The following House Files were introduced:
Quam, Roach, Altendorf, Davis and Gordon introduced:
H. F. 1494, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring voters who register on election day to cast provisional ballots; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.072; 201.061, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.225, subdivisions 2, 5; 203B.04, subdivision 4; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.081, subdivision 3; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.30, subdivisions 2, 3; 204C.07, subdivision 3a; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 7; 201.121, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam, Roach, Altendorf, Davis and Gordon introduced:
H. F. 1495, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting certain candidates, candidate representatives, and political parties to observe the work of absentee ballot boards; permitting certain candidates, candidate representatives, and political parties to observe recounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.121, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Quam, Altendorf, Davis, Roach and Gordon introduced:
H. F. 1496, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring voter verification before mail delivery of an absentee ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Gander and Burkel introduced:
H. F. 1497, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants to the Northern Crops Institute.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Perryman, Wolgamott, Backer, Schwartz and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. 1498, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants to museums and education centers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Coulter and Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:
H. F. 1499, A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying the modernization of family child care regulations; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H. introduced:
H. F. 1500, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying the advanced biofuel production incentive; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.16, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Murphy, Reyer, Bierman, Torkelson and Schomacker introduced:
H. F. 1501, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Reyer, Murphy, Elkins, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Bierman and Franson introduced:
H. F. 1502, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a presumptive disability determination process for medical assistance eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245D.02, subdivision 23; 256.01, subdivisions 18f, 29; 256B.055, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 256B.056, subdivisions 1b, 3, 4, 10, by adding a subdivision; 256B.057, subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0761, subdivision 2; 256B.77, subdivision 7a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. 1503, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a program to provide grants to prevent the spread of avian influenza; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1504, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for grants to Veterans on the Lake.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1505, A bill for an act relating to legacy; extending a clean water fund appropriation for the Ash River Sanitary Sewer Collection and Treatment System.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Kozlowski; Johnson, P., and Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1506, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Entrepreneur Fund.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Johnson, P. and Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. 1507, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Great Lakes Aquarium in the city of Duluth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Johnson, P. and Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1508, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an Academic Health Center facility for the University of Minnesota-Duluth; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Jones; Koegel; Clardy; Tabke; Anderson, P. E., and Witte introduced:
H. F. 1509, A bill for an act relating to transportation; limiting authority to issue certain citations to pedestrians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169.06, subdivisions 5, 6; 169.21, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. 1510, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing presentence investigation reports to include information related to brain injury; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.115, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Clardy, Hussein, Pérez-Vega, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Noor and Repinski introduced:
H. F. 1511, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a veteran mentorship program for Black youth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Clardy, Smith, Vang, Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1512, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for sudden unexplained death in childhood research grants; requiring reports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Quam, Roach, Schultz, Davis, McDonald, Altendorf and Gordon introduced:
H. F. 1513, 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 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.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 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.
Clardy and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1514, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for the veterans resilience project; requiring reports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Clardy and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1515, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring personal learning plans to include interventions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.125.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Clardy and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1516, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a grant to an organization to establish a Black veterans support program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans and Military Affairs Division.
Clardy and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1517, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Minnesota Black Farmers Association to purchase advanced 21st century farming equipment for use by a cooperative of Black veteran farmers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Clardy, Hussein, Momanyi-Hiltsley and Noor introduced:
H. F. 1518, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for an agricultural training program for Black youth at historical Black-owned farms.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Howard and Greenman introduced:
H. F. 1519, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating homeowner's insurance advertisements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 72A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Koegel introduced:
H. F. 1520, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying various provisions governing drivers' licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.0605, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.17, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Koegel introduced:
H. F. 1521, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing pavement asset sustainability ratio targets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.03, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Her; Cha; Pursell; Lee, K.; Kozlowski; Wolgamott; Norris; Huot; Lawrence; Frederick; Nelson and Rymer introduced:
H. F. 1522, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of agricultural land for agricultural property classification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Harder; Burkel; Jacob; Anderson, P. H.; Nelson; Novotny and Davids introduced:
H. F. 1523, A bill for an act relating to employment; exempting certain agricultural workers from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17, 18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Harder; Anderson, P. H., and Burkel introduced:
H. F. 1524, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a grant program to promote certain nutrient management practices; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Knudsen introduced:
H. F. 1525, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting home-based businesses in residential dwellings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Jones introduced:
H. F. 1526, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to The Bridge for Youth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Fischer and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 1527, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; appropriating money for the fishing in the neighborhood program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Duran and Bliss introduced:
H. F. 1528, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a sanitary sewer collection and treatment system in Beltrami 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.
Cha and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. 1529, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the city of Woodbury.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Cha and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. 1530, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for La Lake Park in the city of Woodbury; 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, Vang, Skraba, Kozlowski, Cha, Swedzinski and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 1531, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; removing expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.037.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Olson introduced:
H. F. 1532, A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; increasing certain reimbursement amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 117.036, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Her, Smith, Fischer, Coulter, Berg, Falconer and Kraft introduced:
H. F. 1533, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; treating certain foreign corporations as unitary; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.01, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 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.
Keeler; Myers; Hanson, J.; Bierman; Nadeau; Reyer and Virnig introduced:
H. F. 1534, A bill for an act relating to health; transferring the healthy eating, here at home program to the Department of Health; establishing the fresh bucks pilot program; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 138.912, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 138.912, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski and Johnson, P. introduced:
H. F. 1535, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Duluth Children's Museum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. 1536, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment improvements in the city of Jordan; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Johnson, P.; Kozlowski; Repinski; Pérez-Vega and Hansen, R. introduced:
H. F. 1537, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the port development assistance 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.
Mueller, Rymer, Bennett, Hill, Clardy and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. 1538, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for teacher apprenticeships; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kozlowski, Zeleznikar and Johnson, P. introduced:
H. F. 1539, A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting the special education initial aid amount for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; creating a supplemental special education aid for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Tabke and Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. 1540, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a residency pilot program for certain racehorses; requiring awards and grants; transferring money; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Hudson introduced:
H. F. 1541, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to a regional water system serving the communities of Albertville, Hanover, and St. Michael; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. 1542, A bill for an act relating to employment; making employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits permissive; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivisions 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hicks, Mueller, Clardy and Virnig introduced:
H. F. 1543, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a grant for literacy interventions; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lee, K. and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 1544, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a winter festival on Lake Phalen.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 1545, A bill for an act relating to liquor; permitting persons that are 17 years of age to serve alcoholic beverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.412, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 1546, A bill for an act relating to public safety; repealing outdated fire safety measures pre-dating the statewide fire code; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 325F.02; 325F.03; 325F.04; 325F.05; 325F.06; 325F.07.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 1547, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for certain materials and equipment used in construction of the Stearns County Justice Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kozlowski, Igo, Wolgamott and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. 1548, A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing housing and redevelopment authorities to establish local housing trust funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462C.16, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski, Keeler and Duran introduced:
H. F. 1549, A bill for an act relating to education policy; allowing for American Indian drumming in public schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.792; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Virnig; Clardy; Youakim; Frazier; Greene; Freiberg; Hill; Johnson, P., and Rehrauer introduced:
H. F. 1550, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district to reauthorize a capital projects referendum by board action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.63, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1551, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements for Lutheran Social Service in the city of St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 1552, A bill for an act relating to broadband; modifying matching requirements for the lower population density grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.3952, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1553, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for a grant to Boundary Waters Care Center; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1554, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the allowed uses of student support personnel aid for school districts and charter schools with declining enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 1555, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Gitchi-Gami State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1556, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new facility for YMCA of the North Camp Northern Lights.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Skraba, Davis and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 1557, A bill for an act relating to public health; exempting certain hot tubs from public pool regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. 1558, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hussein, Pérez-Vega, Her, Xiong, Cha and Gomez introduced:
H. F. 1559, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community festival grant program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Finke and Hollins introduced:
H. F. 1560, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Finke introduced:
H. F. 1561, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to FilmNorth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Finke introduced:
H. F. 1562, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Gibbs Farm Museum: Pathways to Dakota and Pioneer Life.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nadeau, Olson, Myers and Wiener introduced:
H. F. 1563, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income and corporate franchise; allowing a subtraction for employer-provided dependent care assistance; establishing a tax credit for employer-provided child care expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, 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 Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Jordan introduced:
H. F. 1564, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for regional parks and trails.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Finke, Hollins, Pérez-Vega and Her introduced:
H. F. 1565, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an annual observance for Philando Castile Restoration and Unity Days; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Hussein; Mahamoud; Pérez-Vega; Feist; Noor; Momanyi-Hiltsley; Agbaje; Cha; Vang; Kozlowski; Howard; Her; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Rehrauer; Norris; Skraba; Mueller; Engen; Hansen, R.; Warwas; Bierman; Perryman and Hudson introduced:
H. F. 1566, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing additional accommodations to children with autism in rental properties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Duran, Novotny, Stier, Engen, Joy, Bliss, Hudson and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 1567, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; extending to peace officers the personal information protections currently available for judicial officials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.991; 480.40; 480.45; 609.476.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
West introduced:
H. F. 1568, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for improvements to Hornsby Street Northeast in the city of Columbus.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
West introduced:
H. F. 1569, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Hornsby Street Northeast in the city of Columbus; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 1570, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing sale or lease of boathouse sites at Soudan Underground Mine State Park; amending Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 1571, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction projects in the Lake Superior School District.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 1572, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; appropriating money for a grant to Independent School District No. 742, St. Cloud, for preschool programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 1573, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the law on retroactive relief for certain felony murders; amending Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 4, section 24, subdivision 7, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 1574, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying requirements governing towing authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168B.011, by adding a subdivision; 168B.035, subdivision 5; 168B.04, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 1575, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying certain criminal felony murder and aiding and abetting murder provisions; authorizing retroactive relief for certain aiding and abetting murder convictions; reviving task force on aiding and abetting felony murder; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.05, subdivision 2a; 609.185; 609.19, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 1576, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring disclosure of personnel data on peace officers and other potential government witnesses to a prosecuting authority to comply with the authority's constitutional disclosure obligations; providing for a Brady-Giglio designation for peace officers; establishing a task force to examine Brady-Giglio lists; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.03, subdivision 6; 13.43, by adding a subdivision; 626.8457, subdivisions 3, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Frazier, Baker, Kozlowski and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1577, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a statewide education campaign to inform employers about the benefits of second-chance hiring.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 1578, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; restricting public dissemination of personal information about county attorneys and employees in county attorney offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.40, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Noor, Sencer-Mura, Gomez and Keeler introduced:
H. F. 1579, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing housing support supplementary services rates for certain facilities; 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.
Knudsen; Altendorf; Anderson, P. E.; O'Driscoll; Torkelson; Skraba; Dippel; Lawrence; Schwartz; Scott and Robbins introduced:
H. F. 1580, A bill for an act relating to health; making changes to born alive infant provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.423, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hicks introduced:
H. F. 1581, A bill for an act relating to children and families; appropriating money for the diaper distribution grant program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott; Cha; Norris; Hansen, R.; Nadeau; Her; Bakeberg; Lillie; Hill; Huot; Falconer and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1582, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; providing for an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service; modifying the early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age; increasing the postretirement adjustments; removing the postretirement adjustment delay for members who retire before the normal retirement age; increasing employer contributions; increasing the pension adjustment revenue for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 126C.10, subdivision 37; 354.42, subdivision 3; 354.44, subdivision 6; 356.415, subdivision 1d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy.
Perryman introduced:
H. F. 1583, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the appropriation for capital improvements at CentraCare in the city of St. Cloud; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 49.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Berg, Rarick, Moller, Virnig, Smith, Jordan, Mahamoud and Pursell introduced:
H. F. 1584, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for informed consent for sensitive examinations of an anesthetized or unconscious patient; establishing a penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Feist and Agbaje introduced:
H. F. 1585, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a grant to Art From the Inside to use the arts to address the needs of incarcerated persons and persons on supervised release.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Hussein, Pérez-Vega, Clardy, Hollins, Xiong, Heintzeman, Cha, Vang, Lillie, Frazier, Agbaje, Skraba, Carroll, Falconer and Huot introduced:
H. F. 1586, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to celebrate the life of Gordon Parks.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Stephenson and Bliss introduced:
H. F. 1587, A bill for an act relating to state lands; appropriating money to condemn certain land in Cass County and authorizing its transfer for no consideration.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Mekeland, Hill, Davis and Igo introduced:
H. F. 1588, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the community energy transition grant program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Norris, Bakeberg and Keeler introduced:
H. F. 1589, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing an academic acceleration pilot program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
West; Nash; Scott; Swedzinski; Novotny; Warwas; Johnson, W.; Rymer; Olson; McDonald; Gillman; Engen; Hudson; Duran; Schwartz; Bliss and Igo introduced:
H. F. 1590, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing mandatory minimum sentences for the malicious punishment of a child; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.377.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Murphy and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 1591, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting acquiring state land at auction; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Murphy and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 1592, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions and requiring definition for calcareous fens; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.223.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Murphy and Backer introduced:
H. F. 1593, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 373; 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations.
Murphy and Backer introduced:
H. F. 1594, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting conservation officers from conducting searches or seizures without a warrant or court order; requiring receipts to be provided to persons from whom property is seized; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.7741, subdivision 2; 84.89; 97A.221, subdivision 1; 97A.223, subdivision 1; 97A.225, subdivision 1; 97B.021, subdivision 2; 97C.355, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Murphy and Backer introduced:
H. F. 1595, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring conservation officers to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.028, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 84.0835, subdivision 2; 84.0895, subdivision 6; 86B.801, by adding a subdivision; 97A.205; 97A.215, subdivision 1; 97A.221, subdivision 1; 97A.223, subdivision 1; 97A.225, subdivision 1; 97A.241, subdivision 1; 97B.002, subdivision 1; 97B.065, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Acomb and Freiberg introduced:
H. F. 1596, A bill for an act relating to Metropolitan Council; modifying government data classification of investigative information pertaining to certain Metropolitan Council personnel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.43, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Norris and Myers introduced:
H. F. 1597, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. 1598, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing an air ventilation improvement and geothermal infrastructure for schools financing program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy.
Lillie; Johnson, W.; Hill; Fischer; Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Cha introduced:
H. F. 1599, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grade-separated interchange at Trunk Highway 36 and Trunk Highway 120 in the cities of North St. Paul and Oakdale.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hicks, Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1600, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL).
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hussein and Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. 1601, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing local governmental units to prohibit or restrict the possession of dangerous weapons, ammunition, or explosives in local government-owned or leased buildings and land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski and Hussein introduced:
H. F. 1602, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Latino Economic Development Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. 1603, A bill for an act relating to higher education; making permanent the current paramedic scholarship program; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 2, section 31, subdivisions 1, 4; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 2, section 31, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Virnig introduced:
H. F. 1604, A bill for an act relating to children and families; mandating school attendance reporting to a local welfare agency; modifying the habitual truant definition; appropriating money for grants to fund child welfare response efforts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.007, subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 1605, A bill for an act relating to housing; limiting rent increases in certain low-income rental projects receiving low-income housing tax credits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.222, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 1606, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting access to nudification technology; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Clardy introduced:
H. F. 1607, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying hours of instruction requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120A.41.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 1608, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Kids In Need Foundation.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 1609, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the city of Little Canada for a school supply distribution and educator resource center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 1610, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to Kids in Need Foundation for a school supply distribution and educator resource center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Hansen, R. and Lee, F. introduced:
H. F. 1611, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for lawns to lunch pilot program.
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. 1612, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for aggregate resource inventory.
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. 1613, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; implementing recommendations of Aggregate Resources Task Force; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.94, subdivision 4; 473.859, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Kraft, Hicks and Hanson, J. introduced:
H. F. 1614, A bill for an act relating to child welfare; modifying child in need of protection or services definition to clarify when a child is considered to be without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional condition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.007, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 1615, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying the limits of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol in edible cannabinoid products and lower-potency hemp edibles when intended to be consumed as beverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 151.72, subdivision 5a; 342.01, subdivision 50; 342.46, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.