The following House Files were introduced:
Franson introduced:
H. F. 5094, A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting state funds to sanctuary cities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 412.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Franson introduced:
H. F. 5095, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing conditions under which a voter may vote by absentee ballot; establishing state general election day as an official state holiday; repealing provisions related to early voting; repealing provisions related to the use of absentee ballot drop boxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.02, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5; 645.44, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.082; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 203B.01, subdivision 5; 203B.081, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4; 203B.12, subdivision 11; 203B.30; Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 4, sections 11; 29; 32; 34; 41; 43; 56; 57; 60; 137.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 5096, A resolution memorializing the President and the United States Congress to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program of 2021, which provides our citizens with access to broadband services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Acomb introduced:
H. F. 5097, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring the initiation of a proceeding at the Public Utilities Commission regarding cost allocation of distribution system upgrades; establishing an interconnection ombudsperson position at the Public Utilities Commission; establishing a surcharge on certain interconnection applications.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Petersburg introduced:
H. F. 5098, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing an autonomous ditch mowing program; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Petersburg introduced:
H. F. 5099, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for sanitary sewer improvements in the city of Waseca; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Gomez introduced:
H. F. 5100, A bill for an act relating to labor; establishing the Worker Opportunity Act; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 268.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. 5101, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying the limitations for cannabis advertisements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.64, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. 5102, A bill for an act relating to commerce; adding an expert in clinical pharmacy to the cannabis advisory council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.03, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Robbins introduced:
H. F. 5103, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying cannabis labeling requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.63, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
West introduced:
H. F. 5104, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing a distribution of the state general levy to certain municipalities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 275.025, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Sencer-Mura and Gomez introduced:
H. F. 5105, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing requirements on encampments in trunk highway rights-of-way; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Coulter introduced:
H. F. 5106, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; regulating small donor political committees and funds; establishing a small donor match program; repealing the campaign public subsidy program; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10A.25, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.257, subdivision 1; 10A.31, subdivisions 7a, 7b; 10A.322, subdivision 1; 10A.323; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 10A.31, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10A.31, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a, 7, 10, 10a, 10b, 11; 10A.315; 10A.321; 10A.324, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. 5107, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing the period from April 25 to May 25 as Underserved Business Month; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. 5108, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for a grant to plan and develop an African American-focused Homeplace model.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 5109, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting chain community pharmacies from establishing quotas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 151.071, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Edelson introduced:
H. F. 5110, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a mental health pharmacogenomics pilot program grant.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Anderson, P. H. introduced:
H. F. 5111, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for park improvements in the city of Spring Hill; amending Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 1, section 3, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Carroll introduced:
H. F. 5112, A bill for an act relating to data practices; authorizing the Department of Public Safety to use verification systems to verify the identity of participants in the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 171.12, subdivision 7b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 5113, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing Donate Life special plates; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Elkins and Hanson, J. introduced:
H. F. 5114, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing several financing mechanisms for local governments to pay for transportation infrastructure; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 429.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Bierman introduced:
H. F. 5115, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring medical assistance to cover palliative care services; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Igo introduced:
H. F. 5116, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional wastewater collection system in Itasca County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Igo introduced:
H. F. 5117, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Igo, Davis, Skraba and Bliss introduced:
H. F. 5118, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for certain construction materials used in Itasca County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Altendorf, Quam and Davis introduced:
H. F. 5119, A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying employment status of election judges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.19, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.
Quam introduced:
H. F. 5120, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; prohibiting a candidate's principal campaign committee from accepting a loan from a candidate if the terms of the loan require the principal campaign committee to pay interest to the candidate; requiring a refund of interest payments to a principal campaign committee's contributors in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.27, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.
Newton introduced:
H. F. 5121, A bill for an act relating to state lands; appropriating money to condemn certain land in Mille Lacs County and authorizing its transfer for no consideration.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Jacob and Altendorf introduced:
H. F. 5122, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of income for purposes of the property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kresha introduced:
H. F. 5123, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts; requiring rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Keeler, Bierman, Curran and Reyer introduced:
H. F. 5124, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying payment rates to Indian health services facilities for certain medications; modifying requirements for hospitals serving as adult day treatment providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 256B.0625, subdivision 34; 256B.0671, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Sencer-Mura, Pérez-Vega, Hussein and Norris introduced:
H. F. 5125, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying school board membership requirements; expanding school board membership to include student members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 123B.09; 128.01; 128D.05; 128D.055, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Clardy, Jordan, Kozlowski and Curran introduced:
H. F. 5126, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a pilot project to provide school meals to students attending online school programs; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 5127, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Northeast Regional Corrections Center photovoltaic solar array project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Mueller; Gillman; Anderson, P. E.; Niska; Harder; Altendorf; Franson and Perryman introduced:
H. F. 5128, A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating the Minnesota Women's Bill of Rights; defining terms for all statutes and rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Zeleznikar; Fogelman; Davis; Joy; Franson; Perryman; Gillman; Murphy; Nelson, N.; Daniels; Mekeland; Wiener and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. 5129, A bill for an act relating to child care licensing; amending family child care capacity limits.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar, Franson, Perryman, Gillman, Daniels and Dotseth introduced:
H. F. 5130, A bill for an act relating to child care licensing; allowing variances to licensed capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245A.04, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Mekeland; Hudson; Murphy; Franson; Rarick; Novotny; Wiener; Backer; Zeleznikar; Burkel; Knudsen; Joy; Dotseth; Grossell; Olson, B., and Schultz introduced:
H. F. 5131, A bill for an act relating to vital records; requiring that immunization data be included on death records; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
Hicks introduced:
H. F. 5132, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover intermittent catheters; 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 Finance and Policy.
Hassan introduced:
H. F. 5133, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to Urban League Twin Cities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 5134, A bill for an act relating to public safety; limiting supervision of parolees to five years; modifying the grounds for early discharge from parole and the certificate of final discharge; modifying the qualifications for the Supervised Release Board members; limiting reappointment of members to the Supervised Release Board; making certain inmates eligible for earned release credits; modifying the considerations for granting parole or supervised release; modifying the standards for granting medical release; establishing the Medical Release Review Board; eliminating life sentences; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.05, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 243.05, subdivision 3; 244.049, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 244.05, subdivisions 4, 5, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 244.45; 244.46, subdivision 4; 609.106, subdivision 2; 609.3455, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 5135, A bill for an act relating to direct care and treatment; modifying the eligible recipients and funding for mental health innovation programs; removing county responsibility for the cost of care for a client awaiting transfer to another state-operated facility or program or facility operated by the Department of Corrections; appropriating money for direct care and treatment capacity and utilization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.4662; 246.18, subdivision 4a; 246.54, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 246.54, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 5136, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Wolgamott introduced:
H. F. 5137, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; permitting payment of a normal retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon employment or reemployment on or after 55 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 353.01, by adding a subdivision; 353.37, subdivisions 1b, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 5138, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing the use of dedicated transportation revenues for local government debt service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 162.145, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 162.146, by adding a subdivision; 174.49, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 5139, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation and expansion of the Cook County Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.