The following House Files were introduced:
Hamilton; Newton; Dean, M.; Murphy, E.; Mack; Zerwas; Pierson; Freiberg; Kiel; Baker; Ward; Swedzinski; Persell; Schomacker; Miller; Applebaum; Rarick; Daniels; Torkelson; Loeffler; Liebling; Theis; Schoen; Franson; Lohmer; Peterson; Lueck; Lien; Backer; Schultz; Halverson; Gruenhagen; Selcer; Bly and O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 564, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying reimbursement rates for intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities and home and community-based services providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 565, A bill for an act relating to retirement; general state employees retirement plan; correctional state employees retirement plan; State Patrol retirement plan; public employees police and fire retirement plan; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; modifying the financial sustainability triggers for postretirement adjustment mechanisms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 354A.29, subdivisions 7, 8, 9; 356.415, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 566, A bill for an act relating to retirement; general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association; Teachers Retirement Association; modifying provisions directing criteria for making recommendations to adjust employee and employer contribution rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 352.045; 353.27, subdivision 3b; 354.42, subdivisions 4b, 4d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Wills, Selcer, Peterson, Erickson and Newton introduced:
H. F. 567, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing school board flexibility for allocating compensatory revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Wills, Mullery, Erickson, Davnie, Loon and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 568, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the Minnesota Reading Corps program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Nornes; Murphy, M., and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 569, A bill for an act relating to libraries; appropriating money for regional library basic system support and multicounty, multitype library systems.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Drazkowski and Davids introduced:
H. F. 570, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; aids to local governments; repealing aquatic invasive species aid; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 477A.19.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Dill and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 571, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for forest road maintenance pilot program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Hackbarth, McNamara and Dill introduced:
H. F. 572, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; creating fee exemption for certain utility licenses crossing public lands and waters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.415, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Mack and Halverson introduced:
H. F. 573, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage to include consultations with licensed independent clinical social workers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 48.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Sundin, Metsa and Dehn, R. introduced:
H. F. 574, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing Carlton County to levy a tax for recreation purposes; amending Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 3, section 51.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Gruenhagen, Halverson and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 575, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 57.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
McDonald, Gruenhagen, Halverson and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 576, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for federally qualified health centers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Hansen introduced:
H. F. 577, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting certain Internet sales of restricted use pesticides; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 18B.30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Franson; Davids; Petersburg; Gunther; Gruenhagen; Anderson, P.; Backer; Marquart and Miller introduced:
H. F. 578, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.
Franson; Davids; Petersburg; Gunther; Gruenhagen; Anderson, P.; Backer; Marquart and Miller introduced:
H. F. 579, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for and modifying the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.
Winkler; Melin; Lesch; Moran; Applebaum; Fischer; Murphy, E.; Schultz; Wagenius; Yarusso; Ward; Newton; Masin; Bly; Johnson, C.; Lenczewski; Bernardy; Lien; Mahoney; Nelson; Hausman; Johnson, S.; Erhardt; Anzelc; Persell and Pinto introduced:
H. F. 580, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for pregnancy, parenting, and caregiver insurance benefits; modifying leave; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 181.940; 181.941; 181.943; 181.9436; 290.01, subdivision 19b; 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 Regulatory Reform.
Wills; Halverson; Dean, M.; Zerwas; Bernardy; Isaacson; Atkins; Quam; Moran; Clark; Rosenthal; Johnson, C., and McDonald introduced:
H. F. 581, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the Homeless Youth Act; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256K.45, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Anderson, P.; Poppe; Gunther; Kiel and Fabian introduced:
H. F. 582, A bill for an act relating to real property; modifying nuisance liability of agricultural operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 561.19, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Kresha; Murphy, M.; Erickson; Marquart and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 583, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for regional library telecommunications aid and equity in telecommunications access.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kiel and Fabian introduced:
H. F. 584, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a mobile manufacturing lab program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Laine; Persell; Allen; Dehn, R.; Newton; Bly; Bernardy; Clark and Moran introduced:
H. F. 585, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing MFIP and general assistance cash grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256D.01, subdivision 1a; 256J.24, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 586, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing the town of Tofte with certain housing authority powers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Persell introduced:
H. F. 587, A bill for an act relating to taxation; local taxes authorized; city of Walker.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 588, A bill for an act relating to transportation; highways; directing commissioner of transportation to construct a noise barrier on a segment of marked Trunk Highway 100 in Edina; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Fenton, Kresha, Bennett, Moran and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 589, A bill for an act relating to education; amending alternative teacher licensure; allowing for teacher license reciprocity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivision 2; 122A.21, subdivision 2; 122A.23; 122A.245, subdivisions 1, 3, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Mahoney and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 590, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Humanities Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Franson, Drazkowski and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 591, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying eligibility to fish without a license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.451, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Franson, Davnie and Drazkowski introduced:
H. F. 592, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing a microdistillery to sell its own products at on-sale; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.301, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Kresha; Johnson, S.; Backer; Nornes and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 593, A bill for an act relating to broadband; appropriating money for the broadband development grant program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.
Anderson, M.; Davids; Petersburg; Dill and Persell introduced:
H. F. 594, A bill for an act relating to taxation; petroleum; codifying current agency practice; dedicating revenues from the excise taxes on gasoline used as substitute for aviation gasoline to the state airports fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 296A.01, by adding a subdivision; 296A.16, by adding a subdivision; 296A.18, subdivision 8; 296A.19, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 8125.1300, subpart 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Lien and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 595, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Oakport flood hazard mitigation project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Drazkowski; Miller; Davids; Marquart; Gunther; Newberger; Lueck; Hancock; Runbeck; Anderson, M.; Backer and Schomacker introduced:
H. F. 596, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; providing that bonded debt authorizations approved after June 30, 2015, be levied against referendum market value; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.53, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, by adding subdivisions; 123B.55; 275.61.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Slocum and Wills introduced:
H. F. 597, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying certain high school league provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 128C.02, subdivision 5; 128C.07, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Mariani introduced:
H. F. 598, A bill for an act relating to education; amending a requirement for generating state English learner aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.59, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Murphy, M.; Sanders; Kahn; Bernardy and Newton introduced:
H. F. 599, A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing a voluntary statewide monthly benefit volunteer firefighter retirement plan to permit transfers of local monthly benefit volunteer firefighters relief association plan administration to the Public Employees Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 11A.17, subdivision 2; 353G.01, subdivisions 6, 7, 11, 12, by adding subdivisions; 353G.02; 353G.03; 353G.04; 353G.05; 353G.06; 353G.07; 353G.08; 353G.09; 353G.10; 353G.11; 353G.115; 353G.12, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 353G.13; 353G.14; 353G.15; 353G.16; 356.215, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 600, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; taxes; amending provisions governing transportation finance; establishing gross receipts motor fuels tax; amending vehicle registration tax and metropolitan area transit sales tax; amending distribution of highway user fund and county state-aid funding; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds and general obligation bonds; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 161.081, subdivision 1; 161.20, by adding a subdivision; 162.07, subdivision 1a; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 8; 168.31, by adding a subdivision; 174.42, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 296A.061; 296A.11; 296A.12; 296A.16; 297A.815, subdivision 3; 297A.992; 473.167; 473.915; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174; 296A; 297A; 435; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 161.081, subdivision 3; 297A.992, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Slocum, Anzelc, Isaacson, Sundin and Uglem introduced:
H. F. 601, A bill for an act relating to charitable solicitations; regulating public disclosures of certain charitable organization salaries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 309.556, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 602, A bill for an act relating to transportation; environmental protection; amending requirements governing preparedness and response for transportation of oil and hazardous material by pipeline; establishing certain requirements for pipeline companies; amending agency powers and duties; amending appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 115E.042; 115E.08, subdivision 3a; 299A.55, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Kresha; Winkler; Loon; Anderson, S.; Marquart; Newton; Nornes; Selcer; Mariani; Moran; Wills; Metsa; Peterson; Anzelc; Laine; Lueck; Murphy, M.; Zerwas and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 603, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the early learning scholarships program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Baker; Clark; Hamilton; Schoen; Dean, M.; Franson and Persell introduced:
H. F. 604, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing medical assistance rates for chemical dependency providers; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Newton, Bly, Moran, Isaacson, Hausman, Persell, Lien, Anzelc, Poppe and Yarusso introduced:
H. F. 605, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring adequate levels of school counseling services; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Kiel; Daudt; Peppin; Pelowski; Dill; Quam; Petersburg; Nornes; Hancock; Cornish; Barrett; O'Driscoll; Howe; Backer; Lueck; Davids; Kresha; Pugh; Marquart; Daniels; Vogel; Murphy, M.; Scott; Lohmer; Hackbarth; Anderson, P.; Dettmer; Theis; Johnson, B.; Uglem; Erickson; Lucero; Miller; Koznick and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 606, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring licensure of certain facilities that perform abortions; requiring a licensing fee; 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 Reform.
Theis; Daudt; Peppin; Pelowski; Dill; Quam; Nornes; Petersburg; Cornish; Hancock; Barrett; Howe; O'Driscoll; Lueck; Backer; Davids; Kresha; Daniels; Marquart; Scott; Vogel; Murphy, M.; Lohmer; Hackbarth; Dettmer; Anderson, P.; Uglem; Lucero; Erickson; Johnson, B.; Miller; Koznick; Heintzeman; Kiel and Franson introduced:
H. F. 607, A bill for an act relating to health; limiting use of funds for state-sponsored health programs for funding abortions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Hackbarth, Dill, Hansen, McNamara and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 608, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for trap shooting sports facility grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Pinto; Lesch; Johnson, S.; Murphy, E.; Mahoney; Moran and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 609, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Paul; providing special tax increment financing authority.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davnie and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 610, A bill for an act relating to transportation; motor vehicles; providing for registration of towed recreational vehicles on a three-year cycle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1g.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Clark, Hamilton, Gunther and Moran introduced:
H. F. 611, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for capital improvements to small business incubators; establishing a neighborhood development center small business incubator revolving fund; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Clark; Cornish; Dehn, R.; Moran; Davnie; Kahn; Slocum; Loeffler; Erhardt and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 612, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating grant funds for an emergency shelter facility for East African women and child victims of domestic abuse and trafficking.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Torkelson, Kahn, Mahoney and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 613, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Humanities Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.
Baker, Lillie, Zerwas, Hamilton, Miller, Masin and Considine introduced:
H. F. 614, A bill for an act relating to long-term care; providing for long-term care workforce needs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144.1501, subdivision 3; 256B.431, subdivision 36; 256B.441, subdivisions 13, 53.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Dehn, R. introduced:
H. F. 615, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring peace officer training to avoid racial bias at least once every three years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.8471, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Fabian, Dill, Lien, McNamara, Hancock, Heintzeman, Pugh, Swedzinski, Davids, Bennett, Gunther, Rarick, Gruenhagen, Lueck, Urdahl, Lucero, Backer, Newberger, Torkelson, Erickson, Anzelc, Metsa, Melin and Baker introduced:
H. F. 616, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring legislative approval of certain water quality standards and rules; requiring cost benefit analysis of certain water quality standards; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 115.03, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Fabian, Dill, Lien, McNamara, Hancock, Heintzeman, Pugh, Swedzinski, Bennett, Gunther, Rarick, Gruenhagen, Lueck, Urdahl, Backer, Newberger, Torkelson, Erickson, Anzelc, Metsa, Melin, Baker and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 617, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring independent peer review of certain water quality work; 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 and Finance.
Kiel, Fabian, Marquart and Backer introduced:
H. F. 618, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for grants to Red River Watershed Management Board.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.
Miller, Persell, Lueck, Hancock and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 619, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring approval of certain local governments before acquiring land for park or trail purposes outside of the seven-county metropolitan area; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
McNamara; Dill; Erickson; Knoblach; Pelowski; Miller; Drazkowski; Green; Rarick; Swedzinski; Torkelson; Loonan; Kiel; Baker; Daniels; Theis; Fabian; Hamilton; Gruenhagen; Backer; Davids; Urdahl; Heintzeman; Runbeck; Pugh; Schomacker; Nornes; Gunther; Hancock; Anderson, M.; McDonald; Howe; Kresha; Anzelc and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 620, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing annual permits for overweight vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.865, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. 621, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying and correcting appropriations of general obligation bond proceeds; amending Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, sections 4, subdivision 3; 15, subdivision 2; 18, subdivision 4; 21, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. 622, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Simonson; Schultz; Murphy, M., and Sundin introduced:
H. F. 623, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a combined heat and power system for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 624, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying registration fees for certain snowmobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.82, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Runbeck, Mahoney, Isaacson, Drazkowski and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 625, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing a lower rate of interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase price of tax forfeited lands; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 279.37, subdivision 2; 282.01, subdivision 4; 282.261, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Carlson introduced:
H. F. 626, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; appropriating money to the Private Detective and Protective Agent Services Board.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Franson, Lillie, Schomacker, Newton and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 627, A bill for an act relating to long-term care; modifying nursing facility employee scholarship costs; expanding the health professionals eligible for the health professional education loan forgiveness program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144.1501, subdivision 2; 256B.431, subdivision 36.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Barrett, Erickson, Mariani, Ward, Lohmer, Backer, Selcer and Newton introduced:
H. F. 628, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a comprehensive vision examination before kindergarten enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Runbeck, Daniels and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 629, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring a report on potential cost savings from remodeling the State Office Building to minimize office moves.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Kahn, Carlson, Davids, Urdahl, Lillie and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 630, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing definitions of tax and fee; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 645.44, subdivision 19.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Runbeck, Dettmer, Uglem and Petersburg introduced:
H. F. 631, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for registration refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.017, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Mariani; Johnson, S.; Mahoney and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 632, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Landmark Center in St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Runbeck, Drazkowski and Dettmer introduced:
H. F. 633, A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing a grant program to finance public infrastructure for cities using a portion of the city local government aid program to fund the grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9, by adding a subdivision; 477A.03, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Hansen, Urdahl, Uglem and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 634, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mighty Ducks grants for new or renovated air handling systems of indoor ice facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Liebling, Schultz, Laine, Moran, Bly and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 635, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to develop and implement a new health care delivery system; requiring a report; prohibiting renewal of managed care purchasing contracts beyond 2016; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Schomacker introduced:
H. F. 636, A bill for an act relating to legacy funding; appropriating money for the Fulda Heritage Society.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.
Barrett and Johnson, B. introduced:
H. F. 637, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the city of North Branch to increase its Public Utilities Commission from three to up to five members.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Whelan, Erickson, Selcer, Scott, Pugh, Wills, Lucero, Heintzeman, Baker, Erhardt, Nash, Uglem and Lohmer introduced:
H. F. 638, A bill for an act relating to education; postponing the statutory review of state math standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Newberger introduced:
H. F. 639, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the prohibition on new sources of fossil-fuel generated electricity to include only those sources constructed in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216H.03, subdivisions 3, 4, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Lien and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 640, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grade separated rail crossings in the city of Moorhead; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Schomacker, Hamilton and Swedzinski introduced:
H. F. 641, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Casey Jones Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Erickson, Urdahl, Wills, Pelowski and Slocum introduced:
H. F. 642, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reports of teacher and principal evaluation results; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120B.36, subdivision 1; 122A.09, by adding a subdivision; 122A.14, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Fenton, Erickson, Marquart, Loon, Wills, Davnie, Slocum, Selcer, Quam and Newton introduced:
H. F. 643, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying Principals' Leadership Academy provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.74.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Zerwas; McDonald; Newton; Halverson; Schoen; Dean, M.; Gunther; Loeffler; Albright; Fischer; Laine; Hansen; Erhardt; Schomacker; Masin; Clark; Lohmer; Moran; Scott; Freiberg; Hilstrom; Slocum; Hausman; Kahn; Kiel; Miller; Baker; Backer and Rarick introduced:
H. F. 644, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing registration for massage and bodywork therapy; establishing fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 148; 325F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Kiel, Fenton and Selcer introduced:
H. F. 645, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying the requirements for issuing Minnesota teaching licenses to out-of-state applicants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 122A.23, subdivision 1; 122A.40, subdivisions 5, 7; 122A.41, subdivisions 2, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.23, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Wagenius, Liebling, Loeffler, Hornstein and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 646, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring analysis of impact on health care costs from reducing air pollution.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
McDonald; Urdahl; Cornish; Murphy, M.; Rosenthal; Zerwas; Heintzeman; Gruenhagen; Loon; Mariani and O'Neill introduced:
H. F. 647, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to establish supplemental academic instruction; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.
Quam, Erickson and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 648, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying certain career and technical education funding provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Urdahl, Mahoney, Kahn, Uglem and Newton introduced:
H. F. 649, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for Minnesota Humanities Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 650, A bill for an act relating to taxation; minerals; distributing the proceeds of production taxes on taconite and iron sulphides and merchantable iron ore concentrate produced therefrom; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.28, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Franson introduced:
H. F. 651, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the crime of driving while impaired, implied consent, and administrative plate impoundment to include an impaired person supervising a permit holder; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 169A.03, by adding a subdivision; 169A.20, subdivision 1; 169A.43, subdivision 3; 169A.51, subdivision 1; 169A.52, subdivisions 3, 4; 169A.53, subdivision 3; 169A.60, subdivision 1; 171.05, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Franson introduced:
H. F. 652, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; excluding filing of Application for Discharge of Judgment from filing fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 357.021, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Franson introduced:
H. F. 653, A bill for an act relating to gambling; modifying social skill games to include tournaments or contests of whist; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.761, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Zerwas, Schoen, Scott, Lesch and Applebaum introduced:
H. F. 654, A bill for an act relating to data practices; clarifying the protection of addresses in legal proceedings for certain victims of violence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 5B.11; 13.03, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Fabian, Baker, Scott and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 655, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending compensation options for certain net metering facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216B.164, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Newton introduced:
H. F. 656, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying big game registration requirements; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.535, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Lohmer and Halverson introduced:
H. F. 657, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the use of automated drug distribution systems; modifying the amount of over-the-counter medications covered by medical assistance if dispensed by an automated drug distribution system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 151.58, subdivisions 2, 5; 256B.0625, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Zerwas and Halverson introduced:
H. F. 658, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance spenddown procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.056, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 659, A bill for an act relating to retirement; general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; modifying disability application deadlines in certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 352.113, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 660, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System and Public Employees Retirement Association; St. Paul teachers retirement plan; modifying various economic actuarial assumptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 356.215, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
O'Driscoll introduced:
H. F. 661, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; various plans; making changes of an administrative nature; clarifying coverage treatment of former MSHS-Cambridge employees; revising disability to retirement transfer dates for State Patrol plan disabilitants; correcting legislators plan postretirement adjustment trigger; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 352.91, subdivision 3e; 352B.10, subdivision 5; 352B.105; 356.415, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Mahoney, Gunther, Hamilton, Moran, Clark, Hortman and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 662, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for Neighborhood Development Center small business incubator grants; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Baker, Lueck, Heintzeman, Dill, Howe, Backer and Miller introduced:
H. F. 663, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing additional equity revenue for all school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 664, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; phasing out the state general levy over five years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 275.025, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 665, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; phasing out the state general levy on seasonal recreational property over five years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 275.025, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.