INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, March 18, 2015


The following House Files were introduced:

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 1983, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a toddler tax credit; 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.

Laine, Kahn, Moran, Hausman, Wagenius, Bernardy, Bly and Persell introduced:

H. F. 1984, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority to make the stadium bird safe; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473J.11, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 1985, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use and excise; repealing June accelerated payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 289A.18, subdivision 4; 289A.20, subdivision 4; 289A.60, subdivision 21; 297F.09, subdivisions 1, 2; 297F.25, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 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.

Dehn, R. introduced:

H. F. 1986, A bill for an act relating to state government; restructuring councils representing certain ethnic communities; creating a Department of Ethnic Affairs to strengthen three of the ethnic councils; transferring the ombudsperson program for families and children into the Department of Ethnic Affairs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15.01; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.9223; 3.9225; 3.9226, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 257.0755; 257.076; 257.0761; 257.0762; 257.0763; 257.0764; 257.0765; 257.0766; 257.0767; 257.0768; 257.0769.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Hackbarth and Dill introduced:

H. F. 1987, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for certain reallocation of base funding.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Schoen introduced:

H. F. 1988, A bill for an act relating to health; awarding a grant for diabetes prevention and education; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 1989, A bill for an act relating to data practices; requiring towns to comply with certain data classifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.202, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 365.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.

Loon introduced:

H. F. 1990, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a digital student achievement backpack; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Pinto introduced:

H. F. 1991, A bill for an act relating to health; excluding certain providers from electronic health records requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.495, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Slocum introduced:

H. F. 1992, A bill for an act relating to education; school boards; requiring a student member to serve on a school board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.09, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Drazkowski; Metsa; Nash; Dill; Anzelc; Newberger; Cornish; Garofalo; Swedzinski; Hertaus; Hackbarth; Rarick; Gunther; Hancock; Vogel; O'Neill; Franson; Baker; Uglem; Howe; Anderson, M.; Petersburg and Sanders introduced:

H. F. 1993, A bill for an act relating to firearms; clarifying law on use of force in defense of home and person; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.065.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Carlson, Davids, Davnie, McDonald and Loon introduced:

H. F. 1994, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; broadening the exemption for sales to nonprofit groups; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.70, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 1995, A bill for an act relating to education; dissolving Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; providing for the transition and operation of successor school districts; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 128D.01; 128D.02; 128D.03; 128D.04; 128D.05; 128D.06; 128D.07; 128D.08, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 128D.09; 128D.10; 128D.11; 128D.12; 128D.13; 128D.14; 128D.15; 128D.16; 128D.17.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. 1996, A bill for an act relating to education; postsecondary; MnSCU course and credit policies; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.

Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1997, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; permitting a Nashville Township employee to purchase service credit for a period of omitted contributions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 1998, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; requiring automatic expungement of eviction orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 484.014, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 1999, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for a grant to YWCA St. Paul.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 2000, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing a grant for the community stabilization project; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 2001, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for student placement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 122A.40, subdivision 8; 122A.41, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Schoen introduced:

H. F. 2002, A bill for an act relating to the city of Cottage Grove; tax increment financing; extending the five-year rule for Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Schoen introduced:

H. F. 2003, A bill for an act relating to transportation; directing the commissioner of transportation to establish engineering qualification for bridge inspection team leaders.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Peterson; Anderson, P.; Moran; Nornes; Urdahl; Newton; Laine; Christensen and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 2004, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing a global education to workforce initiative program; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Gruenhagen and Laine introduced:

H. F. 2005, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage for chiropractic services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 8e.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Dehn, R. and Clark introduced:

H. F. 2006, A bill for an act relating to higher education; regulating the disposition of research dogs and cats; amending Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 13, section 47.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.

Scott introduced:

H. F. 2007, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the test for the cost-effectiveness of conservation programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216B.241, subdivision 1c.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Laine and Newton introduced:

H. F. 2008, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring designation of a qualified newspaper with the highest circulation in specified circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 331A.04, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Smith, Hoppe and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 2009, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating health coverages; modifying coverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 62A.3075; 62A.65, subdivision 3; 62L.05, subdivision 9; 62L.08, by adding a subdivision; 62Q.18; 62Q.73, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Laine introduced:

H. F. 2010, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring an insurer to respond to an agent's request for reasons for an increase in premiums for a customer; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 2011, A bill for an act relating to drainage; providing authority for drainage authorities to receive and use funds for watershed-based planning and implementation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103E.011, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Knoblach, Liebling, Norton, Miller and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 2012, A bill for an act relating to vocational rehabilitation; appropriating money for seniors who are becoming blind.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Knoblach and Carlson introduced:

H. F. 2013, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring a recession estimate for the state forecast in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.103, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. 2014, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for appeal process for denial or revocation of driveway permit by commissioner of transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.18, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

O'Driscoll, Sanders and Albright introduced:

H. F. 2015, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; amending prorating method for contributions or use of general treasury money; modifying definition of expressly advocating; providing for disclosure of electioneering communications; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 10A.01, subdivision 16a; 10A.121, subdivision 1; 10A.20, subdivision 3; 10A.244; 10A.25, subdivision 3a; 10A.27, subdivision 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Backer, Swedzinski, Dill, Anzelc, Schomacker, Marquart and Miller introduced:

H. F. 2016, A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aid; modifying county program aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 477A.0124, subdivision 4; 477A.03, subdivision 2b.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.