distraction may be asked to exit the House Chamber. Spouses and children in the chamber are subject to be viewed by the public and/or recorded by media.
Consumption of Alcohol
and Drugs Prohibited in House-Controlled Spaces
House Resolution 2025-P100 prohibits the consumption of alcohol and drugs – except for over the counter, as prescribed by a health care provider, or unless the employee is a registry program patient – in House-controlled spaces.
Attire on the House
Floor
Members and staff shall wear appropriate
business attire while on the House floor. Business casual is appropriate. Members should avoid wearing hats while on
the House floor. Members should wear
their legislative pin at all times when conducting House business, including on
the House floor or in committees.
Implementation of
these Rules
In order to provide a safe environment for all who come to the Capitol, Department of Administration, the Sergeant’s office, and Capitol Security are tasked with ensuring adherence to rules of conduct published by the Department of Administration Facilities Management Division related to public use of the Capitol building and grounds. Members interacting with groups at the Capitol should make those rules known and adhere to the rules themselves.
Observing these rules and policies ensures
proper and respectful debate as we conduct the people's business on the floor
of the House. Your cooperation is
greatly appreciated.
ADJOURNMENT
Niska moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 20, 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 20,
2025.
Patrick
Duffy Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives