INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Friday, April 15, 2016


The following House Files were introduced:

Simonson and Schultz introduced:

H. F. 3926, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials for redevelopment of a former school site.

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

Mariani introduced:

H. F. 3927, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying grant stipends; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.121, subdivision 5.

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

Rarick introduced:

H. F. 3928, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure projects in Pine City; 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.

Zerwas introduced:

H. F. 3929, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing certified paraprofessionals to provide home care services; directing the commissioner of human services to seek federal approval for reimbursement of certified paraprofessionals who provide home care services; directing the commissioner of human services to establish procedure codes for reimbursement of certified paraprofessionals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144A.43, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 144A.471, subdivisions 6, 7; 144A.472, subdivision 2; 144A.4792, subdivision 6; 144A.4795, by adding a subdivision.

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

Cornish introduced:

H. F. 3930, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for street and sewer improvements in the city of Waldorf; 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.

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 3931, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing supplemental appropriations; appropriating money to the Departments of Employment and Economic Development, Labor and Industry, and Commerce, and the Housing Finance Agency, Public Utilities Commission, and Explore Minnesota Tourism; modifying utility assessments; creating the emerging entrepreneur fund program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 115C.13; 216B.62, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 9; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, sections 3, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, 10; 6; 8, subdivisions 1, 7; 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.

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

Schoen introduced:

H. F. 3932, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for a loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund.

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. 3933, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the commissioner to provide adult education programming in conjunction with the Hmong American Mutual Assistance Association and the Lao Assistance Center; appropriating money.

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

Dehn, R. and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 3934, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a program to provide community violence prevention programs for African-American children; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.

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

Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 3935, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a program to engage Hmong and Southeast Asian children and families in accessing early childhood care and education, early childhood health and developmental screening, and reading assessments; appropriating money.

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

Davnie; Moran; Clark; Dehn, R.; Flanagan and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 3936, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring that certain peace officer-initiated use of force cases be prosecuted by a special prosecutor; establishing the Board of Special Prosecution and a special prosecutorial office; prohibiting the use of grand juries in certain peace officer-initiated use of force cases; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626B.

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

Moran; Flanagan; Dehn, R.; Allen; Mariani and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 3937, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for children's mental health grants.

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

Halverson, Thissen, Norton, Atkins, Rosenthal, Fischer, Lien, Selcer, Masin, Isaacson, Applebaum, Yarusso, Schoen, Erhardt and Ward introduced:

H. F. 3938, A bill for an act relating to MNsure; modifying MNsure's operations funding; requiring qualifying life events to be processed within certain time periods; requiring improvements to the small business health options program operated by MNsure; directing the commissioner of commerce to study ways to stabilize health plan premiums offered through MNsure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions.

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