The following House Files were introduced:
Dean, M. introduced:
H. F. 2140, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a Web application to compare prescription drug prices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 2141, A bill for an act relating to liquor; changing legal drinking age to 19; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 340A.301, subdivision 2; 340A.34; 340A.402, subdivision 1; 340A.410, subdivision 4b; 340A.414, subdivision 8; 340A.417; 340A.503; 340A.701, subdivision 1; 340A.703; 340A.707; 340A.801, subdivision 6; 340A.90.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Vogel introduced:
H. F. 2142, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; prohibiting mandatory fire sprinkler installation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299F.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Zerwas; Davids; Drazkowski; Miller; Schoen; Newberger; Lohmer; Simonson; Dean, M.; Mack and Daudt introduced:
H. F. 2143, A bill for an act relating to taxation; health care provider tax; expanding the exemption for ambulance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 295.50, subdivision 4; 295.52, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Allen introduced:
H. F. 2144, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for grants to filmmakers and production companies from the refugee community in Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Murphy, M. and Schultz introduced:
H. F. 2145, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; exempting from taxation the for-profit use of certain tax-exempt airport property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 272.01, subdivision 2; 273.19, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Mack introduced:
H. F. 2146, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the unauthorized release of images; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.746, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Persell, Sundin, Allen and Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 2147, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing an American Indian education aid program; eliminating the equalization cap for Bureau of Indian Education schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 124D.81; 124D.83, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 2148, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Wagon Wheel Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 2149, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Wagon Wheel Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 2150, A bill for an act relating to economic development; revising contents of a required cost-of-living study; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.013.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Clark; Lillie; Dehn, R.; Bernardy and Slocum introduced:
H. F. 2151, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions of the cancer surveillance system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.3806, subdivision 14; 144.671.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
O'Neill, Cornish, Hamilton, Hoppe and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 2152, A bill for an act relating to commerce; removing reporting requirements and references to the Minneapolis automated property system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 168A.1501, subdivisions 1, 6; 325E.21, subdivisions 1, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 168A.1501, subdivisions 5, 5a; 325E.21, subdivisions 1c, 1d; Laws 2014, chapter 190, sections 10; 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 2153, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income and corporate franchise; providing a ten-year carryover for section 179 expensing subtractions that exceed taxable income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 19d; 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.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 2154, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending crime of damage to property of critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.594, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Peterson, Christensen, Koznick, Vogel and Albright introduced:
H. F. 2155, A bill for an act relating to transportation; highways; appropriating money for replacement of the marked Interstate Highway 35W bridge over the Minnesota River; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
McDonald introduced:
H. F. 2156, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; appropriating money for demonstration project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Gunther and Moran introduced:
H. F. 2157, A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing a grant program to help low-income, low-skilled individuals enter the workforce; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Erickson, Schoen and Howe introduced:
H. F. 2158, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the Minnesota Commission on Fatherhood; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Erickson, Schoen and Howe introduced:
H. F. 2159, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the Minnesota Fatherhood Task Force; creating duties; providing for membership and staff; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Anderson, S. introduced:
H. F. 2160, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 62A.04, subdivision 1; 62A.047; 62A.06, by adding a subdivision; 62A.21, subdivision 2a; 62A.65, by adding a subdivision; 62D.105, subdivision 1; 62Q.18, subdivision 7; 62Q.188, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Barrett, Zerwas, McDonald, Quam, O'Neill and Rarick introduced:
H. F. 2161, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new source of state aid for school districts with below average revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.13, subdivision 4; 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 Finance.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 2162, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; eliminating the personal property tax on electric generation systems; instituting a new method of valuing personal property on electric generation systems; authorizing transition aid; repealing exemptions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 126C.21, subdivision 3; 216B.16, subdivision 6d; 216B.1621, subdivision 2; 216B.164, subdivision 2a; 216B.2424, subdivision 5; 270C.01, subdivision 7; 272.02, subdivision 9; 272.025, subdivision 1; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.70, subdivision 6; 275.71, subdivision 5; 469.315; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; 477A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 272.02, subdivisions 10, 24, 29, 33, 44, 45, 52, 54, 55, 56, 68, 69, 70, 71, 84, 89, 92, 93, 96, 99; 272.0211; 272.029; 272.0295.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Barrett, Zerwas, McDonald and Rarick introduced:
H. F. 2163, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new source of state aid for school districts with below average revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.13, subdivision 4; 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 Finance.
Dettmer and Howe introduced:
H. F. 2164, A bill for an act relating to state government; canceling money from Department of Education; appropriating money to Department of Veterans Affairs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Quam introduced:
H. F. 2165, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for technology at the Perpich Center for Arts Education.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kahn, Moran, Runbeck, Whelan and Scott introduced:
H. F. 2166, A resolution expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, primarily from Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the People's Republic of China.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Applebaum introduced:
H. F. 2167, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring Metropolitan Council to study and report on feasibility of use of commuter rail transit in or near the Interstate Highway 394 Corridor and the feasibility of connecting the Interstate Highway 394 and Southwest Light Rail Transit Corridors; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 2168, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for minority business development programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy.
Fischer introduced:
H. F. 2169, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; requiring an oath of office for justices and judges; withholding salary for noncompliance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 480A.02, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 480; 484.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Hamilton and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 2170, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Asian Economic Development Association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Johnson, S.; Hamilton and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 2171, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the Eastside Enterprise Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.
Johnson, C. introduced:
H. F. 2172, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Minnesota Security Hospital, St. Peter, phase 2; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Johnson, C. introduced:
H. F. 2173, A bill for an act relating to water; establishing a watershed plan implementation program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.