INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 6, 2023


The following House Files were introduced:

Klevorn introduced:

H. F. 2555, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the number of copies of a mandated report that a department or agency must file with the Legislative Reference Library; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.195, subdivision 1.

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

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

H. F. 2556, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for grants to initiative foundations.

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

Klevorn introduced:

H. F. 2557, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring health plans to cover medically necessary dental procedures that are a result of cancer treatment; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Norris introduced:

H. F. 2558, A bill for an act relating to taxation; liquor; reducing the excise tax on certain prepackaged cocktails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297G.01, by adding a subdivision; 297G.03, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Hussein; Lee, K., and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:

H. F. 2559, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Hmong American Partnership.

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

Sencer-Mura and Elkins introduced:

H. F. 2560, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management and assistance activities.

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

Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. 2561, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for an industrial hemp processing facility.

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

Sencer-Mura, Cha, Pursell, Frederick and Nelson, N. introduced:

H. F. 2562, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to partner organizations to assist meat and poultry processors with hiring and training new employees.

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

Cha; Anderson, P. H.; Nelson, N., and Pursell introduced:

H. F. 2563, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities.

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

Hansen, R. and Lee, F. introduced:

H. F. 2564, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for snowmobile registration; establishing accounts; modifying provisions for state parks and state trails; modifying eligibility for Minnesota Naturalist Corps; modifying timber provisions; modifying requirements for water permit applications; modifying requirements for resident licenses; modifying walk-in access program; modifying use of motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas; authorizing permits to take wild animals under federal incidental take permit; modifying hunting and fishing provisions; modifying elk management provisions; providing for nonlethal control of deer and elk causing damage; modifying wanton waste provisions; clarifying dates for certain open seasons; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 84.82, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 84.821, subdivision 2; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.992, subdivisions 2, 5; 85.015, subdivision 10; 85.052, subdivision 6; 90.181, subdivision 2; 97A.031; 97A.126; 97A.137, subdivision 3; 97A.401, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.405, subdivision 5; 97B.071; 97B.301, subdivisions 2, 6; 97B.318, subdivision 1; 97B.516; 97B.668; 97C.041; 97C.315, subdivision 1; 97C.345, subdivision 1; 97C.371, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 97C.601, subdivision 1; 97C.836; 103G.301, subdivisions 6, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97C.055; Minnesota Rules, parts 6100.5000, subparts 3, 4, 5; 6100.5700, subpart 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Pinto introduced:

H. F. 2565, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for early childhood programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 119A.52; 120A.20, subdivision 1; 120A.41; 121A.19; 124D.03, subdivisions 5a, 12; 124D.1158, subdivision 3; 124D.141, subdivision 2; 124D.151, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 124D.165, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 124D.59, subdivision 2; 125A.13; 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 3; 126C.10, subdivision 2d; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.151, subdivisions 5, 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Huot introduced:

H. F. 2566, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for Minnesota Historical Society.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Davis, Igo and Lislegard introduced:

H. F. 2567, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community civic center in the city of Cohasset; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Finke, Kozlowski, Feist, Youakim, Frazier, Curran and Lee, K. introduced:

H. F. 2568, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for HIV/AIDS support services.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

Lislegard, Igo and Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2569, A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for coordinated plans to complete environmental review and other state agency actions; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 116.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Koegel, Hornstein and Acomb introduced:

H. F. 2570, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain entities to use public roads for the purpose of constructing, using, operating, and maintaining high-voltage transmission lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 161.45, subdivision 1; 222.37, subdivision 1.

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

Hollins introduced:

H. F. 2571, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting misleading claims regarding product or packaging recyclability; requiring creation of recyclable materials list; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Schultz introduced:

H. F. 2572, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing for a full subtraction of taxable Social Security benefits for veterans and surviving spouses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:

H. F. 2573, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; establishing an early childhood apprenticeship program; appropriating money for an apprenticeship program, an early childhood workforce compensation task force, early childhood workforce development scholarships, and for grants to postsecondary institutions to improve early childhood program curricula; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B.

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

Huot introduced:

H. F. 2574, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying certification requirements for community paramedics; modifying medical assistance coverage of community paramedic services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144E.28, subdivision 9; 256B.0625, subdivision 60.

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

Youakim, Koznick, Davids, Howard, Lillie, Robbins, Elkins and Witte introduced:

H. F. 2575, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; providing a refundable sales tax exemption for construction materials for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport renovation; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. 2576, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying exemption provisions for construction materials by certain contractors; adding a refund provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. 2577, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials used for road construction or repair if purchased by contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Reyer, Heintzeman and Gillman introduced:

H. F. 2578, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for state-owned public water access facilities; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Murphy introduced:

H. F. 2579, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a veterans memorial park in Parkers Prairie; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Gomez and Hassan introduced:

H. F. 2580, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Pillsbury United Communities for capital improvements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Gomez introduced:

H. F. 2581, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income, estate, and property tax refunds; incorporating the Internal Revenue Code, as amended through March 1, 2023; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7, as amended; 290.01, subdivisions 19, as amended, 31, as amended; 290A.03, subdivision 15, as amended; 291.005, subdivision 1, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Gomez, Hassan and Xiong introduced:

H. F. 2582, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring payment of wages for employees of staffing services for canceled assignments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.03, by adding a subdivision.

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

Gomez, Hussein, Hassan, Feist, Hicks, Hill and Noor introduced:

H. F. 2583, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to MNCAPD, Roots Connect, and FRAYEO.

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

Hudella introduced:

H. F. 2584, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing an Air Medal special veterans license plate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.123, subdivision 2.

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

Hassan, Noor, Hussein, Gomez and Xiong introduced:

H. F. 2585, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing a fee-based, first-time homebuyer home purchase financing program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

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

Hansen, R. introduced:

H. F. 2586, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a gross revenues tax on entities manufacturing and selling products containing PFAS; creating a xx cleanup account in the special revenue fund; establishing the XX Advisory Commission; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Davis introduced:

H. F. 2587, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money to Independent School District No. 318, Grand Rapids, for facilities improvements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Noor introduced:

H. F. 2588, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a school district to grant secondary credit for postsecondary courses outside the school year; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.09, subdivision 8; 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Fogelman introduced:

H. F. 2589, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer infrastructure in the city of Lakefield; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Hassan; Hanson, J., and Xiong introduced:

H. F. 2590, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for business loans, technical assistance, and capacity building to nonprofits serving the African immigrant community.

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

Neu Brindley; Anderson, P. E., and Johnson introduced:

H. F. 2591, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked U.S. Highway 8; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. 2592, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for veteran housing developed by Contained Solutions in certain cities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega; Hussein and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. 2593, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing housing infrastructure bonds to be issued for veterans housing; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462A.37, subdivisions 2, 5, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. 2594, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mni Sota Fund.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bliss introduced:

H. F. 2595, A bill for an act relating to local taxes; authorizing the city of Blackduck to impose a local sales and use tax.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Wiener introduced:

H. F. 2596, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring paperless angling, hunting, and trapping licenses unless requested in paper format; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.045, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivision 2; 97A.420, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Wiener introduced:

H. F. 2597, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for participation in 4-H shooting sports events.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Stephenson introduced:

H. F. 2598, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing the Office of Cannabis Management; establishing advisory councils; requiring reports relating to cannabis use and sales; legalizing and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; requiring testing of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; requiring labeling of cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; limiting the advertisement of cannabis flower, cannabinoid products, and cannabis businesses; providing for the cultivation of cannabis in private residences; transferring regulatory authority for the medical cannabis program; taxing the sale of adult-use cannabis; establishing grant and loan programs; amending criminal penalties; establishing expungement procedures for certain individuals; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by employees and testing of employees; providing for the temporary regulation of certain edible cannabinoid products; providing for professional licensing protections; amending the scheduling of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols; classifying data; making miscellaneous cannabis-related changes and additions; making clarifying and technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.411, by adding a subdivision; 13.871, by adding a subdivision; 34A.01, subdivision 4; 144.99, subdivision 1; 151.72; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.021, subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.18, subdivision 1; 181.938, subdivision 2; 181.950, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, by adding a subdivision; 181.951, by adding subdivisions; 181.952, by adding a subdivision; 181.953; 181.954; 181.955; 181.957, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 2; 245C.08, subdivision 1; 256.01, subdivision 18c; 256B.0625, subdivision 13d; 256D.024, subdivisions 1, 3; 256J.26, subdivisions 1, 3; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.025, subdivision 2; 290.0132, subdivision 29; 290.0134, subdivision 19; 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, subdivisions 2, 7; 297A.70, subdivisions 2, 18; 297A.99, by adding a subdivision; 297D.01; 297D.04; 297D.06; 297D.07; 297D.08; 297D.085; 297D.09, subdivision 1a; 297D.10; 297D.11; 340A.412, subdivision 14; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.5311, subdivision 1; 609.5314, subdivision 1; 609.5316, subdivision 2; 609A.01; 609A.03, subdivisions 5, 9; 609B.425, subdivision 2; 609B.435, subdivision 2; 624.712, by adding subdivisions; 624.713, subdivision 1; 624.714, subdivision 6; 624.7142, subdivision 1; 624.7151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 116J; 116L; 120B; 144; 152; 289A; 295; 340A; 609A; 624; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 151.72; 152.027, subdivisions 3, 4; 152.21; 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4; 152.26; 152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4; 152.30; 152.31; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 152.33, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.34; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5; 152.37; Minnesota Rules, parts 4770.0100; 4770.0200; 4770.0300; 4770.0400; 4770.0500; 4770.0600; 4770.0800; 4770.0900; 4770.1000; 4770.1100; 4770.1200; 4770.1300; 4770.1400; 4770.1460; 4770.1500; 4770.1600; 4770.1700; 4770.1800; 4770.1900; 4770.2000; 4770.2100; 4770.2200; 4770.2300; 4770.2400; 4770.2700; 4770.2800; 4770.4000; 4770.4002; 4770.4003; 4770.4004; 4770.4005; 4770.4007; 4770.4008; 4770.4009; 4770.4010; 4770.4012; 4770.4013; 4770.4014; 4770.4015; 4770.4016; 4770.4017; 4770.4018; 4770.4030.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Reyer introduced:

H. F. 2599, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing requirements for hospitals to screen patients for eligibility for health coverage or assistance; requiring an affidavit of expert review before certain debt collection activities; limiting hospital charges for uninsured treatments and services for certain patients; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Brand introduced:

H. F. 2600, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the small cities assistance program.

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

Brand and Frederick introduced:

H. F. 2601, A bill for an act relating to energy; including certain uses of B100 fuel as a carbon-free energy technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g, as added.

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

Brand, Long, Elkins, Stephenson, Koegel, Smith, Pursell and Frederick introduced:

H. F. 2602, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a standard to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 239.

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

Huot introduced:

H. F. 2603, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting household exclusions in policies of automotive insurance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B.

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

Jordan, Hornstein, Tabke and Koegel introduced:

H. F. 2604, A bill for an act relating to transit; appropriating money for certain transit service improvements, including transit fare elimination, transit shelters, zero-emission bus transition, arterial bus rapid transit planning, and transit signal priority system planning; establishing a working group; requiring reports.

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

Huot introduced:

H. F. 2605, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a moratorium on green burials in certain locations; requiring a study.

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

Keeler introduced:

H. F. 2606, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a payment to Tribal contract or grant schools equivalent to the annual payment to school districts and charter schools from the permanent school fund endowment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.83, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Finke; Kozlowski; Curran; Gomez; Pursell; Lee, K.; Sencer-Mura; Kraft; Hicks; Smith; Hollins; Howard; Fischer; Moller; Her; Richardson; Feist; Klevorn; Bahner; Pryor; Tabke and Stephenson introduced:

H. F. 2607, A bill for an act relating to health care; clarifying that health plans must cover gender-affirming care; clarifying that medical assistance covers gender-affirming care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Keeler, Gomez, Kozlowski, Hollins, Frazier and Howard introduced:

H. F. 2608, A bill for an act relating to health and human services; appropriating money for homeless youth act grants.

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

Moller, Becker-Finn and Pinto introduced:

H. F. 2609, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying regulation of machine guns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.67, subdivision 2.

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

Frazier, Hussein, Vang, Tabke, Xiong, Sencer-Mura and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. 2610, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; requiring racial impact screening of certain legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

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

Frazier, Becker-Finn, Hussein, Vang, Tabke, Xiong and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. 2611, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; increasing the membership of the State Board of Public Defense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 611.215, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Hassan, Agbaje, Hussein, Noor and Gomez introduced:

H. F. 2612, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to Urban Homeworks.

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

Lislegard, Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. 2613, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying the permanent university fund for mineral research; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 137.022, subdivision 4.

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

Norris introduced:

H. F. 2614, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing the Home Heroes Act to provide seniors with services to age in place.

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

Finke and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. 2615, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing an accessibility for the arts and cultural economy capital grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

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

Finke introduced:

H. F. 2616, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for grant to Public Art Saint Paul.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Curran introduced:

H. F. 2617, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing supported decision making grant programs; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.

Hussein, Pérez-Vega, Hornstein and Koegel introduced:

H. F. 2618, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Rice Street Capitol Area redesign project.

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

Stephenson; Pursell; Hortman; Hill; Clardy; Pryor; Hanson, J.; Sencer-Mura; Tabke and Jordan introduced:

H. F. 2619, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance; directing money to class size reduction; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2; 126C.12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Pursell, Acomb, Kraft, Hornstein, Carroll, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Bierman, Rehm, Hollins and Long introduced:

H. F. 2620, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for distribution system upgrades to interconnect certain distributed energy projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116C.779, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116C.

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

Schomacker introduced:

H. F. 2621, A bill for an act relating to health; changing health care capital expenditure notification and reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62J.17, subdivision 5a.

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

Kozlowski; Olson, L., and Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2622, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Great Lakes Aquarium in the city of Duluth.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bahner, Schomacker, Elkins, Kiel, Acomb, Backer, Quam, Perryman, Nadeau, Reyer, Her, Murphy, Carroll, Neu Brindley, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Bierman, Heintzeman and Altendorf introduced:

H. F. 2623, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; creating a physician assistant licensure compact; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.

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

Demuth introduced:

H. F. 2624, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the Avon local sales tax authority; amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 6, section 13, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Frazier introduced:

H. F. 2625, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to reduce crime and violence in African American communities.

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

Hill and Kraft introduced:

H. F. 2626, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota GreenStep Schools program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Carroll, Acomb and Bierman introduced:

H. F. 2627, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for solar on closed landfills; requiring a feasibility analysis.

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

Frederick, Baker, Fischer, Hicks, Bierman and Brand introduced:

H. F. 2628, A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; providing and waiving fees for certified birth records, identification cards, and driver's licenses for persons treated for substance use disorder who are eligible for medical assistance; modifying substance use disorder treatment plan review requirements; providing for transition follow-up counseling; modifying substance use disorder treatment rate and staffing requirements; requiring data to be provided to substance use disorder treatment providers; providing temporary rate increases for substance use disorder treatment providers and direct care staff; directing the commissioner of human services to develop recommendations on transition support services; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144.226, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, by adding a subdivision; 245G.06, subdivision 3; 245G.07, by adding a subdivision; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 254B.051; 254B.12, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.

Olson, B.; Pelowski; Dotseth; Fogelman; Joy; Grossell and Pursell introduced:

H. F. 2629, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for new construction and capital improvements to county and city public safety facilities in counties outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. 2630, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; amending the surcharge on all-electric vehicles; imposing surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles; defining types of electric motorcycles; requiring surcharge rate adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.013, subdivision 1m, by adding subdivisions; 169.011, by adding subdivisions.

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

Hanson, J. introduced:

H. F. 2631, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to MNSBIR, Inc., to secure federal research and development funding.

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

Hussein, Howard, Hortman and Cha introduced:

H. F. 2632, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing stable housing organization relief program; appropriating money.

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

Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2633, A bill for an act relating to labor; requiring the commissioner of labor and employment to develop a workplace poster identifying veterans' benefits and services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2634, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing additional firearms to be used during the muzzleloader deer season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 32a; 97B.311.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.

Lislegard and Hortman introduced:

H. F. 2635, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a filmmaking and film education facility.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Fischer and Keeler introduced:

H. F. 2636, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a shelter inhabitants' bill of rights; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256K.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.

Frederick and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. 2637, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing grants for Project Success; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Hill and Youakim introduced:

H. F. 2638, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Playworks for the expansion of social-emotional programming in elementary schools.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Urdahl and Baker introduced:

H. F. 2639, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of water infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Lake Lillian; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Schultz; Johnson; Harder; Wiener; Jacob; Nelson, N.; Mekeland; Heintzeman; Hudson; Niska; Neu Brindley; Joy; Swedzinski; Davis; Franson; Quam and Knudsen introduced:

H. F. 2640, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting health care providers from asking patients or residents about firearms or ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.651, by adding a subdivision.

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

Scott introduced:

H. F. 2641, A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying data protection in certain tax proceedings; requiring notice of data exchanges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.51, subdivisions 2, 4; 273.061, subdivision 8a; 278.05, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Norris, Stephenson, Koegel, Novotny, Newton and Curran introduced:

H. F. 2642, A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying levy limits for public safety financing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383E.21.

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

Reyer, Jordan, Skraba, Noor and Dotseth introduced:

H. F. 2643, A bill for an act relating to health care; providing a grant for a federally qualified health centers apprenticeship program; requiring a report to the legislature; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Bierman, Jordan, Skraba, Frederick and Dotseth introduced:

H. F. 2644, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for subsidies for federally qualified health centers.

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

Hussein; Vang; Pérez-Vega; Kozlowski; Finke; Lee, K., and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. 2645, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to TaikoArts Midwest.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Smith, Hicks and Liebling introduced:

H. F. 2646, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a municipal district heating and cooling energy distribution system in the city of Rochester.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Smith, Hicks and Liebling introduced:

H. F. 2647, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to rehabilitate George Stoppel historic site.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. 2648, A bill for an act relating to transportation; combining the driver services operating account and vehicle services operating account into a single account; creating the driver and vehicle services fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.326; 168.327, subdivisions 1, 5b; 169.09, subdivision 13; 171.26; 299A.705, subdivisions 1, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.121, subdivision 5; 168.1282, subdivision 5; 168.1294, subdivision 5; 168.1299, subdivision 4; 299A.705, subdivision 2.

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

Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2649, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to renovate historic sites in Cook County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bahner and Reyer introduced:

H. F. 2650, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for home visiting services.

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

Hudson, Harder, Witte, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Wiens and Novotny introduced:

H. F. 2651, A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing the penalty for assaulting a police officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 1.

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

Bakeberg, Engen, Witte and Koznick introduced:

H. F. 2652, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing an income tax subtraction for volunteer firefighter pension benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivision 2, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Bakeberg introduced:

H. F. 2653, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public water access improvements in Scott County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 2654, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an industrial park in the city of Lamberton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 2655, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials for certain school buildings and facilities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Urdahl, Becker-Finn, Kozlowski and Keeler introduced:

H. F. 2656, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Red Lake Nation Tribal College.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Fischer; Xiong; Lee, K., and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 2657, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for improvements to recreational and cultural facilities at Keller Regional Park.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.

Jordan introduced:

H. F. 2658, A bill for an act relating to local government; clarifying county assessor and city assessor duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 273.063.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Igo; Hudella; Bliss; Olson, B., and Bakeberg introduced:

H. F. 2659, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; excluding veterans educational benefits from household income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 2660, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for distance learning days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120A.41; 120A.414.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Urdahl; Baker; Robbins; Olson, B.; Knudsen; Kiel; Murphy; Dotseth; Franson and Skraba introduced:

H. F. 2661, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing the licensed child care provider credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.1392; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Nelson, M.; Pérez-Vega; Hussein and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. 2662, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; expanding the homeownership education, counseling, and training program to include specialized homeownership education for veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462A.209, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision.

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

Engen, Scott and Fogelman introduced:

H. F. 2663, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for enforcement of judicially ordered firearms restrictions for abusing parties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260C.201, subdivision 3; 518B.01, subdivision 6; 609.2242, subdivision 3; 609.749, subdivision 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Hassan and Xiong introduced:

H. F. 2664, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Twin Cities R!SE for the Empowerment Institute.

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

Hicks, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Pinto, Noor and Reyer introduced:

H. F. 2665, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a diaper distribution grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256E.

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

Hollins, Gomez, Agbaje, Keeler and Xiong introduced:

H. F. 2666, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a Minnesota basic income grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money.

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

Koznick and Witte introduced:

H. F. 2667, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of the interchange at Interstate 35 and County State-Aid Highway 50 in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. 2668, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for additional Metro Transit Police officers.

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

Huot and Freiberg introduced:

H. F. 2669, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting the conversion of human remains to basic elements using natural organic reduction; establishing licensure requirements for natural organic reduction facilities; establishing licensure fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 149A.01, subdivision 3; 149A.02, subdivisions 3, 16, 26a, 27, 35, 37c, by adding subdivisions; 149A.03; 149A.65, by adding a subdivision; 149A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5; 149A.71, subdivisions 2, 4; 149A.72, subdivisions 3, 9; 149A.73, subdivision 1; 149A.74, subdivision 1; 149A.93, subdivision 3; 149A.94, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 149A.

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

Clardy and Engen introduced:

H. F. 2670, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a scholarship program for Minnesota State High School Mathematics League students; appropriating money.

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

Torkelson, Davis, Knudsen, Urdahl, Murphy, Robbins and Hudson introduced:

H. F. 2671, A bill for an act relating to elections; repealing authorization of absentee ballot drop boxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.08, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.082.

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

Torkelson, Davis, Niska, Knudsen, Urdahl, Murphy, Robbins and Hudson introduced:

H. F. 2672, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a complaint process for certain election law violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 200.04, subdivision 1.

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

Anderson, P. H.; Urdahl; Swedzinski and Franson introduced:

H. F. 2673, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements on and adjacent to Trunk Highway 119 to facilitate safe fishing on Lac Qui Parle reservoir; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Witte and Koznick introduced:

H. F. 2674, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for highway safety improvements in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Jordan, Hornstein and Hansen, R. introduced:

H. F. 2675, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Ukrainian American Community Center in the city of Minneapolis.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Stephenson introduced:

H. F. 2676, A bill for an act relating to housing; limiting rent increases in certain low-income rental projects that use residential rental bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.128, subdivision 1; 474A.047, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Kraft, Hornstein and Elkins introduced:

H. F. 2677, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; requiring a climate action plan as a part of comprehensive plan content; requiring a land use study and report to the legislature by the council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.859, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kraft and Hortman introduced:

H. F. 2678, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the fire safety account fee assessed to homeowner insurance policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297I.06, subdivision 1.

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