INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, March 25, 2015


The following House Files were introduced:

Ward; Murphy, E., and Persell introduced:

H. F. 2098, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; providing state supplemental funding for the child and adult care food program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.

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

Mariani, Gunther, Baker, Moran and Allen introduced:

H. F. 2099, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Emerging Workforce Coalition.

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

Lesch; Scott; Atkins; Dehn, R.; Schoen and Applebaum introduced:

H. F. 2100, A bill for an act relating to law enforcement; establishing a task force on body camera implementation; enacting a moratorium on body camera use until the work of the task force is complete.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. 2101, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; modifying the workforce development fund special assessment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116L.20, subdivision 1.

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. 2102, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for economic growth in emerging markets.

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

Gruenhagen and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 2103, A bill for an act relating to public employment; forbidding collective bargaining contracts in which the cost exceeds the growth in private sector gross domestic product; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A.

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

Albright, Halverson, Isaacson, Nash, Uglem, Laine, Selcer, Yarusso, Schoen, Sanders, Pugh, Scott, Fenton, Lohmer and Runbeck introduced:

H. F. 2104, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission to study and make recommendations on metropolitan governance; appropriating money.

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

Persell and Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 2105, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; providing a grant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe for wireless broadband; appropriating money.

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

Quam introduced:

H. F. 2106, A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for settlement of certain claims; appropriating money.

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

Cornish and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2107, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; modifying the thresholds for certain controlled substance crimes; creating new offenses specific to the possession of marijuana plants; eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for lower level controlled substance crimes while modifying the mandatory minimums for first and second degree crimes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 152.01, subdivisions 10, 16a, by adding a subdivision; 152.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 152.023, subdivisions 2, 3; 152.024, subdivision 3; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.026; 152.18, subdivision 1; 244.10, subdivision 5a; 609.11, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 2108, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for financing of transportation; making appropriations; establishing certain transportation aids; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 97A.055, subdivision 2; 161.088, by adding a subdivision; 297A.94; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162.

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

Rarick, Swedzinski, Poppe and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 2109, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; establishing a program for grants to counties and county agricultural societies for fairground improvements; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 38.

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

Nash; Kahn; Sanders; Anderson, S., and Albright introduced:

H. F. 2110, A bill for an act relating to state government; changing MN.IT operating provisions; changing information technology provisions; requiring reports; requiring criteria for state data storage; changing an information technology appropriation transfer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 16E.01; 16E.016; 16E.0465; 16E.14, subdivision 3; 16E.145; 16E.19, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E.

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

Liebling, Schultz, Thissen, Mack, Fischer, Freiberg, Persell, Laine, Loeffler, Bly, Baker, Quam and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 2111, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying and clarifying financial reporting requirements for managed care and county-based purchasing plans serving state public program enrollees; setting requirements related to subcontracts; modifying requirements related to administrative costs; clarifying not allowable administrative expenses; requiring third-party financial audits and ad hoc audits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 62D.08, subdivision 7; 256B.69, subdivisions 5a, 5i, 9c, 9d, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 18, section 3, subdivision 5.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2112, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Dennison for sewage treatment system improvements; 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.

Carlson and Slocum introduced:

H. F. 2113, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying special education payments for certain charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.

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

Davnie introduced:

H. F. 2114, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying additional property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.04, subdivision 2h.

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

Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. 2115, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying certain school reporting requirements; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120B.11, subdivision 5; 127A.05, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.60, subdivision 4.

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

Torkelson and Johnson, C. introduced:

H. F. 2116, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked U.S. Highway 14 between the cities of New Ulm and Nicollet; 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.

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2117, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for STEP grants.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2118, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the Homeless Management Information System.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 2119, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing managed natural landscapes; prohibiting local ordinances that prohibit natural landscapes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

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

Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 2120, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a bridge over the Popple River 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 Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.