The following House Files were introduced:
Ward introduced:
H. F. 686, A bill for an act relating to commerce; exempting motor vehicle dealers that sell only recreational vehicles from the Sunday closing law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.275.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Ward and Dominguez introduced:
H. F. 687, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for grants to local law enforcement agencies for the purchase of defibrillators.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Moe; Koenen; Simpson; Abeler; Lieder; Finstad; Sailer; Cornish; Eken; Peterson, A.; Howes and Morrow introduced:
H. F. 688, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for regional emergency medical services programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Demmer introduced:
H. F. 689, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring specific service sign on highway 52 in Olmsted County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 690, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing phlebotomists to take blood samples from DWI offenders under certain circumstances and providing legal immunity for so doing; adding references to controlled substance metabolites in the criminal vehicular operation law; making numerous technical changes to the criminal vehicular operation law to simplify it; providing for notice to an accused of the contents of certain reports and clarifying the repercussions of the accused's not requesting the preparer of the report to testify at trial; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 169A.51, subdivision 7; 609.21, subdivisions 1, 4a, by adding subdivisions; 634.15, subdivisions 1, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.21, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Erickson and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 691, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for highways, local roads, and bridges; requiring report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Morrow and Brynaert introduced:
H. F. 692, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the Nicollet County Historical Society for improvements to the Treaty Site History Center in St. Peter.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 693, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; authorizing payment of driver's license reinstatement fee and surcharge in installment payments; removing obsolete language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.29, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Morgan; Haws; Slocum; Lieder; McFarlane; Knuth; Tillberry; Peterson, S.; Westrom; Anzelc; Lillie; Dill and Gardner introduced:
H. F. 694, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for districts with declining enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.05, subdivisions 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Clark, Laine, Abeler, Thao and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 695, A bill for an act relating to children's environmental health; allowing filter paper testing for blood lead levels; lowering the blood lead level threshold for reporting and risk assessments; prohibiting the sale of children's items containing lead; requiring medical assistance coverage to cover environmental investigations for children with elevated blood lead levels; and requiring landlords to know and disclose whether their properties contain lead hazards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 144.9501, by adding a subdivision; 144.9502, subdivisions 3, 4, 8; 144.9503, subdivision 2; 144.9504, subdivision 2; 144.9507, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0625, subdivision 14, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325E; 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Clark, Laine, Abeler, Thao and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 696, A bill for an act relating to children's environmental health; modifying the lead abatement program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.9512.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Welti, Liebling and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 697, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Chester Woods Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilstrom, Olin, Lesch, Paymar, Dominguez, Smith and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 698, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing organizations providing mentoring services to request criminal background checks from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; 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 Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Nornes and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 699, A bill for an act relating to public safety; lowering the age of adult certification for juveniles; defining a violent juvenile offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 260B.007, by adding a subdivision; 260B.125, subdivision 1; 260B.130, subdivision 1; 260B.141, subdivision 4; 609.055.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Eastlund; Paymar; McNamara; Anderson, B., and Severson introduced:
H. F. 700, A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating a matching-grant pilot program to assist communities in providing safe transportation for intoxicated persons; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Brynaert, Morrow, Gunther and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 701, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mankato district transportation headquarters; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 702, A bill for an act relating to volunteer firefighter relief associations; requiring investment of assets with the State Board of Investment; specifying other requirements relating to investment of assets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 69.775; 424A.05, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Peterson, A. and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 703, 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.
Kohls, Buesgens, Berns, Brod, Erickson and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 704, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income taxes; providing an income tax credit for tuition of qualified beneficiaries; appropriating money; 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.
Loeffler, Thissen, Tschumper, Fritz, Walker, Thao and Dean introduced:
H. F. 705, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the MR/RC waiver, family support grants, and semi-independent living services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hosch, Thissen, Huntley and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 706, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the medical assistance employed persons with disabilities program; directing the commissioner to seek federal approval; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.056, subdivisions 1a, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Thao, Ruud, Thissen and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 707, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to study dental access for persons with disabilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Thissen and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 708, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to reimburse low-income Medicare enrollees for Medicare Part D cost-sharing and out-of-pocket costs; modifying an ombudsman for managed care provision; modifying a MnDHO provision; providing limited medical assistance coverage for individuals eligible under Medicare Part D; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.031, subdivision 6; 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; 256B.69, subdivision 23; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Ruth and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 709, A bill for an act relating to highways; allowing commissioner of transportation to expedite construction of certain trunk highway projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.361, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Peterson, A.; Tschumper; Morrow; Doty; Heidgerken; Urdahl; Otremba; Welti; Fritz and Bly introduced:
H. F. 710, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for sustainable agriculture demonstration grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Moe, Eken, Sailer, Rukavina and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 711, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money to match federal grant for Midwest Bioenergy Research Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fritz; Murphy, E.; Ruud; Clark and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 712, A bill for an act relating to employee health; establishing the "Safe Patient Handling Act"; requiring safe patient handling programs and committees to be established; appropriating money for safe patient handling grants; transferring money from the workers compensation special fund to the assigned risk safety account; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Erhardt; Peterson, N., and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 713, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing special license plates for all disabled veterans; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1251.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Erhardt and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 714, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for issuance of special motorcycle plates for combat wounded veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.123, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws introduced:
H. F. 715, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for a study evaluating the truth in taxation property tax program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erhardt; Peterson, N., and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 716, A bill for an act relating to sales and excise taxes; reducing June accelerated payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 289A.20, subdivision 4; 289A.60, subdivision 15; 297F.09, subdivision 10; 297G.09, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erhardt; Peterson, N., and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 717, A bill for an act relating to corporate franchise taxation; accelerating the adoption of single sales apportionment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.191, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erhardt; Peterson, N., and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 718, 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 refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 31; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 719, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest; providing a temporary suspension of apportionment of proceeds from tax-forfeited lands in Lake County to reimburse the county for purchase of forest land.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Lanning, Otremba, Nornes, Marquart, Heidgerken and Eken introduced:
H. F. 720, A bill for an act relating to rural economies; appropriating money for a pilot workforce program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fritz, Hosch, Huntley, Abeler, Finstad, Ruud and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 721, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing long-term care provider rate increases; requiring the use of new nursing facility case mix indices; providing an exemption from the MinnesotaCare program prohibition on employer-subsidized coverage; requiring workforce initiatives; requiring a study of nursing facility rate rebasing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.434, by adding subdivisions; 256B.438, by adding a subdivision; 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision; 256L.07, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Mariani; Hamilton; Rukavina; Gunther; Clark; Ozment; Abeler; Hornstein; Walker; McNamara; Madore; Davnie; Dominguez; Juhnke; Lanning; Erhardt; Magnus; Bly; Mahoney; Hackbarth; Peterson, N.; Demmer; Masin and Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 722, A bill for an act relating to higher education; regulating the charging of resident tuition; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Demmer, Garofalo, Erickson, Olson and Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 723, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying the requirements for a structurally balanced school district budget; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.749.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Madore; Laine; Benson; Peterson, N., and Eastlund introduced:
H. F. 724, A bill for an act relating to housing; the Housing Finance Agency; appropriating money to the family homeless prevention and assistance program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen, Kahn, Sertich, Madore and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 725, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing assistive technology for people with disabilities; requiring the commissioner to undertake a statewide study; requiring reports; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Tschumper, Sertich, Morgan, Clark and Lanning introduced:
H. F. 726, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for Minnesota community action grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Tschumper, Huntley and Poppe introduced:
H. F. 727, A bill for an act relating to human services; deleting the requirement that certain counties repay the state for certain expenditures under the waivered services program for persons with developmental disabilities; appropriating money; amending Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 20, section 37.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Moe introduced:
H. F. 728, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for land purchase adjacent to Bemidji State University; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Emmer, McFarlane, Tschumper, Lesch and Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 729, A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting contracts under competitive bidding process for certain offenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Lieder introduced:
H. F. 730, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying provisions relating to special license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.10, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1g, 1h, 1i; 168.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws, Severson and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 731, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing the Minnesota GI Bill program for veterans; assigning responsibilities; determining eligibility; defining the assistance amount; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.01, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Haws, Severson and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 732, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; broadening the deduction for military pay; creating a subtraction for military pensions, including survivor benefit payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.01, subdivision 19b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lieder, Olin, Marquart and Eken introduced:
H. F. 733, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating funds for the construction of flood protection farmstead ring levees in the Red River Valley.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lieder introduced:
H. F. 734, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; creating transit fund and accounts; changing the deposit of revenues from the sales tax on motor vehicle leases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 174.24, subdivision 1; 297A.815, by adding subdivisions; 297A.94.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lieder and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 735, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing state entry onto real property for geotechnical investigation; modifying provisions relating to bridges and culverts; regulating money allocated for rail service improvements; regulating state rail bank property; imposing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 117.041, by adding a subdivision; 165.01; 165.03; 222.50, subdivision 7; 222.63, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Huntley; Gunther; Murphy, E.; Lieder and Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 736, A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; changing the name of an award and incentive program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Thao, Lesch, Greiling, McFarlane and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 737, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing collaborative services for high-risk children; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Greiling, Doty, Olin and Benson introduced:
H. F. 738, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; expanding early intervention services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 253B.065, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 739, A bill for an act relating to arbitration; requiring award decisions to include explanation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 572.15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mahoney, Laine, Benson, Atkins, Gunther and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 740, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting price gouging on essential consumer goods and services under certain conditions; providing enforcement authority; 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.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 741, A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting a caregiver from performing indecent exposure in the presence of a vulnerable adult; imposing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 617.23, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 742, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding forfeiture of conveyance devices involved in drug crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.5311, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 743, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional careers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mullery, Greiling and Dittrich introduced:
H. F. 744, A bill for an act relating to education; granting employment leave for certain designated individuals to attend school conferences and activities; allowing a parent to consent to a significant individual participating in school conferences; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.32, by adding a subdivision; 181.9412, subdivision 1a, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Greiling introduced:
H. F. 745, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing special retired firefighter emblem plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1293, subdivisions 1, 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen, Walker, Tschumper, Hosch and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 746, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the family stabilization services program; establishing a work participation bonus; appropriating money for supporting work for low-income families; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 119B.011, by adding a subdivision; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 256J.01, by adding a subdivision; 256J.021; 256J.08, subdivision 65; 256J.20, subdivision 3; 256J.24, subdivision 10; 256J.30, subdivision 5; 256J.521, subdivisions 1, 2; 256J.53, subdivision 2; 256J.55, subdivision 1; 256J.626, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256J.29; 256J.626, subdivisions 7, 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Simon, Clark, Mariani, Juhnke, Hornstein, Thao, Hamilton and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 747, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; creating a citizenship credit; appropriating money; 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.
Hosch, Haws, Greiling and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 748, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing physician-prescribed naturopathic medicine to be administered with appropriate supervision in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.22, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Hosch, Haws, Ruud, Benson and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 749, A bill for an act relating to legislative organization; allowing the entire legislature a vote on budget bills when the budget has not been passed; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hosch, Gardner, Haws, Ruud, Madore, Benson and Doty introduced:
H. F. 750, A bill for an act relating to legislative organization; requiring all conference committee provisions to have been passed by one or the other body; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 751, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing the commissioner of education to waive the General Education Development (GED) test fee under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.55.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hornstein; Peterson, S., and Dominguez introduced:
H. F. 752, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a three-year pilot program to provide high school students with career and college counseling; exploring data collection, accountability, and reporting system options to evaluate the impact of career and counseling programs on subsequent school and work choices of high school graduates; establishing a research consortium; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Howes, Dettmer, Erickson, Moe, Doty, Tingelstad and Ward introduced:
H. F. 753, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; creating a special Gold Star license plate for family members of military personnel who have died in active military service; exempting plate fee for a surviving spouse or parent of the deceased service member; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mullery, Davnie and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 754, A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; requiring licenses for plumbing work statewide; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.40, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.45.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Scalze, Cornish, Hosch, Johnson, Dill and Eken introduced:
H. F. 755, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying fishing license and waterfowl stamp requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.405, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Doty introduced:
H. F. 756, A bill for an act relating to local government; removing restrictions on the sale or lease of certain property listed on the National Register of Historic Places; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15.995.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Doty, Juhnke, Heidgerken and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 757, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a regional community center in Upsala; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Laine, Madore, Tschumper, Clark and Benson introduced:
H. F. 758, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for emergency assistance and transitional housing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Slawik, Bly, Mariani, Garofalo and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 759, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fritz, Abeler, Hosch, Liebling and Welti introduced:
H. F. 760, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the Remembering With Dignity project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Ward, Gottwalt, Westrom, Olin, Nelson, Tingelstad and Benson introduced:
H. F. 761, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; exempting soldiers, veterans, and licensed peace officers from certain requirements relating to the state's firearms safety certificate as a prerequisite to purchasing a hunting license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 97B.015, by adding a subdivision; 97B.020; 197.65.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 762, A bill for an act relating to libraries; providing that grants from the proceeds of a local option sales tax shall not be amounts provided by a city or county when determining eligibility for regional library basic system support grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 134.34, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lieder and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 763, A bill for an act relating to highways; regulating highway contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivisions 1, 1b, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Loeffler, Swails, Bigham, Slawik and Dean introduced:
H. F. 764, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing the chemical dependency allocations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 254B.02, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Loeffler, Lillie, Atkins, Davnie and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 765, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring development of an electronic database of the insurance status of motor vehicles.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Westrom, Nornes and Welti introduced:
H. F. 766, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; modifying definition of ethanol blender; establishing specifications for two classes of gasoline-ethanol blends; allowing ethanol blends approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; directing state departments to further expand gasoline-ethanol blend options for Minnesota consumers and facilitate the installment of renewable fuel-blending pumps; updating superseded ASTM specifications; synchronizing redundant ethanol-gasoline blend definitions and specifications in statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 239.051, subdivision 15; 239.761, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 239.7911, subdivision 2; 296A.01, subdivisions 2, 25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Dominguez, Walker, Thao, Eastlund, Hornstein, Ward, Koenen and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 767, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for an offender reentry pilot project; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Kalin, Heidgerken, Hilty, Morgan and Peterson, S. introduced:
H. F. 768, A bill for an act relating to elections; making it easier to vote by absentee ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 203B.02, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.11, subdivisions 1, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hansen, Moe, Juhnke, Magnus, Ozment, Hamilton, Koenen, Welti, Bly, Poppe, Morrow and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 769, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for agronomic research on native plants; providing for a technical advisory committee.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 770, A bill for an act relating to Iron Range Resources; defining the Giants Ridge Recreation Area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 298.22, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mariani, Hamilton, Clark, Hornstein, Juhnke, Thao and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 771, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to promote the United States' ability to compete in the global marketplace for talented and necessary workers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division.
Paymar; Kelliher; Otremba; Davnie; Atkins; Murphy, M.; Huntley; Dill and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 772, A bill for an act relating to insurance; increasing the required minimum liability limits on aircraft insurance; providing that aircraft liability insurance is not voidable retroactively after a claim; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 360.59, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Hosch, Gottwalt, Haws, Ruud, Hortman and Benson introduced:
H. F. 773, A bill for an act relating to legislative organization; prohibiting per diem payments to legislators during special sessions called due to failure of the legislature to pass major budget bills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.099, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Dill, Juhnke, Solberg and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 774, A bill for an act relating to energy; authorizing a grant to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa to study the feasibility of a renewable energy facility.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hackbarth and Peppin introduced:
H. F. 775, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I; providing that the right of citizens to keep, bear, and use arms for certain purposes is fundamental and shall not be infringed.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Benson, Greiling, Heidgerken, Morrow, Garofalo and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 776, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the amount of lunch aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.111, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 777, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing a housing opportunity area tax abatement program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws introduced:
H. F. 778, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new component of special education funding for districts with extraordinary special education service needs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bly, Mariani, Greiling, Clark, Rukavina, Slawik, Jaros, Walker, Lieder and Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 779, A bill for an act relating to Native American languages; establishing the Minnesota Indigenous Language Act; establishing the Council on Indigenous Language; 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.
Tschumper, Ward and Madore introduced:
H. F. 780, A bill for an act relating to state government; designating veteran-owned small businesses as targeted group businesses for purposes of awarding certain state and metro agency procurement contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.16, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Loeffler and Clark introduced:
H. F. 781, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing the licensure of two intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to replace one larger facility; establishing the payment rate for the new facilities; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 252.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Huntley, Thissen, Loeffler, Brod, Abeler and Norton introduced:
H. F. 782, A bill for an act relating to human services; eliminating certain hospital payment reductions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256.969, subdivisions 3a, 27; 256B.75.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Eastlund; Haws; Gunther; Urdahl; Mahoney; Anderson, B., and Severson introduced:
H. F. 783, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing tuition increase limits on public postsecondary institutions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Murphy, E.; Huntley; Abeler and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 784, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the medical assistance asset limit and excess income standard for aged, blind, or disabled persons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.056, subdivisions 3, 5c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Norton, Thissen, Tschumper, Fritz, Walker, Thao and Dean introduced:
H. F. 785, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the parental contribution for services for persons with developmental disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 252.27, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 786, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for special education programs; establishing an intensive intervention funding source; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 3; 125A.79, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hosch, Haws, Heidgerken, Gottwalt, Severson and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 787, A bill for an act relating to finance; providing for purchase of portable radios and related equipment by local government units participating in statewide public safety radio communication system; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bunn, Brod, Atkins, McFarlane, Pelowski, Winkler and Swails introduced:
H. F. 788, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring an analysis of demographic trends with forecast of state revenue and expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.103, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Kalin; Hilty; Peterson, A.; Ruud; Sailer; Knuth; Gardner and Bly introduced:
H. F. 789, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring energy efficiency and conservation improvement plans by public utilities and setting energy savings goals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 216B.16, subdivisions 6b, 6c; 216B.243, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 216B.241; 216B.2411.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Moe; Eken; Murphy, M.; Hilstrom; Gunther and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 790, A bill for an act relating to public facilities; modifying provisions of the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Act; making technical and housekeeping changes; modifying Pollution Control Agency project priority rule; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 116.182, subdivision 5; 446A.02; 446A.03; 446A.04; 446A.051; 446A.07; 446A.072; 446A.073; 446A.074; 446A.075; 446A.081; 446A.085; 446A.09; 446A.11, subdivision 13; 446A.17, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 446A.05; 446A.06; 446A.15, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Kohls introduced:
H. F. 791, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing certain remedies for neglect, abuse, and other actions against incapacitated and vulnerable adults; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Ruud, Loeffler and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 792, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying essential community provider designation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62Q.19, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 793, A bill for an act relating to health; extending the essential community provider designation to a mental health provider located in Hennepin County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62Q.19, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Otremba, McFarlane, Abeler, Koenen and Norton introduced:
H. F. 794, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage to include consultations with psychologists; increasing the medical assistance reimbursement rate for critical access mental health services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.0625, subdivision 48; 256B.763.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Walker, Tingelstad and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 795, A bill for an act relating to human services; making final an administrative law judge's order; setting aside disqualifications; clarifying the definition of child neglect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 245A.08, subdivisions 2a, 4, 5; 245C.22, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivisions 2, 11, 11c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Murphy, E.; Kranz; Slawik and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 796, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a family, friend, and neighbor grant program to promote children's early literacy, healthy development, and school readiness, and to foster community partnerships to promote children's school readiness; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 797, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying certain provisions for senior citizens' tuition; amending certain reporting requirements; authorizing certain banking services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 135A.52, subdivisions 1, 2; 136F.42, subdivision 1; 136F.71, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Davnie, Marquart, Slocum, Tillberry, Anzelc, Dominguez, Carlson and Welti introduced:
H. F. 798, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a funding mechanism for rewarding excellent education results; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Holberg; Magnus; Ruth; Sviggum; Zellers; Severson; Berns; Kohls; Dean; Dettmer; Hackbarth; Buesgens; Nornes; Westrom; Erickson; Smith; Anderson, S.; Demmer; Garofalo; Peppin; Gunther and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 799, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for fund transfers, general contingent accounts, and tort claims; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds for highways and transit facilities; modifying provisions related to driver and vehicle services fees; modifying provisions relating to various transportation-related funds and accounts; providing sales tax exemption for commuter rail system; providing for treatment and deposit of proceeds of lease and sales taxes on motor vehicles; modifying formula for transit assistance to transit replacement service communities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 161.04, subdivision 3; 168.017, subdivision 3; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision 2; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 11; 171.20, subdivision 4; 297A.70, subdivision 2; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.815, by adding a subdivision; 297A.94; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.09; 473.388, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Demmer and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 800, A bill for an act relating to property tax; authorizing a school district and a county to mutually agree to extend the time allowed before the date on which the proposed property tax levy is certified; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 126C.48, subdivision 2; 275.065, subdivisions 1, 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 801, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; bioenergy development; establishing a bioenergy producer payment program for cellulosic biofuel production; establishing a bioenergy production incentive program; establishing a bioenergy working lands conservation program; authorizing rulemaking; authorizing general obligation bonds; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 17; 41A; 103F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.