Currently Posted Meetings

HF1336 (Mahoney) Council of High Pressure Piping Systems established and fees established.
HF1190 (Nelson) Plumbing Council established.
HF1172 (Wollschlager) Revenue Department debt collection time limits, collection costs, and referrals provisions modified.
HF1494 (Simon) Campaign finance contribution limits provided for certain candidates.
HF1957 (Bigham) State employee combined charities campaign registration process streamlined.
HF1303 (Welti) Open meeting law; meetings by telephones or other electronic means authorized under certain conditions.
HF1555 (Simon) Energy forward pricing mechanisms terms defined.
Bills added to agenda:
HF176 (Thissen) Preservation of State Documents Act established.
HF1598 (Lillie) Labor agreements and compensation plans ratified; Minnesota Law Enforcement Assoc., Minnesota Nurses Assoc., and the Office of Higher Education.
HF333 (Lillie) State employees compensated for time they were not able to work due to the 2005 partial government shutdown

HF1939 (Tschumper) Food license and milk requirements modified, sale of bulk tanks requirement eliminated, and Dairy Trade Practices Act repealed.
HF1612 (Fritz) Veterans and soldiers counseling services access improved, and money appropriated.
HF1594 (Hosch) National Guard reenlistment bonus program expanded, and academic awards provided.
HF1891 (Haws) Veterans Homes Board member and executive director service qualifications modified.
HF1955 (Olin) Cattle; indemnity provided for destroyed cattle relating to bovine tuberculosis, rules authorized for control of bovine tuberculosis, and other animal health statues and rules repealed.
HF2196 (Sailer) Waste pesticide collection program provisions modified, and minimum annual program expenditure amount increased.


HF1877 (Tschumper) has been removed from the agenda

HF457 (Gardner) Expanding an existing law enforcement tool regarding record keeping of purchasers of scrap metal dealers; requiring registrations; establishing criminal penalties; appropriating money
HF196 (Grieling) Changing mental health provisions; requiring mental health assessments for certain inmates; appropriating money

Bills added:
HF2210 (Clark) Appropriating money for restorative justice
HF2217 (Dominguez) Providing for a study and assessment of alternative dispute resolution; appropriating money
HF1393 (Hilstrom) Clarifying and updating law governing MINNCORP prison industries; adjusting the date for community corrections counties to submit expenditure and cost statements

HF577 (Hansen) Ditch buffer and drainage and inspection requirements modified, and money appropriated.
ADDED:
HF1930 (Hansen) Local water management oversight improvement provided, public official definition modified, watershed district board of managers authority modified, and money appropriated.
HF1343 (Hansen) Wetland conservation provisions and agency service requirements modified, civil enforcement provided, and money appropriated.
HF593 (Juhnke) Wetlands access restrictions modified.

HF2035 (Abeler) Minnesota Board of Social Work Practice Act adopted
HF2043 (Abeler) Professional clinical counselors licensing established, and mental health professionals definitions modified.

HF1759 (Olin) Agronomic research on native plans grant provided, and money appropriated.
HF1350 (Eken) White Earth Band of Chippewa renewable energy feasibility grant provided, and money appropriated
HF1664 (Kalin) East central Minnesota renewable energy plant feasibility study grant authorized.
HF2155 (Hackbarth) appropriating money for study of plasma gasification process to convert cellulose, plastics, and other components of municipal solid waste into methanol for use in biodiesel production.


Bills Removed:
HF2196 (Sailer) Waste pesticide collection program provisions modified, and minimum annual program expenditure amount increased.
HF589 (Peterson) Clean energy equipment loan program established; cellulosic biofuel development and bioenergy initiatives provided; Reinvest in Minnesota energy program created; enforcement provided; technical committee authorized, and money appropriated.

Discuss and develop recommendations for consideration by finance divisions and the House Taxes Committee.

HF1986 (Tschumper) Atrazine state standards levels required to meet federal standards.
HF1997 (Tschumper) Carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting pesticides and nervous system toxin pesticides registration and review of public health risks provided.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

HF586 (Bly) Rice County nursing facilities designated as metro for determining reimbursement rates.
HF450 (Peterson, A) Big Stone County nursing facility planned closure rate adjustment authorized.
HF1812 (Carlson) Robbinsdale nursing home bed moratorium exception provided.
HF1620 (Kalin) Chisago County nursing facilities payment rates increased to geographic group III median rate.
HF2149 (Lenczewski) Hennepin County nursing facility property payment rate increased.
HF1720 (Lenczewski) Hennepin County nursing facility reimbursement rates increased.
HF1804 (Faust) Kanabec County nursing facility rate increase authorized.
HF1836 (Thissen) Nursing facility rate increase provided for the costs of code compliance, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF636 (Dittrich) Pediatric dentist participation in a state health care program definition modified.

HF1289 (Heidgerken) removed from the agenda.
HF1988 (Abeler) removed from the agenda.

HF536 (Loeffler) Energy efficient new commercial property assessed market value reduction provided.
HF2231 (Brown) Local government aid for towns
HF2242 (Marquart) Reducing the class rate on certain seasonal restaurant property
HF2230 (Loeffler) Future residential relative homesteads eliminated, and nonhomestead residential property class rate modified.

HF1017 (Brod) appropriating money for lake cleanup in LeSueur County
HF1106 (Rukavina) appropriating money for the historical preservation of the B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia
HF1641 (Solberg) appropriating money to the Washington Center pilot program for scholarships
HF1716 (Knuth) appropriating money for infrastructure improvements to New Brighton
HF1775 (Sviggum) providing a grant for utility upgrades and extension for bioscience research park and integrated medicine facility
Additional bills may be added
HF2152 (Bly) increasing revenue bond authority for private colleges
HF820 (Rukavina) repealing University Regent candidate advisory council and Governor's nomination of University Regents

TBA

HF2253 (Peterson, A.) Community-based energy development projects provisions modified, renewable energy projects regulated, Public Utilities Commission policies required, wind energy permits authorized, and renewable energy option program
sunset repealed.

Added to the agenda:
HF1392 (Hilty) Hydrogen renewable energy initiative established, hydrogen energy use policies established.

HF1153 (Sertich) Independent School District No. 698, Floodwood, fund transfer authorized, and money appropriated.
HF389 (Hamilton) Jackson County Central school district fund transfer authorized
HF1000 (Welti) Consolidating school districts account flexibility created; and ISD 2899, Plainview-Elgin-Milliville, fund balance adjustment authorized
HF1427 (Ward) Independent School District No. 181, Brainerd, fund transfer authorized.
HF1320 (Severson) Statutory operating debt fund transfers for school districts authorized.
HF1795 (Greiling) Independent School District No. 623, Roseville, fund transfer authorized.
HF1796 (Marquart) Independent School District No. 852, Campbell-Tintah, fund transfer authorized.

Disparities in Student Support and Service Subcommittee Report:
HF989 (Hilstrom) Open enrollment students authorized to participate in academic courses and extracurricular and cocurricular activities on the same basis as resident district students.
HF2151 (Hilstrom) Minnesota State High School League rules subjected to the Administrative Procedure Act.

HF1475 (Hornstein) Paratransit services coordination and service standards provided, intercounty service required, and one-stop paratransit call centers established.
HF1706 (Mullery) Private motor vehicle carrier definition modified.
HF1550 (Hortman) Commercial vehicle inspections provisions modified.
HF1966 (Morgan) Special transportation service and small vehicle passenger service definitions modified, and complaints regarding special transportation providers regulated.
HF1909 (Tingelstad) Speed limits legislative study and report required.
HF1351 (Hornstein) Long-range transportation solutions study provided.
HF1713 (Erhardt) Household goods movers requirements modified.

HF1683 (Koenen) New open air swine basin prohibition extended.
HF1633 (Koenen) Animal husbandry requirements modified, and terms defined.
HF1838 (Hosch) Pesticide application limitations provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

HF1726 (Thissen) Establishing the Health Records Act; providing penalties;
HF2229 (Mullery) Establishing ignition interlock device pilot project for repeat DWI offenders and providing a temporary exception to mandatory sentencing law for offenders required to use these devices;
HF907 (Paymar) Authorizing independently licensed mental health care professionals to deliver service to inmates;
HF1919 (Marquart) Providing for plats of land;
HF1169 (Walker) Changing child welfare provisions;
HF1577 (Lesch) Making changes to licensing provisions; modifying data practices, program administration, disaster plans, education programs, conditional license provisions, suspensions, sanctions, and contested case hearings, child care center training, family child care training requirements, vulnerable adults, maltreatment of minors, background studies, disqualifications, reconsiderations, disqualification set-asides, fair hearings, appeals, changing definitions of neglect and physical abuse;
HF1041 (Abeler) Establishing a controlled substances prescription electronic reporting system;
HF635 (Masin) Enacting the Minnesota Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act;
HF1758 (Davnie) Regulating access devices; establishing liability for security breaches; providing enforcement powers;
HF1824 (Faust) Amusement ride regulation provisions modified.
HF931 (Mullery) Prohibiting certain predatory lending practices; prescribing criminal penalties; providing remedies;
HF1004 (Davnie) Prohibiting predatory lending practices.

HF1058 (Thissen) Has been removed from the agenda.

HF571 (Hilstrom) Best value defined relating to construction contracts, and acquisition and competitive bidding provisions modified.
HF1714 (Hornstein) Railroad Walkways Safety Act adopted, state rail safety inspector position established, special account provided, penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
HF1975 (Kranz) Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007 adopted providing for protection of railroad property from terrorism, criminal activities, and accidents; civil penalties and remedies imposed; and money appropriated.
HF296 (Solberg) Special paper products vehicle permit effective date modified.
HF1767 (Hausman) Highway construction training programs federal funds use provided, and reports on training programs and disadvantaged business enterprise programs required.
HF763 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Airports Commission agreements, legislative authorization required

HF2100 (Clark) Bisphenol-A and phthalates prohibited in products for young children.
HF917 (Clark) Lice and scabies treatment products that contain the pesticide Lindane prohibited.
HF399 (Rukavina) Long-Term Care Patient Access to Pharmaceuticals Act established, and penalties provided.
HF408 (Rukavina) Independent living skills services provided by certain additional qualified people, and Centers for Independent Living regulated.
HF1618 (Kahn) Domestic partners of state employees provided health insurance benefits if they are also made available to spouses.

HF886 (Hausman) Capital Investment Omnibus Bill