The following House Files were introduced:
Sykora, Abeler, Greiling and Osterman introduced:
H. F. 1982, A bill for an act relating to education; restoring funding for the basic community education program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 124D.20, subdivision 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 8, section 7, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Pugh, Davids, Sertich, Kohls and Johnson, J. introduced:
H. F. 1983, A bill for an act relating to commerce; enacting the revisions to the general provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and enacting a revised Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 17.94; 84.787, subdivision 9; 84.797, subdivision 10; 84.92, subdivision 6; 86B.820, subdivision 12; 168A.01, subdivision 20; 234.27; 325L.03; 325L.16; 336.2-103; 336.2-104; 336.2-202; 336.2-310; 336.2-323; 336.2-401; 336.2-503; 336.2-505; 336.2-506; 336.2-509; 336.2-605; 336.2-705; 336.2A-103; 336.2A-501; 336.2A-514; 336.2A-518; 336.2A-519; 336.2A-526; 336.2A-527; 336.2A-528; 336.4-210; 336.4A-105; 336.4A-106; 336.4A-204; 336.5-103; 336.8-102; 336.8-103; 336.9-102; 336.9-203; 336.9-207; 336.9-208; 336.9-301; 336.9-310; 336.9-312; 336.9-313; 336.9-314; 336.9-317; 336.9-338; 336.9-601; 513.33, subdivision 1; 514.963, subdivision 9; 514.965, subdivision 10; 514.973; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 336.3-103; 336.4-104; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 336; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 336.1-101; 336.1-102; 336.1-103; 336.1-104; 336.1-105; 336.1-106; 336.1-107; 336.1-108; 336.1-109; 336.1-110; 336.1-201; 336.1-202; 336.1-203; 336.1-204; 336.1-205; 336.1-206; 336.1-207; 336.1-208; 336.1-209; 336.2-208; 336.2A-207; 336.7-101; 336.7-102; 336.7-103; 336.7-104; 336.7-105; 336.7-201; 336.7-202; 336.7-203; 336.7-204; 336.7-205; 336.7-206; 336.7-207; 336.7-208; 336.7-209; 336.7-210; 336.7-301; 336.7-302; 336.7-303; 336.7-304; 336.7-305; 336.7-306; 336.7-307; 336.7-308; 336.7-309; 336.7-401; 336.7-402; 336.7-403; 336.7-404; 336.7-501; 336.7-502; 336.7-503; 336.7-504; 336.7-505; 336.7-506; 336.7-507; 336.7-508; 336.7-509; 336.7-601; 336.7-602; 336.7-603; 336.10-104.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Gunther; Osterman; Demmer; Magnus; Mahoney; Bradley; Nelson, C.; Kuisle; Stang; Kahn; Dorn; Davnie; Paulsen and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 1984, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for purchase of a medical research facility.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Meslow, Fuller, Blaine, Juhnke and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 1985, A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting using audiovisual recording devices in motion picture theaters; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Johnson, J.; Rhodes; Anderson, J.; Nornes; Olsen, S.; Adolphson; Tingelstad; Seagren; Erickson; Sykora; Anderson, B., and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 1986, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring persons under 18 years of age to attend school as a requirement to possessing a driver's permit or license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 171.04, subdivision 1; 171.05, subdivisions 2, 2b, 3; 260A.03; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 13.32, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Mariani, Paymar, Mahoney, Thao, Hausman, Entenza, Lesch and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 1987, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for projects at the St. Paul Community and Technical College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Abeler and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1988, A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying definitions and license requirements for podiatric medicine; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 153.01, subdivision 2; 153.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 153.19, subdivision 1; 153.24, subdivision 4; 153.25, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 6900.0020, subparts 3, 3a, 9, 10; 6900.0400.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Fuller; Gunther; Murphy; Smith; Anderson, J.; Lindgren; Simpson; Dorman; Urdahl; Walz; Strachan; Meslow; Soderstrom; Powell; Blaine; Rhodes; Lesch; Ellison; Hilty and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1989, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; regulating the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs; authorizing reporting of suspicious transactions involving these drugs and providing civil immunity for so doing; requiring a methamphetamine educational program for retailers; further regulating while recodifying activities involving anhydrous ammonia; requiring courts to order restitution in certain situations involving controlled substances; imposing property restrictions in certain situations involving controlled substances; increasing the criminal penalties for possessing certain substances with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine and imposing a mandatory minimum sentence for so doing; establishing new methamphetamine-related crimes; expanding the definition of "violent crime" for mandatory sentencing purposes; requiring that vehicles and other property used to manufacture methamphetamine indicate this in the title or deed; establishing a methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund and authorizing loans to assist counties and cities in conducting methamphetamine cleanup; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 152.135, subdivision 2; 168A.05, subdivision 3; 609.1095, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 152.021, subdivisions 2a, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 152; 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 18C.005, subdivisions 1a, 35a; 18C.201, subdivisions 6, 7; 18D.331, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Clark, Kahn and Walker introduced:
H. F. 1990, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the East Phillips Cultural and Community Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Latz introduced:
H. F. 1991, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; providing a grant to the Perpich Center for Arts Education; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Juhnke; Otremba; Anderson, I.; Marquart; Lieder; Eken; Peterson and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 1992, A bill for an act relating to fuel purchased for use in certain state-owned vehicles; requiring the use of E85 fuel in flexible-fuel vehicles; requiring periodic reports; providing sanctions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16C.135, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Kuisle; Demmer; Seifert; Nelson, C.; Bradley; Peterson; Koenen and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 1993, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a sales tax exemption for certain construction materials for certain resource recovery facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Larson introduced:
H. F. 1994, A bill for an act relating to health; providing an exemption from certain requirements for registration of physician assistants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Knoblach and Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 1995, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing mandatory direct deposit of payroll; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Pugh, Sieben and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1996, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for South St. Paul landfill reclamation and conversion to parkland; authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Clark, Gunther, Osterman, Dorn, Swenson and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 1997, A bill for an act relating to families; appropriating money for emergency assistance and transitional housing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Rukavina and Otto introduced:
H. F. 1998, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for prescription drug bulk purchasing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Cornish, Marquart, Seagren, Sykora, Demmer, Boudreau and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1999, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for school innovation and cooperative planning grants; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 2000, A bill for an act relating to the environment; clarifying analysis of water table level for purposes of individual sewage treatment design.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Beard and Abrams introduced:
H. F. 2001, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing that certain personal property of an electric generation facility is exempt from property taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Knoblach and Holberg introduced:
H. F. 2002, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing a factor for determining the amount of attorney fees awarded in certain actions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 549.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2003, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school districts to teach students to understand full range of scientific views; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2004, A bill for an act relating to liquor; providing that the on-sale license for Elko Speedway authorizes sales on all days of the week; amending Laws 2003, chapter 126, section 28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
McNamara, Howes, Wagenius, Cox and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2005, A bill for an act relating to the environment; extending the restriction on phosphorus use in fertilizers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 18C.60, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Fuller and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 2006, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a hockey arena at Bemidji State University; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Nelson, C.; Urdahl; Biernat; Sykora; Seagren; Newman; Demmer and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 2007, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a reading record that reflects student strengths and weaknesses in reading; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2008, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional careers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2009, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; modifying electronic filing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 289A.08, subdivision 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2010, A bill for an act relating to gambling; providing for certain gambling activities at a class A licensed racetrack facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002 sections 240.07, subdivision 3; 240.35, subdivision 1; 299L.07, subdivisions 2, 2a; 340A.410, subdivision 5; 541.20; 541.21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2011, A bill for an act relating to gambling; card clubs; eliminating the maximum table requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 240.30, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Fuller introduced:
H. F. 2012, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rehabilitation of a portion of the Paul Bunyan State Trail; authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Swenson introduced:
H. F. 2013, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct the Gaylord Multicultural and Lifelong Learning Center; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Anderson, J. and Dorman introduced:
H. F. 2014, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Riverland Community College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Smith, Strachan, Rhodes, Hilstrom, Meslow and Walz introduced:
H. F. 2015, A bill for an act relating to peace officers; providing increased reimbursement for bullet-resistant vests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 299A.38, subdivisions 2, 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Holberg, Kuisle, Lieder and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 2016, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; specifying duty of care of bus drivers to passengers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Brod, Sviggum, Davids and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2017, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the joint underwriting association; modifying coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62F.04, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Anderson, B.; Kuisle; Meslow; DeLaForest; Nelson, P., and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2018, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for personal rapid transit demonstration project; authorizing issuance of general obligation bonds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2019, A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing Independent School District No. 51, Foley, to make a fund transfer.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Walker, Tingelstad, Osterman, Smith, Ellison, Paymar, Otremba, Biernat, Huntley, Thao, Samuelson, Latz, Clark, Pugh and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 2020, A bill for an act relating to child protection; modifying requirements for a relative search; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 260C.212, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Buesgens, Adolphson, Brod, Klinzing, Blaine, Abrams and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 2021, A bill for an act relating to zoning; providing certain limitations on municipal interim ordinances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 462.355, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Lanning introduced:
H. F. 2022, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for asset preservation of the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorhead; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Lanning, Meslow, Strachan, Lesch and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 2023, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing penalties for certain drug paraphernalia violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 152.092; 152.093.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Beard, Kuisle and Adolphson introduced:
H. F. 2024, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying vehicle certificate of title provisions affecting dealers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 168A.02, subdivision 2; 168A.11, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2025, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the University Research Park.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Wilkin; Otremba; Howes; Holberg; Koenen; Dill; Abeler; Krinkie; Seifert; Finstad; Murphy; Jacobson; Borrell; Klinzing; Gerlach; Vandeveer; Fuller; Olson, M.; Adolphson; Penas; Anderson, B.; Lindner; Powell; Hackbarth; Erickson; Johnson, J.; Cornish and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 2026, A bill for an act relating to health; placing funding restrictions on individuals and entities conducting research on human embryos and certain stem cell lines; 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 and Human Services Finance.
Anderson, J. introduced:
H. F. 2027, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an exemption to the moratorium on nursing home construction; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Smith, Murphy and Strachan introduced:
H. F. 2028, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; establishing a Predatory Offender Screening Committee to make recommendations to the commissioner of corrections regarding referral of sex offenders to civil commitment proceedings; providing for access to data in making these determinations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.851, subdivision 5; 244.05, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Anderson, J.; Lesch; Strachan; Rhodes; Powell; Walz; Paulsen; Lipman and Soderstrom introduced:
H. F. 2029, A bill for an act relating to crimes; making it a crime of child endangerment to manufacture controlled substances in the presence of a child; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.378, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Smith, Murphy and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 2030, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association; revising authority to set executive secretary salary; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 423C.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 2031, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a levy for Independent School District No. 256, Red Wing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 2032, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a chemical assessment team in International Falls.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Solberg, Brod, Otto, Lanning and Blaine introduced:
H. F. 2033, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing townships to make payments by electronic or wire transfer, and accept payment by credit card or other methods; authorizing townships to use electronic approvals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 471.381.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Haas, Eken and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 2034, A bill for an act relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Sertich, Solberg and Penas introduced:
H. F. 2035, A bill for an act relating to employment; regulating vocational rehabilitation and supported employment; expanding what activities qualify as supported employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 268A.01, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 2036, A bill for an act relating to retirement; correctional state employees retirement plan; revising various membership provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 352.90; 352.91, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 5, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.91, subdivisions 3a, 3b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Fuller, Penas, Pugh, Lindgren and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 2037, A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding health and safety revenue to cover the costs of replacing certain school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.57, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 123B.57, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Bradley introduced:
H. F. 2038, A bill for an act relating to civil law; reforming medical malpractice liability; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 147; 604.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Ozment and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 2039, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to establish special seasons for persons with a physical disability to take fish by angling; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97C.301, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Olson, M.; Dill; Ozment; Hackbarth; Cornish and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 2040, A bill for an act relating to water; creating a certification program for new wastewater treatment technology; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Holberg introduced:
H. F. 2041, A bill for an act relating to family law; providing for vacation of certain orders for protection upon request of the petitioner; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 518B.01, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Olson, M.; Pelowski; Anderson, B.; Seifert; Buesgens and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2042, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring legislative affirmation of implementation of No Child Left Behind.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Gunther, Magnus, Cox, Simpson, Paymar, Sertich and Davids introduced:
H. F. 2043, A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating the broadband infrastructure grant program; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Davids, Gunther, Sertich, Lindner, Brod, Walz, Simpson, Dorn and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 2044, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring tourism functions from Department of Employment and Economic Development to Explore Minnesota Tourism; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 116J.01, subdivision 5; 160.276, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 15.057; 15.75, subdivision 5; 116J.011; 116J.60; 161.20, subdivision 3; 270B.14, subdivision 13; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116U; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 116J.01, subdivision 4; 116J.036; 116J.615; 116J.616; 116J.63, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Newman introduced:
H. F. 2045, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a levy for Independent School District No. 2859, Glencoe-Silver Lake.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
McNamara, Atkins, Sieben, Pugh, Powell and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 2046, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Inver Hills Community College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Mahoney; Lesch; Davids; Johnson, S., and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2047, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for a grant to the city of St. Paul to acquire land for and remediate contamination in the Phalen corridor; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Paulsen introduced:
H. F. 2048, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for expenses related to organ donation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kahn, Greiling, Paymar, Huntley, Kelliher, Carlson, Hausman and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 2049, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 145.422, subdivisions 1, 2; 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 and Human Services Policy.
Finstad introduced:
H. F. 2050, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; requiring certain foreign medical school graduates to use a credentials verification service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 147.037, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Harder and Swenson introduced:
H. F. 2051, A bill for an act relating to county agricultural societies; modifying provisions relating to county and regional fairs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 38.01; 38.04; 38.12; 38.14; 38.15; 38.16; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 38.02, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 38.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 38.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Abeler, Boudreau, Dorn, Wilkin and Bradley introduced:
H. F. 2052, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the sunset date for the supportive housing and managed care pilot project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256K.25, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Kelliher, Kahn, Hornstein and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 2053, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money to mitigate flooding at Lake of the Isles.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Penas introduced:
H. F. 2054, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale or conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Roseau County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Severson; Erickson; Fuller; Nornes; Nelson, P., and Howes introduced:
H. F. 2055, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; permitting importation of deer carcasses by prearrangement with state taxidermists or meat processors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 97A.505, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Walz, Dill, Ozment, Howes and Wasiluk introduced:
H. F. 2056, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for extension of the Paul Bunyan Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Abrams, Buesgens, Adolphson, Brod, Klinzing, Sviggum, Blaine and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 2057, A bill for an act relating to zoning; providing for continuance of certain nonconforming uses or occupancies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 462.357, subdivision 1e.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Meslow; Thissen; Rhodes; Dorn; Nelson, P., and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2058, A bill for an act relating to elections; expanding membership and staff of the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board; creating administrative remedy for violations of fair campaign practices in state and local elections; repealing mandate that county attorney investigate violations of voter registration laws and fair campaign practices; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12; 201.27, subdivision 2; 211A.05, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 204B.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 10A; 211A; 211B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 201.275; 211A.08, subdivisions 1, 2; 211B.16, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Ellison; Rukavina; Walker; Hilty; Johnson, S.; Sieben; Biernat; Hornstein; Kahn; Thissen; Fuller and Lindgren introduced:
H. F. 2059, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying license reinstatement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 171.29, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Hilstrom and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 2060, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the 911 emergency telephone service fee to eliminate a deficit and to help defray the cost of operating public safety answering points; expanding the jurisdiction and membership of the Metropolitan Radio Board; authorizing the sale of revenue bonds by the Metropolitan Council for phases 2 and 3 of the 800 MHz public safety radio communication system; repealing the sunset of the Metropolitan Radio Board; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 403.11, subdivision 1; 403.113, subdivision 1; 403.21, subdivision 3; 403.22, subdivisions 1, 2; 403.27, subdivisions 1, 3; repealing Laws 1995, chapter 195, article 1, section 18, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Hilstrom and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 2061, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; public safety; authorizing and appropriating money for the use of polygraphic examinations for sex offenders under community supervision; requesting the development by the courts of a protocol for the use of these examinations; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Bradley; Nelson, C.; Westerberg; Pugh; Kuisle and Meslow introduced:
H. F. 2062, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Phase II expansion of the National Volleyball Center in Rochester.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2063, A bill for an act relating to human services; reinstating the services for children with special health care needs program; appropriating money; 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 and Human Services Policy.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2064, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit in the Minnesota State Retirement System.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Seifert, Finstad, Koenen and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 2065, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of surplus state land in Redwood County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Fuller, Solberg, Lindgren, Seifert, Dorn and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 2066, A bill for an act relating to higher education; the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; providing for allocation of certain money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Jacobson, Rhodes, Howes, Penas, Cox, Soderstrom, Samuelson, Westerberg, Marquart and Vandeveer introduced:
H. F. 2067, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; allowing exempt occasional sales at flea markets and similar selling events; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.87, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Greiling, Sieben and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2068, A bill for an act relating to elections; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1; lowering the voting age to 17 years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 201.014, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 1; 201.14; 204C.10; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 201.15, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Erickson and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 2069, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring certain meetings to be open to the public; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97C.401, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Mahoney, Osterman, Hausman, Entenza, Mariani, Paymar, Thao, Lesch and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 2070, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the St. Paul Bioscience Corridor.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Simpson introduced:
H. F. 2071, A bill for an act relating to employment; re-enacting certain employment agency provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 184.22, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Nelson, C.; Bradley; Kuisle and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 2072, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for uses of Rochester sales and use tax revenues; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Cox introduced:
H. F. 2073, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying division of cost for certain intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 256B.19, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 2074, A bill for an act relating to the city of Waite Park; authorizing the city to impose a local sales tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Opatz, Seifert and Dorn introduced:
H. F. 2075, A bill for an act relating to higher education; Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; providing for certain degrees at state universities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 135A.052, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Nelson, C.; Bradley; Kuisle; Demmer; Pelowski; Ruth; Cox; Carlson and Stang introduced:
H. F. 2076, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a health sciences center at University Center Rochester.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Nelson, C.; Stang; Bradley; Demmer and Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 2077, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Rochester Community and Technical College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Holberg introduced:
H. F. 2078, A bill for an act relating to public transit; clarifying railroad grade crossing requirements; clarifying crimes involving public transit; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.855, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 169.28, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Lindgren, Fuller, Finstad, Otremba, Koenen and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 2079, A bill for an act relating to animals; imposing restrictions on the possession of certain animals; requiring licensure and registration; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 35.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Lindgren and Fuller introduced:
H. F. 2080, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for development of the Big Bog State Recreation Area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Ozment, Strachan, Abrams, Gerlach, Kahn, Powell, Wilkin, Rhodes, McNamara, Koenen, Wardlow, Kelliher, Pugh, Sieben and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2081, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Minnesota Zoological Garden; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Dill and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 2082, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for certain trapping by nonresidents; providing for tending snares; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 97A.475, subdivision 20; 97B.601, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 6234.2400, subpart 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 2083, A bill for an act relating to taxation; clarifying the production tax rate of certain direct reduced ore; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 298.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Paymar and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2084, A bill for an act relating to air quality; providing authority for a city to suspend operations of a stationary source found to be a major source of hazardous air pollutants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Severson, Stang, Huntley, Knoblach and Opatz introduced:
H. F. 2085, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for review of hospital moratorium exceptions; 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.
Paymar, Lesch, Davnie and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 2086, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for prescription drug marketing expense reporting; providing penalties and remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Borrell and Holberg introduced:
H. F. 2087, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; collection and dissemination of data; proposing classifications of data as private and nonpublic; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.3805, by adding a subdivision; 13.44, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Finstad, Swenson and Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 2088, A bill for an act relating to Board of Water and Soil Resources; allowing the governor to appoint the executive director; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 103B.101, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Bradley; Kuisle; Nelson, C.; Demmer and Davids introduced:
H. F. 2089, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Rochester Regional Public Safety Training Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Boudreau and Cox introduced:
H. F. 2090, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Phase 1 of the expansion at MCF-Faribault, for a new Rice County jail, and for the addition of a prison industries building at MCF-Faribault.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Meslow, Lesch and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2091, A bill for an act relating to criminal surcharges; permitting Ramsey County to collect and receive a $1 criminal surcharge in order to fund Ramsey County's petty misdemeanor diversion program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 357.021, subdivisions 6, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Carlson and Slawik introduced:
H. F. 2092, A bill for an act relating to education; expanding the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities demonstration project to provide college readiness information to high school students; requiring a report to the legislature by the P-16 partnership.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Holberg, Dorman, Biernat, Dill and Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 2093, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a public body to close a meeting to negotiate the purchase or sale of real or personal property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 13D.05, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Nornes, Abeler, Otremba and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 2094, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying child care center licensing fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 245A.10, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Thao, Hornstein, Sieben, Paymar, Mariani, Ellison and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2095, A bill for an act relating to mortgage foreclosure; providing for a new law to regulate foreclosure reconveyance; establishing licensure for foreclosure purchasers; adding a notice to homeowners in foreclosure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 580.03; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325E; 580.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Thissen and Larson introduced:
H. F. 2096, A bill for an act relating to finance; clarifying division of proceeds of sale of state bond financed property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.695, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 2097, A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing more affordable conversion health coverage as a bridge to Medicare for persons 60 to 65 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62A.65, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Lanning introduced:
H. F. 2098, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; regulating oxygenated gasoline; abolishing a fee and certain requirements and powers of Department of Commerce relating to utility measuring equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 239.791, subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 239.12; 239.25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Nornes, Wasiluk and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 2099, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the authorized amount expected to be earned from an employment contract between a school board member and a school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.195.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Cornish and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2100, A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for recording and registration fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 357.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, by adding a subdivision; 505.08, subdivision 2; 507.093; 508.82, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 508.82, subdivision 1; 515B.1-116; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 357.18, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Seifert and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 2101, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for local government impact notes; providing that certain rules take effect only upon legislative approval; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 14.19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Vandeveer, Boudreau, Abeler, Samuelson, Jacobson and Paymar introduced:
H. F. 2102, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing provisions for adult foster care licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 245A.11, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0919, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 245A.11, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Nelson, C.; Sertich; Klinzing; Sviggum and Blaine introduced:
H. F. 2103, A bill for an act relating to real property; local planning and zoning; authorizing municipalities to require the dedication of land for public purposes; providing certain terms and conditions for the dedication; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 462.358, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 462.353, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Strachan, Smith, Lesch, Ellison, Lipman, Newman, Hilty, Hilstrom, Paymar, Soderstrom, Erickson, Rhodes, Osterman and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 2104, A bill for an act relating to predatory offenders; requiring offenders without a primary address to register under the predatory offender registration law; clarifying the disclosure of information on predatory offenders under the community notification law; moving definitions in the predatory offender registration law; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 243.166, as amended; 244.052, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 243.166, subdivisions 1, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.