INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, April 7, 2016


The following House Files were introduced:

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 3839, A resolution urging Congress and the President of the United States to pass H.R. 1384 to define as veterans former members of the National Guard who served in the National Guard for 20 or more years and are entitled to retired pay for nonregular service, regardless of whether they served 180 continuous days of active duty service.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.

Hoppe and Thissen introduced:

H. F. 3840, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a Minnesota housing tax credit against income and insurance taxes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297I.20, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 290; 462A.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3841, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; establishing a workforce housing tax credit; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.

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

Hansen, McNamara and Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 3842, A bill for an act relating to parks and trails; modifying allocation of Dakota County parks and trails fund appropriations.

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

Applebaum introduced:

H. F. 3843, A resolution urging Congress to take action on the Interest for Others Act of 2016.

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

Persell introduced:

H. F. 3844, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for acquisition and development of a segment of the Heartland State 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.

Ecklund and Metsa introduced:

H. F. 3845, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion project of marked Trunk Highway 11; 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.

Clark and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 3846, A bill for an act relating to employment; workers' compensation; modifying wage theft provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 176.071; 181.13; 181.14, subdivisions 2, 3; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 177.27, subdivision 4; 181.171, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Anzelc, Marquart, Slocum, Loeffler and Lien introduced:

H. F. 3847, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; allowing a subtraction to reflect the effect of inflation on taxation of Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2; 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.

Rosenthal and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 3848, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to a ski jumping facility in Bloomington; 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.

Mack; Daudt; Peppin; Pelowski; Murphy, M.; Fenton; Pugh; Knoblach; Kiel; Kresha; Christensen; Backer; Barrett; Miller; Dean, M.; Johnson, B.; Daniels; Heintzeman; Franson; Smith; Theis; Swedzinski; Wills; Zerwas; Fabian; Whelan; Erickson; McDonald; Gunther; Marquart; Rarick; Davids; Dettmer; Nash and Bennett introduced:

H. F. 3849, A bill for an act relating to health; enacting the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act; imposing civil and criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Lesch and Schoen introduced:

H. F. 3850, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for Veterans' Voices radio programming.

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

Applebaum introduced:

H. F. 3851, A bill for an act relating to taxation; changing the renters' property tax refund into a refundable credit on the individual income tax form; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290A.04, subdivisions 2a, 5; 290A.07, subdivision 2a; 290A.25; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.23, subdivision 1.

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

Metsa, Anzelc and Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 3852, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a sales tax exemption for siding production facility materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 3853, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying tax liability of employers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 268.051, 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.

Bennett introduced:

H. F. 3854, A bill for an act relating to education finance; correcting an operating referendum date for Independent School District No. 2886, Glenville-Emmons; appropriating money.

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

Marquart; Johnson, C., and Poppe introduced:

H. F. 3855, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for career and technical programs; expanding incentives for students in programs leading to certificates; authorizing the commissioner to determine qualifying certificates; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 124D.4531; 127A.70, subdivision 2a; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 27, subdivision 9.

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

Newton introduced:

H. F. 3856, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying early childhood and family education home visiting levy; establishing a home visiting revenue program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.135, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions.

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

Sanders, Smith, Isaacson, Carlson, Loon, Lesch, Hausman, Hoppe and Metsa introduced:

H. F. 3857, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Minnesota Film and Television Board's film production jobs program.

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

Loon introduced:

H. F. 3858, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding and policy for early childhood and family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general education, education excellence, charter schools, special education, early childhood education, self-sufficiency, lifelong learning, and state agencies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 124D.1158, subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.55; 126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivision 2d; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 120A.41; 122A.21, subdivision 2; 122A.415, subdivision 4; 123B.595, subdivision 1; 124D.231, subdivision 2; 124D.59, subdivision 2; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.21, subdivision 3; 125A.76, subdivision 2c; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 126C.05, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 127A.47, subdivision 7; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 4; article 11, section 3, subdivision 3; article 12, section 4, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124D; 136A.

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

Dehn, R. introduced:

H. F. 3859, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring installation of wire rope safety barriers along a segment of marked Interstate Highway 94.

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

Dehn, R. introduced:

H. F. 3860, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to install wire rope safety barriers along a segment of marked Interstate Highway 94.

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

Lien and Isaacson introduced:

H. F. 3861, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing a tax credit for certain contributions for higher education scholarships; appropriating money; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.4967, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 290.

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

Anzelc, Metsa and Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 3862, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a freight rail line in the counties of Itasca, St. Louis, and Lake; 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.

Considine introduced:

H. F. 3863, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for a grant to a nonprofit community clinic.

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

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 3864, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing an advisory working group to observe and report on development of a passenger rail project between Rochester and the Twin Cities.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 3865, 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 Rules and Legislative Administration.

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3866, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying certain agriculture-related provisions; making clarifying and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 17.117, subdivision 11a; 41A.12, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 41A.14, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 41A.15, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 41A.16, subdivision 1; 41A.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 41A.18, subdivision 1; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 4; 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

McNamara introduced:

H. F. 3867, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for natural resources; modifying wild rice license requirements; modifying prior appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.091, subdivision 2; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 3, section 3, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

McNamara introduced:

H. F. 3868, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for environment; modifying certain account provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.845, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.