STATE OF
MINNESOTA
NINETY-SECOND
SESSION - 2021
_____________________
FIFTY-FOURTH
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The House of Representatives convened at
4:30 p.m. and was called to order by Dan Wolgamott, Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by Vicar John Swanson,
Luther Seminary Student at All Saints Lutheran Church, Cottage Grove,
Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
Speaker pro tempore Wolgamott called Vang
to the Chair.
The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Acomb
Agbaje
Akland
Albright
Anderson
Backer
Bahner
Bahr
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Berg
Bernardy
Bierman
Bliss
Boe
Boldon
Burkel
Carlson
Christensen
Daniels
Daudt
Davids
Davnie
Demuth
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Erickson
Feist
Fischer
Franke
Franson
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Garofalo
Gomez
Green
Greenman
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Haley
Hamilton
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hassan
Hausman
Heinrich
Heintzeman
Her
Hertaus
Hollins
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Igo
Johnson
Jordan
Jurgens
Keeler
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Lee
Liebling
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Long
Lucero
Lueck
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Miller
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Mortensen
Mueller
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu Brindley
Noor
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson, B.
Olson, L.
O'Neill
Pelowski
Petersburg
Pfarr
Pinto
Poston
Pryor
Quam
Raleigh
Rasmusson
Reyer
Richardson
Robbins
Sandell
Sandstede
Schomacker
Schultz
Scott
Stephenson
Sundin
Swedzinski
Theis
Thompson
Torkelson
Urdahl
Vang
Wazlawik
West
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Spk. Hortman
A quorum was present.
Kresha and Pierson were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day. There
being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the
Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.
PETITIONS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were
received:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL 55155
April 27, 2021
The
Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The State
of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Hortman:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House File:
H. F. No. 729, relating to
public safety; appropriating money for public safety costs related to civil
unrest; requiring a report.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Jeremy R. Miller
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Act of the 2021 Session of the State Legislature has been
received from the Office of the Governor and is deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2021 |
Date Filed 2021 |
729 13 4:42 p.m. April 27 April
27
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
STATE
OF MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT
PAUL 55155
May 6,
2021
The
Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The
State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Hortman:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House File:
H. F. No. 820, relating to
Open Meeting Law; providing for recording votes and interactive technology;
providing for meetings during certain emergencies; allowing a member of a
public body to attend a meeting from a private location more than three times
in calendar year 2021.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Jeremy R. Miller
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2021 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2021 |
Date Filed 2021 |
820 14 2:11
p.m. May 6 May 6
151 15 2:11
p.m. May 6 May 6
1020 16 2:11
p.m. May 6 May 6
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
INTRODUCTION
AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Rasmusson introduced:
H. F. No. 2610, A bill for an act relating to retirement; volunteer firefighter relief associations; requiring special fund assets to be invested with the State Board of Investment; requiring an investment portfolio review; revising the investment disclosure requirement for volunteer firefighter relief associations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 356.645; 356.646; 356A.06, subdivision 5; 424A.095.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Elections.
Rasmusson introduced:
H. F. No. 2611, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional trail segment in Maplewood State Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 2612, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for informed consent for pelvic 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.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 2613, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for conveyance of certain surplus state land.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Agbaje introduced:
H. F. No. 2614, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the reconditioning of the Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Ecklund and Sundin introduced:
H. F. No. 2615, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wastewater treatment facility in Babbitt; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Neu Brindley introduced:
H. F. No. 2616, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Veterans Memorial Plaza in Wyoming.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The
following messages were received from the Senate:
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to the following Senate File:
S. F. No. 1470, A bill for an act relating to emergency powers; nullifying Executive Order 20-79; prohibiting the governor from issuing modifications to landlord and tenant law; providing for a phaseout of the eviction moratorium; prohibiting eviction actions for nonpayment of rent against tenants with pending applications for rental assistance; modifying requirements of 504B; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12.
The Senate respectfully requests that a Conference Committee be appointed thereon. The Senate has appointed as such committee:
Senators Draheim, Duckworth and Dziedzic.
Said Senate File is herewith transmitted to the House with the request that the House appoint a like committee.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
Hausman moved that the House accede to the
request of the Senate and that the Speaker appoint a Conference Committee of 3
members of the House to meet with a like committee appointed by the Senate on
the disagreeing votes of the two houses on S. F. No. 1470. The motion prevailed.
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following Senate File, herewith transmitted:
S. F. No. 1712.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
FIRST
READING OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 1712, A bill for an act relating to retirement; temporarily extending the grandfather provision regarding actuarial assumptions used to compute an annuity in the unclassified state employees retirement plan; reducing the postretirement adjustment and eliminating the triggers that would increase the postretirement adjustment upon attainment of specified funding thresholds for the Judges Retirement Plan; revising eligibility for H-1b visa employees under the Minnesota State Retirement System and the Public Employees Retirement Association to comply with federal law and permitting the purchase of prior service credit; extending the time period for service credit for periods of military leave under the plans administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association; making changes of an administrative nature to the statutes applicable to the Public Employees Retirement Association and the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; permitting the allocation of fire state aid between the Statewide Volunteer Firefighters Plan and municipalities; delaying an increase in the employee contribution rates by one year for the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; making changes to the statutes applicable to volunteer firefighter relief associations recommended by the State Auditor's fire relief association working group; providing full vesting and distribution of accounts for firefighters assigned to the Nowthen fire station and revising applicable law to permit payment of fire state aid to Nowthen and midyear participation in the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; revising the deadline for bill drafting requests to commission staff from agencies and pension systems; mandating work groups on pension benefits for 911 telecommunicators and allocating firefighter supplemental state aid; increasing the benefit for a former Department of Labor and Industry employee who retired in reliance on erroneous benefit estimates; authorizing the transfer of service credit from the MSRS General Plan to the Correctional Plan for a Department of Human Services employee; making technical clarifications and corrections to retirement statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 352.01, subdivision 2b; 352D.06, subdivision 1; 353.01, subdivisions 2b, 16, 28; 353.014, subdivision 4; 353.0162; 353.27, subdivision 12; 353.30, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c; 353.335; 353.34, subdivision 2; 353D.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 353E.02, subdivision 2; 354A.12, subdivision 1; 354A.31, subdivision 7; 356.415, subdivision 1f; 356.635, subdivision 1; 424A.001, by adding a subdivision; 424A.01, subdivision 2; 424A.014, subdivisions 1, 2; 424A.015, subdivision 7; 424A.016, subdivisions 4, 6; 424A.02, subdivision 3; 424A.05, subdivision 3b; 424A.10, subdivision 2; 424B.01, subdivisions 3a, 3b, 3d, 3g, 3h, 3i, 4a, 5b, 5c, by adding a subdivision; 424B.04, subdivision 3; 424B.13, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; 424B.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; 477B.01, subdivision 1; 477B.04, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 356B; 424B; 477B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 356B.05; Laws 2020, chapter 108, article 14, section 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
REPORT
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
AND
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Winkler from the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration, pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33, designated the
following bill to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Thursday, May 13,
2021 and established a prefiling requirement for amendments offered to the
following bill:
H. F. No. 600.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mariani moved that the name of Winkler be
added as chief author on H. F. No. 445. The motion prevailed.
O'Neill moved that the names of
Erickson, Poston, Haley, Dettmer, Berg, Backer, Jurgens, Lillie, Kotyza‑Witthuhn,
Edelson, Bennett, Franson and Gruenhagen be added as authors on
H. F. No. 2338. The
motion prevailed.
Lee moved that the names of Hollins, Agbaje,
Keeler, Freiberg, Reyer, Becker-Finn, Jordan and Hanson, J., be added as
authors on H. F. No. 2604.
The motion prevailed.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
The Speaker announced the
appointment of the following members of the House to a Conference Committee on
S. F. No. 1470:
Hausman, Howard and Theis.
ADJOURNMENT
Winkler moved that when the
House adjourns today it adjourn until 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The motion prevailed.
Winkler moved that the House
adjourn. The motion prevailed, and
Speaker pro tempore Vang declared the House stands adjourned until 4:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
Patrick D. Murphy, Chief Clerk, House of
Representatives