The following House Files were introduced:
Kahn, Carlson, Loeffler, Davnie and Clark introduced:
H. F. 434, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the rehabilitation of the Franklin Avenue Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Schoen, Abeler, Zerwas, Fritz and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 435, A bill for an act relating to health; improving access to health care delivered by advanced practice registered nurses; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 148.171, subdivisions 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 21, by adding subdivisions; 148.181, subdivision 1; 148.191, subdivision 2; 148.211, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 148.231, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 148.233, subdivision 2; 148.234; 148.235, by adding subdivisions; 148.251, subdivision 1; 148.261, subdivision 1; 148.262, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 148.271; 148.281, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 148.171, subdivision 6; 148.235, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4, 4a, 4b, 6, 7; 148.284.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Wagenius, Mahoney, Fischer, Bly and Dean, M. introduced:
H. F. 436, A bill for an act relating to water; requiring priority to be given to projects that use wastewater; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.182, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 437, A bill for an act relating to education; postsecondary; establishing the governor's budget for higher education; appropriating money to the Office of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 136A.121, subdivisions 2, 5; 136A.125, subdivisions 2, 4; 136A.126, subdivision 1; 136A.131, by adding a subdivision; 136A.233, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 4830.0100, subpart 5, item F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Howe, Dorholt and Gruenhagen introduced:
H. F. 438, A bill for an act relating to energy; requesting the Legislative Energy Commission to study issues related to high-voltage transmission line routing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy.
Howe, Dorholt and Gruenhagen introduced:
H. F. 439, A bill for an act relating to energy; regulating the routing of high-voltage transmission lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 216E.03, subdivision 7; 216E.12, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 440, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; modifying certain provisions relating to the State Guardian Ad Litem Board amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 260B.163, subdivision 6; 260B.331, subdivision 6; 260C.163, subdivision 5; 260C.331, subdivision 6; 480.35, subdivision 1; 518.165, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 441, A bill for an act relating to the state auditor; requiring employees and officers of local public pension plans to report unlawful actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.456, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Newton, Abeler, Hortman and Uglem introduced:
H. F. 442, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a bioscience addition at Anoka-Ramsey Community College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Newton, Abeler, Hortman and Uglem introduced:
H. F. 443, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at Anoka Technical College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Gunther, Mahoney, Moran, Leidiger, Lesch and Metsa introduced:
H. F. 444, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for performance-based grants; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 445, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; conforming to the income tax provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act affecting the computation of the standard deduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.01, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hortman introduced:
H. F. 446, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating building and construction contracts and indemnification agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 337.01; 337.02; 337.05, subdivision 1; 337.10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Liebling, Norton, Quam and Benson, M. introduced:
H. F. 447, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for programs related to reducing fetal alcohol syndrome.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Bernardy, Davnie, Mariani, Garofalo, Anzelc and Newton introduced:
H. F. 448, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing school lunch aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Simonson, McNamar, Torkelson and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 449, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying provisions relating to 911 funds to make them available for statewide public safety radio communications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 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 Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 450, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; modifying the limitations of actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 541.051.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Kresha; Uglem; Anderson, M.; Howe and Hertaus introduced:
H. F. 451, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the penalties for late payment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.01, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.01, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Zellers introduced:
H. F. 452, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Maple Grove to create a soil deficiency tax increment financing district subject to special rules.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dorholt, Norton, Abeler, Schomacker and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 453, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage to include consultations with psychologists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, subdivision 48.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Ward, J.A.; Lillie; Fischer; Johnson, S.; Schoen and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 454, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for acquisition of land for the Fish Creek Natural Greenway; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Schoen, Abeler, Mack, Liebling and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 455, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a chemical health navigation program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 254B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Ward, J.E.; Uglem; Erhardt; Runbeck; Newberger; Lohmer and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 456, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying body-gripping trap restrictions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.903.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 457, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money to upgrade the kitchen at the Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and Blind.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Persell, Loon, Savick, Melin, Franson, Freiberg, Hortman, Wagenius, Simon, Brynaert, Hornstein and Morgan introduced:
H. F. 458, A bill for an act relating to public health; banning formaldehyde in certain children's products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Atkins, Hortman, Abeler, Hilstrom, Franson, Wagenius, Simon, Brynaert, Hornstein and Morgan introduced:
H. F. 459, A bill for an act relating to children's health; prohibiting sale of children's food containers containing bisphenol-A; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Ward, J.E. and Radinovich introduced:
H. F. 460, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new veterans nursing home in Brainerd; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.
Benson, J. introduced:
H. F. 461, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring rulemaking to allow mechanical control of hybrid and narrow-leaved cattail without an aquatic plant management permit.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Poppe introduced:
H. F. 462, A bill for an act relating to renewable energy; establishing definitions; providing a sunset date for the cellulosic ethanol production goal; converting the ethanol minimum content requirement to a biofuel requirement; expanding the petroleum replacement goal; requiring a biofuels task force; repealing E20 mandate language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 41A.10, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 116J.437, subdivision 1; 239.051, by adding subdivisions; 239.791, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b; 239.7911; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 239.791, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Kahn; Liebling; Clark; Winkler; Loeffler; Bly; McNamar; Carlson; Murphy, M.; Selcer; Savick; Persell; Masin; Moran and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 463, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring pregnancy leave; requiring employment accommodations for pregnant women; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.942, subdivision 1; 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, Workplace and Regulated Industries.
Holberg; Erickson, S., and Myhra introduced:
H. F. 464, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing notice requirements for student surveys and similar instruments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Benson, J.; Carlson; Anderson, S.; Peppin; Selcer; Winkler and Simon introduced:
H. F. 465, A bill for an act relating to transportation; highways; appropriating money for adding lanes to a portion of Interstate Highway 494; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Anderson, P. introduced:
H. F. 466, A bill for an act relating to taxation; eliminating sales tax on purchases by political subdivisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Melin, Metsa, Anzelc and Dill introduced:
H. F. 467, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Range Regional Airport terminal; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. 468, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation and expansion of the Perham Area Community Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Fischer; Lillie; Erhardt; Ward, J.A., and Yarusso introduced:
H. F. 469, A bill for an act relating to taxation; eliminating sales tax on purchases by political subdivisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Runbeck; Simonson; Persell; Zerwas; Uglem; Johnson, B., and Scott introduced:
H. F. 470, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; permitting local units of government to designate an ambulance service to serve its area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144E.06.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Runbeck; Simonson; Persell; Johnson, B.; Schomacker; Zerwas; Uglem and Scott introduced:
H. F. 471, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; authorizing local units of government to charge a fee for use of public systems and for certain prehospital care; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Runbeck; Simonson; Abeler; Persell; Johnson, B.; Schomacker; Zerwas; Uglem and Scott introduced:
H. F. 472, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; modifying certain reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144E.123.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Poppe and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 473, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing the governor's budget for agriculture; appropriating money to the Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, and the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; modifying provisions related to animal waste technicians; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 17.03, subdivision 3; 17.1015; 18C.430; 18C.433, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Holberg, Scott and Johnson, B. introduced:
H. F. 474, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying data related to automated license plate readers; requiring a log of use; requiring data to be destroyed in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Simon; Winkler; Selcer; Rosenthal; Hornstein; Hortman; Benson, J.; Carlson and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 475, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Southwest Corridor light rail transit line; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Drazkowski and Davids introduced:
H. F. 476, A bill for an act relating to the Rochester local sales tax; modifying the list of cities that share some of the revenue; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davnie; Bernardy; Erickson, S.; Bly and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 477, A bill for an act relating to education; standardizing requirements for an adult high school diploma; establishing an advisory task force; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.52, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Brynaert and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 478, A bill for an act relating to public safety; traffic regulations; expanding requirement of display of vehicle lighting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.48.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Dehn, R.; Moran; Radinovich; Clark; Dorholt and Isaacson introduced:
H. F. 479, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing certificates of good conduct and describing the effects of a certificate and eligibility; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 364.03, subdivision 3; 364.09; 609A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 611A.06, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 364.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Dehn, R.; Carlson; Freiberg; Nelson; Hilstrom and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 480, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Bottineau Transit Way corridor; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Ward, J.A.; Hausman; Ward, J.E.; Hansen; Radinovich; Wagenius; Sawatzky and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 481, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) Conservation Reserve; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 482, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing for the survival or continuation of an action after the death or disability of a party; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 540; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 573.01.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Fritz; Liebling; Zerwas; Huntley; Newton; Norton; Moran; Ward, J.A., and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 483, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring screening of newborns for critical congenital heart disease; 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 and Human Services Policy.
Newton and Uglem introduced:
H. F. 484, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending reporting requirements for home and community-based waivers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0916, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Allen, Liebling, Huntley, Clark, Paymar, Norton, Cornish, Schomacker, Simon, Abeler and Rosenthal introduced:
H. F. 485, A bill for an act relating to sexually exploited youth; establishing a director of child sex trafficking prevention; modifying provisions relating to sexually exploited youth; establishing and amending grant programs relating to combatting sexual exploitation of youth; providing related services and housing to victims; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 260B.007, subdivisions 6, 16; 260C.007, subdivisions 6, 31; 260C.176, subdivisions 1, 3, 5; 260C.178, subdivision 1; 260C.181, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.093.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.
Laine, Bernardy, Loeffler, Clark and Moran introduced:
H. F. 486, A bill for an act relating to public safety; permitting violent felons to petition the Board of Pardons to have their ability to possess a firearm restored; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 242.31, subdivision 2a; 260B.245, subdivision 1; 609.165, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 609A.03, subdivision 5a; 609B.611; 624.713, subdivision 2; 638.02, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 638.07; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.165, subdivision 1d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hausman, Hornstein, Erhardt, Kahn and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 487, A bill for an act relating to public safety; traffic regulations; authorizing local authorities to regulate traffic at intersections using traffic safety cameras; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 169.011, by adding a subdivision; 169.04.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Holberg, Mahoney, Scott, Hornstein, Paymar, Cornish and Johnson, B. introduced:
H. F. 488, A bill for an act relating to data practices; requiring destruction of automated license plate reader data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 489, A bill for an act relating to taxation; making technical and clarifying changes to income and franchise taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, and other taxes and tax provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.4965, subdivision 3; 16A.46; 270.41, subdivision 5; 270C.42, subdivision 2; 272.01, subdivision 2; 272.02, subdivision 97; 273.032; 273.124, subdivision 13; 273.1315, subdivisions 1, 2; 273.19, subdivision 1; 273.39; 279.06, subdivision 1; 287.20, by adding a subdivision; 287.385, subdivision 7; 289A.10, by adding a subdivision; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision; 289A.18, by adding a subdivision; 289A.20, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 289A.26, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, 9; 289A.55, subdivision 9; 289A.60, subdivision 4; 290.01, subdivisions 6b, 19b, 19c, 19d; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.17, subdivision 4; 290A.25; 296A.22, subdivisions 1, 3; 297B.11; 297E.14, subdivision 7; 297F.09, subdivision 9; 297F.18, subdivision 7; 297G.04, subdivision 2; 297G.09, subdivision 8; 297G.17, subdivision 7; 297I.05, subdivision 11; 297I.80, subdivision 1; 298.01, subdivision 3; 298.018; 373.01, subdivision 1; 469.319, subdivision 4; 469.340, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 272.69; 273.11, subdivisions 1a, 22; 289A.60, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 490, A bill for an act relating to taxation; making policy changes to income and franchise taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, and other taxes and tax provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 123A.455, subdivision 1; 270.077; 270C.34, subdivision 1; 270C.38, subdivision 1; 272.03, subdivision 9; 273.114, subdivision 6; 273.13, subdivisions 23, 25; 273.372, subdivision 4; 289A.12, subdivision 14; 290.9705, subdivision 1; 290B.04, subdivision 2; 296A.01, subdivision 19; 297A.665; 297F.01, subdivision 23; 297I.05, subdivisions 7, 12; 297I.30, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dehn, R.; Fischer; Isaacson; Loeffler; Newton; Mahoney; Clark; Kahn; Davnie and Moran introduced:
H. F. 491, A bill for an act relating to elections; voting; restoring the civil rights of an individual upon release from incarceration; requiring notice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 201.014, by adding a subdivision; 201.071, subdivision 1; 201.155; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 609.165, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 201; 243.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Loeffler, Davnie, Rosenthal and Davids introduced:
H. F. 492, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; defining solicitor for nexus purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.66, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simonson introduced:
H. F. 493, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing the sales tax exemption for clothing; adjusting the sales tax rate; creating an income tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.62, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.67, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simonson introduced:
H. F. 494, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying set aside considerations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245C.22, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Sanders and Newton introduced:
H. F. 495, A bill for an act relating to retirement; changing the durational time limit for certain public employees excluded from participation as members of the Public Employee Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 353.01, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Laine, Newton and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 496, A bill for an act relating to local government; changing the requirements for expedited supplemental nutrition assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 393.07, subdivision 10a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Johnson, S. and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 497, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; reattaching land constituting an intermediate airport to the city and school district where the property is located; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 473.625; 473F.02, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Mahoney; Johnson, S.; Cornish; Lesch; Metsa; Moran; Dehn, R.; Nelson; Melin; Dorholt and Schoen introduced:
H. F. 498, A bill for an act relating to employment; limiting reliance on criminal history for employment purposes; applying criminal offender rehabilitation requirements to private employers; providing for remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.981, subdivision 1; 364.02, subdivisions 4, 6; 364.021; 364.03; 364.04; 364.05; 364.06; 364.07; 364.09; 364.10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries.
FitzSimmons; Albright; Petersburg; Lohmer; O'Neill; Hertaus; Benson, M.; Erickson, S.; Kieffer and Runbeck introduced:
H. F. 499, A bill for an act relating to public safety; State Fire Code; prohibiting sprinkler requirements in single-family dwellings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.011, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.
Masin; Sundin; Beard; Hamilton; Mahoney; Erhardt; Metsa; O'Neill; Howe; Dehn, R., and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 500, A bill for an act relating to public safety; drivers' licenses; increasing the filing fee charged by driver's license agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 501, A bill for an act relating to government data; permitting medical examiners and coroners to use license and identification card photographs under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Cornish and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 502, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the adoption assistance program to allow reimbursement for child care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 259A.20, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.
Metsa and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 503, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for relocation of trails and utilities in the city of Virginia made necessary by marked Trunk Highway 53 relocation; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Metsa, Gunther, Mahoney, Kieffer, Atkins, Melin, Schoen, Isaacson, Hertaus, Leidiger, Zellers and Davids introduced:
H. F. 504, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation reinsurance; eliminating the reinsurance association prefunded limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 79.35.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Falk introduced:
H. F. 505, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for wastewater infrastructure improvements in Sacred Heart; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.
Atkins and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 506, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating employment agreements; voiding certain noncompete agreements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries.
Simonson, Fischer and Runbeck introduced:
H. F. 507, A bill for an act relating to taxes; creating a Tax Expenditure Advisory Commission; providing for review and sunset of tax expenditures; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Hausman introduced:
H. F. 508, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing courts to recognize a necessity defense for certain criminal, administrative, and civil cases involving natural herbs of the genus Cannabis; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 634.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 509, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying medical education and research cost account distributions; increasing the cigarette and tobacco products taxes and fees; modifying definitions; changing certain tax provisions; imposing a floor stocks tax on cigarettes; adjusting the rate of the cigarette sales tax; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16A.724, subdivision 2; 62J.692, by adding subdivisions; 295.52, subdivision 8; 297F.01, subdivisions 3, 19; 297F.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 297F.10; 325D.32, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Dehn, R.; Moran; Clark; Nelson; Fischer; Isaacson and Schoen introduced:
H. F. 510, A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring state agencies to establish youth internships or apprenticeships; encouraging utilization of small businesses in state procurement; promoting ethnic and cultural heritage tourism; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16C.18, by adding a subdivision; 16C.20; 124D.47, subdivision 2; 129D.17, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.
Newton, Uglem and Fischer introduced:
H. F. 511, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for additional financing of parks, trails, and recreational facilities for local units of government by special fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 448.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.