The following House Files were introduced:
Kelliher, Sviggum, Ellison, Rhodes, Hornstein, Kahn, Wagenius, Abrams and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 609, A bill for an act relating to the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the creation of a community planning and economic development department of the city.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Kohls; Otremba; Bradley; Sviggum; Samuelson; Urdahl; Powell; Nornes; Strachan; Holberg; Johnson, J.; Dempsey; Anderson, J.; Penas; Lindgren; Ruth; Nelson, P.; Beard; Cox; Magnus; Harder; Lanning; Brod and Nelson, C. introduced:
H. F. 610, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; prohibiting the use of certain government data by certain parties to civil actions against long-term care providers; limiting noneconomic damages in certain civil actions against long-term care providers; providing a limitation period for bringing certain actions based on tort against a long-term care provider; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 541.07; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.5573.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Boudreau, Sviggum, Nornes, Finstad and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 611, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating referrals by medical oncologists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62J.23, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Knoblach and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 612, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring reporting of certain allocated expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 10A.20, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 613, A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing Minneapolis to issue an on-sale wine license and on-sale malt beverage license to the Southern Theatre; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.404, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Lipman introduced:
H. F. 614, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money and authorizing issuance of state bonds for highway 5 safety improvements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Biernat introduced:
H. F. 615, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting persons from installing certain windows and window treatments on motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.71, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Finstad and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 616, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the Minnesota board on aging to establish and administer a prescription drug assistance program; transferring appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256.975, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Soderstrom introduced:
H. F. 617, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the Minnesota board on aging to establish and administer a prescription drug assistance program; transferring appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256.975, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Smith; Otremba; Holberg; Murphy; Sviggum; Seifert; Kielkucki; Soderstrom; Powell; Nornes; Olsen, S.; Adolphson; Pelowski; Juhnke; Marquart; Boudreau; Urdahl; Wilkin; Koenen; Dill; Blaine; Heidgerken; Finstad; Buesgens; Ruth; Dempsey; Simpson; Wardlow; Samuelson; Bradley; Kohls; Paulsen; Hoppe; Gerlach and Lindgren introduced:
H. F. 618, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring reporting on notification that is required before an abortion is performed on a minor or certain other women; providing civil penalties; 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.
Rhodes and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 619, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; providing for sports board games; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 297E.06, subdivision 2; 349.12, subdivisions 18, 21, 24, by adding a subdivision; 349.151, by adding a subdivision; 349.211, by adding a subdivision; 349.2127, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Kielkucki, Rhodes, Seifert, Solberg and Jaros introduced:
H. F. 620, A bill for an act relating to gambling; clarifying conduct of social dice games; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.761, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Ellison, Abrams, Westerberg, Davids and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 621, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to issue on-sale wine and malt liquor licenses to the Guthrie Lab; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.404, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Strachan; Rhodes; Anderson, I.; Powell and Fuller introduced:
H. F. 622, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying emergency 911 telephone system provisions to require multiline telephone systems to provide caller location; providing for special levies for county and city governments and school districts to fund this requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 126C.44; 275.70, subdivision 5; 403.01, subdivision 6; 403.02, by adding subdivisions; 403.07, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 403.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Hackbarth, Ozment, Atkins, Sertich and Lindgren introduced:
H. F. 623, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring vapor recovery equipment for gasoline deliveries in the metropolitan area; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 115C.09, by adding a subdivision; 116.073, subdivisions 1, 2; 116.46, by adding subdivisions; 116.49, by adding subdivisions; 116.50.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Seifert, Kielkucki and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 624, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring local government impact notes; requiring a determination of the aggregate cost of complying with proposed rules; 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.
Westrom and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 625, A bill for an act relating to sanitary sewer districts; establishing and providing for the Central Lakes Region Sanitary District.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Nornes, Erickson, Greiling, Sykora and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 626, A bill for an act relating to libraries; appropriating money for electronic library.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 627, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for transportation and other purposes; providing for fees, accounts, transfers, and expenditures; authorizing administrative powers, penalties, and remedies for public safety purposes; making technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 115A.908, subdivision 2; 161.20, subdivision 3; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.54, subdivision 4; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299A.465, subdivisions 4, 5; Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2; Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2; Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.88, subdivision 3; Minnesota Rules, part 7403.1300.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Kohls, Holberg, Thissen and DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 628, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability for public notification of emergency; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Walker, Mariani, Kelliher, Biernat, Entenza, Pugh, Atkins, Latz, Sieben, Kahn, Clark and Thao introduced:
H. F. 629, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for equality of rights under the law for men and women.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 630, 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 2002, section 275.065.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Sieben introduced:
H. F. 631, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing teachers a two-year leave of absence to teach in a charter school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.10, subdivision 20.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Abeler, Tingelstad, Otremba and Bernardy introduced:
H. F. 632, A bill for an act relating to insurance; expanding the availability and quality of long-term care insurance; establishing a legislative task force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 43A.318, subdivision 1; 62A.48, by adding a subdivision; 62S.05, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62A; 62S.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. 633, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the property tax exemption for business incubator property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.02, subdivision 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Holberg, Powell, Pugh, McNamara and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 634, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; providing for release of certain private data to county human and social services departments, and entities under contract to them, in order to coordinate benefits and services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.3805, subdivision 1; 13.3806, subdivision 1; 13.384, subdivision 3; 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.461, subdivision 1; 13.85, subdivision 2; 197.603, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Paymar, Entenza and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 635, A bill for an act relating to lobbyist and principal reporting; modifying the content of the report lobbyists and principals must file; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.01, subdivision 33; 10A.04, subdivisions 4, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Hausman, Entenza, Paymar and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 636, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for St. Paul park and trail improvements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Hausman, Entenza, Paymar and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 637, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for St. Paul park and trail improvements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Cornish, Hackbarth, Wardlow, Gunther, Adolphson, Magnus, Soderstrom and Severson introduced:
H. F. 638, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for certain military pension income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 639, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing certain electric assistive devices on state trails; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Powell, Holberg, Gerlach and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 640, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a segment of county state-aid highway 42 in Dakota county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Thao, Walker, Ellison, Mariani, Clark, Davnie and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 641, A bill for an act relating to welfare; extending food assistance for certain noncitizens; modifying MFIP exemptions and extensions; modifying MFIP sanctions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 256D.053, subdivision 1; 256J.37, subdivision 9; 256J.42, subdivision 5; 256J.425, subdivisions 4, 6, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256J.425, subdivision 7; Laws 1997, chapter 203, article 9, section 21, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Stang introduced:
H. F. 642, A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing fantasy sports leagues; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.761, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 643, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying definition of registered owner of motor vehicle; regulating temporary registration permits for vehicles; modifying registration renewal notice procedures; modifying procedures relating to vehicle transactions with dealers; clarifying regulatory responsibilities for vehicle insurance; requiring trucks weighing over 10,000 pounds to submit to weighing; modifying provisions governing expiration dates for drivers' licenses and identification cards; making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 168.011, subdivision 5a; 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.11, subdivision 3; 168.187, by adding a subdivision; 168A.11; 169.798, subdivision 1; 169.85, subdivision 1; 171.07, subdivision 4; 171.27.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Anderson, I.; Rukavina and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 644, A bill for an act relating to state procurement; extending a general preference for in-state vendors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16C.06, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Paulsen, Gerlach, Gunther, Jaros and Howes introduced:
H. F. 645, A bill for an act relating to technology business; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 326.01, subdivision 6m; 326.242, subdivisions 3d, 8, 12; 326.2421, subdivision 2; 326.244, subdivisions 1a, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 326.01, subdivision 6d; 326.2421, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Buesgens, Erickson, Beard, Rhodes, Strachan, Kielkucki, Holberg, Adolphson and Stang introduced:
H. F. 646, A bill for an act relating to gambling; state lottery; providing for gaming machines; establishing horse racing purse payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 240.13, by adding a subdivision; 299L.07, subdivisions 2, 2a; 340A.410, subdivision 5; 349A.01, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 349A.10, subdivision 3; 349A.13; 541.20; 541.21; 609.75, subdivision 3; 609.761, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 297A; 349A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Swenson introduced:
H. F. 647, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an exception to the nursing home construction moratorium; modifying special provisions for moratorium exceptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 144A.071, by adding a subdivision; 256B.431, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Swenson and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 648, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying provisions for wildlife shooting preserves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97A.115, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 6242.0300.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Swenson, Hackbarth, Cornish, Ozment and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 649, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for control of chronic wasting disease and management of wildlife health; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 17.451; 17.452, subdivisions 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, by adding subdivisions; 35.155; 84.027, subdivision 13; 97A.045, by adding a subdivision; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.105, subdivision 1; 97A.401, subdivision 3; 97A.441, by adding a subdivision; 97A.505, by adding subdivisions; 97B.311; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 97A.105, subdivisions 3a, 3b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Biernat, Hausman and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 650, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing enforcement of traffic signals through use of photographic evidence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 169.06, by adding a subdivision; 171.12, subdivision 6; 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.
Boudreau, Ruth and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 651, A bill for an act relating to taxes; local sales and use tax; authorizing the city of Medford to impose a local sales and use tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lesch, Murphy, Meslow, Smith and Peterson introduced:
H. F. 652, 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.
Olsen, S.; Tingelstad; Biernat and Osterman introduced:
H. F. 653, A bill for an act relating to adoption; modifying postadoption services requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 259.83, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Bernardy, Clark, Sieben, Sertich, Hornstein, Atkins, Mahoney, Lenczewski, Davnie, Slawik, Biernat, Hilstrom, Thissen and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 654, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; defining and specifying treatment of controlled substance analogue; requiring controlled substance analogues to be treated as controlled substances; prescribing penalties for unlawful sale and unlawful possession of amphetamine and gamma hydroxybutyric acid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 152.01, by adding a subdivision; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Biernat; Solberg; Anderson, B., and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 655, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating I-94 as the Purple Heart Trail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Lenczewski and Abrams introduced:
H. F. 656, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying the Hennepin county supplemental retirement plan to allow the county administrator to approve certain participant requests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 383B.49; 383B.493.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Nelson, P.; Urdahl; Opatz; Otremba; Severson; Soderstrom and Cox introduced:
H. F. 657, A bill for an act relating to counties; authorizing counties to require the dedication of land for public parks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 394.25, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Slawik, Opatz, Lieder, Hausman, Wasiluk and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 658, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; enacting the Safe School Zone Law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.14, subdivision 5a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Gerlach, Davids, Westerberg, Larson and Haas introduced:
H. F. 659, A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing that automobile insurance may cover damage to automotive glass on the same basis as damage to other parts of an automobile; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 72A.201, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 65B.134; 325F.783.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Samuelson, Greiling and Westerberg introduced:
H. F. 660, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money to prepare plans and specifications for reconstruction and expansion of I-35W between Hennepin county line and Lexington Avenue in Anoka county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 661, A bill for an act relating to the city of Hopkins; authorizing an extension of a tax increment financing district.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Abeler, Otremba, Boudreau, Bradley and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 662, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating health plan coverages for handicapped children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 62A.14; 62A.301; 62C.14, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Borrell introduced:
H. F. 663, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money and authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds for construction of highway 241 as a four-lane expressway.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Eastlund; Otremba; Erickson; Penas; Harder; Soderstrom; Tingelstad; Abeler; Wilkin; Westrom; Ellison; Anderson, B.; Severson; Fuller and Lindner introduced:
H. F. 664, A bill for an act relating to family law; providing appropriate child support guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 518.64, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 518.551, subdivisions 5, 5f.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 665, A bill for an act relating to the city of Proctor; authorizing sales taxes; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 4, section 18, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 666, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Duluth teachers retirement fund association; authorizing a payment of employee and employer contributions for part-time employment.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Thissen, Larson, Seifert, Haas and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 667, A bill for an act relating to veterans; classifying military certificates of discharge as private data on individuals; providing procedures for their release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.785, subdivision 2; 196.08; 386.20, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.