The following House Files were introduced:
Smith introduced:
H. F. 438, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring state and local jail and prison inmates to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons; prohibiting the state and counties from contracting with private prisons; prohibiting renewal of the Prairie Correctional Facility contract; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 241.01, subdivision 3a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 641.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 439, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying that an inmate convicted for assaulting a correctional officer must serve their sentence consecutive to the sentence for which they are imprisoned; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.2232.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 440, A bill for an act relating to courts; clarifying placement of vehicle license plates; modifying failure to provide vehicle insurance for drivers and owners; modifying service of petition for certain election errors; requiring corrections agent to provide form regarding predatory offender duty to register; opening certain hearings concerning parents and children; clarifying certain fees and surcharges; modifying certain notary provisions; modifying certain appeals of referee orders; modifying certain lien filing and records; modifying certain service procedures and documents for domestic abuse; clarifying document copies for probate records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 169.79, subdivision 6; 169.797, subdivision 4; 204B.44; 243.166, subdivision 2; 257.61; 257.70; 279.37, subdivision 8; 357.021, subdivision 6; 359.061, subdivisions 1, 2; 484.013, subdivisions 3, 6; 514.69; 514.70; 518B.01, subdivision 8; 525.091, subdivisions 1, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 359.061, subdivision 3; 525.091, subdivision 4; 626A.17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Loon, Cornish, Johnson, Hoppe and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 441, A bill for an act relating to public safety; 911 telephone service; providing for collection of 911 fees from prepaid wireless telecommunications services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 403.02, by adding a subdivision; 403.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 403.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Loon introduced:
H. F. 442, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing two percent set-aside for professional development; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 122A.414, subdivisions 1a, 4; 122A.60, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.61.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Mack; Garofalo; Myhra; Anderson, D., and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 443, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transitway (BRT) in Dakota and Hennepin Counties; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Mazorol, Morrow, Hortman, Smith and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 444, A bill for an act relating to secured transactions; enacting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 86B.820, subdivisions 10, 11; 168A.01, subdivisions 18, 19; 336.2A-103; 336.9-102; 336.9-105; 336.9-307; 336.9-311; 336.9-316; 336.9-317; 336.9-326; 336.9-406; 336.9-408; 336.9-502; 336.9-503; 336.9-507; 336.9-515; 336.9-516; 336.9-518; 514.963, subdivision 7; 514.965, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 336.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 445, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing use of pooled tax increments for development of market rate housing at certain locations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 469.1763, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Abeler and Davids introduced:
H. F. 446, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing a jobs credit for increasing employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kelly, Cornish, Hilstrom, Lesch, Woodard, Kriesel, Gauthier, Fritz, Moran, Slocum and McDonald introduced:
H. F. 447, A bill for an act relating to vulnerable adults; modifying provisions governing investigations, reviews, and hearings; making the crime of criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult a registrable offense under the predatory offender registration law; changing terminology; increasing the criminal penalty for assaulting a vulnerable adult; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 144.7065, subdivision 10; 243.166, subdivision 1b; 245C.28, by adding a subdivision; 256.021; 256.045, subdivision 4; 518.165, subdivision 5; 524.5-118, subdivision 2; 609.2231, by adding a subdivision; 609.224, subdivision 2; 626.557, subdivisions 9, 9a, 9c, 9d, 12b; 626.5571, subdivision 1; 626.5572, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Simon introduced:
H. F. 448, A bill for an act relating to alcohol; allowing sales of specific clothing and memorabilia by an exclusive liquor store; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.412, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Runbeck and Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. 449, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing two percent contractor withholding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 289A.31, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.92, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 450, A bill for an act relating to cultural heritage; appropriating money for rehabilitation of the Dodd Ford Bridge.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Legacy Funding Division.
Davids; Franson; Lohmer; Benson, M., and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 451, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to federal tax treatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290A.03, subdivision 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Howes; Swedzinski; Anderson, S.; Daudt; Smith; Lohmer; Gottwalt and Dean introduced:
H. F. 452, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for display and consumer fireworks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 624.20, subdivision 1; 624.21; 624.22, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 624.20, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 453, A bill for an act relating to education; directing the Board of Teaching to incorporate professional reflection and growth in best teaching practices into its renewal requirements for a continuing teaching license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 454, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring ethics training from home health aides; instructing the commissioner of health to amend rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 144A.44, subdivision 1; 144A.45, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 455, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the fourth-degree assault crime and the assaulting a police horse crime to provide more protection to law enforcement assistants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 609.02, by adding a subdivision; 609.2231, by adding a subdivision; 609.597.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 456, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting nursing home bed layaway in certain emergency circumstances; requiring commissioner of health to make recommendations on a mutual aid agreement process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 12A.10, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 457, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing school districts and charter schools to also publish public information electronically; eliminating a requirement that superintendents identify expenditures related to the rate at which students pass statewide assessments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 123A.15, subdivision 5; 123A.32, subdivision 5; 123B.29; 123B.38; 123B.51, subdivision 5; 123B.52, subdivisions 1, 1a; 123B.71, subdivision 12; 205A.07; 645.13; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.143.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
Poppe introduced:
H. F. 458, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Turtle Creek flood mitigation project in the city of Austin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 459, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating portion of marked Interstate Highway 35 as Deputy John W. Liebenstein Memorial Highway; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Peppin; Banaian; Sanders; Clark; Rukavina; Zellers; Beard; Hosch; Davnie; Anderson, B.; Fabian; Drazkowski; Holberg; Winkler; Nelson; O'Driscoll; McFarlane and Anderson, S. introduced:
H. F. 460, A bill for an act relating to State Fire Code; prohibiting sprinkler requirements in single-family dwellings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299F.011, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Dittrich introduced:
H. F. 461, A bill for an act relating to state lands; requiring conveyance of certain surplus state land in Schmidt Wildlife Management Area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 462, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; providing for a Nurse Licensure Compact; providing for appointments; 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 and Human Services Reform.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 463, A bill for an act relating to education; changing the deadline and penalty for reaching teacher collective bargaining agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, subdivisions 2, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 464, A bill for an act relating to education; changing deadline and process for reaching teacher collective bargaining agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
Smith, Simon, Westrom, Johnson and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 465, A bill for an act relating to data practices; adding a provision to the safe at home program; providing for protective orders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 5B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Morrow and Gauthier introduced:
H. F. 466, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans for continued outreach to homeless veterans in Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Gruenhagen, Cornish, Westrom, Woodard and Knuth introduced:
H. F. 467, A bill for an act relating to public safety; directing the commissioner of corrections to implement a gardening program at state correctional facilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Gruenhagen, Scott and Lohmer introduced:
H. F. 468, A bill for an act relating to health care; prohibiting the expenditure of state funds to comply with certain federal health care laws.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Gruenhagen, Cornish, Smith, Mullery and Johnson introduced:
H. F. 469, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for jurisdiction for petitions for harassment restraining orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.748, subdivisions 2, 3a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Gauthier, Ward, Davnie, Nelson, Greiling and Persell introduced:
H. F. 470, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a more cost effective K-12 special education third-party billing process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.21, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2009, chapter 79, article 5, section 60, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
McNamara, Lillie, Cornish, Dill, Hancock and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 471, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from the outdoor heritage fund; modifying certain outdoor heritage provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.056, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Nornes, Drazkowski, Dettmer, Bills, Murdock and Fabian introduced:
H. F. 472, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing biennial inspection and filing fee charges for limited use farm trucks; making technical correction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 168.002, by adding a subdivision; 168.33, subdivisions 7, 8a; 169.781, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 473, A bill for an act relating to family law; providing for calculation of maintenance after child support; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 518.552, by adding a subdivision; 518A.29.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Smith, Woodard, Gauthier, Leidiger and LeMieur introduced:
H. F. 474, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allocating funds contained in fire safety account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297I.06, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.