STATE OF
MINNESOTA
NINETY-SECOND
SESSION - 2022
_____________________
ONE
HUNDRED TWELFTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, May 19, 2022
The House of Representatives convened at
11:00 a.m. and was called to order by Mike Sundin,
Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Jake Holck, Grey Eagle United Methodist Church, Sauk Centre,
Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called
and the following members were present:
Acomb
Agbaje
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
Kresha
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
Pierson
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
A quorum was present.
Hortman was excused until 5:10 p.m.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day. There
being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the
Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.
REPORTS OF CHIEF CLERK
S. F. No. 908 and
H. F. No. 2162, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical.
Torkelson moved that
S. F. No. 908 be substituted for H. F. No. 2162
and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2678 and
H. F. No. 2768, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical.
Morrison moved that
S. F. No. 2678 be substituted for H. F. No. 2768
and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
SECOND READING
OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. Nos. 908 and 2678
were read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF
HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Elkins introduced:
H. F. No. 4892, A bill for an act relating to energy; eliminating certain incumbent electric transmission owner rights; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 216B.246.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Rasmusson introduced:
H. F. No. 4893, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Fergus Falls Readiness Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Garofalo introduced:
H. F. No. 4894, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing a National Defense Service Medal special license plate; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 168.123; 168.1291, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Mueller introduced:
H. F. No. 4895, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Teach for America.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Christensen introduced:
H. F. No. 4896, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; Brown's Creek State Trail capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. No. 4897, A bill for an act relating to economic development; unemployment insurance; repaying unemployment insurance trust fund loans; replenishing the unemployment insurance trust fund; freezing the base tax rate for employers; eliminating the additional assessment for calendar years 2022 and 2023; establishing a zero percent special assessment rate for calendar year 2022; eliminating a revenue replacement transfer; authorizing payments for frontline workers whose work put them at risk of contracting COVID-19 during peacetime emergency; classifying data; requiring a report; appropriating money; repealing Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 5, section 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy.
Rasmusson introduced:
H. F. No. 4898, A bill for an act relating to waters; appropriating money for local grants for impaired waters.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Winkler moved that the House recess
subject to the call of the Chair. The
motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to
order by Speaker pro tempore Vang.
Kresha was
excused for the remainder of today's session.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The
following messages were received from the Senate:
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:
H. F. No. 3013, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing for classified employees of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 244.09, subdivision 10.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:
H. F. No. 4030, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying provisions governing bullion coins and bullion products dealers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 80G.01, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 80G.02, subdivisions 1, 4; 80G.03, subdivision 2; 80G.04, subdivision 1; 80G.05, subdivision 1; 80G.06, subdivision 2; 80G.07, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 80G.06, subdivision 1; 80G.11.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following Senate Files, herewith transmitted:
S. F. Nos. 2952, 4045 and 4318.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 2952, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher shortage reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 122A.06, subdivision 6; 122A.091, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
S. F. No. 4045, A bill for an act relating to rare diseases; modifying provisions governing the Rare Disease Advisory Council; instructing the revisor of statutes to renumber certain statutes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 137.68.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
S. F. No. 4318, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; permitting complaints in certain forfeiture matters to be served by certified mail; permitting statements of claim in certain forfeiture matters to be served pursuant to the Rules of Conciliation Court Procedure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 169A.63, subdivision 8; 609.5314, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time.
Scott moved that S. F. No. 4318 and H. F. No. 3454, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
The following Conference Committee Report
was received:
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 961
A bill for an act relating to labor; adding a supervisory law enforcement unit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.10, subdivisions 2, 3.
May 18, 2022
The Honorable Melissa Hortman
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable David J. Osmek
President of the Senate
We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 961 report that we have agreed upon the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 961 be further amended as follows:
Page 3, delete section 4
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 2, delete "appropriating money;"
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We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. |
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House Conferees: Rob Ecklund, Emma Greenman and Paul Novotny. |
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Senate Conferees: Jeff Howe, Zach Duckworth and Kari Dziedzic. |
Ecklund moved
that the report of the Conference Committee on H. F. No. 961 be
adopted and that the bill be repassed as amended by the Conference
Committee. The motion prevailed.
H. F. No. 961, A bill for an act relating to labor; adding a supervisory law enforcement unit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.10, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the third time, as
amended by Conference, and placed upon its repassage.
The question was taken on the repassage of
the bill and the roll was called. There
were 126 yeas and 5 nays as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Akland
Albright
Anderson
Backer
Bahner
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Berg
Bernardy
Bierman
Bliss
Boe
Boldon
Burkel
Carlson
Christensen
Daniels
Daudt
Davids
Davnie
Demuth
Dettmer
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
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Moller
Moran
Morrison
Mueller
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu Brindley
Noor
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson, B.
Olson, L.
O'Neill
Pelowski
Petersburg
Pfarr
Pierson
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
Those who voted in the negative were:
Bahr
Drazkowski
Miller
Mortensen
Munson
The bill was repassed, as amended by Conference, and its title agreed to.
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 Saturday, May 21, 2022 and established a prefiling requirement for amendments
offered to the following bill:
H. F. No. 4850.
Hortman was excused between the hours of
5:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY
H. F. No. 3775, A bill for
an act relating to commerce; modifying registration filing for franchises;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 80C.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the third time and
placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on
the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
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
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
Pierson
Pinto
Poston
Pryor
Quam
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
The bill was passed
and its title agreed to.
H. F. No. 3394, A
resolution memorializing Congress to name the South St. Paul Post Office in
honor of Officer Leo Pavlak.
The bill was read for the third time and
placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on
the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
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
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
Mekeland
Miller
Moller
Moran
Mortensen
Mueller
Munson
Murphy
Nash
Nelson, M.
Nelson, N.
Neu Brindley
Noor
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson, B.
Olson, L.
O'Neill
Pelowski
Petersburg
Pfarr
Pierson
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
The
bill was passed and its title agreed to.
Her moved that
the House recess subject to the call of the Chair. The motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to
order by Speaker pro tempore Vang.
There being no objection, the order of
business reverted to Messages from the Senate.
MESSAGES FROM
THE SENATE
The
following message was received from the Senate:
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned, as amended by the Senate, in which amendments the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested:
H. F. No. 3438, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money from outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage fund; modifying terms of Clean Water Council; modifying prior appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 114D.30, subdivisions 2, 7; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, sections 2, subdivision 1; 3; 4; 7; article 4, section 2.
Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
CONCURRENCE AND REPASSAGE
Lillie moved that the House concur in the Senate amendments to H. F. No. 3438
and that the bill be repassed as amended by the Senate. The motion prevailed.
H. F. No. 3438, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money from the outdoor heritage fund; modifying reports for the clean water fund; modifying appropriations for the clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 114D.30, subdivision 7; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 7.
The bill was read for the third time, as
amended by the Senate, and placed upon its repassage.
The question was taken on the repassage of
the bill and the roll was called. There
were 89 yeas and 40 nays as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Acomb
Agbaje
Akland
Albright
Bahner
Baker
Becker-Finn
Bennett
Berg
Bernardy
Bierman
Boe
Boldon
Carlson
Christensen
Davids
Davnie
Dettmer
Ecklund
Edelson
Elkins
Feist
Fischer
Franke
Frazier
Frederick
Freiberg
Gomez
Greenman
Haley
Hansen, R.
Hanson, J.
Hassan
Hausman
Heinrich
Heintzeman
Her
Hollins
Hornstein
Howard
Huot
Igo
Jordan
Jurgens
Keeler
Kiel
Klevorn
Koegel
Kotyza-Witthuhn
Koznick
Lee
Liebling
Lillie
Lippert
Lislegard
Long
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
Moller
Moran
Mueller
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Noor
Olson, L.
Pelowski
Petersburg
Pinto
Pryor
Raleigh
Reyer
Richardson
Robbins
Sandell
Sandstede
Schultz
Stephenson
Sundin
Theis
Urdahl
Vang
Wazlawik
Winkler
Wolgamott
Xiong, J.
Xiong, T.
Youakim
Spk. Hortman
Those who voted in the negative were:
Anderson
Backer
Bahr
Bliss
Burkel
Daniels
Daudt
Demuth
Drazkowski
Erickson
Franson
Garofalo
Green
Grossell
Gruenhagen
Hamilton
Johnson
Lucero
Lueck
McDonald
Miller
Mortensen
Munson
Nash
Nelson, N.
Neu Brindley
Novotny
O'Driscoll
Olson, B.
O'Neill
Pfarr
Pierson
Poston
Quam
Rasmusson
Schomacker
Scott
Swedzinski
Torkelson
West
The bill was repassed, as amended by the
Senate, and its title agreed to.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
The Speaker
announced the appointment of the following members of the House to a Conference
Committee on H. F. No. 3765:
Hansen, R.; Acomb
and Heintzeman.
MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS
Hertaus moved
that the name of Rasmusson be added as an author on
H. F. No. 124. The motion
prevailed.
Haley moved that the name of Rasmusson be added as an author on
H. F. No. 371. The motion
prevailed.
Koegel moved
that the name of Hollins be added as an author on
H. F. No. 2979. The
motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Her moved that
when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 20,
2022. The motion prevailed.
Her moved that
the House adjourn. The motion prevailed,
and Speaker pro tempore Vang declared the House stands adjourned until 11:00
a.m., Friday, May 20, 2022.
Patrick
D. Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives