The following House Files were introduced:
Newberger, Howe and Dettmer introduced:
H. F. 3252, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating real estate licenses; requiring the renewal or reinstatement of the license of certain veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 82.62, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 3253, A bill for an act relating to human rights; appropriating money for additional investigation, enforcement, and management activities and for a human rights office in greater Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Knoblach and Theis introduced:
H. F. 3254, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing a grant to the St. Cloud Area School District for a preschool pilot program for low-income students and English language learners; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Knoblach, Lillie, Nornes and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 3255, A bill for an act relating to state government; ratifying labor agreements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Newberger and McDonald introduced:
H. F. 3256, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring construction of new coal-fired power plants; authorizing a rate rider.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 3257, A bill for an act relating to commerce; clarifying the authority of the Commerce Fraud Bureau to apply for or execute search warrants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.05, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Clark, Simonson and Allen introduced:
H. F. 3258, A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying family homeless prevention and assistance program requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462A.204, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Laine; Dehn, R.; Bly; Simonson; Mullery; Nelson; Johnson, S.; Ecklund; Flanagan; Schultz; Considine; Metsa; Hansen; Anzelc; Hornstein; Masin and Newton introduced:
H. F. 3259, A resolution memorializing Congress to support efforts to reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions in effect under the Glass-Steagall Act and supporting H.R. No. 381.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Newberger, Lohmer, Backer and Bennett introduced:
H. F. 3260, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; allowing local governmental units to regulate the residency of level III sex offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 244.052, subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Newberger and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 3261, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring hearing and local approval prior to clear-cutting certain state land; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
McDonald; Dean, M.; Swedzinski; Backer; Anderson, P., and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 3262, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing grants to sober homes for the establishment and expansion of supportive services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Schoen introduced:
H. F. 3263, A bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying criteria for determining clinical need for hospitalization; decreasing the county share of cost for care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 246.54, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Gunther, Backer, Davids and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 3264, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying licensure requirements for teachers trained in other states; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 122A.23, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Runbeck and Scott introduced:
H. F. 3265, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; modifying regional planning processes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 473.145; 473.146, subdivision 1; 473.147; 473.856; 473.857.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Schultz introduced:
H. F. 3266, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to conduct a health information exchange study; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Liebling, Schultz, Mullery, Loeffler, Halverson, Laine and Freiberg introduced:
H. F. 3267, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to provide education and technical assistance to health care providers on laws governing clinical health information for storage, use, and sharing; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Simonson introduced:
H. F. 3268, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying the border-to-border broadband grant program; modifying Minnesota's statewide broadband goals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 116J.395, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 237.012; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 116J.394.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Kresha introduced:
H. F. 3269, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring commissioner of health to award a grant to study low retention rates for advanced practice registered nurses in primary care practice; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Zerwas, Moran, Halverson and Gruenhagen introduced:
H. F. 3270, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an alternative payment methodology for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics; clarifying allowable costs for change of scope of services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Lillie and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 3271, A bill for an act relating to state government; ratifying labor agreements and compensation plans; ratifying the salary increase of certain agency directors.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Moran introduced:
H. F. 3272, A bill for an act relating to state government; funding publication of new works by authors of African-American descent; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Moran introduced:
H. F. 3273, A bill for an act relating to education; directing collaborative urban educator grant recipients to offer teacher preparation candidates African American history, culture, and heritage instruction; amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Smith and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 3274, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the time limit to file a claim for refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 289A.40, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. 3275, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying child care grant eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 136A.125, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.
Mack introduced:
H. F. 3276, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the sunset of an existing exception to the consumer-directed community supports budget methodology; amending Laws 2012, chapter 247, article 4, section 47, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Zerwas, Mahoney and Moran introduced:
H. F. 3277, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing certain reimbursement requirements of the food stamp employment and training program; modifying certain appropriation requirements of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256D.051, subdivision 6b; Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, section 2, subdivision 1, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Johnson, C. and Considine introduced:
H. F. 3278, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a grant to Minnesota State University, Mankato, for the teacher on special assignment and graduate teaching fellowship program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 3279, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Metro Transit technician training program; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Mahoney and Moran introduced:
H. F. 3280, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a pilot art incubator and creative enterprise center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Sanders and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 3281, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; providing for raffle boards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 297E.02, subdivisions 6a, 7; 349.2125, subdivision 1; 349.2127, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Schomacker; Liebling; Quam; Franson; Gruenhagen; Urdahl; Miller; Kelly; Kresha; Green; Torkelson; Backer; Erickson; Zerwas; Hamilton; Daniels; Poppe; Mack; Cornish; Persell; Petersburg; Drazkowski; Anderson, P., and Dean, M. introduced:
H. F. 3282, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying county-based purchasing plan contract negotiations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256B.69, subdivisions 3a, 33, 35; 256B.692, subdivisions 5, 6, 7; 256B.694.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Johnson, C.; Liebling; Poppe; Pelowski; Considine; Fischer; Schultz; Hausman; Bly; Metsa; Hansen; Hornstein; Simonson; Marquart; Anzelc; Sundin; Murphy, E.; Lien; Loeffler; Allen; Ward; Kahn; Laine and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 3283, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring the commissioner of human services to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income eligibility limit for MinnesotaCare to purchase coverage through MinnesotaCare through a separate MinnesotaCare purchase option.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Kresha introduced:
H. F. 3284, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying child care assistance programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 119B.011, subdivisions 20, 20a; 119B.03, subdivision 3; 119B.05, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Davids, Mack, Hoppe, Sanders and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 3285, A bill for an act relating to health care; permitting health carriers to not renew certain conversion individual health plans; requiring notice to affected policyholders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62A.17, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Flanagan, Persell, Pinto, Mullery, Laine and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 3286, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying child care assistance program reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119B.13, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Theis; Anderson, C., and Kiel introduced:
H. F. 3287, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for an assessment of advanced in-home activity-monitoring systems.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Murphy, E. and Zerwas introduced:
H. F. 3288, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; medical professional safety; creating a chemotherapy drug safety working group; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Peterson, Norton, Hoppe and Applebaum introduced:
H. F. 3289, A bill for an act relating to health; adding autism spectrum disorder treatment to essential benefits definition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.81, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 3290, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying the definition of essential health benefits to include services for autism spectrum disorder treatment as rehabilitative and habilitative services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.81, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Gruenhagen, Zerwas, Anzelc, McDonald, Bly, Laine and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 3291, A bill for an act relating to health insurers; requiring nondiscrimination policies in providing health care services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 3292, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a tax credit for K-12 teacher licensure and professional development; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Hoppe and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 3293, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating homeowner's insurance coverages, claims practices, adjuster licensing standards, and certain taxable costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 65A.27, subdivision 1; 72A.201, subdivisions 1, 4; 72B.041, subdivision 4; 72B.045, subdivision 1; 604.18, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Hoppe and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 3294, A bill for an act relating to insurance; allowing certain claims practices to be admissible as standards of conduct; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 604.18, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
McNamara, Christensen and Youakim introduced:
H. F. 3295, A bill for an act relating to local government; eliminating the cap on spending for purchase of awards and trophies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Zerwas and Schoen introduced:
H. F. 3296, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault protections to code enforcement officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.2231, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Zerwas, Schoen and Mack introduced:
H. F. 3297, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to Goodwill Easter Seals Minnesota and its partners.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 3298, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a presidential primary; requiring the party caucuses to take place on the first Tuesday in February in a general election year; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 201.091, subdivision 4; 202A.14, subdivision 1; 202A.15, subdivision 2; 202A.18, subdivision 2a; 204B.03; 204B.06, subdivision 4; 204B.14, subdivisions 2, 4; 204B.21, subdivision 1; 204C.10; 204D.09, subdivision 1; 204D.24, subdivision 2; 206.82, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 204C.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 207A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Bly, Clark and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 3299, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for integrated pest management.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Bly, Clark and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 3300, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a pollinator investment grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Zerwas, Halverson, Schoen, Albright and Dean, M. introduced:
H. F. 3301, A bill for an act relating to human services; codifying the home and community-based services incentive pool; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Theis introduced:
H. F. 3302, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying off-sale license for microdistilleries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 340A.22, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Metsa introduced:
H. F. 3303, A bill for an act relating to mining; modifying safety measures at abandoned mines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 180.03, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 180.10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 3304, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying season for taking crows; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.731, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Kresha, Anzelc, Backer, Howe and Flanagan introduced:
H. F. 3305, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring training for child foster care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245A.175.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Baker introduced:
H. F. 3306, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Glacial Lakes 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.
Garofalo, Loonan, Baker, O'Neill and Loon introduced:
H. F. 3307, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a presidential primary; allowing parties to decide whether or not to have party caucuses; changing the date of the state primary from August to June; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 202A.14, subdivisions 1, 2; 202A.15, subdivisions 1, 2; 202A.18, subdivision 2a; 204B.03; 204B.06, subdivision 4; 204B.14, subdivisions 2, 4; 204B.21, subdivision 1; 204D.03, subdivision 1; 204D.09, subdivision 1; 204D.28, subdivision 5; 205.065, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.06, subdivision 1a; 205A.11, subdivision 2a; 206.61, subdivision 5; 206.82, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 204C.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 207A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Pugh, Lesch, Gruenhagen, Whelan and Lohmer introduced:
H. F. 3308, A bill for an act relating to civil law; requiring the court to provide information on alternative dispute resolution to parties in family law cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 3309, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating bullion product dealers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 80G.01; 80G.02; 80G.03; 80G.04; 80G.05; 80G.06; 80G.07, subdivision 1; 80G.08; 80G.10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 80G.07, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Hertaus, Pugh, Gruenhagen, Selcer, Rosenthal, Applebaum and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 3310, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; creating Sophia's Law; requiring marine-grade carbon monoxide detection devices on certain motorboats; requiring safety information on carbon monoxide poisoning from motorboats; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 86B.005, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Hertaus introduced:
H. F. 3311, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for a controlled railroad crossing project in Wayzata; 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.
Hertaus introduced:
H. F. 3312, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for railroad crossing safety improvement projects and quiet zones in Loretto and Medina; 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.
Christensen, Erickson and Kresha introduced:
H. F. 3313, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a Student Discipline Working Group to review the substance, application, and effect of Minnesota's Pupil Fair Dismissal Act and make recommendations to the legislature.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Dean, M.; Fischer; McNamara; Lillie; Hamilton; Smith and Schomacker introduced:
H. F. 3314, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to restore water level on White Bear Lake; 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.
Garofalo introduced:
H. F. 3315, A bill for an act relating to energy; enhancing the energy assurance and emergency conservation plan; establishing a petroleum end user program; modifying energy auditor standards; modifying eligibility for various siting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 216C.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 216C.31; 216C.435, subdivisions 3a, 4, 5, 10, by adding a subdivision; 216C.436, subdivisions 1, 2; 216E.01, subdivision 5; 216E.021; 216E.03, subdivision 3; 216E.05, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 216C; 216E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216C.15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 3316, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming certain income, franchise, and property tax refund provisions to changes in federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b, 19c; 290.091, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 3317, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a credit for certain expenses of teachers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 3318, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a tax credit for certain payments on student loans by teachers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Fenton, Loonan, Swedzinski and Christensen introduced:
H. F. 3319, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; allowing an additional personal and dependent exemption amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bernardy introduced:
H. F. 3320, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for release of certain state reversionary interest.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Theis introduced:
H. F. 3321, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for the construction of Heatherwood Road in St. Cloud; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Mack and Wills introduced:
H. F. 3322, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an enclosed pedestrian and bike overpass across Cedar Avenue in Apple Valley; 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.
Pierson introduced:
H. F. 3323, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for education partnership pilot grants; appropriating money; amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 26.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Clark; Davnie; Loeffler; Hamilton; Anderson, P.; Schomacker; Poppe and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 3324, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing an urban agriculture development pilot program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Hamilton, Isaacson, Hornstein, Erhardt, Schomacker, Mahoney and Dean, M. introduced:
H. F. 3325, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing autonomous vehicles task force and demonstration project to serve mobility needs of people with disabilities; providing support for the task force; defining terms; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.
Nornes, Marquart, Lien, Backer and Anderson, P. introduced:
H. F. 3326, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing the establishment of a continuing education program; appropriating money; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Gunther introduced:
H. F. 3327, A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating requirement that under-performing districts use general education revenue at the commissioner's direction to accelerate progress on world's best workforce goals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 120B.11, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 3328, A bill for an act relating to corrections; appropriating money for payment of awards under the Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Schoen and Hansen introduced:
H. F. 3329, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements for the South St. Paul Municipal Airport; 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.
Kahn and Selcer introduced:
H. F. 3330, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating grant funds to support the Somali community.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Selcer, Halverson, Rarick and Rosenthal introduced:
H. F. 3331, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying requirements for certification as a qualified small business; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.8737, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Selcer; Kresha; Rosenthal; Moran; Ward; Murphy, M., and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 3332, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot project to help struggling students in grades 3 to 5 read at grade level; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.
Barrett introduced:
H. F. 3333, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the schedules of controlled substances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 152.02, subdivisions 2, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Sanders, Moran, Mahoney, Hoppe, Mariani, Nornes, Lillie, Atkins, Thissen, Gunther, Nelson and Fischer introduced:
H. F. 3334, A bill for an act relating to stadiums; providing for a Major League Soccer stadium in St. Paul; providing certain tax exemptions; authorizing issuance of a liquor license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3335, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure in Ely to support a business park; an industrial park; Vermilion Community College; 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.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3336, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a municipal campground and recreation center in Silver Bay; 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.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3337, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for development of Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park; 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.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3338, A bill for an act relating to the city of International Falls; authorizing a grant; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3339, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing lifetime game and fish license information to be placed on a driver's license or Minnesota identification card; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 97A.405, subdivision 2; 171.07, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Fenton, Davnie, Marquart, Mariani, Bennett and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 3340, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the collaborative urban educator program to increase the number of teachers of color in Minnesota schools; appropriating money; amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Fabian and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 3341, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the local government roads wetland replacement program; 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.
Dehn, R.; Fischer; Bly and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 3342, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Connections to Jobs program and Work Experience pilot program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Dehn, R.; Fischer; Davnie; Bly and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 3343, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for minority business development; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Dehn, R.; Flanagan; Ward; Hamilton; Hertaus; Schoen; Hilstrom; Considine; Lillie; Murphy, E.; Schultz; Ecklund; Mariani; Hansen; Hornstein; Bly; Moran; Pinto; Freiberg; Johnson, S.; Hausman; Mullery; Allen; Loeffler; Liebling; Youakim; Nelson; McDonald; Howe; Zerwas; Mahoney; Wagenius and Clark introduced:
H. F. 3344, A bill for an act relating to public safety; restoring the civil right to vote of an individual upon release from incarceration or upon sentencing if no incarceration is imposed; requiring notice; repealing county attorney obligation to promptly investigate voter registration and eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 201.014, by adding a subdivision; 204C.10; 609.165, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 201.071, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 201; 243; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 201.275.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Dehn, R.; Fischer; Bly and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 3345, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for creation of multiemployer, sector-based career connections; appropriating money for expansion of vocational training and services within Sentencing to Service programs; appropriating money to establish an opportunity center for workforce and educational services to East Africans; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Dehn, R.; Fischer; Davnie and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 3346, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the general education development fast track and adult diploma programs administered by Minneapolis public schools; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Metsa and Melin introduced:
H. F. 3347, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; allowing service credit purchase and Rule of 90 eligibility for certain Minnesota Department of Transportation employees.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Rosenthal introduced:
H. F. 3348, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating funds to the commissioner of public safety to process controlled substance evidence submitted to the state's crime laboratories for chemical testing in a timely manner.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Franson, Hamilton, Zerwas, Halverson, Schomacker and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 3349, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for food shelf programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Anderson, C. and Schomacker introduced:
H. F. 3350, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner to develop a long-term care simulation model; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.
Theis introduced:
H. F. 3351, A bill for an act relating to retirement; service credit purchase for St. Cloud State University employment.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 3352, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON) business incubator program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Hamilton and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 3353, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing voluntary solar site management practices for solar sites; allowing local governments to require management practices as a condition of a site permit; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
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. 3354, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money to extend the Northstar commuter rail line from Big Lake to St. Cloud; 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.
Kresha, Theis, Howe, Davids, Heintzeman, Kelly and Loonan introduced:
H. F. 3355, A bill for an act relating to economic development; state government; modifying small business assistance services; creating a citizen advocate office in the Office of the Legislative Auditor; appropriating money; reducing an appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.66.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Ecklund introduced:
H. F. 3356, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Falls International Airport; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Melin introduced:
H. F. 3357, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing an increase in Hibbing's Public Utility Commission membership; amending Laws 1949, chapter 422, section 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Simonson introduced:
H. F. 3358, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Deep Winter Greenhouse in Duluth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 3359, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional event and conference center in Wabasha, for a riverfront revitalization project in Wabasha, and an expansion of the National Eagle Center in Wabasha; authorizing the 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.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 3360, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System financial solvency measures; increasing member and employer contribution rates; reducing postretirement adjustment amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 352.04, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 356.215, subdivision 8; 356.415, subdivisions 1a, 1e, 1f; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 356.415, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
McNamara introduced:
H. F. 3361, A bill for an act relating to health; creating an exemption to the prohibition of minors using tanning equipment at a tanning facility for medical reasons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 325H.085.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Uglem, Hackbarth, Hansen, Wagenius, Hausman, Lillie, Kahn, Loon, Loeffler, Slocum, Davnie and Allen introduced:
H. F. 3362, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to the Metropolitan Council for regional park and open-space land acquisition and improvements; 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.
Hamilton; Schomacker; Anderson, P.; Kiel; Clark and Bly introduced:
H. F. 3363, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a good food access program to provide financial and technical assistance to increase access to affordable foods; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 3364, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating the Diversity and Inclusion Council; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 3365, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for creation of sustainable and resilient African-American communities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 3366, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Northside Funders Group for the North@Work program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Mullery; Dehn, R.; Fischer and Bly introduced:
H. F. 3367, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Build Wealth MN for family stabilization plan program expansion; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.