The following House Files were introduced:
Dean, Dettmer, Bigham and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 1210, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring restoration, reopening, and maintenance of Stillwater Boomsite rest area, and prohibiting transfer of site.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Otremba and Ward introduced:
H. F. 1211, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; removing ban on smokeless gunpowder; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.311.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1212, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a gift tax and coordinating the tax with the estate tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 292.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Clark, Dominguez, Hornstein, Mullery, Walker and Thao introduced:
H. F. 1213, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding drug free and prostitution free zones; appropriating money for pilot projects in Minneapolis and St. Paul; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 152.01, by adding subdivisions; 152.021, subdivision 1; 152.022, subdivision 1; 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 609.3242.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Knuth; Peterson, A.; Hilty; Ozment; Otremba; Kalin; Wollschlager; Tschumper; Bly; Sailer; Johnson; Wagenius and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1214, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for a rural wind development assistance program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 1215, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting construction materials for a wastewater treatment facility for the city of Willmar; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simon, Winkler, Hornstein and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 1216, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a draft EIS and preliminary engineering for the Southwest transitway corridor; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Erhardt, Lieder, Solberg, Marquart, Atkins, Zellers, Scalze, Lanning and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 1217, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting materials used in construction and maintenance of roads and bridges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.70, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1218, A bill for an act relating to crimes; requiring defendant waiver of jury trial to be consented by the prosecutor; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 631.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Juhnke; Welti; Heidgerken; Hamilton; Shimanski; Poppe; Faust; Olin; Doty; Finstad; Peterson, A., and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1219, A bill for an act relating to transportation; removing sunset date for weight exemptions for certain milk trucks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.87, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Hilstrom, Dominguez, Lesch, Paymar and Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 1220, A bill for an act relating to child advocacy centers; providing for grants for child advocacy centers that perform certain core functions; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Kalin; Hilty; Peterson, A.; Kranz; Hansen; Knuth; Madore; Bly; Sailer; Gardner; Benson and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1221, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring commissioner of commerce to engage in activities designed to increase energy savings under conservation investment program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.241, subdivision 1c, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 1222, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; advancing various dates for the notices of proposed property taxes and public hearings in the truth in taxation process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.065, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilty, Kahn, Howes, Simon and Poppe introduced:
H. F. 1223, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring certain postsecondary institutions to submit student residential housing lists; adding certain forms of identification as eligible proof of residence; eliminating employee-list submission by residential facility operators; requiring challengers to prove residence in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 3; 204C.07, subdivision 3a; 204C.12, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 1224, A bill for an act relating to labor relations; prohibiting use of state funds to encourage or discourage union organizing; providing for a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Olin and Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1225, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; modifying the limitation on actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property for certain actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 541.051, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1226, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring a criminal background check before granting approval of an application to operate an automated teller machine from an applicant other than a financial institution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 47.62, subdivisions 3, 4; 47.64, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Morgan, Madore and Masin introduced:
H. F. 1227, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to build the Burnsville Performing Arts Center; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 1228, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying certain angling seasons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.395, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Demmer introduced:
H. F. 1229, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; excluding installation charges from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.61, subdivisions 3, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Nelson introduced:
H. F. 1230, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying requirements for 911 emergency communication fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.11, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 1231, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for disabled American veteran license plates; modifying provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1251, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1251, subdivisions 4, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1232, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring persons convicted of crimes of violence to register under the predatory offender law; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 243; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 243.167.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Benson, Mullery, Clark and Tschumper introduced:
H. F. 1233, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for food and nutrition assistance.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Anderson, S. introduced:
H. F. 1234, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; providing for a supplemental refund under the additional property tax refund program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290A.04, subdivision 2h.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Berns, Erhardt, Smith, Benson and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1235, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a zebra mussel control pilot program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Berns; Erhardt; Smith; Ward; Abeler; Knuth; Madore; Doty; McNamara; Kalin; Murphy, E.; Bunn; Westrom; Tingelstad; Zellers and Benson introduced:
H. F. 1236, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a zebra mussel control pilot program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1237, A bill for an act relating to crimes; modifying records expungement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609A.01.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Lesch, Eastlund, Simon and Paymar introduced:
H. F. 1238, A bill for an act relating to public safety; proposing the Controlled Substance Reform Act of 2007; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain drug offenses; making certain affirmative defenses available for driving while impaired offenses; requiring appointment of a conditional release screening committee; requiring the commissioner of human services to publish best practice standards for publicly funded prison-based substance abuse treatment programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 152.18, subdivision 1; 169A.46, by adding a subdivision; 244.055, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Simon; Anderson, B.; Heidgerken; Lesch; Kranz; Bigham; Paymar; Lillie; Greiling; Masin; Slocum; Gardner; Atkins; Wagenius; Haws; Poppe; Lieder; Tschumper; Hansen; Murphy, E.; Solberg and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 1239, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; clarifying and modifying the limitation period for civil actions involving sexual abuse against a minor; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 541.073.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Marquart; Lanning; Wollschlager; Simpson; Davnie; Johnson; Brod; Jaros; Zellers; Peterson, A.; Urdahl; Dill; Atkins; Murphy, M.; Thao and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1240, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an income tax credit for expenditures for historic structure rehabilitation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Thao introduced:
H. F. 1241, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying archery provisions by permitting use of bow drawn, held, or released by mechanical device; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.035, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 97B.035, subdivision 2; 97B.106.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1242, A bill for an act relating to public defense; requiring the Board of Public Defense to allocate and distribute funds based on weighted caseload; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611.27, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Bunn, Dean, Dettmer, Swails, McNamara and Slawik introduced:
H. F. 1243, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for improvements to Big Marine Park Reserve; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Masin; Bigham; Winkler; Hausman; Nelson; Hortman; Erhardt; Bunn; Slocum; Morgan; Beard; Peterson, N.; Tingelstad; Dittrich; Knuth; Ozment; Berns; Hilstrom; Zellers; DeLaForest; Anderson, S.; Kahn; Lesch; Tillberry; Gardner; Laine; Thao; Paymar; Kranz; Davnie and Swails introduced:
H. F. 1244, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for apportionment of proceeds from sales tax on motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297B.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Eken, Cornish and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 1245, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for volunteer ambulance personnel longevity awards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b, as amended; 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bigham, Jaros, Ruud and Beard introduced:
H. F. 1246, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to Kids Voting Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Simpson, Howes, Marquart, Moe, Dill and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1247, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a sales tax refund for certain resort expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Tillberry, Tingelstad, Hortman, Laine, Abeler, Gottwalt, Knuth, Severson, Ward, Dittrich, Kranz, Haws, Doty and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1248, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use tax; exempting certain materials and equipment used to construct a commuter rail system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Atkins, Zellers, Hansen, Simon and Madore introduced:
H. F. 1249, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; providing a credit for senior independent living personal technology; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bunn, Swails, Slawik, Berns and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 1250, A bill for an act relating to taxes; income; providing an income tax credit for telecommuting equipment expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Atkins; Kelliher; Sertich; Johnson; Lillie; Smith; Mullery; Peterson, A.; Anzelc; Davnie; Simon; Bigham; Mahoney; Hilstrom; Solberg and Morrow introduced:
H. F. 1251, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; authorizing direct actions and imposing direct liability on certain insurers in certain actions; regulating actions involving certain insurance practices; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 72A; 540; 604.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Murphy, M.; Gunther; Ruth; Mahoney; Rukavina; Abeler and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1252, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for transition services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind students.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Wollschlager, Smith, Mahoney, Kahn and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 1253, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing support for an academic program for chemically dependent students; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1254, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring notice and a public hearing before adopting an interim ordinance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 394.34; 462.355, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Nelson, Mahoney, Hilstrom and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 1255, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; clarifying the powers to determine independent contractor status; requiring commissioner of revenue review of certain documents related to independent contractor status; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 176.042, subdivision 2; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Masin, Mahoney, Gunther, Haws and Ruth introduced:
H. F. 1256, A bill for an act relating to bioscience and technology; providing grants for bioscience business development and commercialization; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Biosciences and Emerging Technology.
Urdahl; Murphy, M.; Marquart; Gunther and Haws introduced:
H. F. 1257, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 1258, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to various federal tax changes for individual income, corporate franchise, and estate taxes, and property tax refunds; modifying rates; making technical corrections; providing a onetime subtraction for pollution control amortization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, as amended, 19a, 19b, as amended, 19c, 19d, 31, as amended; 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290A.03, subdivision 15, as amended; 291.005, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kalin, Heidgerken, Pelowski, Doty, Tingelstad, Hilty, Wollschlager, Lieder, Koenen, Morrow, Brynaert, Knuth, Clark, Morgan, Poppe, Winkler and Ward introduced:
H. F. 1259, A bill for an act relating to elections; changing certain procedures and requirements for absent voters; providing for certain emergency situations; requiring a study; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 203B.16, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.21, subdivisions 2, 3; 203B.22; 203B.24, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Severson introduced:
H. F. 1260, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; prohibiting an increase in taxable market value for homesteads owned by persons at least 65 years of age and within certain income limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 273.11, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 273.121; 276.04, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Severson introduced:
H. F. 1261, A bill for an act relating to courts; modifying the composition and powers of the Board of Judicial Standards; modifying court rule provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 490A.01; 490A.02; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 480.056; 480.059, subdivision 7; 480.0591, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mahoney, Eastlund, Johnson and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1262, A bill for an act relating to family law; creating a presumption of joint physical custody; requiring the use of parenting plans in certain cases; modifying custody designations for parenting plans that use alternative terminology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 518.003, subdivision 3; 518.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 518.1705, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Abeler, Dittrich, Hortman, Tingelstad and Kranz introduced:
H. F. 1263, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a forensic crime lab in Anoka County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Eastlund, Slawik, Gottwalt, Buesgens, Nornes, Erickson, Abeler, Urdahl, Heidgerken and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 1264, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a credit for contributions for early childhood education access grants and a credit for early childhood educational expenses; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 119B.09, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 19c; 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1265, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the treatment of absentee ballots following a vacancy in nomination because of death or catastrophic illness; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204B.41.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1266, A bill for an act relating to corporate franchise taxation; providing a throwback sales rule; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.191, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Morgan introduced:
H. F. 1267, A bill for an act relating to state employees; making technical and housekeeping changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 43A.191, subdivision 3; 43A.23, subdivision 1; 43A.49; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.345.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 1268, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Davnie, Kahn, Mullery, Wagenius, Hornstein, Walker, Thissen and Dominguez introduced:
H. F. 1269, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Minneapolis to pay the principal on the city's bonds for the Target Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bigham introduced:
H. F. 1270, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the crimes for which sex offender assessments must be conducted; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3457, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1271, A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; providing for taxation of gifts made within three years of death; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Slawik introduced:
H. F. 1272, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the early childhood family education program; increasing the minimum population guarantee used to calculate early childhood family education program revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Kranz; Seifert; Dominguez; Sertich; Mullery; Lesch; Haws; Bigham; Simon; Johnson; Holberg; Abeler; Davnie; Murphy, E.; Clark; Berns; Ruud; Benson; Tillberry; Wollschlager; Masin; Slawik; Sailer; Faust; Moe; Erickson; Lillie; Zellers; Walker; Hornstein; Hausman; Thao; Hosch; Bunn and Olin introduced:
H. F. 1273, A bill for an act relating to crimes; providing testimonial confidentiality for certain sexual assault counselors; eliminating the "mistake of age" defense for certain criminal sexual assault offenders; enhancing penalties for certain nonconsensual sexual contact offenses committed by professionals engaged in massage or bodywork; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 595.02, subdivision 1; 609.341, subdivision 11; 609.344, subdivision 1; 609.345, subdivision 1; 609.3451, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 1274, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing integrated search service inquiries; restricting use of drivers' license photographs for criminal justice use; authorizing the Department of Public Safety to establish a secure subscription service to enhance officer safety during tactical operations by and between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; updating and clarifying membership on the CriMNet Task Force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 171.07, subdivision 1a; 299C.405; 299C.65, subdivisions 2, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Lesch, Johnson, Thao, Slawik, Mahoney and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 1275, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant for the St. Paul neighborhood circulators; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Murphy, E.; Mariani; Lesch; Johnson; Thao; Davnie and Slawik introduced:
H. F. 1276, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to increase certain professional development opportunities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mariani; Murphy, E.; Lesch; Johnson; Thao and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 1277, A bill for an act relating to community development; appropriating money for a grant to the city of St. Paul to notify citizens of youth services available in the community.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Olin and Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1278, A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 510.02; 510.05; 550.175, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 550.18; 550.19; 550.22; 550.24; 580.24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 550.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 1279, A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan transit police; clarifying law enforcement agency jurisdiction; including transit police in distribution of forfeited items; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 473.407, subdivision 1; 609.531, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Hortman, Hornstein, Eken, Magnus and Slocum introduced:
H. F. 1280, A bill for an act relating to the environment; establishing a grant program for idling reduction technology purchases; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1281, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; exempting medical service personnel from prohibition on use of headphones while operating ambulance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.471, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Holberg and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 1282, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying certain transportation department data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.72, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Nelson, Mahoney, Hilstrom and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 1283, A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting misrepresentation of employees as independent contractors; authorizing and requiring the commissioner of revenue to review certifications of independent contractor status; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 181.722; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Mahoney, Johnson, Kahn and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 1284, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for management of state grants by the commissioner of finance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Walker, Thissen, Huntley and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1285, A bill for an act relating to Indian child welfare; modifying child placement provisions for Indian children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 260.755, subdivisions 12, 20; 260.761, subdivision 7; 260.765, subdivision 5; 260.771, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Walker, Huntley and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1286, A bill for an act relating to Indian child welfare; modifying a child maltreatment reporting provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 626.556, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Davnie, Atkins, Ruud and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1287, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for colorectal screening tests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62A.30, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Murphy, E.; Abeler; Bunn; Brod and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1288, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying day training and habilitation transportation rates; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Heidgerken, Juhnke, Urdahl and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1289, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying procedures for determining nursing home per diem reimbursements; directing the commissioner to implement law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.431, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Slawik, Huntley, Abeler and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1290, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a child safety system and child safety fund; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256M.30, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256N.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1291, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing contracts with nursing facilities for the provision of additional specialized services; modifying reimbursement for short-stay residents; increasing nursing facility operating payment rates; dedicating a portion of the money raised by the tobacco use health impact fee for rate increases; implementing new case mix indices and providing interim rate adjustments; rebasing nursing facility rates; providing additional nursing facility quality add-ons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.431, subdivisions 2e, 32; 256B.434, by adding a subdivision; 256B.438, by adding a subdivision; 256B.441, subdivisions 1, 46.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Slawik, Eastlund, Abeler, Bly, Nornes and Gottwalt introduced:
H. F. 1292, A bill for an act relating to human services; amending provisions related to child care finance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 119B.09, subdivisions 1, 7, by adding a subdivision; 119B.13, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1293, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements for persons with continuation coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256L.07, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Berns; Ward; Gottwalt; Abeler; Smith; Knuth; Swails; Doty; Madore; Ruth; Kalin; Murphy, E.; Bunn; Loeffler; Westrom and Benson introduced:
H. F. 1294, A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating the Minnesota Council on Disability sunset; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256.482, subdivisions 1, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1295, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding the definition of chemically dependent person; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 253B.02, subdivision 2; 626.5561, subdivisions 1, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 626.5563.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Laine, Abeler, Clark and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1296, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for doula services; requiring medical assistance to cover doula services; establishing a doula registry; ensuring in the patient bill of rights the presence of a doula if requested by a patient; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 144.651, subdivisions 9, 10; 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 146B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Huntley; Murphy, E.; Liebling; Finstad and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1297, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a rate increase for intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, community service providers, and nursing facilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1298, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund; defining covered salary to include certain supplemental plan contributions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 422A.01, subdivision 13a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1299, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; requiring person to be present when dispensing fuel into motor vehicle; requiring signs; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.751, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 1300, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; requiring inventory reports from fuel terminals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 239.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Moe, Ozment, Swails, Kranz, Davnie, Tschumper, Koenen and Lanning introduced:
H. F. 1301, A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing a resident right of refusal when a manufactured home park is being sold; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 327C.095, subdivisions 6, 7, 9; 327C.096; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Kalin, Holberg and Simon introduced:
H. F. 1302, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying driver record provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Welti, Eken, Atkins, Paymar and Brod introduced:
H. F. 1303, A bill for an act relating to the open meeting law; authorizing meetings by telephone or other electronic means under certain conditions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Tingelstad; Paymar; Lesch; Hoppe; Kahn; Carlson; Mullery; Murphy, M.; Johnson; Zellers; Solberg and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 1304, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing a legal advocacy trafficking victims grant; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Holberg and Simon introduced:
H. F. 1305, A bill for an act relating to data practices; requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to provide certain information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Holberg introduced:
H. F. 1306, A bill for an act relating to data practices; regulating business screening agencies; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hilstrom, Bigham, Cornish, Smith and Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 1307, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for local units of government to hire peace officers and to pay overtime for peace officers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Tingelstad, Hortman, Haws, Urdahl, Dittrich, Kranz, Tillberry, Abeler, DeLaForest, Hackbarth, Laine and Knuth introduced:
H. F. 1308, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a regional forensic crime laboratory in Anoka County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilstrom and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1309, A bill for an act relating to state government; defining political subdivision for the purposes of the chapter governing the state auditor; applying provisions for the state auditor to all political subdivisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 6.47; 6.51; 6.54; 6.55; 6.551; 6.57; 6.59; 6.60; 6.62, subdivision 2; 6.63; 6.64; 6.65; 6.66; 6.67; 6.68; 6.70; 6.71; 6.76; 103D.355; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 6.56, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Atkins, Zellers, Hansen, Rukavina, Kelliher, Simpson, Dill and Madore introduced:
H. F. 1310, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a temporary reduction in lawful gambling tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297E.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lesch, Mariani, Johnson, Lillie and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 1311, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to fund implementation of an integrated domestic violence response framework.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jaros, Simpson, Lanning, Koenen, Marquart, Brod, Fritz and Berns introduced:
H. F. 1312, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a tax credit for qualifying affordable housing contributions; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Thissen, Kelliher and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1313, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund; permitting the investment of fund assets with the State Board of Investment; modifying certain liquidity requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 422A.05, subdivision 2c; 422A.06, subdivisions 3, 5, 7, 8; 422A.101, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 422A.101, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Atkins, Mahoney, Johnson, Zellers and Hansen introduced:
H. F. 1314, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating the advertising and conducting of certain live musical performances or productions; providing enforcement; imposing a penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Hamilton, Mariani, Thao, Mahoney, McNamara and Johnson introduced:
H. F. 1315, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Minnesota Commission on New Americans; providing appointments; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hortman; Murphy, E.; Knuth; Atkins; Tingelstad; Davnie; Eken; Gardner; Tillberry; Madore; Mahoney; Anzelc; Hansen; Wagenius; Abeler; Thissen; Moe; Hornstein; Clark; Dominguez and Johnson introduced:
H. F. 1316, A bill for an act relating to health and the environment; prohibiting the sale of certain mercury-containing products; modifying restrictions on the sale, use, and disposal of certain mercury-containing products; requiring certain consumer information; modifying lamp recycling facility operation requirements; providing for mercury reduction at crematoriums; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 115A.932, subdivision 1; 116.92, subdivisions 3, 7a, by adding subdivisions; 116.93, subdivision 2; 149A.95, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Hornstein; Ward; Slawik; Bunn; Dominguez; Swails; Peterson, S.; Madore; Dittrich; Kranz; Morgan; Walker; Carlson; Pelowski; Thissen and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 1317, A bill for an act relating to education finance; measuring and reporting elementary and secondary class sizes; requiring an annual report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.36, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
McFarlane, Brynaert, Mariani, Ruth, Demmer, Greiling, Kalin, Swails, Sviggum, Heidgerken, Wardlow, Hilstrom, Wollschlager, Morgan, Benson, Laine, Faust, Dettmer, Norton, Tillberry, Dominguez, Nornes, Ruud, Bunn and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1318, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing special education funding; eliminating the two-year lag in base funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Tillberry, Greiling and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1319, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program to explore the development of a regional center for visual arts; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Severson and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 1320, A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing districts in statutory operating debt to make a fund transfer from its debt redemption fund; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bunn, Swails, Lanning, Greiling, Mariani, Solberg and Norton introduced:
H. F. 1321, A bill for an act relating to education; making world languages a required academic standard; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.022, subdivision 1; 122A.18, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Berns, Lanning, Erhardt and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1322, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a four-credit world language requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.022, subdivision 1; 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.024.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Urdahl, Dittrich, Kranz, Mariani, Greiling, Abeler, Slawik, Welti, Heidgerken, Wardlow and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 1323, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for special education programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 125A.76, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1324, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing levy authority for certain unfunded severance and retirement costs faced by school districts that have participated in the cooperative secondary facilities program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Peterson, S.; Carlson; Greiling; Murphy, M., and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 1325, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a high five kindergarten program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.05, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Hilstrom, Tingelstad, Abeler, Gunther, Johnson, Lesch, Paymar, Kranz, Anzelc, Hansen, Lillie, Lieder and Morrow introduced:
H. F. 1326, A bill for an act relating to public safety; enacting Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007; providing for protection of railroad property from terrorism and other criminal activities; providing civil penalties and remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.011, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 218.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 1327, A bill for an act relating to waters; modifying requirements for lake improvement districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103B.571, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Peterson, S. and Carlson introduced:
H. F. 1328, A bill for an act relating to retirement; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for uncredited prior teaching service in an early childhood family education position.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Thissen, Tingelstad, Wardlow and Laine introduced:
H. F. 1329, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association police and fire plan; exempting certain Anoka County field investigators from reemployed annuitant provisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Mullery and Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1330, A bill for an act relating to airports; repealing certain disclosure requirements on sale or other transfer of real property; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 360.065, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Murphy, M., by request and Smith introduced:
H. F. 1331, A bill for an act relating to retirement; amending certain coverage provisions; making certain technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352D.02, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Clark, Walker, Simon, Kahn, Carlson, Solberg, Davnie, Winkler, Bly and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1332, A bill for an act relating to the State Board of Investment; requiring divestment from certain investments relating to Sudan; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 11A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Dill, Solberg and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1333, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing tax exemptions for emergency response vehicles and repair parts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.012, subdivision 1; 296A.07, subdivision 4; 297A.67, subdivision 28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lesch, Clark, Davnie, Hansen and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 1334, A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing minimum standards of sick leave for certain workers proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Poppe introduced:
H. F. 1335, A bill for an act relating to real estate appraisers; requiring consistent use of the State Building Code's definition of a "story above grade"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 82B.20, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Mahoney, Nelson and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 1336, A bill for an act relating to occupations; establishing the Council of High Pressure Piping Systems; requiring the council to establish fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.47, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Davnie introduced:
H. F. 1337, A bill for an act relating to the city of Minneapolis; providing for funding of construction and maintenance of streets and street lighting; amending Laws 1973, chapter 393, section 1, as amended; repealing Laws 1973, chapter 393, section 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.