STATE
OF MINNESOTA
Journal of the House
NINETY-FOURTH
SESSION - 2025
_____________________
SIXTH
LEGISLATIVE DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, February 24, 2025
The House of Representatives convened at
3:30 p.m. and was called to order by Lisa Demuth, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by Principal Dan
Erdman, Immanuel Lutheran School, Courtland, 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: Davids.
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
Schomacker from the Committee on Human Services 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 fraud reporting tools; transferring grant oversight duties and powers; modifying or repealing existing executive Offices of Inspector General; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 3.97, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 3.971, subdivisions 1, 9; 142B.53; 245A.24; 268.19, subdivision 1; 268B.30; 609.456, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 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, misuse, and other unlawful uses of
public funds are unacceptable and must be prevented. If fraud, misuse, or other unlawful use of
public funds 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. 3c. 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. 3d. 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
3.998, the following terms have the meanings given.
Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means any entity
subject to audit under section 3.971, subdivision 6, or section 3.972,
subdivision 2.
Subd. 3. 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. 4. Inspector
general. "Inspector
general" means the person appointed under section 3.991 or an employee of
the office designated by the inspector general.
Subd. 5. Investigation. "Investigation" means a
proceeding or inquiry by the office concerning a provider or recipient of
state-funded services.
Subd. 6. Office. "Office" means the Office of
the Inspector General.
Subd. 7. Program. "Program" or "state
program" means any program fully or partially administered or funded by
the state.
Subd. 8. 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.
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 suspected fraud, misuse, and other unlawful uses of public funds 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. 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 3.991 to 3.998 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) 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;
(3) develop and maintain a website and telephone
hotline for state agency staff and the public to report suspected fraud,
misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds in state programs, and to do so
anonymously if they so choose;
(4)
establish policies and procedures for evaluating and consistently responding to
each tip received under clause (3);
(5) notify and coordinate with the
legislative auditor when the inspector general receives a credible report of
suspected fraud, misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds that is within
the legislative auditor's authority;
(6) establish and maintain policies and
procedures for conducting investigations;
(7) report suspected fraud, misuse, or
other unlawful use of public funds to the appropriate law enforcement entity
and cooperate with law enforcement to assist any investigation and subsequent
civil or criminal prosecution;
(8) perform enhanced legislative
oversight of state grantmaking as provided in section 3.994; and
(9) exercise all other powers reasonably
necessary to implement and administer sections 3.991 to 3.998 and other
applicable law.
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 (4) and (6) 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 3.991 to 3.998:
(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) recommend that the commissioner of
administration for state grants, or the commissioner of management and budget
for all other state funds, impose, in consultation with law enforcement,
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, misuse, or other unlawful use of public
funds by the recipient;
(ii) there was a criminal, civil, or
administrative adjudication of fraud, misuse, or other unlawful use of public
funds 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, misuse, or other unlawful use of public
funds by the recipient; or
(iv) the recipient demonstrates a
pattern of noncompliance with an investigation.
When the inspector general makes a recommendation under
this clause, the inspector general must immediately notify the Legislative
Audit Commission;
(6) require state employees to fully
cooperate with an investigation of suspected fraud, misuse, or other unlawful
use of public funds;
(7) recommend actions to be taken by an
agency to prevent fraud, misuse, and other unlawful uses of public funds;
(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.
The inspector general must provide
enhanced legislative oversight of state grantmaking, including but not limited
to:
(1) monitoring the commissioner of
administration's development and implementation of policies under sections
16B.97 to 16B.991, and providing formal recommendations to the commissioner of
administration and the Legislative Audit Commission;
(2) monitoring the commissioner of
administration's suspension or debarment of grantees under section 16B.97,
subdivision 3, clause (6), and recommending to the commissioner the suspension
or debarment of specific grantees as necessary, in the inspector general's
judgment, to prevent or minimize fraud, misuse, and other unlawful uses of
public funds. When the inspector general
makes a recommendation to the commissioner of administration under this clause,
the inspector general must immediately report to the Legislative Audit
Commission;
(3) monitoring the commissioner of
administration's receipt and disposition of comments under section 16B.97,
subdivision 4, clause (6), concerning alleged state agency violations of state
grants management policies and fraud, misuse, or other unlawful use of state
funds in grant programs; and
(4) monitoring state agency compliance
with state grantmaking laws and policies, including but not limited to the site
visit and progress report requirements under section 16B.97, subdivision 4,
clause (11).
Sec. 11. [3.995]
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. 12. [3.996]
RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
An employee or other individual who
discloses information to an agency or the inspector general about fraud,
misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds in state programs is protected
under section 181.932, governing disclosure of information by employees.
Sec. 13. [3.997]
INTERFERENCE PROHIBITED.
No state employee may interfere with or
obstruct an investigation conducted pursuant to sections 3.991 to 3.998.
When the inspector general documents
the existence of suspected fraud, misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds
in an agency or program administered by an agency, the inspector general must
quantify the amount of suspected fraud, misuse, and other unlawful use of
public funds 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. 15. [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, misuse, or other unlawful use 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, 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.
Subd. 2. Legislative
auditor and 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,
theft, embezzlement, or other 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 and 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.
Sec. 19. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
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 5.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Grants governance. The commissioner shall provide leadership and direction for policy related to grants management in Minnesota in order to foster more consistent, streamlined interaction between executive agencies, funders, and grantees that will enhance access to grant opportunities and information, prevent fraud, misuse, and other unlawful uses of public funds, and lead to greater program accountability and transparency. The commissioner has the duties and powers stated in this section. Executive agencies shall fully cooperate with the commissioner in the creation, management, and oversight of state grants and must do what the commissioner requires under this section. The commissioner may adopt rules to carry out grants governance, oversight, and management.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Duties. (a) The commissioner shall:
(1) create general grants management
policies and procedures that are applicable to all executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to
these policies and procedures for particular grant programs, however the
commissioner must not approve an exception to the requirements under clause
(11) for any grant over $500,000. Exceptions
shall expire or be renewed after five years.
The commissioner must report each approved exception to
the
inspector general and the chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over the agency. If a grant is suspended under section
16B.991, subdivision 1, the commissioner must revoke for at least 12 months any
approved exception to the requirements under clause (11) for that particular
grant program, but the commissioner's revocation only applies to any grant over
$50,000. Executive agencies shall
retain management of individual grants programs;
(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies and procedures;
(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation, collaboration, and best practices in grants management;
(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;
(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems and activities;
(6) provide a central point of contact for
comments about executive agencies violating statewide grants governance
policies and about fraud, misuse, and waste other unlawful
uses of public funds in grants processes;
(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may follow up as necessary;
(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant opportunities and resulting grant recipients;
(9) selectively review development and
implementation of executive agency grants, policies, and practices; and
(10) selectively review executive agency
compliance with best practices.; and
(11) require executive agencies to:
(i) conduct at least one in-person,
unannounced monitoring visit before final payment is made for any grant over
$50,000 and at least annual in-person, unannounced monitoring visits for any
grant over $250,000; and
(ii) withhold funds from any grantee that
does not submit a progress report required under the grant agreement until the
grantee submits a satisfactory report, unless the grantee's inability to submit
a progress report is caused by the executive agency, including but not limited
to a malfunction or failure of the executive agency's grant portal.
(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.98, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Reporting of violations. A state employee who discovers evidence
of violation of laws or rules governing grants is encouraged to must
report the violation or suspected violation to the employee's supervisor, the
commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the inspector general, or
the legislative auditor. If the state
employee notifies the employee's supervisor, the commissioner, or the
commissioner's designee, then the supervisor, commissioner, or commissioner's
designee must immediately notify the inspector general and the legislative
auditor. The legislative auditor
inspector general shall report to the Legislative Audit Commission if
there are multiple complaints about the same agency. The auditor's report to the Legislative
Audit Commission under this section must disclose only the number and type of
violations alleged. An employee
making a good faith report under this section has the protections provided for
under section 181.932, prohibiting the employer from discriminating against the
employee.
Subd. 8. Audit. (a) A grant agreement made by an executive agency must include an audit clause that provides that the books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the grantee or other party that are relevant to the grant or transaction are subject to examination by the commissioner, the granting agency, the inspector general, and either the legislative auditor or the state auditor, as appropriate, for a minimum of six years from the grant agreement end date, receipt and approval of all final reports, or the required period of time to satisfy all state and program retention requirements, whichever is later. If a grant agreement does not include an express audit clause, the audit authority under this subdivision is implied.
(b) If the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the governing body of the local unit of government requests that the state auditor examine the books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the grantee or other party according to this subdivision, the granting agency shall be liable for the cost of the examination. If the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the grantee or other party requests that the state auditor examine all books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices related to the grant, the grantee or other party that requested the examination shall be liable for the cost of the examination.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
Subd. 14. Administrative
costs. Unless amounts are otherwise
appropriated for administrative costs, a state agency may retain up to five
four percent of the amount appropriated to the agency for grants enacted
by the legislature and formula grants and up to ten nine percent
for competitively awarded grants. This
subdivision applies to appropriations made for new grant programs enacted on or
after July 1, 2023. The state
agency must transfer one percent of the amount appropriated to the agency for
grants to the inspector general established under section 3.991. This subdivision does not apply to grants
funded with an appropriation of proceeds from the sale of state general
obligation bonds.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.991, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Criminal
charge or conviction. Each
grant agreement subject to sections 16B.97 and 16B.98 must provide that the
agreement will immediately be terminated suspended if the
recipient is convicted of charged with a criminal offense
relating to a state grant agreement and terminated if the recipient is
convicted.
Sec. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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:
(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;
(7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
(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;
(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.
(c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota unemployment insurance program 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. 11. 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;
(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
(15) contracted third parties, to the extent necessary to aid in identity verification, adjudication, administration, and evaluation of the program.
(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. 12. EXISTING
DUTIES ABOLISHED; TRANSFERS PROVIDED.
Subdivision 1. Duties
abolished. Duties pertaining
to the investigation of fraud, misuse, and other unlawful use of public funds
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. 13. REPEALER.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
13.321, subdivision 12; and 127A.21, are repealed.
Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
(a) Sections 1 to 7 and 12 are
effective July 1, 2025.
(b) Section 8 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, misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds in the
Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
(c) Sections 9 to 11
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, misuse, or other unlawful use of
public funds in the Department of Human Services.
(d) Section 13 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, misuse, or other unlawful use of public funds in the Department of Education."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an Office of Inspector General; providing powers and duties; providing enhanced grant oversight; prohibiting retaliation; transferring or repealing existing executive Offices of Inspector General; providing detection and prevention of fraud; making conforming changes; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 3.97, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 3.971, subdivisions 1, 9; 16B.97, subdivisions 2, 4; 16B.98, subdivisions 4, 8, 14; 16B.991, subdivision 1; 142B.53; 245A.24; 268.19, subdivision 1; 268B.30; 609.456, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 15; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.321, subdivision 12; 127A.21."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
The
report was adopted.
Bennett from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 12, A bill for an act relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4a. Preserving
girls' sports. (a) This
subdivision may be cited as the "Preserving Girls' Sports Act."
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, only female students may participate in an elementary or secondary
school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution has
restricted to women and girls.
(c) For purposes of this section,
female is the sex that was "previously limited or restricted," and
"female" means a female as biologically determined by genetics and
defined with respect to an individual's reproductive system. A female is defined as an individual who
naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or
intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some
point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. A woman is an adult human female. A girl is a minor human female.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective the day following final enactment.
Subd. 10. Girls' sports. The league must adopt league rules and policy consistent with section 121A.04, subdivision 4a."
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Baker from the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 47, A bill for an act relating to construction codes; modifying provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.198, subdivisions 2, 3.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Novotny from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 124, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing for the acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. [299A.473]
CERTAIN GIFTS ALLOWED AFTER OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this
subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Gift" means money, real
or personal property, a plaque, or a service that is given and received without
the giver receiving consideration of equal or greater value in return.
(c) "Killed in the line of
duty" has the meaning given in section 299A.41, subdivision 3.
(d) "Plaque" means a
decorative item with an inscription recognizing an individual for an
accomplishment.
(e) "Political subdivision"
means a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, or any other
political subdivision of the state.
(f) "Public safety officer"
has the meaning given in section 299A.41, subdivision 4.
Subd. 2. Gifts;
conditions. Notwithstanding
sections 10A.071 and 471.895, a gift may be given by any person to one or more
public safety officers if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) a public safety officer employed by
the same state agency or political subdivision as the gift recipient was killed
in the line of duty;
(2) the gift is given
during the consecutive 24-month period beginning on the date of death of the
public safety officer killed in the line of duty;
(3) the gift honors, commemorates, or
provides team morale and cohesion services to the gift recipient; and
(4) the gift is in compliance with
applicable gift policies, if the state agency or political subdivision has
adopted such policies under subdivision 4.
Subd. 3. State
agency or political subdivision as recipient. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the
contrary, a state agency or political subdivision may receive a gift that meets
the criteria of subdivision 2 on behalf of one or more public safety officers
employed by the state agency or political subdivision. The gift must be distributed by the state
agency or political subdivision to the intended public safety officer
recipients:
(1) within one year of the receipt of
the gift; and
(2) in compliance with applicable gift
policies, if the state agency or political subdivision has adopted such
policies under subdivision 4.
Subd. 4. Gift
policies. A state agency or
political subdivision may adopt policies with additional requirements and
restrictions for gifts to public safety officers employed by the state agency
or political subdivision.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective the day following final enactment and applies to gifts given on or
after that date.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.198, is amended to read:
471.198
EXPENDITURES; NATIONAL NIGHT OUT; LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY EVENTS; FALLEN
OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this
subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Local government" means
a home rule charter or statutory city, town, or county.
(c) "Qualified individual"
means an individual with one of the following relationships to a local
government expending money under this section:
(1) an employee of the local
government;
(2) an immediate family member of an
employee of the local government; or
(3) an immediate family member of a
fallen officer who was employed by the local government.
Subd. 2. Authorized
expenditures. (a) Any home
rule charter or statutory city or any town, county, or school district A
local government may spend money for the following purposes:
(1) National Night Out events held
in the jurisdiction of the local government spending the money.;
(b) Any home rule charter or statutory
city or any town, county, or school district may spend money for (2)
any event or purpose that the governing body of the local government
determines will foster positive relationships between law enforcement and the
community.;
(3) funding a funeral
or memorial for a public safety officer killed in the line of duty; and
(4) funding travel and participation for
qualified individuals in national memorial events for fallen public safety
officers occurring within 24 months of a line-of-duty death of an officer or
employee of the local government.
(b) A school district is authorized to
spend money for the purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2).
Subd. 3. Contributions
solicitation. (c) Notwithstanding
any law or ordinance to the contrary, any home rule charter or statutory
city, or any town, county, local government or school district may,
by resolution, authorize officials and staff to solicit contributions for the
purposes authorized in paragraphs (a) and (b) subdivision 2.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing for the acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer; authorizing local government expenditure for public safety officer killed in the line of duty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.198; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
The
report was adopted.
O'Driscoll from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 320, A bill for an act relating to commerce; allowing auto dealers to participate in auto shows; establishing auto shows in which auto dealers may participate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 80E.12; 168.27, by adding a subdivision.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Novotny from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 340, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying crime of fleeing peace officer in motor vehicle to add heightened penalty for fleeing in culpably negligent manner; establishing crime of fleeing in motor vehicle and failing to obey certain traffic laws; authorizing expanded use of tracking devices for fleeing motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.174; 609.487, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 626A.35, by adding a subdivision.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 18, after "3a" insert "or 3b"
Page 1, delete line 19
Page 1, line 20, delete "(5)" and insert "(4)"
Page 1, line 22, delete "(6)" and insert "(5)"
Page 2, line 4, delete "(7)" and insert "(6)"
Page 2, line 16, delete "four" and insert "five"
Page 2, line 17, delete "$8,000" and insert "$10,000"
Page 2, line 26, delete "five" and insert "four"
Page 2, line 27, delete "$10,000" and insert "$8,000"
Page 3, delete section 5
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 4, delete "authorizing"
Page 1, line 5, delete everything before "amending"
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
Novotny from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 541, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a reimbursement program for use of force training; appropriating money.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 6, delete "2025" and insert "2026"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
The
report was adopted.
West from the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 633, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a credit for licensed in-home child care providers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 36. Licensed
in-home child care provider exclusion.
(a) Prior to determining a property's net tax capacity under this
section, property that is (1) classified as 1a under subdivision 22, or is of
the portion of property classified as 2a under subdivision 23 consisting of the
house, garage, and surrounding one acre of land, and (2) used to operate a
family day care or group family day care program as defined under Minnesota
Rules, chapter 9502, is eligible for a market value exclusion as determined under
paragraph (b).
(b) For a property eligible for the
exclusion under this subdivision, the exclusion amount is 50 percent of the
property's market value. The valuation
exclusion must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar, and may not be less than
zero.
(c) By July 1, 2025, and each June 1
thereafter, the commissioner of human services must provide a list to each
county of all licensed family day care and group family day care providers
located within the county.
(d) A property qualifying for a
valuation exclusion under this subdivision is not eligible for the market value
exclusion under subdivision 34 or 35.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective beginning with property taxes payable in 2026.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 276.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Contents of tax statements. (a) The treasurer shall provide for the printing of the tax statements. The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of the property tax statement and its contents. The tax statement must not state or imply that property tax credits are paid by the state of Minnesota. The statement must contain a tabulated statement of the dollar amount due to each taxing authority and the amount of the state tax from the parcel of real property for which a particular tax statement is prepared. The dollar amounts attributable to the county, the state tax, the voter approved school tax, the other local school tax, the township or municipality, and the total of the metropolitan special taxing districts as defined in section 275.065, subdivision 3, paragraph (i), must be separately stated. The amounts due all other special taxing districts, if any, may be aggregated except that any levies made by the regional rail authorities in the county of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington under chapter 398A shall be listed on a separate line directly under the appropriate county's levy. If the county levy under this paragraph includes an amount for a lake improvement district as defined under sections 103B.501 to 103B.581, the amount attributable for that purpose must be separately stated from the remaining county levy amount. In the case of Ramsey County, if the county levy under this paragraph includes an amount for public library service under section 134.07, the amount attributable for that purpose may be separated from the remaining county levy amount. The amount of the tax on homesteads qualifying under the senior citizens' property tax deferral program under chapter 290B is the total amount of property tax before subtraction of the deferred property tax amount. The amount of the tax on contamination value imposed under sections 270.91 to 270.98, if any, must also be separately stated. The dollar amounts, including the dollar amount of any special assessments, may be rounded to the nearest even whole dollar. For purposes of this section whole odd-numbered dollars may be adjusted to the next higher even‑numbered dollar.
(b) The property tax statements for manufactured homes and sectional structures taxed as personal property shall contain the same information that is required on the tax statements for real property.
(c) Real and personal property tax statements must contain the following information in the order given in this paragraph. The information must contain the current year tax information in the right column with the corresponding information for the previous year in a column on the left:
(1) the property's estimated market value under section 273.11, subdivision 1;
(2) the property's homestead market value exclusion under section 273.13, subdivision 35;
(4) the property's taxable market value under section 272.03, subdivision 15;
(4) (5) the property's gross
tax, before credits;
(5) (6) for agricultural
properties, the credits under sections 273.1384 and 273.1387;
(6) (7) any credits received
under sections 273.119; 273.1234 or 273.1235; 273.135; 273.1391; 273.1398,
subdivision 4; 469.171; and 473H.10, except that the amount of credit received
under section 273.135 must be separately stated and identified as "taconite
tax relief"; and
(7) (8) the net tax payable in
the manner required in paragraph (a).
(d) If the county uses envelopes for mailing property tax statements and if the county agrees, a taxing district may include a notice with the property tax statement notifying taxpayers when the taxing district will begin its budget deliberations for the current year, and encouraging taxpayers to attend the hearings. If the county allows notices to be included in the envelope containing the property tax statement, and if more than one taxing district relative to a given property decides to include a notice with the tax statement, the county treasurer or auditor must coordinate the process and may combine the information on a single announcement.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with property taxes payable in 2026."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a market value exclusion for licensed in-home child care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 273.13, by adding a subdivision; 276.04, subdivision 2."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.
The
report was adopted.
O'Driscoll from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 747, A bill for an act relating to business organizations; modifying the Minnesota Business Corporation Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 302A.011, subdivision 41, by adding subdivisions; 302A.111, subdivision 2; 302A.161, by adding a subdivision; 302A.181, by adding a subdivision; 302A.201, subdivision 1; 302A.237, by adding a subdivision; 302A.361; 302A.461, subdivision 4; 302A.471, subdivisions 1, 3; 302A.611, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 302A.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
The
report was adopted.
Kresha from the Committee on Education Finance to which was referred:
H. F. No. 780, A bill for an act relating to education finance; making forecast adjustments to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 7, as amended, 9, as amended, 17, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended,
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The
report was adopted.
Swedzinski from the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 845, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying various provisions governing net metering; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.164, subdivisions 2a, 3.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 4, after line 4, insert:
"(g) This section applies only to
qualifying facilities that begin operation after June 30, 2025. Qualifying facilities that began operation
before that date are subject to Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.164.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
O'Driscoll from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1014, A bill for an act relating to commerce; allowing the board of directors of the Minnesota Insurance Guarantee Association to request financial information from insureds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60C.09, subdivision 2.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Nash from the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1060, A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8842.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
H. F. No. 1062, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing the Driver and Vehicle Systems Oversight Committee; repealing Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 34, as amended.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Scott from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:
S. F. No. 202, A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for partition of real property; modifying certain notice requirements for eminent domain proceedings; clarifying certain application of a legislative enactment relating to transfer on death deeds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 117.115, subdivision 2; 117.145; Laws 2024, chapter 91, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 558; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 558A.
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. 12, 320, 845,
1014, 1060 and 1062 were read for the second time.
SECOND READING
OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 202 was read for
the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Igo; Johnson, P.; Skraba; Heintzeman and Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 1332, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for forests and forestry capital projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Schultz, Nelson, Warwas, Burkel, Van Binsbergen, Gander, Skraba, Swedzinski, Igo, Duran and Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1333, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring moose license lottery and auction; establishing a moose research account; establishing fees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 97A.431; 97A.475, subdivision 3; 97B.505.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1334, A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying the high-rise sprinkler system grant program; appropriating money to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; transferring money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Tabke, Olson, West, Greene, Jones, Kraft, Berg, Rehm, Sencer-Mura, Stephenson, Curran, Koegel and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. No. 1335, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing electronic drivers' licenses; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Lee, K., introduced:
H. F. No. 1336, A bill for an act relating to children; appropriating money for child care improvement grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Noor introduced:
H. F. No. 1337, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying an agency's authority with respect to housing support agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.04, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Norris and Klevorn introduced:
H. F. No. 1338, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating the Office of the Inspector General; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Repinski, Zeleznikar, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Allen, Novotny, Stier, Duran, Schwartz and Sexton introduced:
H. F. No. 1339, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; permitting payment of a normal retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon employment or reemployment on or after 55 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353.01, by adding a subdivision; 353.37, subdivisions 1b, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1340, A bill for an act relating to housing; allowing use of housing infrastructure bonds on adaptive reuse to develop supportive housing and permanent housing for households at or below 50 percent of the area median income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.37, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Engen, Stier, Nash, Niska, Zeleznikar, Igo, Bakeberg, Gordon, Hudson and Novotny introduced:
H. F. No. 1341, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; providing law enforcement explorer program in schools; providing funding for peace officer training; providing funding for pathway to policing reimbursement grants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 10; 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Mueller, Knudsen, Wiener, Dotseth and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 1342, A bill for an act relating to child care; exempting an unrelated individual providing child care to two families from licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.05, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar; Johnson, W.; Igo; Warwas and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 1343, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing the Minnesota Nice HomeShare pilot program for seniors in the counties of Lake, St. Louis, and Washington; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Wiener and Skraba introduced:
H. F. No. 1344, A bill for an act relating to transportation; specifying the warning lights that volunteer first responders are authorized to use in their personal vehicles when responding to a call; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.58, subdivisions 2, 3; 169.64, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Rarick introduced:
H. F. No. 1345, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the allowable number of statutory city public utility commission members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 412.341, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
H. F. No. 1346, A bill for an act relating to maltreatment; modifying training requirements for mandatory reporters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.065.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Koznick, Freiberg, Reyer and Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 1347, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for metropolitan cities inflow and infiltration grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Curran, Gander, Reyer and Norris introduced:
H. F. No. 1348, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying community first services and supports requirements for support workers to qualify for an enhanced rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.85, subdivision 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Koznick, Witte and Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1349, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of the interchange at Interstate 35 and County State-Aid Highway 50 in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Feist, Bliss, Repinski, Xiong, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Olson introduced:
H. F. No. 1350, A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; modifying the veterans service office grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.608, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 1351, A bill for an act relating to transportation; making certain technical clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.011, subdivisions 1, 7, 68.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Witte; Anderson, P. E.; Fischer; Hansen, R., and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 1352, A bill for an act relating to taxation; solid waste management; modifying the definition of residential generator; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297H.01, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1353, A bill for an act relating to corrections; clarifying responsibilities of Department of Corrections licensed facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivisions 1f, 4a, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1g, 1h, 1i, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Moller and Novotny introduced:
H. F. No. 1354, A bill for an act relating to public safety; limiting scope of video made available by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for officer-involved death investigations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Baker, Koznick, Kotyza-Witthuhn and Her introduced:
H. F. No. 1355, A bill for an act relating to occupational safety; requiring holders of permits to harvest or destroy aquatic plants to safely use scuba diving equipment; establishing requirements for commercial diving operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.615, subdivisions 1, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Smith and Liebling introduced:
H. F. No. 1356, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting certain municipalities to extend zoning authority to unincorporated territory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 462.357, subdivision 1; 462.358, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Smith; Lee, K., and Her introduced:
H. F. No. 1357, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; requiring an addition for deemed capital gains on certain assets of a decedent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.19, by adding a subdivision; 290.0131, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Repinski, Quam, Momanyi-Hiltsley and Schwartz introduced:
H. F. No. 1358, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a supplementary services rate for mental health facilities in Winona County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.05, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1359, A bill for an act relating to taxation; solid waste management; increasing the dedication to the resource management account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Koegel, Olson, Tabke, Heintzeman, Kozlowski, Schultz and Pursell introduced:
H. F. No. 1360, A bill for an act relating to infrastructure; establishing the empowering small Minnesota communities program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Pérez-Vega; Hussein; Lee, K.; Hollins; McDonald; Hansen, R.; Koznick; Cha; Skraba; Fischer; Frazier; Pinto; Huot; Carroll and Hill introduced:
H. F. No. 1361, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at CHS Field in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1362, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying reporting requirements for certain environmental review; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1363, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting the Pollution Control Agency from banning the purchase or use of motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.07, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1364, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the local road wetland replacement 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.
H. F. No. 1365, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for overtime pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1366, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for certain energy efficiency projects in Brainerd.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Pinto, Moller and Nash introduced:
H. F. No. 1367, A bill for an act relating to child maltreatment; allowing for judicial review of maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota; providing for local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating alleged child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256.045, subdivision 7; 260E.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1368, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; exempting tip income from the individual income tax and tax withholding requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.92, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1369, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring identification of individuals acting as an agent for an absentee voter; requiring identification of individuals providing assistance to a voter in a polling place; prohibiting certain activities related to voter registration and absentee voting; increasing criminal penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 142A.412, subdivision 1; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161, subdivision 3; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 203B.30, subdivision 2; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.07; 211B.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.061, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
H. F. No. 1370, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money from clean water and parks and trails funds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1371, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; exempting paper products from the extended producer responsibility program managing solid waste; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1441, subdivisions 10, 16, 26; 115A.1442; 115A.1450, subdivision 4; 115A.1451, subdivision 7; 115A.1454, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Perryman, Norris, Kresha, Huot, Baker, Rymer, Gillman, Heintzeman, Elkins and Cha introduced:
H. F. No. 1372, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing cities to issue a social district license; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Curran and Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 1373, A bill for an act relating to civil legal services; appropriating money for the State Board of Civil Legal Aid.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Duran, Stier, Novotny, Joy, Engen and Hudson introduced:
H. F. No. 1374, A bill for an act relating to corrections; amending eligibility criteria for participation in the challenge incarceration program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.17, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Duran introduced:
H. F. No. 1375, A bill for an act relating to public safety; repealing the peace officer grievance arbitration selection procedure; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.892.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 1376, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the FATHER Project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1377, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; providing grants to public television.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Freiberg and Quam introduced:
H. F. No. 1378, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying certain filing dates and reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.09, subdivision 1; 205.13, subdivision 1a; 211A.02, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Baker, Bierman and Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 1379, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the use of nonopioid directives; establishing immunity for certain acts or failures to act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 145C.01, by adding subdivisions; 145C.17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Keeler, Joy, Noor, Fischer, Virnig, Murphy, Knudsen, Gander, Duran and Backer introduced:
H. F. No. 1380, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility; appropriating money for a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Clay County; appropriating money for psychiatric residential treatment facility start-up and capacity-building grants; amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Mueller and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 1381, A bill for an act relating to education; exempting certain out-of-field permissions from limit on renewals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.09, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. No. 1382, A bill for an act relating to environment; removing obsolete provisions related to Environmental Quality Board; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.04, subdivision 11; 116C.991.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1383, A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing a program to assist families with the cost of child care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.44, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Kotyza-Witthuhn and Coulter introduced:
H. F. No. 1384, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; expanding the dependent care credit; establishing the Great Start child care credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0131, by adding a subdivision; 290.067, subdivisions 1, 2b, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski and Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 1385, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a statewide tenant education and hotline service.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Long introduced:
H. F. No. 1386, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Bakken Museum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Curran, Freiberg and Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1387, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting sale, manufacture, and use of lead tackle; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 97C; 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Youakim, Virnig, Clardy and Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 1388, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding for the Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kozlowski; Heintzeman; Hansen, R., and Franson introduced:
H. F. No. 1389, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring certain state-owned land in the Cloquet Forestry Center to the University of Minnesota; appropriating money for defeasance of outstanding debt on certain state bond financed property.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1390, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to the 1854 Treaty Authority for a bear population study.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Lawrence, Nelson, Frederick and Cha introduced:
H. F. No. 1391, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants to the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Lee, K.; Freiberg; Kozlowski; Mueller and Roach introduced:
H. F. No. 1392, A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a consumer protection restitution account; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 8.31, subdivision 2c; 16A.151, subdivision 2; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1393, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Marshall Liberty Park band shell.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1394, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the MERIT Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1395, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for the MERIT center in the city of Marshall; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 9, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Witte, Duran, Stier, Novotny, Repinski, Schwartz and Harder introduced:
H. F. No. 1396, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the permitted uses of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.19, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1397, A bill for an act relating to public safety; making the use of sign and release warrants optional; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.415, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 1398, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for local correctional officers in Peace Officers Discipline Procedures Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 241.026, subdivision 1; 626.89, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 1399, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to maintain a supply of opiate antagonists to administer to persons who overdose in correctional facilities; requiring the commissioner to provide training to employees on how to administer opiate antagonists; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Witte introduced:
H. F. No. 1400, A bill for an act relating to public unions; modifying circumstances when supervisory employee organizations can act as exclusive representative; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.06, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Witte and Koznick introduced:
H. F. No. 1401, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the definition of endangered for purposes of the missing and endangered persons program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.52, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Wiener introduced:
H. F. No. 1402, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying wolf depredation compensation program; modifying compensation program for crop or fence damage caused by elk; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.737, subdivisions 1, 3, 5; 3.7371, subdivisions 1a, 2a, 2b, 3, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.737, subdivision 4; 3.7371, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1403, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new gymnasium at Browerville High School; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Wiener introduced:
H. F. No. 1404, A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing the electric-assisted bicycle rebate; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 289A.51.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Altendorf, McDonald and Gordon introduced:
H. F. No. 1405, A bill for an act relating to elections; amending campaign report requirements to require disclosure of all contributors for legislative or statewide candidates and ballot questions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.20, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 1406, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing notice requirements related to salvage vehicle auctions; authorizing insurers to apply for vehicle title when vehicle is acquired through payment of damages; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. E., introduced:
H. F. No. 1407, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a veterans memorial in Forest Lake.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Virnig and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 1408, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to support community literacy initiatives; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Harder and Burkel introduced:
H. F. No. 1409, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; expanding qualified relatives for special agricultural homestead; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.124, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
H. F. No. 1410, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for local correctional officers in Peace Officers Discipline Procedures Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 241.026, subdivision 1; 626.89, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Altendorf and Franson introduced:
H. F. No. 1411, A bill for an act relating to business organizations; establishing a Bail Abatement Nonprofit Exclusion (BANE) Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 317A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Keeler; Kozlowski; Frazier; Hanson, J., and Bierman introduced:
H. F. No. 1412, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for suicide prevention curriculum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Bakeberg and Keeler introduced:
H. F. No. 1413, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying attendance reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Hicks and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 1414, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for accessible housing units owned by Accessible Space, Inc., in the city of Rochester.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Rehm; Youakim; Tabke; Rehrauer; Norris; Wolgamott; Curran; Hill; Stephenson; Pursell; Virnig; Hanson, J.; Cha; Bahner and Lee, K., introduced:
H. F. No. 1415, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the school unemployment aid account in the special revenue fund; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hussein and Xiong introduced:
H. F. No. 1416, A bill for an act relating to economic development; extending availability for relocation grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1417, A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring a report; appropriating money for the manufactured home park infrastructure grants and loans.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Hill, Youakim and Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 1418, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher licensure provisions; transferring grant programs from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.117, subdivision 4; 120B.363, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.092, subdivisions 2, 5; 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6; 136A.1276, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 10; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 7, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Schomacker, Noor and Franson introduced:
H. F. No. 1419, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256R.02, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 256R.23, subdivisions 2, 3; 256R.24, subdivision 1; 256R.25; 256S.211, subdivisions 1, 2; 256S.213, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256R.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Pérez-Vega, Hussein, Fischer, Lillie, Skraba and Lee, K., introduced:
H. F. No. 1420, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public realm over Shepard Road in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 1421, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the closure of shooting ranges during a state of emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.7192.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 1422, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Dassel-Cokato school district community recreation facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
H. F. No. 1423, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the shareholder limit for entity-owned agricultural homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.124, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hanson, J.; Pérez-Vega; Sencer-Mura; Nelson; Keeler; Hicks; Coulter and Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 1424, A bill for an act relating to children and families; modifying relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements; modifying the Minnesota family investment program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.01, subdivision 15; 142B.05, subdivision 3; 142B.47; 142B.51, subdivision 2; 142B.80; 142E.01, subdivisions 14, 19; 142G.01, subdivision 8; 142G.40, subdivision 4; 245C.02, by adding a subdivision; 245C.03, subdivision 1; 245C.08, subdivision 1; 245C.15, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Skraba, Igo, Warwas, Heintzeman and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. No. 1425, A bill for an act relating to state lands; prohibiting sale of state-owned land in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
McDonald, Nadeau, Mekeland, Skraba, Hollins, Gomez, Agbaje, Long and Fischer introduced:
H. F. No. 1426, A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products; prohibiting mercury in batteries; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115.071, subdivision 1; 115A.121; 115A.554; 116.92, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1310, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 115A.1312; 115A.1314; 115A.1316; 115A.1318; 115A.1320; 115A.1322; 115A.1323; 115A.1324; 115A.1326; 115A.1328; 115A.1330; 115A.9155; 115A.9157, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 115A.961, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 325E.125; 325E.1251.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Elkins; Koegel; Hicks; Hanson, J., and Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 1427, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessible; requiring nondiscrimination policies; establishing the wheelchair accessible vehicle services account; providing a civil penalty; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 221.091, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1428, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring excess money in the grain indemnity account to be transferred to the agricultural emergency account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 223.25, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Liebling introduced:
H. F. No. 1429, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying emergency medical services overdose data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.123, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Bahner introduced:
H. F. No. 1430, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for well disclosure certificates; establishing a fee; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103I.235, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Gordon introduced:
H. F. No. 1431, A bill for an act relating to elections; amending grounds for recall of state officials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211C.01, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Gordon introduced:
H. F. No. 1432, A bill for an act relating to state government; developing training requirements for state managerial employees; appropriating money for and authorizing the procurement of business consulting services for pilot projects; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Skraba, Igo and Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1433, A bill for an act relating to civil law; amending the notice periods related to the abandoned property of a tenant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 504B.271, subdivision 1; 504B.365, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
H. F. No. 1434, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; requiring age verification for websites with material harmful to minors; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; creating a private right of action; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Bakeberg, Bennett, Nadeau and Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 1435, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for education innovation; modifying innovation zone provisions; modifying P-TECH approval process; recodifying and reorganizing Education Innovation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.085; 124D.093, subdivisions 3, 4; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 52; repealing Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 52, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bakeberg, Bennett and Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 1436, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying student discipline provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.425, subdivision 1; 121A.45, subdivision 1; 121A.55; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.425, subdivision 2; 121A.611.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Gander, Burkel and Van Binsbergen introduced:
H. F. No. 1437, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the stillbirth credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0685, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Gander and Joy introduced:
H. F. No. 1438, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the West Central Regional Water System; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bakeberg and Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 1439, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation for the Carts to Careers initiative.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1440, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to commemorate anniversary of fall of Saigon; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Nash introduced:
H. F. No. 1441, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for commemorative program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Nash introduced:
H. F. No. 1442, A bill for an act relating to data practices; permitting certain elected officials and business entities to access student or parent data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Olson introduced:
H. F. No. 1443, A bill for an act relating to the military; increasing the maximum bonded indebtedness allowed for the State Armory Building Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 193.143.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1444, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying that there is no duty to retreat before making a threat to use force in self-defense in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.06, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Bliss introduced:
H. F. No. 1445, A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying veterans burial provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivisions 8, 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Rymer introduced:
H. F. No. 1446, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing penalties for crime of altering controlled substances with fentanyl; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1447, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring disclosure of contributors who contribute less than $200 who live outside the area represented by the candidate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.20, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Torkelson; Anderson, P. H.; Burkel; Van Binsbergen; Gander; Olson; Jacob and Nelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1448, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; providing for portability of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount; making technical changes and removing obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision; 291.016, subdivision 3; 291.03, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1449, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to storm sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Revere; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1450, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for bridge restoration in Redwood Falls; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1451, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the Redwood Falls Municipal Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1452, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a gravity sewer flow system and other infrastructure in New Ulm; 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. 1453, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1454, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of water infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Lamberton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 1455, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation in Area II of the Minnesota River Basin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 1456, A bill for an act relating to local taxes; authorizing a local sales and use tax in the city of Austin.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dippel; Scott; Schwartz; Burkel; Anderson, P. H.; Quam; Murphy; Bierman; Perryman; Bennett and Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 1457, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Van Binsbergen, Huot, Virnig, Elkins, Davids and Johnson, W., introduced:
H. F. No. 1458, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying standards for required education and experience for certified public accountants; establishing reciprocity for licensed public accountants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326A.03, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 326A.14; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 1105.7900, item D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Van Binsbergen introduced:
H. F. No. 1459, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Greater Litchfield Opera House Association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
H. F. No. 1460, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Ness Church in Litchfield.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Van Binsbergen introduced:
H. F. No. 1461, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for multifamily housing with supportive services and child care center in the city of Cosmos; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Van Binsbergen introduced:
H. F. No. 1462, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for multifamily housing with supportive services and child care center in the city of Cosmos.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Allen, Nelson, Lawrence, Duran, Hudson, Altendorf, Jacob, Mekeland, Repinski, Sexton, Davis and Novotny introduced:
H. F. No. 1463, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for town roads and bridges.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Allen, Heintzeman, Nelson and Repinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1464, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for a water quality improvement project in Rice County and extending a previous appropriation for that purpose.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Allen introduced:
H. F. No. 1465, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for municipal park development in the city of Faribault; 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. 1466, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the list of persons ineligible under the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.45; 244.46, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Allen, Roach, Sexton and Repinski introduced:
H. F. No. 1467, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; moving responsibility for the library from the Department of Education to the Department of Employment and Economic Development; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 248.07, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.31, subdivisions 4a, 6, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Engen introduced:
H. F. No. 1468, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing full-service deputy registrar's office in the city of Circle Pines.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura, Nadeau and Greenman introduced:
H. F. No. 1469, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for job skills training for recently released inmates; requiring reports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Bierman and Noor introduced:
H. F. No. 1470, A bill for an act relating to state government; adding members to opioids, substance use, and addiction subcabinet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 4.046, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Momanyi-Hiltsley, Agbaje, Hussein, Repinski, Stier, Pérez-Vega and Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 1471, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring a copy of the landlord-tenant guide at issuance or renewal of rental license; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
H. F. No. 1472, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the Minnesota Board on Aging.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Momanyi-Hiltsley; Johnson, W.; Hussein; Kraft; Repinski; Coulter; Mahamoud and Rehrauer introduced:
H. F. No. 1473, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for a recycling recovery facility in Hennepin County; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 3, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Gander and Hanson, J., introduced:
H. F. No. 1474, A bill for an act relating to insurance; changing definition of covered services for dental care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.78, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Gordon; Anderson, P. E.; Joy; Dippel; Murphy; Davis; Engen; Knudsen; Altendorf; Nash; Hudson; Roach; Rymer; Gander; Robbins; Johnson, W.; Van Binsbergen; Allen; Jacob; West; Schultz; Sexton; Wiener; Backer and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 1475, A bill for an act relating to local and state government; abolishing the Metropolitan Council; transferring duties to the commissioners of administration and natural resources; transferring transportation and transit-related functions to Department of Transportation; making conforming amendments to public safety radio communication laws, fiscal disparity laws; providing for payment of bonds and other debt obligations; repealing metropolitan land use planning provisions; ending Metropolitan Council oversight of Metropolitan Airports Commission; transferring Metropolitan Council powers and authority to Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission; creating metropolitan area sanitary sewer district; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.971, subdivision 6; 4A.02; 6.80, subdivision 3; 10.60, subdivision 1; 10.65, subdivision 2; 10A.01, subdivisions 24, 31, 32, 35; 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.685; 15.0597, subdivision 1; 15.0599, subdivision 1; 15B.11, subdivision 3; 16A.88, subdivision 2; 16C.073, subdivision 1; 16C.285, subdivision 1; 43A.346, subdivisions 1, 2; 47.52; 65B.43, subdivision 20; 85.016; 85.017; 85.53, subdivision 3; 103B.155; 103B.231, subdivisions 3a, 7, 9, 11; 103B.235, subdivision 3; 103B.255, subdivisions 8, 9, 12; 103G.293; 114C.25; 114D.30, subdivision 4; 115.7411, subdivision 2; 115A.151; 115A.471; 115A.52; 116.064, subdivision 6; 116.16, subdivision 2; 116.182, subdivision 1; 116D.04, subdivision 1a; 116G.03, subdivision 5; 116G.15, subdivisions 2, 5; 116J.401, subdivision 2; 116M.15, subdivision 1; 116P.17, subdivision 1; 117.57, subdivision 3; 118A.07, subdivision 1; 124D.892, subdivision 1; 134.201, subdivision 5; 145A.02, subdivision 16; 160.165, subdivision 1; 160.93, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 161.088, subdivisions 1, 5; 162.09, subdivision 4; 162.145, subdivision 1; 169.306; 169.781, subdivision 1; 169.791, subdivision 5; 169.792, subdivision 11; 174.03, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 174.04, subdivisions 1, 2; 174.285, subdivision 4; 174.30, subdivision 4; 174.375, subdivision 2; 174.90; 216C.145, subdivision 1; 216C.15, subdivision 1; 216H.02, subdivision 2; 221.012, subdivision 38; 221.022; 221.031, subdivision 3a; 237.162, subdivision 2; 240.06, subdivision 2; 268B.01, subdivision 18; 270.12, subdivision 3; 275.065, subdivision 3; 275.066; 275.62, subdivision 3; 275.70, subdivision 4; 297A.70, subdivision 3; 297A.9915, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 297A.992, subdivisions 4, 5; 352.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 352.03, subdivision 1; 352.04, subdivision 6; 352.75, subdivision 2; 352D.02, subdivision 1; 353.64, subdivision 7a; 363A.36, subdivisions 1, 1a; 363A.44, subdivision 1; 373.40, subdivision 1; 383A.81, subdivision 3; 383B.81, subdivision 3; 398A.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 9; 403.30, subdivision 1; 403.31, subdivisions 4, 5; 403.36, subdivision 1; 414.02, subdivision 3; 414.031, subdivision 4; 446A.076; 462A.04, subdivision 1; 462A.07, subdivision 11; 462A.222, subdivision 4; 462C.04, subdivision 2; 462C.071, subdivision 2;
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
McDonald and Gillman introduced:
H. F. No. 1476, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rehabilitation of the Salisbury Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 1477, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying residential program licensing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144G.45, subdivision 3; 245A.11, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1478, A bill for an act relating to local government; amending priority criteria for public land survey system monument grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 381.125, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Virnig introduced:
H. F. No. 1479, A bill for an act relating to taxation; provider taxes; establishing quarterly pharmacy refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 295.54, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1480, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise and unitary taxation; expanding the unitary group to foreign corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.01, subdivision 19; 290.0132, by adding subdivisions; 290.0134, by adding subdivisions; 290.17, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.21, subdivisions 9, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hansen, R., and Lee, F., introduced:
H. F. No. 1481, A bill for an act relating to biofuel; requiring monitoring of biofuel, air emissions, wastewater, and coproducts for the presence of certain chemicals; providing for voluntary biomonitoring of biofuel plant employees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 25.41, by adding a subdivision; 115.03, by adding a subdivision; 144.996, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1482, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from the environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying prior appropriations; amending Laws 2024, chapter 83, section 2, subdivisions 3, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 1483, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
H. F. No. 1484, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring employers to disclose in job postings whether employee health plan options comply with cost-sharing limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.173, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hollins; Her; Finke; Berg; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Agbaje; Norris; Fischer; Bahner; Pursell; Johnson, P.; Sencer-Mura; Curran; Tabke; Virnig; Lee, K.; Falconer; Jones; Reyer; Kozlowski; Xiong; Rehrauer; Mahamoud; Kraft and Acomb introduced:
H. F. No. 1485, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage of over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and products by insurers and medical assistance; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62Q.522, subdivisions 1, 2; 256B.0625, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Jordan introduced:
H. F. No. 1486, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting certain chemicals in packaging; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Elkins, Bierman, Bahner and Mahamoud introduced:
H. F. No. 1487, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring data on fully denied claims to be submitted to the all-payer claims database; establishing a fee schedule for expanded access to data in the all-payer claims database; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62U.04, subdivisions 4, 13, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 1488, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying requirements for class 4d(1) low‑income rental housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.128, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Howard, Agbaje and Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. No. 1489, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money; 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. 1490, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying graduation requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.303, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bennett introduced:
H. F. No. 1491, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying evidence-based education grant goals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.20, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bennett introduced:
H. F. No. 1492, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying student academic achievement and improvement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.35, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bennett introduced:
H. F. No. 1493, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying student career and college readiness provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.307, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
CALENDAR FOR THE
DAY
H. F. No. 14 was reported
to the House.
Koznick moved to amend H. F. No. 14 as follows:
Page 1, after line 12, insert:
"Subd. 2. Bus
rapid transit alternate transit analysis.
(a) The Metropolitan Council must perform an analysis of
alternate transit in the corridor of the Blue Line light rail transit extension
project. At a minimum, the analysis
must:
(1) evaluate bus rapid transit as an
alternative mode of transit service in the corridor;
(2) perform a comparison between light
rail transit and bus rapid transit alternatives that includes life cycle fiscal
costs, ridership, transit system impacts, project risks, and any other relevant
costs and benefits; and
(3) review considerations and develop
any recommendations for a project redesign to implement bus rapid transit in
the corridor.
(b) By January 15,
2026, the Metropolitan Council must submit a report on the analysis to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and to the Hennepin County
commissioners. At a minimum, the report
must:
(1) summarize the analysis; and
(2) provide information on each of the
requirements under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3).
(c) Notwithstanding Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 1, section 11, the appropriation under that section specifically for the Blue Line light rail transit extension project is available for the analysis and report under this subdivision."
Page 1, line 13, delete "This section expires on the date that the Southwest light rail transit" and insert "The prohibition under subdivision 1 expires on the day following submission of the report under subdivision 2"
Page 1, line 14, delete everything before the period
Renumber the subdivisions in sequence
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
Koznick moved to amend the Koznick amendment to H. F. No. 14 as follows:
Page 2, delete lines 1 to 4
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Koznick amendment
to the Koznick amendment and the roll was called. There were 67 yeas and 66 nays as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
Those who voted in the negative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment was adopted.
Koznick moved to amend the Koznick amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 14 as follows:
Page 1, delete lines 19 to 22 and insert:
"(c) The council must use existing resources to perform the analysis and report under this subdivision."
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Koznick amendment
to the Koznick amendment, as amended, and the roll was called. There were 67 yeas and 66 nays as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
Those who voted in the negative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment, as amended, was adopted.
Page 1, line 9, after "benefits" insert "such as potential financial impacts of proposed federal tariffs and potential retaliatory tariffs"
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Stephenson amendment
to the Koznick amendment, as amended, and the roll was called. There were 67 yeas and 66 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Quam
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
Those who voted in the negative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment, as amended, was adopted.
MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
Quam moved that the vote whereby the Stephenson amendment to
the Koznick amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 14 was
adopted earlier today be now reconsidered. The motion prevailed.
The Stephenson amendment to the Koznick amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 14 was again reported to the House and reads as follows:
Page 1, line 9, after "benefits" insert "such as potential financial impacts of proposed federal tariffs and potential retaliatory tariffs"
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Stephenson
amendment to the Koznick amendment, as amended, and the roll was called. There were 66 yeas and 67 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
Those who voted in the negative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
The
motion did not prevail and the amendment to the amendment, as amended, was not
adopted.
The question recurred on the Koznick
amendment, as amended, and the roll was called.
There were 67 yeas and 66 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
Those who voted in the negative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
The
motion prevailed and the amendment, as amended, was adopted.
H. F. No. 14, as
amended, was read for the
third time.
Koegel moved that H. F. No. 14, as amended, be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Koegel
motion and the roll was called. There
were 66 yeas and 67 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
Those who voted in the negative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
The
motion did not prevail.
The bill, as amended, was placed upon its
final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of
the bill and the roll was called. There
were 66 yeas and 67 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
Those who voted in the negative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Niska
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
The bill was not passed, as amended.
MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION
Niska moved that the vote whereby H. F.
No. 14, as amended, was not passed earlier today be now reconsidered.
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the Niska motion
and the roll was called. There were 67
yeas and 66 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Allen
Altendorf
Anderson, P. E.
Anderson, P. H.
Backer
Bakeberg
Baker
Bennett
Bliss
Burkel
Davids
Davis
Dippel
Dotseth
Duran
Engen
Fogelman
Franson
Gander
Gillman
Gordon
Harder
Heintzeman
Hudson
Igo
Jacob
Johnson, W.
Joy
Knudsen
Koznick
Kresha
Lawrence
McDonald
Mekeland
Mueller
Murphy
Myers
Nadeau
Nash
Nelson
Niska
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson
Perryman
Quam
Rarick
Repinski
Roach
Robbins
Rymer
Schomacker
Schultz
Schwartz
Scott
Sexton
Skraba
Stier
Swedzinski
Torkelson
Van Binsbergen
Warwas
West
Wiener
Witte
Zeleznikar
Spk. Demuth
Those who voted in the negative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Bahner
Berg
Bierman
Carroll
Cha
Clardy
Coulter
Curran
Elkins
Falconer
Feist
Finke
Fischer
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greene
Greenman
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Her
Hicks
Hill
Hollins
Hortman
Howard
Huot
Hussein
Johnson, P.
Jones
Jordan
Keeler
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Kozlowski
Kraft
Lee, F.
Lee, K.
Liebling
Lillie
Long
Mahamoud
Moller
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Noor
Norris
Pérez-Vega
Pinto
Pursell
Rehm
Rehrauer
Reyer
Sencer-Mura
Smith
Stephenson
Tabke
Vang
Virnig
Wolgamott
Xiong
Youakim
The
motion prevailed.
LAY ON THE
TABLE
Niska moved that H. F. No. 14, as
amended, be laid on the table. The
motion prevailed and H. F. No. 14, as amended, was laid on the table.
MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS
Davis moved that the name of Sexton be
added as an author on H. F. No. 2. The motion prevailed.
Nash moved that the names of Gillman and
Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 3. The motion prevailed.
Johnson, W., moved that the names of
Gillman and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 4. The motion prevailed.
Joy moved that the names of Gillman and
Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 5. The motion prevailed.
Bennett moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 6. The motion prevailed.
Novotny moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 7. The motion prevailed.
Heintzeman moved that the names of Nelson,
Gillman and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 8. The motion prevailed.
Swedzinski moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 9. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 10. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that the names of Nelson,
Gillman and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 11. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the names of Gillman and
Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 12. The motion prevailed.
Bliss moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 13. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 14. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 15. The motion prevailed.
Rymer moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 16. The motion prevailed.
Bliss moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 17. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the names of Gillman and
Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 18. The motion prevailed.
Kresha moved that the names of Wiener,
Sexton and Gillman be added as authors on H. F. No. 19. The motion prevailed.
Niska moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 20. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Gillman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 21. The motion prevailed.
Gillman moved that the name of Sexton be
added as an author on H. F. No. 22. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 23. The motion prevailed.
Zeleznikar moved that the names of Gillman
and Sexton be added as authors on H. F. No. 25. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the name of Murphy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 47. The motion prevailed.
Virnig moved that the name of Youakim be
added as an author on H. F. No. 51. The motion prevailed.
Anderson, P. E., moved that the name of
Warwas be added as an author on H. F. No. 52. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Bakeberg be
added as an author on H. F. No. 57. The motion prevailed.
Clardy moved that the name of Johnson, P.,
be added as an author on H. F. No. 61. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Warwas be
added as an author on H. F. No. 72. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Virnig be
added as an author on H. F. No. 82. The motion prevailed.
Reyer moved that the names of Rehrauer,
Norris and Greene be added as authors on H. F. No. 88. The motion prevailed.
Bahner moved that the names of Rehrauer
and Norris be added as authors on H. F. No. 89. The motion prevailed.
Sencer-Mura moved that the name of
Johnson, P., be added as an author on H. F. No. 99. The motion prevailed.
Freiberg moved that the name of Xiong be
added as an author on H. F. No. 132. The motion prevailed.
Heintzeman moved that the name of Johnson,
P., be added as an author on H. F. No. 278. The motion prevailed.
Warwas moved that the name of Johnson, P.,
be added as an author on H. F. No. 279. The motion prevailed.
Perryman moved that the name of Virnig be
added as an author on H. F. No. 286. The motion prevailed.
Igo moved that the name of Skraba be added
as an author on H. F. No. 297.
The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 321. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 322. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 329. The motion prevailed.
Harder moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 358. The motion prevailed.
Pinto moved that the names of Lee, K., and
Wolgamott be added as authors on H. F. No. 362. The motion prevailed.
Jacob moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 363. The motion prevailed.
Murphy moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 368. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 396. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 409. The motion prevailed.
Franson moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 415. The motion prevailed.
Franson moved that the names of Knudsen
and Warwas be added as authors on H. F. No. 435. The motion prevailed.
Kozlowski moved that the name of
Zeleznikar be added as an author on H. F. No. 444. The motion prevailed.
Harder moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 457. The motion prevailed.
Harder moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 465. The motion prevailed.
West moved that the name of Virnig be
added as an author on H. F. No. 470. The motion prevailed.
Scott moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 480. The motion prevailed.
Mekeland moved that the names of Dotseth,
Knudsen and Hudson be added as authors on H. F. No. 482. The motion prevailed.
Wiener moved that the name of Smith be
added as an author on H. F. No. 487. The motion prevailed.
Hill moved that the name of Her be added
as an author on H. F. No. 491.
The motion prevailed.
West moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 495. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the names of Baker and
Knudsen be added as authors on H. F. No. 514. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Rehrauer
be added as an author on H. F. No. 515. The motion prevailed.
Stier moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 538. The motion prevailed.
Stier moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 539. The motion prevailed.
Stier moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 540. The motion prevailed.
Stier moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 543. The motion prevailed.
Rymer moved that the name of Johnson, W.,
be added as an author on H. F. No. 606. The motion prevailed.
Burkel moved that the name of Warwas be
added as an author on H. F. No. 649. The motion prevailed.
Hicks moved that the name of Virnig be
added as an author on H. F. No. 669. The motion prevailed.
Hicks moved that the names of Jones,
Fischer and Virnig be added as authors on H. F. No. 671. The motion prevailed.
Freiberg moved that the name of Kraft be
added as an author on H. F. No. 679. The motion prevailed.
Frazier moved that the names of Rehm and
Reyer be added as authors on H. F. No. 683. The motion prevailed.
Frazier moved that the name of Myers be
added as an author on H. F. No. 688. The motion prevailed.
Davis moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 706. The motion prevailed.
Lee, F., moved that the name of Xiong be
added as an author on H. F. No. 726. The motion prevailed.
Olson moved that the names of Gordon;
Hudson; Johnson, W., and Robbins be added as authors on
H. F. No. 733. The motion
prevailed.
Clardy moved that the name of Xiong be
added as an author on H. F. No. 744. The motion prevailed.
Koznick moved that the name of Robbins be
added as an author on H. F. No. 748. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 763. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 764. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 765. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 766. The motion prevailed.
Hudson moved that the names of Knudsen and
Burkel be added as authors on H. F. No. 768. The motion prevailed.
Quam moved that the name of Mekeland be
added as an author on H. F. No. 769. The motion prevailed.
Coulter moved that the name of Myers be
added as an author on H. F. No. 777. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of McDonald be
added as an author on H. F. No. 791. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Zeleznikar be
added as an author on H. F. No. 792. The motion prevailed.
Hollins moved that the names of Freiberg
and Hudson be added as authors on H. F. No. 793. The motion prevailed.
Nadeau moved that the name of Zeleznikar
be added as an author on H. F. No. 794. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the name of Niska be
added as an author on H. F. No. 795. The motion prevailed.
Wiener moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 814. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the name of Zeleznikar
be added as an author on H. F. No. 819. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that the name of Burkel be
added as an author on H. F. No. 845. The motion prevailed.
Hansen, R., moved that the name of Jones
be added as an author on H. F. No. 855. The motion prevailed.
Moller moved that the name of Jones be
added as an author on H. F. No. 856. The motion prevailed.
Schomacker moved that the names of Baker
and Keeler be added as authors on H. F. No. 862. The motion prevailed.
Schomacker moved that the name of Virnig
be added as an author on H. F. No. 875. The motion prevailed.
Knudsen moved that the name of Gordon be
added as an author on H. F. No. 898. The motion prevailed.
Perryman moved that the name of Zeleznikar
be added as an author on H. F. No. 946. The motion prevailed.
Nelson moved that the name of Jones be
added as an author on H. F. No. 985. The motion prevailed.
McDonald moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1000. The motion prevailed.
Sexton moved that the names of Tabke and
Knudsen be added as authors on H. F. No. 1004. The motion prevailed.
Bierman moved that the names of Hollins,
Jones, Liebling and Virnig be added as authors on
H. F. No. 1005. The
motion prevailed.
Norris moved that the name of Lillie be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1007. The motion prevailed.
Bierman moved that the names of Murphy and
Schwartz be added as authors on H. F. No. 1011. The motion prevailed.
Kresha moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1018. The motion prevailed.
McDonald moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1025. The motion prevailed.
West moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1026. The motion prevailed.
West moved that the name of Feist be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1027. The motion prevailed.
Torkelson moved that the name of Tabke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1029. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1052. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Zeleznikar
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1053. The motion prevailed.
Bakeberg moved that the name of Zeleznikar
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1054. The motion prevailed.
Anderson, P. H., moved that the name of
Knudsen be added as an author on H. F. No. 1057. The motion prevailed.
Anderson, P. H., moved that the name of
Burkel be added as an author on H. F. No. 1063. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that the name of Zeleznikar be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1096. The motion prevailed.
Bahner moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1100. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Zeleznikar be added as an author on H. F. No. 1110. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Zeleznikar be added as an author on H. F. No. 1111. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Myers be added as an author on H. F. No. 1112. The motion prevailed.
Duran moved that the name of Engen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1118. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the names of Duran and
Engen be added as authors on H. F. No. 1120. The motion prevailed.
Mueller moved that the names of Clardy and
Feist be added as authors on H. F. No. 1128. The motion prevailed.
Howard moved that the name of Jones be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1142. The motion prevailed.
Howard moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1143. The motion prevailed.
Coulter moved that the names of Jones and
Engen be added as authors on H. F. No. 1145. The motion prevailed.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved that the name of
Rehrauer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1149. The motion prevailed.
Engen moved that the name of Zeleznikar be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1157. The motion prevailed.
Hussein moved that the name of Franson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1160. The motion prevailed.
Bahner moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1165. The motion prevailed.
Bahner moved that the names of Pursell and
Rehrauer be added as authors on H. F. No. 1168. The motion prevailed.
Huot moved that the name of Engen be added
as an author on H. F. No. 1175.
The motion prevailed.
Greenman moved that the name of Engen
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1181. The motion prevailed.
Roach moved that the name of Engen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1184. The motion prevailed.
Robbins moved that the name of Engen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1188. The motion prevailed.
Duran moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1200. The motion prevailed.
Fischer moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1209. The motion prevailed.
Falconer moved that the name of Pursell be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1212. The motion prevailed.
Witte moved that the names of Rehrauer and
Engen be added as authors on H. F. No. 1217. The motion prevailed.
Olson moved that the name of Tabke be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1219. The motion prevailed.
Myers moved that the names of Novotny and
Johnson, W., be added as authors on H. F. No. 1221. The motion prevailed.
Frazier moved that the name of Sencer-Mura
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1223. The motion prevailed.
Skraba moved that the names of Burkel and
Zeleznikar be added as authors on H. F. No. 1225. The motion prevailed.
Duran moved that the name of Burkel be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1231. The motion prevailed.
Zeleznikar moved that the name of Knudsen
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1233. The motion prevailed.
Joy moved that the name of Lawrence be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1241. The motion prevailed.
Joy moved that the name of Burkel be added
as an author on H. F. No. 1242.
The motion prevailed.
Burkel moved that the name of Lillie be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1250. The motion prevailed.
Novotny moved that the name of Huot be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1255. The motion prevailed.
Repinski moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1260. The motion prevailed.
Bahner moved that the name of Moller be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1268. The motion prevailed.
Reyer moved that the name of Smith be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1269. The motion prevailed.
Tabke moved that the name of Huot be added
as an author on H. F. No. 1275.
The motion prevailed.
Freiberg moved that the name of Xiong be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1278. The motion prevailed.
Warwas moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1285. The motion prevailed.
Warwas moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1286. The motion prevailed.
Stephenson moved that the names of
Wolgamott, Jones and Rehrauer be added as authors on
H. F. No. 1289. The
motion prevailed.
Perryman moved that the name of Huot be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1290. The motion prevailed.
Johnson, P., moved that the name of Huot
be added as an author on H. F. No. 1295. The motion prevailed.
Rehrauer moved that the name of Feist be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1299. The motion prevailed.
Roach moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1300. The motion prevailed.
Coulter moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1309. The motion prevailed.
Hussein moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1313. The motion prevailed.
Pursell moved that the name of Rehrauer be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1319. The motion prevailed.
Schultz moved that the name of Knudsen be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1325. The motion prevailed.
Baker moved that
H. F. No. 961 be recalled from the Committee on Education
Finance and be re-referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic
Development Finance and Policy. The
motion prevailed.
Novotny moved that
H. F. No. 1255 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.
Tabke moved that
H. F. No. 1274 be recalled from the Committee on Workforce,
Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy and be re-referred to the
Committee on Capital Investment. The
motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Niska moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 12:00 noon, Wednesday, February 26, 2025. The motion prevailed.
Niska moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 12:00 noon, Wednesday, February 26,
2025.
Patrick
Duffy Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives