The following House Files were introduced:
Wiens, Daniels and Newton introduced:
H. F. 4925, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring a job accommodation request form for an employee with a known disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Wiens, Brand and Baker introduced:
H. F. 4926, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; requiring annual reports on grantee performance by the commissioner of employment and economic development; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116L.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. 4927, A bill for an act relating to public safety; ensuring safety of children with no lawful immigration status living in and moving into the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Quam and Scott introduced:
H. F. 4928, A bill for an act relating to public safety; ensuring safety of children with no lawful immigration status living in and moving into the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Lislegard and Davids introduced:
H. F. 4929, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for data centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.68, subdivision 42; 297A.75, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Anderson, P. H.; Burkel and Harder introduced:
H. F. 4930, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants for meat cutting and butchery training.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. 4931, A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting municipalities from enforcing or enacting an ordinance prohibiting emergency housing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 462.352, subdivision 2; 462.357, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 4932, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; providing for management of wasted food; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Nadeau and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 4933, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; extending the suspension of earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching; amending Laws 2022, chapter 65, article 3, section 1, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Norris and Davids introduced:
H. F. 4934, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that the commissioner of revenue is bound by Tax Court opinions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 270C.07, subdivision 1; 270C.33, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Reyer and Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. 4935, A bill for an act relating to health; directing the use of grant funds for activities relating to the planning of an American Indian focused birth center; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Curran, Bahner, Reyer, Clardy and Frazier introduced:
H. F. 4936, A bill for an act relating to health; adding Alzheimer's disease to program on reducing health disparities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.928, subdivisions 1, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. 4937, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for the Minnesota Civil Liberties Act; prohibiting immunity for peace officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hollins, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Tabke introduced:
H. F. 4938, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for an anaerobic digestor energy system.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Wiener introduced:
H. F. 4939, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring an open season for moose during any year in which there is an open season for elk; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.515, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Virnig, Clardy and Bierman introduced:
H. F. 4940, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to address the workforce shortage in disability services in Dakota County; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.
Norris and Koegel introduced:
H. F. 4941, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a corridor improvement study along marked Trunk Highway 65 between the cities of Blaine and Spring Lake Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Youakim introduced:
H. F. 4942, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; providing five-year rule extensions and duration extensions for tax increment financing districts in the city of Edina.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:
H. F. 4943, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to WomenVenture.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Feist introduced:
H. F. 4944, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rice Creek Watershed District.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Huot introduced:
H. F. 4945, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for assaulting a firefighter, EMS personnel, or certain health care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. 4946, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for concealing a dead body; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.502, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 4947, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the funding for the school unemployment aid account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.995, subdivision 6; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Huot introduced:
H. F. 4948, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to the commissioner of administration for certain space costs in fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 4949, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying long-term care consultation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0911, subdivisions 12, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.
Keeler, Feist, Kozlowski, Wolgamott and Hollins introduced:
H. F. 4950, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring a pregnant and parenting homeless youth study; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Baker introduced:
H. F. 4951, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a White Earth Area Detox Center in the city of Mahnomen.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Hill introduced:
H. F. 4952, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Veterans Campground.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Freiberg introduced:
H. F. 4953, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for a revenue-neutral assessment on environmental emissions; providing for refundable FICA and property tax credits; providing for credits against income taxes to be paid as dividends; authorizing loans for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects; providing rulemaking authority; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 273.1393; 276.04, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 273.1392; 275.065, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; 290; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216I.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:
H. F. 4954, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing ombudspersons access to the social service information system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 3.9215, by adding a subdivision; 245.975, subdivision 4; 257.0762, by adding a subdivision; 260C.82, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 4955, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing the use of ground lights on motorcycles to increase visibility at night; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.56, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Smith and Tabke introduced:
H. F. 4956, A bill for an act relating to animal cruelty; prohibiting elective declawing of cats; imposing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 343.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Becker-Finn introduced:
H. F. 4957, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing smudging in public schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.4165; 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 Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 4958, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant to the St. Cloud School District for construction of an emergency medical services education facility; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Pinto and Moller introduced:
H. F. 4959, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Task Force on Holistic and Effective Responses to Illicit Drug Use; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Tabke introduced:
H. F. 4960, A bill for an act relating to insurance; authorizing insurers to use certain weather-related losses for purposes of underwriting and rating; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 65A.29, subdivisions 7, 8; 70A.05.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. 4961, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the innovative business development public infrastructure grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.435, subdivisions 3, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.435, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Harder and Elkins introduced:
H. F. 4962, A bill for an act relating to workforce development and higher education; establishing the Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence at the University of Minnesota; appropriating money for the Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence at the University of Minnesota; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Reyer and Noor introduced:
H. F. 4963, A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; creating a certified community behavioral health pilot project; appropriating money; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Kozlowski introduced:
H. F. 4964, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting certain surgical procedures from being performed on patients under age 12 with certain exceptions; authorizing disciplinary action by health-related licensing boards; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Torkelson, Daniels, Mueller, Zeleznikar, Dotseth and Engen introduced:
H. F. 4965, A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying child care center definitions; codifying child care center staff qualifications and ratios; directing the commissioner to amend child care center health and record-keeping rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245A.40, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0031; 9503.0032; 9503.0033; 9503.0034; 9503.0040.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
West introduced:
H. F. 4966, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; modifying medical cannabis combination business provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.515.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Rehm introduced:
H. F. 4967, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a state school librarian; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 134.31, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Agbaje introduced:
H. F. 4968, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Change Starts With Community in North Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Agbaje introduced:
H. F. 4969, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Lundstrum Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. 4970, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing city attorneys to file delinquency petitions for certain offenses committed by a juvenile when a county attorney declines to file a petition; authorizing city attorneys to prosecute certain felony and gross misdemeanor offenses when a county attorney declines to prosecute; authorizing city attorneys to issue administrative subpoenas in certain cases; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260B.007, subdivision 16; 260B.141, subdivision 2; 260B.163, subdivision 5; 260B.171, subdivision 4; 260B.335, subdivisions 2, 4; 260B.425, subdivision 2; 388.051, subdivision 2; 388.23, subdivision 1; 390.251; 484.87, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Olson, B. introduced:
H. F. 4971, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the secretary of state to place advisory questions on the 2024 state general election ballot related to the state flag and state seal designs adopted by the State Emblems Redesign Commission; repealing laws establishing new state flag and state seal designs; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, sections 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 133, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Freiberg and Klevorn introduced:
H. F. 4972, A bill for an act relating to state government; making changes to electronic database of notaries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 358.645, subdivision 2; 358.71; 359.01, subdivision 5; 359.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Pinto introduced:
H. F. 4973, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; providing an extension of the five-year rule for a tax increment financing district in the city of St. Paul; amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 1, article 6, section 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Jordan and Feist introduced:
H. F. 4974, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the cities of Minneapolis and St. Anthony Village to regulate truck weight and length on 29th Avenue Northeast.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Acomb introduced:
H. F. 4975, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing the renewable development account report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116C.779, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Wiens and Newton introduced:
H. F. 4976, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing a tuition-free postsecondary educational program for veterans who have received a Purple Heart and the veterans' dependents; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.