The following House Files were introduced:
Virnig and Jordan introduced:
H. F. 5253, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district to reauthorize a capital projects referendum by board action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.63, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 5254, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Lake County Ambulance Service.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 5255, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Proctor Public Schools.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Igo, Skraba and Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 5256, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.
Zeleznikar introduced:
H. F. 5257, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Duluth Public Schools.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Brand introduced:
H. F. 5258, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for telecommunications or pay television services machinery and equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.68, subdivision 35a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Quam introduced:
H. F. 5259, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road improvements for the Northeast Improvement Zone in the city of Dodge Center and Wasioja Township; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Engen, Zeleznikar, Mekeland, Murphy, Niska and Robbins introduced:
H. F. 5260, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry or for the benefit of a transnational crime organization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.229, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Hudella introduced:
H. F. 5261, A bill for an act relating to veterans; expanding veterans hiring preference to include certain active service members who will be honorably discharged within 120 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 43A.11; 197.455, subdivisions 2, 6; 197.4551.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.
Myers introduced:
H. F. 5262, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for construction of new residential housing for first-time homebuyers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Myers, Nadeau, Lislegard, Zeleznikar and Skraba introduced:
H. F. 5263, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing waterfowl critical habitat special license plates; 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.
Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Dotseth; Igo; Perryman; Mekeland; Murphy; Engen; Davis; Joy; Skraba; Niska; Hudson; Bakeberg; Grossell; Robbins; Fogelman; Hudella; Myers; Anderson, P. E., and Nadeau introduced:
H. F. 5264, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a right of patients and residents to have a support person present when receiving health care services; establishing a civil penalty; 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.
Zeleznikar; Skraba; Knudsen; Igo; Perryman; Murphy; Mekeland; Bakeberg; Grossell; Fogelman; Hudella; Anderson, P. E., and Nadeau introduced:
H. F. 5265, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending a surcharge on all-electric vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.013, subdivision 1m.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Gomez introduced:
H. F. 5266, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying provisions related to exemptions for institutions of public charity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 272.02, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Pinto introduced:
H. F. 5267, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; the governor's budget bill for early childhood programs; modifying provisions related to child welfare and child care licensing; making technical changes to early childhood law; updating the Department of Children, Youth, and Families recodification; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.975, subdivisions 2, 4, 9; 245A.07, subdivision 6; 245A.10, subdivisions 1, as amended, 2, as amended; 245A.144; 245A.175; 256.029, as amended; 260C.007, subdivisions 5, 6, by adding subdivisions; 260C.212, subdivision 13; 260E.03, by adding a subdivision; 260E.14, subdivision 3; 260E.36, subdivision 1a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 245A.16, subdivision 1, as amended; 245A.66, subdivision 4, as amended; 256M.42, by adding a subdivision; 260.761, subdivision 2; 260.762, subdivision 2; 260E.02, subdivision 1; 260E.03, subdivisions 15a, 15b, 22; 260E.14, subdivision 5; 260E.17, subdivision 1; 260E.18; 260E.20, subdivision 2; 260E.24, subdivisions 2, 7; 260E.33, subdivision 1; 260E.35, subdivision 6; Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 12, section 30, subdivisions 2, 3; article 20, sections 2, subdivision 24; 23; Laws 2024, chapter 80, article 1, sections 34, subdivision 2; 96; article 2, sections 5, subdivision 21; 7, subdivision 2; 10, subdivision 6; 16, subdivision 1; 30, subdivision 2; 31; 74; article 4, section 26; article 6, section 4; article 7, section 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245.975, subdivision 8; 245A.065; Laws 2024, chapter 80, article 2, sections 1, subdivision 11; 3, subdivision 3; 4, subdivision 4; 10, subdivision 4; 33; 69; Minnesota Rules, part 9545.0845.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.
Hollins introduced:
H. F. 5268, A bill for an act relating to electronic delivery devices; prohibiting the sale or offer for sale of disposable electronic delivery devices; proposing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 461.19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 461.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Freiberg; Howard; Coulter; Hollins; Feist; Kraft; Smith; Lee, K.; Elkins; Long; Jordan; Noor; Greenman and Virnig introduced:
H. F. 5269, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the open or concealed carry of firearms within 100 feet of designated polling places; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy.
Cha introduced:
H. F. 5270, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a grant to the Hmong American Mediation Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Bliss; Grossell; Knudsen; Heintzeman; Burkel; Bennett; Dotseth; Wiener; Joy; Anderson, P. E., and Schultz introduced:
H. F. 5271, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring supermajority approval for certain conveyances of surplus land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 94.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Altendorf introduced:
H. F. 5272, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; transportation; appropriating money for the realignment of Trunk Highway 60 and local infrastructure related thereto in the city of Wabasha; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:
H. F. 5273, A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing requirements for ownership of cannabis businesses; establishing disclosure requirements for financing cannabis businesses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Stephenson, Hortman and Klevorn introduced:
H. F. 5274, A bill for an act relating to horse racing; providing for the conduct of advance deposit wagering, card playing, and pari-mutuel betting; providing definitions; making clarifying and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 240.01, subdivisions 1c, 5, 8, 14, by adding subdivisions; 240.30, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. 5275, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an Office of Emergency Medical Services to replace the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board; specifying duties for the office; transferring duties; establishing an advisory council; establishing alternative EMS response model pilot program; establishing emergency ambulance service aid; making conforming changes; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62J.49, subdivision 1; 144E.001, by adding subdivisions; 144E.16, subdivision 5; 144E.19, subdivision 3; 144E.27, subdivision 5; 144E.28, subdivisions 5, 6; 144E.285, subdivision 6; 144E.287; 144E.305, subdivision 3; 214.025; 214.04, subdivision 2a; 214.29; 214.31; 214.355; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 15A.0815, subdivision 2; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 152.126, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144E.001, subdivision 5; 144E.01; 144E.123, subdivision 5; 144E.50, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
McDonald; Olson, B., and Torkelson introduced:
H. F. 5276, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee for purposes of earned sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 181.9445, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy.
McDonald introduced:
H. F. 5277, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Brand introduced:
H. F. 5278, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for the purchase and operation of an online early childhood development professional educator program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 5279, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting sharpshooters from taking deer in certain areas; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Noor and Fischer introduced:
H. F. 5280, A bill for an act relating to human services; the governor's budget bill for human services; modifying provisions related to aging, disability services, substance use disorder treatment, and the Department of Direct Care and Treatment; making technical changes to human services law; establishing a human services contingency fund; adjusting appropriations for forecasted programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.46, subdivisions 1, 10; 145.61, subdivision 5; 246.018, subdivision 3; 246.13, subdivision 2; 256.88; 256.89; 256.90; 256.91; 256.92; 256B.0911, subdivision 20; 256B.0913, subdivision 5a; 256B.69, subdivision 4; 256S.205, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 10.65, subdivision 2; 13.46, subdivision 2; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.082, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 43A.08, subdivisions 1, 1a; 246C.01; 246C.02; 246C.04; 246C.05; 256.042, subdivision 2; 256.043, subdivision 3; 256B.0911, subdivision 13; 256B.0913, subdivision 5; 256R.55, subdivision 9; Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 4, section 11; article 8, sections 1; 2; 3; 8; article 9, section 2, subdivision 16, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 246C; 256; 256B; 256S; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 246.01; 246.12; 246.234; 246.36; 246.41; 256S.205, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 246C.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance.
Sencer-Mura introduced:
H. F. 5281, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant for mental health services for the East African community.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 5282, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the licensure of businesses engaged in cannabis sales; regulating the transfer and sharing of data between state agencies; imposing penalties; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 342.15, by adding a subdivision; 342.19, by adding a subdivision; 342.62, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
Lislegard introduced:
H. F. 5283, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water, sewer, and street infrastructure in the city of McKinley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Lislegard introduced:
H. F. 5284, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying a prior appropriation for a capital project in the city of Chisholm; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Rehm introduced:
H. F. 5285, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; requiring a study of and report on state property tax programs that benefit farmers and other owners of agricultural land.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Grossell introduced:
H. F. 5286, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a sanitary sewer collection and treatment system in Beltrami 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.
Lee, F. introduced:
H. F. 5287, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; clarifying capital project funding expectations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.86, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Lee, F. introduced:
H. F. 5288, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new Neighborhood HealthSource clinic in North Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Altendorf introduced:
H. F. 5289, A bill for an act relating to barbering; permitting registration as an apprentice barber; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 154.003; 154.01; 154.05; 154.09; 154.10, subdivision 2; 154.11, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 154.14; 154.15; 154.161, subdivision 4; 154.162; 154.19; 154.24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 154.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Bennett introduced:
H. F. 5290, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for replacement of bridge on marked Trunk Highway 109 over marked Interstate Highway 90 in Freeborn County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Garofalo, Davids, Brand, Elkins and Lislegard introduced:
H. F. 5291, A bill for an act relating to taxation; solid waste management; modifying the allocation of revenues from the solid waste management tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Nelson, M. introduced:
H. F. 5292, A bill for an act relating to retirement; resolving a conflict in the statute that dictates the established date for full funding; deleting obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 356.215, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
Frazier introduced:
H. F. 5293, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Power of People Leadership Institute.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 5294, A bill for an act relating to commerce; adding youths 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.
Stephenson introduced:
H. F. 5295, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying fees assessed by the Department of Commerce; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 45.0135, subdivision 7; 62Q.73, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Vang introduced:
H. F. 5296, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Karen Organization of Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Skraba introduced:
H. F. 5297, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a campground and recreational area in the city of Little Fork; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Torkelson and Heintzeman introduced:
H. F. 5298, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying trespass law to allow purple markings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.001, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy.
Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 5299, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing for funding and related policy changes to certain licensure and grant provisions; establishing fees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 136A.69, subdivision 1; 136A.824, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2022, chapter 42, section 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.
Agbaje introduced:
H. F. 5300, A bill for an act relating to labor; appropriating money to the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board for certified worker organization grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy.
Nelson, N. introduced:
H. F. 5301, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for public infrastructure in the city of Pine City; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Nelson, N. introduced:
H. F. 5302, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to redevelop the auditorium of the former Sandstone School in the city of Sandstone; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. 5303, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Karlstad airport relocation; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Burkel introduced:
H. F. 5304, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for underground water storage tanks in the city of Kennedy; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.