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House Floor Session
Sunday, May 16 2004 - Archive Video
04:23 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
14:10 - SF1866.
30:43 - The House adjourns the 83rd legislative session sine die.
30:57 - Goodbye comments by departing Members of the House.
Runs 1 hour, 12 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 5
Saturday, May 15 2004 - Archive Video
21:10 - HR30 (Ellison) A house resolution honoring Carl Eller on his induction in the National Football League Hall of Fame and contributions to the State of Minnesota.
26:58 - HR31 (Ellison) A house resolution recognizing the Brown versus Board of Education ruling.
31:26 - HR32 (Clark) A house resolution expressing support for the revitalization of the Dakota and Ojibwe languages.
MESSAGES FOM THE SENATE.
41:20 - Motion to return Conference Committee Report on SF1530 to the conference committee.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
49:19 - SF1836 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to state government; the Office of the Secretary of State; simplifying filing procedures; eliminating certain filing requirements; regulating notary appointments and commissions.
54:01 - SF2265 (Stang) A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; clarifying the status of industrial loan and thrift companies that accept deposits; regulating the liability of certain individuals on credit card accounts.
56:08 - SF2263 (DeLaForest) A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for cost-sharing agreements with tribal authorities; authorizing Commissioner of Transportation to require electronic bids for highway contracts valued at $5,000,000 or more; providing for or changing expiration of certain transportation-related committees; authorizing local governments to designate roads for transporting permitted weights; making technical changes.
This bill was temporarily continued on the Calendar.
1:04:01 - SF2386 (Kelliher) A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing a bidding exception for certain federally subsidized transit facilities.
1:08:35 - Reconsideration of SF2265 (Stang) A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; clarifying the status of industrial loan and thrift companies that accept deposits; regulating the liability of certain individuals on credit card accounts.
The bill was amended and re-passed.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 5
Saturday, May 15 2004 - Archive Video
00:42 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
00:53 - SF2428 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying provisions relating to shared savings loan program; establishing a livestock production policy; modifying provisions relating to certain home-processed foods and county and regional fairs; modifying ethanol plant ownership disclosure requirements; modifying eligibility and limits for certain Rural Finance Authority loans; providing for dairy modernization; changing certain requirements for veterinary practice; modifying amounts for certain grain buyers' bonds; providing for the validity of electronic documents and signatures for grain buyers and grain warehouses; modifying certain restrictions on farming by business organizations and certain restrictions on acquisition of title; modifying requirements on uses of certain vaccines in beef cattle.
1:22:17 - SF676 (Smith) Omnibus Pension bill.
2:03:30 - SF2112 (Bradley) MA prohibition on asset transfers for certain charitable gifts exception provided.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours, 10 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 3 of 5
Saturday, May 15 2004 - Archive Video
05:08 - Gavel.
05:55 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2151.
14:14 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2175.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
21:20 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF2274.
27:36 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF2177.
35:05 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2213.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
37:58 - HF2255.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
45:25 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2334.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
57:24 - SF2263.
1:25:10 - Motion for reconsideration, and passage, of HF2334.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
1:29:39 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2095.
1:38:18 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2212.
1:45:29 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO SF1530.
1:52:18 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF2342.
1:56:20 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2207.
2:06:26 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2378.
2:23:29 - FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND PASSAGE, OF HF2114.
2:36:36 - FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND PASSAGE, OF SF1907.
2:58:45 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF1790.
Runs 3 hours, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 4 of 5
Saturday, May 15 2004 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
01:00 - SF2141.
07:40 - SF1697.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
09:54 - FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND PASSAGE, OF SF2640.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
17:42 - SF653.
31:40 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2609.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
37:15 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2799.
47:29 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF58.
1:34:26 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2255.
1:39:37 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2446.
1:42:28 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2166.
2:07:32 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2258.
2:12:41 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2867.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours, 27 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 5 of 5
Saturday, May 15 2004 - Archive Video
02:02 - Gavel.
03:09 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2277.
09:43 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2334.
13:34 - Motion for reconsideration, and passage, of HF2166.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
24:17 - SF1787.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
36:35 - FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND PASSAGE, OF SF1859.
43:09 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF1006.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
1:13:13 - FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND PASSAGE, OF SF1546.
1:17:17 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF2087.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
1:21:07 - CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HF2642.
1:26:20 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON HF1793.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
1:40:49 - SF2593.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
1:45:10 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SF2263.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
The House adjourned the Saturday session day at 6:59am.
Runs 1 hour, 46 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 3
Friday, May 14 2004 - Archive Video
HOUSE RESOLUTION.
11:05 - HR29 (Olsen) A House resolution recognizing July 26 - 30, 2004 as Liberian Week in Minnesota.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
18:37 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF1838 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; regulating uses of recreational vehicle combinations; authorizing motor carrier of passengers to operate articulated bus up to 61 feet in length without a permit.
21:55 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2363 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the control of invasive and nonnative species; providing criminal penalties; requiring rulemaking.
The bill was temporarily laid over.
30:01 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2383 (Lindgren) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the forest resources Interagency Information Cooperative; modifying the State Timber Act; modifying provisions for timber sales on tax-forfeited land.
33:28 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2391 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying authority to dispense controlled substances.
38:07 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2363 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the control of invasive and nonnative species; providing criminal penalties; requiring rulemaking.
43:03 - Motion to suspend the Constitution to take up SF2429 (Rukavina) A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring notice of intent to shift jobs out of the country.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hours, 12 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 3
Friday, May 14 2004 - Archive Video
01:20 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
02:47 - HF2762 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association; increasing the minimum premium rate; authorizing an enrollee incentive for participation in a disease management program; phasing out Medicare-extended basic supplement plans; modifying and clarifying eligibility; requiring a study.
21:35 - HF2678 (Hackbarth) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the operation of off-highway vehicles; providing an exemption from rulemaking; providing for an off-highway vehicle grant program; modifying decal requirements for off-highway motorcycles; modifying all-terrain vehicle provisions; providing for certain class fees; modifying provisions for reviewing forest classification status; requiring determination of unrefunded gas tax attributable to all-terrain vehicle use; requiring a report; appropriating money.
37:10 - SF1373 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring disclosures by certain persons conducting polls.
This bill was continued on the Calendar.
1:14:53 - SF1790 (Lanning) A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the flexibility of local government contracting; increasing the purchasing authority of city managers in plan B cities; increasing the competitive bidding threshold for small cities; authorizing the use of reverse auction and electronic bidding and selling.
1:48:37 - HF2462 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to insurance; making changes related to the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association.
This bill was continued on the Calendar.
1:55:17 - SF1697 (Rukavina) A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the threshold amount for annual audits in certain towns and statutory cities.
This bill was temporarily laid over. The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours.

House Floor Session - part 3 of 3
Friday, May 14 2004 - Archive Video
03:50 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
07:49 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF532 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to highways; modifying provisions governing use of highway right-of-way by snowmobiles.
10:38 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2078 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to public transit; clarifying railroad grade crossing requirements; clarifying crimes involving public transit; providing penalties.
12:58 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF606 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying prior authorization requirements for health care services; establishing requirements for provider contracting; modifying provisions for payment of claims.
15:15 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2246 (Samuelson) Nursing facility survey process modified.
17:45 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2040 (Olson, M.) A bill for an act relating to water; modifying provisions relating to warrantied sewage treatment systems; creating a certification program for new wastewater treatment technology.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
25:29 - Motion to recall a complaint from the Ethics Committee and bring it before the House.
1:47:09 - Ethics complaint withdrawn, and subsequent comments by Representative Greg Davids.
Runs 1 hour, 59 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, May 13 2004 - Archive Video
02:40 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
16:56 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF1897 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to water; providing for the consumptive use of groundwater.
20:46 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2085 (Severson) A bill for an act relating to health; providing for review of hospital moratorium exceptions.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SENATE FILES.
24:23 - SF2181 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to the State Lottery; amending provisions relating to the director; creating a task force and requiring a report.
HOUSE RESOLUTION.
29:42 - HR27 (Lieder) A house resolution expressing the sense of the House concerning benefits to members of the National Guard and other Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces who are engaged in the nation's global war on terrorism.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
36:30 - SF2696 (Westerberg) A bill for an act relating to intoxicating liquor; providing for conformity in license fees and production levels for brewpubs and small brewers; clarifying provisions relating to licenses and sales within specified distance from certain institutions; providing that the on-sale license for Elko Speedway authorizes sales on all days of the week; authorizing Duluth to issue a wine and malt liquor license for Wade Municipal Stadium.
45:09 - HF2069 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring fisheries committee meetings to be open to certain attendees.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
1:27:32 - Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2419 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for certain purchase money mortgages.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
1:38:04 - SF2342 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to county recorders; providing that the county recorder may accept security deposits to guarantee payment of charges.
1:42:33 - HF2640 (Davids) Insurance fraud law enforcement agency created, powers and duties prescribed, and insurance assessments to fund insurance fraud prevention account established.
2:12:12 - SF2241 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to state government operations; appropriating money for technology projects.
2:14:48 - HF2212 (Ozment) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying electronic licensing provisions; clarifying certain wild rice provisions; modifying disposition of certain proceeds; modifying snowmobile training and operating requirements; providing for operation of all-terrain vehicles with passengers; modifying certain fee provisions; eliminating RIM work plan requirement; modifying reporting requirements; modifying motorboat equipment and noise provisions; modifying provisions for cross-country ski passes; providing for certain refunds, fees, and commissions; modifying authority to issue and sell licenses and appoint agents; modifying nonresident minnow transport requirements; providing for rulemaking; appropriating money.
4:37:51 - HF2867 (Knoblach) K-12 education and human services programs prior appropriations adjustments.
4:40:41 - HF2453 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; authorizing the recovery of attorney fees by funeral providers in actions to recover costs of services.
4:45:45 - SF2869 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying fees for radioactive and nuclear material; approving state agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
4:54:25 - HF2629 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to state government; codifying transfer of planning office to Department of Administration; authorizing forward pricing for energy purchases; reinstating Small Business Procurement Advisory Council.
The bill was continued on the Calendar.
5:48:45 - HF2002 (Knoblach) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing a factor for determining the amount of attorney fees awarded in certain actions.
The bill was continued on the Calendar.
6:40:02 - SF1922 (Nelson, M.) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating underwriting of homeowner's insurance.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 6 hours, 51 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, May 12 2004 - Archive Video
01:35 - Gavel.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON SENATE FILES.
15:18 - SF1753 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying low-income electric rate discount program.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
21:02 - HF606 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying prior authorization requirements for health care services; establishing requirements for provider contracting; modifying provisions for payment of claims.
37:55 - HF2095 (Westerberg) A bill for an act relating to mortgage foreclosure; providing for rescission of foreclosure consultant contracts; regulating foreclosure consultant contracts; providing remedies for foreclosure violations; requiring foreclosure purchasers to enter foreclosure reconveyances in the form of written contracts; regulating foreclosure contracts; prohibiting certain foreclosure purchaser practices; providing enforcement remedies; requiring certain foreclosure notices; imposing criminal penalties.
46:37 - SF1080 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to veterans homes; updating and correcting certain language.
53:00 - HF1800 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring a report of tribal agreement-related costs.
2:18:36 - HF2000 (Tingelstad) A bill for an act relating to the environment; clarifying analysis of water table level for purposes of individual sewage treatment design.
2:24:47 - SF2472 (Hackbarth) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for certain rulemaking exemptions; granting authorities to the Commissioner of Natural Resources; authorizing fees; modifying civil penalties.
2:30:36 - HF2986 (Dill) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; granting certain temporary exemptions for an iron nugget production scale demonstration facility.
3:12:02 - HF2034 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans.
The bill was continued on the Calendar.
3:24:25 - SF2455 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to public safety; removing sunset date on propane education and research council established under federal law.
3:28:46 - SF806 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to retirement; various retirement plans; modifying the responsibilities to provide actuarial valuations and proposed legislative cost estimates; reducing an appropriation.
3:31:57 - SF2274 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to zoning; providing certain limitations on municipal interim ordinances.
4:19:47 - SF2177 (Abrams) A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; clarifying the authority of municipalities' subdivision regulations; modifying the method for determining each municipality's affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amount; modifying the basis on which nonparticipating municipalities may elect to participate; making conforming changes.
4:31:44 - HF2247 (Kuisle) A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the Commissioner of Transportation to evaluate principal arterial alignments surrounding the metropolitan area as part of evaluation of a second beltway; requiring future use of highway centerline rumble strips; allowing state agency mail-related functions to be carried out by an outside agency; limiting weight restrictions for recycling and garbage vehicles under certain circumstances; requiring evaluation of the Saint Cloud transportation plan; requiring a bus driver duty of care; making changes to transportation policy provisions; providing for premium paratransit project; regulating toll facilities; modifying interstate vehicle registration provisions; modifying bond requirements for vehicle dealers; modifying vehicle certificate of title provisions pertaining to dealers and authorizing a fee for deputy registrars; regulating day activity center buses; modifying gross vehicle weight provisions; extending duration of driver instruction permits to two years; modifying requirements for commercial vehicle drivers; modifying driver's license fee provisions; requiring plan for county ten-ton highway system; modifying provisions relating to public safety radio communications operators; requiring preparation of 20-year state aviation plan; including the Division of Driver and Vehicle Services in the definition of appropriate agency for purposes of certain property forfeitures; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; modifying highway rest area and land management provisions.
6:13:54 - HF2087 (Borrell) A bill for an act relating to data practices; providing for the classification and dissemination of various data; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 8 hours, 16 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 3
Tuesday, May 11 2004 - Archive Video
03:17 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
14:00 - SF1530 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to animals; imposing limits on ownership and possession of certain dangerous animals; requiring registration; providing criminal penalties.
59:29 - SF2703 (Ozment) A bill for an act relating to state employment; modifying state hiring process provisions; adding, modifying, and eliminating definitions; making technical changes.
1:02:20 - HF2609 (Thissen) A bill for an act relating to state employment; modifying affirmative action provisions.
1:06:36 - SF1639 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for removal and disposal of unauthorized vehicles on private, nonresidential property used for servicing vehicles.
This bill was temporarily laid over.
1:11:08 - HF352 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to health; requiring parental consent for certain medical treatment; permitting parental access to minor's medical records.
2:44:55 - SF1758 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to paternity; changing certain presumptions.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours, 55 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 3
Tuesday, May 11 2004 - Archive Video
05:54 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
Motion to concur to Senate amendments to HF2368 (Hoppe) Game, fish, turtle, migratory bird, and trapping license, refuge, and restrictions provisions modified; mourning dove hunting season authorized; deer hunting provisions and fees modified; and transport of carcasses restriction modified.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
19:47 - SF1639 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for removal and disposal of unauthorized vehicles on private, nonresidential property used for servicing vehicles.
23:41 - SF1115 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; regulating third-party billing on telecommunications bills; modifying provisions for alternative forms of regulation of telephone companies.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 28 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 3 of 3
Tuesday, May 11 2004 - Archive Video
Runs 5 minutes.

House Floor Session - afternoon
Monday, May 10 2004 - Archive Video
01:15 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
22:44 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF730 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to real property; specifying certain additional warranties; specifying limitation of actions based on breach.
30:06 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF1392 (Vandeveer) A bill for an act relating to cities; allowing the charter to prohibit members of the governing body of the city from serving on the charter commission.
32:13 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF2691 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to human services; Council on Disability; permitting the council to meet by telephone or electronic means if certain conditions are met.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
35:28 - HF3081 (Abrams) Public Finance bill.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HOUSE BILLS.
1:25:01 - HF1645 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to museums and archives repositories; regulating loans to and abandoned property of museums and archives repositories; providing a process for establishing ownership of property loaned to museums and archives repositories.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
1:28:49 - SF2080 (Boudreau) A bill for an act relating to health; requiring licensure for outpatient surgical centers; requiring certain disclosures; requiring reports for diagnostic imaging facilities; providing for inspections; modifying disciplinary grounds for physicians; modifying certain definitions for medical assistance.
1:33:29 - SF1803 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to business organizations; enacting and modifying the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2001; providing transitional provisions; making conforming changes; regulating the organization, structure, and governance of business corporations, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies.
1:35:53 - SF2231 (Biernat) A bill for an act relating to peace officers; clarifying when a peace officer may recoup attorney fees and costs in a civilian complaint proceeding.
1:38:03 - SF1973 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; changing the composition of the Metropolitan Radio Board; providing for requests to the Metropolitan Council for authorization and issuance of revenue bonds for certain purposes; extending the sunset of the Metropolitan Radio Board.
1:42:13 - HF2577 (DeLaForest) A bill for an act relating to legislation; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes and other laws.
1:45:50 - HF2561 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to education; modifying certain training and transportation requirements.
1:49:10 - HF2737 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to municipal airports; requiring notice to Commissioner of Transportation and public notice and hearing before final closure of municipal airport.
1:53:19 - SF2620 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to fire insurance; prescribing certain notice requirements; amending provisions regulating township mutual combination policies.
1:55:35 - HF2334 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the sale and disposition of surplus state lands; modifying certain state land management provisions; adding to and removing from certain state forests, state wildlife management areas, and land use districts; authorizing public and private sales and exchanges of certain state lands; modifying prior sale authorization; appropriating money.
2:29:40 - HF2304 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying requirements for operating motor vehicle by holder of provisional license.
3:02:49 - HF2078 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to public transit; clarifying railroad grade crossing requirements; clarifying crimes involving public transit; providing penalties.
3:06:21 - HF2642 (Harder) A bill for an act relating to family law; requiring certain parent education programs; requiring a notice.
3:21:30 - HF3061 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to the State Board of Investment; classifying data related to certain investments.
4:05:08 - HF2864 (Hornstein) A bill for an act relating to food law; clarifying the basis on which food can be labeled as kosher.
4:12:55 - SF2379 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating real estate brokers and salespersons; making various changes in real property law; recodifying the laws and rules regulating these licensees; making technical and conforming changes; prohibiting unreasonable delays in mortgage loan closings.
4:15:15 - HF2217 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring vehicles to wait at railroad crossings until roadway is clear.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 4 hours, 29 minutes.

House Floor Session - evening
Monday, May 10 2004 - Archive Video
02:00 - Gavel.
The House came in to session to take Messages from the Senate and to appoint conference committee conferees.
Runs 4 minutes.

House Floor Session
Friday, May 7 2004 - Archive Video
01:03 - Gavel.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 17 minutes.

House Floor Session - afternoon session
Thursday, May 6 2004 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
01:41 - HF2011 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to gambling; card clubs; eliminating the maximum table requirement.
1:15:22 - SF2181 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to the State Lottery; amending provisions relating to the director; creating a task force and requiring a report.
2:12:22 - SF2134 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying regulation of joint self-insurance employee benefit plans; regulating community purchasing arrangements.
The bill was continued on the Calendar for the Day.
2:20:40 - SF2222 (Sykora) A resolution memorializing Minnesota's Congressional delegation to authorize an increase in the existing Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) reservation fee to be allocated to Minnesota's Permanent School Fund.
2:51:03 - HF2027 (Anderson, J.) A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an exemption to the moratorium on nursing home construction.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session - morning session
Thursday, May 6 2004 - Archive Video
01:49 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
11:43 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF1425 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to judgments; regulating stays of execution on money judgments; limiting bond amounts.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
23:27 - SF2437 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to farm products; regulating liens and financing statements; establishing filing requirements; setting fees.
28:29 - SF1604 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the Commissioner of Human Services to provide rate notices within certain timelines under certain conditions; requiring a planned nursing facility closure to be budget neutral.
34:25 - HF1192 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring the Department of Public Safety to forward information about certain driver's license and identification card applicants to Selective Service System.
37:39 - HF2633 (Gunther) A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing for exemptions from environmental review for ethanol plants.
45:47 - SF2065 (Tingelstad) A bill for an act relating to municipal tort liability; providing immunity from tort liability for a limited partnership in which a community action agency is a general partner.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 49 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, May 5 2004 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
10:55 - HF2436 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health; providing for public health emergencies.
21:20 - HF2175 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for various public health occupations; prescribing authority of speech-language pathology assistants; modifying requirements for physician assistants, acupuncture practitioners, licensed professional counselors, alcohol and drug counselors, dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and podiatrists; modifying provisions for designating essential community providers; modifying certain immunization provisions.
1:06:56 - HF2832 (Johnson, J.) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school and library computers with Internet access available for student use to be equipped with software filtering or blocking technology; imposing a financial penalty.
1:33:10 - HF2763 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; clarifying that civil liability for receiving motor fuel without paying does not bar criminal liability.
1:41:47 - SF2387 (Johnson, S.) A bill for an act relating to crimes; treating probation officers the same as correctional employees for purposes of certain assaults.
1:44:00 - HF2246 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the nursing facility survey process; establishing a quality improvement program; requiring annual quality improvement reports; requiring the Commissioner of Health to seek federal waivers and approvals.
1:47:10 - SF1671 (Finstad) A bill for an act relating to health; placing the term "assisted living facility" into statute as a formal means of referring to registered housing with services establishments.
1:49:18 - SF2365 (Boudreau) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the reporting system for adverse health care events; requiring certain boards to make certain reports.
1:53:05 - HF2799 (Gunther) A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying state dislocated worker program provisions.
1:55:32 - SF2453 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; regulating oxygenated gasoline; abolishing a fee and certain requirements and powers of Department of Commerce relating to utility measuring equipment.
2:02:45 - HF2444 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating limitation periods of certain actions; enacting a uniform conflict of laws-limitations act.
2:31:55 - HF2166 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to veterans; changing administration and procedures for certain benefit programs.
2:34:40 - SF1946 (Sertich) A bill for an act relating to employment; directing the Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development to conduct an extended employment pilot project.
2:46:10 - HF2258 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing risk-based capital requirements for health organizations; establishing the minimum standard of valuation for health insurance; enacting model regulations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; regulating loss revenue certifications; making various securities regulation technical changes.
2:51:26 - SF1716 (Solberg) A bill for an act relating to health; providing an exemption from the hospital construction moratorium.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
2:54:15 - HR24 (Boudreau) A house resolution recognizing May 6, 2004, as a Day of Prayer in Minnesota.
Runs 3 hours, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, May 3 2004 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
13:25 - HF2551 (Stang) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating safe deposit companies; modifying collateral requirements applicable to depositories of local public funds.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
19:20 - HF722 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; exempting garbage trucks and recycling vehicles from certain weight restrictions.
24:13 - HF2085 (Severson) A bill for an act relating to health; providing for review of hospital moratorium exceptions.
46:26 - SF2851 (Blaine) A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; limiting issuance of instruction permit and provisional driver's license after certain convictions.
The above bill was temporarily laid over on the Calendar for the Day.
1:19:52 - SF1815 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; authorizing the State Board of Investment to invest certain funds or assets of the Metropolitan Council upon request.
1:42:30 - SF2422 (Simpson) A bill for an act relating to the environment; modifying regulation of certain PCB wastes.
1:45:47 - HF2101 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for local government impact notes; providing that certain rules take effect only upon legislative approval.
2:20:23 - SF2851 (Blaine) A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; limiting issuance of instruction permit and provisional driver's license after certain convictions.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 2 hours, 35 minutes.

House Floor Session - after the recess
Thursday, April 29 2004 - Archive Video
10:16 - Gavel.
Continued debate on HF2991 (Krinkie) Omnibus Capital Investment bill.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.

House Floor Session - before the recess
Thursday, April 29 2004 - Archive Video
10:22 - Gavel.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
24:00 - HF2991 (Krinkie) Omnibus Capital Investment bill.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 4 hours, 41 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 28 2004 - Archive Video
08:10 - Parliamentary procedures surrounding the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE on HF2028 (as amended by the Senate).
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 56 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, April 26 2004 - Archive Video
03:15 - Introductory music.
06:50 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
44:37 - HF2446 (Knoblach) A bill for an act relating to state government finance; authorizing principles, criteria, and procedures for consolidating and eliminating certain funds and accounts; requiring reports; making technical and clarifying changes to provisions related to the budget process.
48:19 - HF1392 (Vandeveer) A bill for an act relating to cities; allowing the charter to prohibit members of the governing body of the city from serving on the charter commission.
50:19 - SF2300 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to redistricting; adjusting the boundary between house districts 41A and 41B to correct an error.
53:04 - HF2017 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the joint underwriting association; modifying coverage.
55:03 - HF2386 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to state government; merging the Department of Economic Security and the Department of Employment and Economic Development; making corresponding technical and housekeeping changes.
1:11:26 - SF2009 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring tourism functions from Department of Employment and Economic Development to Explore Minnesota Tourism.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 20 minutes.

House Floor Session
Friday, April 23 2004 - Archive Video
23:04 - FISCAL CALENDAR.
HF2540 (Abrams) Omnibus Tax bill.
Runs 5 hours, 26 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 22 2004 - Archive Video
03:24 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
16:15 - HF2637 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to human services; making changes to child care, the Minnesota Family Investment Program, long-term care, and health care.
19:05 - HF2425 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to human services; clarifying medical assistance coverage for skilled nursing facility services; providing for collaborative service models.
22:41 - HF2103 (Nelson, C.) A bill for an act relating to real property; local planning and zoning; authorizing municipalities to require the dedication of land for public purposes; providing certain terms and conditions for the dedication.
47:18 - HF2040 (Olson, M.) A bill for an act relating to water; modifying provisions relating to warrantied sewage treatment systems; creating a certification program for new wastewater treatment technology.
54:30 - SF2299 (Hoppe) A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing for enforcement for certain aboveground petroleum storage tanks; modifying field citations procedures for petroleum storage tanks.
56:45 - HF2724 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to human services; making changes affecting counties, human services policy, child care, assistance programs, adoption and child placement, child welfare, economic support, mental health, and continuing care for the elderly.
1:30:05 - HF2277 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to human services; making changes to licensing provisions; clarifying a mental health case management provision; changing a provision under child welfare targeted case management.
Runs 1 hour, 49 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 21 2004 - Archive Video
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 19 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, April 19 2004 - Archive Video
00:55 - Introductory music.
03:50 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
16:20 - HF2277 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; providing another ground for extending an order for protection.
20:12 - HF2906 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the efficiency of payroll processing; authorizing the use of electronic time recording systems.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
30:11 - SF1753 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying low-income electric rate discount program.
36:50 - HF2368 (Hoppe) A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying game and migratory waterfowl refuge provisions; providing for suspension of game and fish license and permit privileges under certain circumstances; modifying certain hearing provisions; modifying certain game license provisions; modifying shooting hours for migratory game birds; authorizing a hunting season for mourning doves; requiring reports; modifying deer hunting provisions and fees; modifying restriction on importation of cervidae carcasses; modifying restriction on the transport of game birds; providing for certain trapping by nonresidents; modifying dark house and fish house hours on ice; modifying turtle license requirements; eliminating prohibition on the use of vehicles for trapping beaver and otter; eliminating prohibition and restrictions on the use of decoys and blinds for shooting migratory waterfowl.
1:28:55 - HF2151 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; regulating certain payments, credits, and interest charges; changing various cable system provisions.
2:23:20 - SF2609 (Seagren) A bill for an act relating to education; including a mental health community representative on a community transition team.
2:25:30 - HF2005 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to the environment; extending the restriction on phosphorus use in fertilizers.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 47 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 15 2004 - Archive Video
01:12 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
12:51 - HF1838 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to highway traffic regulations; authorizing a motor carrier of passengers to operate an articulated bus up to 61 feet in length without a permit.
19:08 - HF2391 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying authority to dispense controlled substances.
22:00 - HF1897 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to water; providing for the consumptive use of groundwater.
39:28 - HF2050 (Finstad) A bill for an act relating to health occupations; authorizing a physician application fee; requiring certain foreign medical school graduates to use a credentials verification service.
42:00 - SF2626 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to veterans homes; extending certain leasing authority.
44:35 - SF2903 (Kuisle) A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the threshold amount for towns required to have annual audits.
48:25 - HF2213 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying requirements for certain equipment used by the department; exempting certain patrol vehicles from the security barrier requirement; providing for designation of certain enforcement personnel by commissioner's order.
53:10 - HF2139 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to title insurance; providing for required premium reserves; defining a term.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 58 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 14 2004 - Archive Video
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 22 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, April 12 2004 - Archive Video
01:10 - Introductory music.
05:55 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
12:32 - SF1614 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to animals; criminalizing certain harm caused to a service animal by a dog; requiring restitution; clarifying civil liability; imposing a criminal penalty.
16:46 - HF1828 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota family investment program; adding county adoption assistance payments up to amount equal to state adoption assistance payments to income exclusions for purposes of MFIP-S eligibility.
19:26 - HF2378 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to local government; adding to the list of unpaid special charges for which a city may collect a service charge as a special assessment.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 7 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 8 2004 - Archive Video
02:53 - Gavel.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 7 2004 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
10:54 - HF3090 (Gunther) Omnibus Jobs & Economic Development Finance bill.
2:05:10 - HF1867 (Ozment) Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources Finance bill.
2:52:02 - HF3141 (Kuisle) Omnibus Transportation Finance and Policy bill.
7:16:13 - HF2684 (Haas) Omnibus State Government Finance bill.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 12 hours, 29 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, April 5 2004 - Archive Video
03:15 - Gavel.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
10:46 - HF2755 (Harder) Omnibus Agriculture and Rural Development Finance bill.
2:31:25 - HF3141 (Kuisle) Omnibus Transportation Finance and Policy bill.
6:15:40 - HF3141 was withdrawn from consideration.
Runs 6 hours, 15 minutes.

House Floor Session - after the recess
Friday, April 2 2004 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
HF1681 (Bradley) Omnibus Health & Human Services Finance bill.
Runs 4 hours, 48 minutes.

House Floor Session - before the recess
Friday, April 2 2004 - Archive Video
07:59 - Gavel.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 5 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 1 2004 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
09:50 - SF1653 (Newman) A bill for an act relating to real property; clarifying plat and survey approval requirements; clarifying the process for preserving section and quarter-section markers.
Runs 16 minutes.

House Floor Session - after the recess
Wednesday, March 31 2004 - Archive Video
00:50 -Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
05:55 - SF58 (Strachan) DWI blood alcohol concentration level reduction to .08.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
48:28 - HF2028 (Smith) Omnibus Judiciary Finance bill.
3:58:52 - HF1793 (Seagren) Omnibus Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and Higher Education Finance bill.
Runs 9 hours, 58 minutes.

House Floor Session - before the recess
Wednesday, March 31 2004 - Archive Video
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 11 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, March 30 2004 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
11:48 - HF2455 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing a five-level correctional facility classification system.
16:32 - HF1683 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; restricting possession of traffic signal-override device.
23:58 - HF2363 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the control of invasive and nonnative species.
31:03 - HF2586 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to education; providing for immunity from liability for school district and district employee notification of students with a history of violent behavior.
34:35 - HF1961 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; expanding the crime of causing death while committing child abuse.
38:06 - HF2630 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to courts; limiting postconviction relief.
46:23 - HF2651 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to corrections; amending the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision by providing procedures for retaking and reincarceration of parolees and probationers; delaying the repeal of the interstate compact for the supervision of parolees and probationers to provide more transition time for adoption of rules under the new compact.
48:52 - SF1621 (Neuville) A bill for an act relating to real estate; providing for a certificate of mortgage satisfaction.
51:58 - HF1983 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to commerce; enacting the revisions to the general provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and enacting a revised Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
54:50 - HF2691 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to human services; council on disability; permitting the council to meet by telephone or electronic means if certain conditions are met.
57:19 - HF3067 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; authorizing an additional extension of the domestic fatality review team pilot project in the fourth judicial district.
1:00:00 - HF2419 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for certain purchase money mortgages.
1:03:44 - HF2383 (Lindgren) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the Forest resources Interagency Information Cooperative; modifying the State Timber Act; modifying provisions for timber sales on tax-forfeited land.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Ruins 1 hours, 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 29 2004 - Archive Video
02:20 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
12:09 - HF1851 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to bridges; deleting requirement for Regional Development Commission or Metropolitan Council approval of projects funded from state transportation fund.
14:15 - HF2671 (Nelson, P.) A bill for an act relating to motor carriers; modifying provisions governing motor carriers; making technical and clarifying changes.
17:57 - HF995 (Cox) A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying notice and plan requirements before excavating around utility facilities.
20:25 - HF2227 (Gerlach) A bill for an act relating to manufactured home parks; regulating water and sewage charges (HF2227 was temporarily laid over).
53:06 - HF1941 (DeLaForest) A bill for an act relating to Anoka County; authorizing the county to establish a Personnel Board of Appeals.
56:09 - HF1645 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to museums and archives repositories; regulating loans to and abandoned property of museums and archives repositories; providing a process for establishing ownership of property loaned to museums and archives repositories.
59:03 - HF1691 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to highways; modifying provisions relating to local government road construction and improvement contracts.
1:02:08 - HF2071 (Simpson) A bill for an act relating to employment; re-enacting certain employment agency provisions.
1:05:18 - HF2187 (Stang) A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring debt collection agency employees to be registered instead of licensed.
1:08:07 - SF1958 (Solberg) A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing townships to make payments by electronic or wire transfer, and accept payment by credit card or other methods; authorizing townships to use electronic approvals.
1:10:12 - HF2227 (Gerlach) A bill for an act relating to manufactured home parks; regulating water and sewage charges.
1:15:03 - HF2235 (Sertich) A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying definitions; making technical, housekeeping, and policy changes; modifying penalty provisions.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hours, 23 minutes.

House Floor Session
Friday, March 26 2004 - Archive Video
0:51 - Gavel.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
09:53 - The House went in recess for a presentation by Clay Jenkinson as Thomas Jefferson.
Runs 45 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 25 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:15 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
22:55 - HF1071 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; providing that violation of 60 miles per hour speed limit that does not exceed five miles per hour not be recorded on driving record; requiring the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct engineering and traffic investigations on certain trunk highways and adjust speed limits accordingly.
1:15:35 - SF2063 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to local government; clarifying certain collateralization requirements.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 24 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 24 2004 - Archive Video
04:41 - Gavel.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
21:21 - HF2798 (Holberg) A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as marriage only a union between one man and one woman.
1:44:29 - HF2270 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to official publications; changing provisions for publication of public notices in newspapers; requiring a report.
1:47:37 - HF532 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to highways; modifying provisions governing use of highway right-of-way by snowmobiles.
1:50:30 - SF1903 (Cornish) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; including counties in the definition of municipality for purposes of removal of hazardous buildings or hazardous property.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 58 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 22 2004 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
08:37 - HF1064 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to state employees; making technical and housekeeping changes.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
15:15 - SF1748 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions relating to emergency medical services.
28:00 - HF2551 (Stang) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating safe deposit companies; modifying collateral requirements applicable to depositories of local public funds.
30:47 - HF2207 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying that individuals may participate in pharmaceutical manufacturer's rebate programs.
33:29 - HF2296 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing that a peace officer may operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles.
36:27 - HF2554 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to insurance; health and accident; regulating certain dependent coverage.
39:25 - HF2906 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the efficiency of payroll processing; authorizing the use of electronic time recording systems.
41:39 - HF2930 (Vandeveer) A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring flags in the Capitol area to be flown at half-staff following death of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty.
50:50 - HF3005 (Soderstrom) A bill for an act relating to elections; changing times for voting on changing county seats.
54:05 - HF1710 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to employee benefits; providing that Minnesota Humanities Commission employees are eligible for certain state benefit programs.
55:57 - HF2878 (Hausman) A bill for an act relating to state observances; designating Doctor Norman Borlaug World Food Prize Day.
1:01:40 - SF2498 (Paymar) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; providing that ex parte orders for protection and temporary restraining orders are effective upon a referee's signature.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
1:04:18 - SF1745 (DeLaForest) A bill for an act relating to civil law; changing certain provisions of trust law; clarifying procedures and terms; providing an effective date; making technical changes to guardianship and conservatorship law and correcting certain references.
1:06:18 - HF2521 (Jacobson) A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; making various changes to lawful gambling provisions.
1:14:07 - HF1978 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to motor carriers; making technical corrections to conform state law to amended federal regulations relating to truck driver hours.
1:18:10 - HF1836 (Rukavina) A bill for an act relating to the environment; clarifying permitting for mineral tailing deposition into mine pits.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 18 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
The CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
10:34 - HF2558 (Sykora) A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing rulemaking and implementing the rigorous core academic standards in social studies and science.
The CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 4 hours, 46 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 17 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
01:55 - Gavel.
The CONSENT CALENDAR was continued for the day.
16:25 - Recess for recognition of Saint Patrick's Day.
Runs 24 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 15 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
06:45 - Gavel.
21:10 - MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
HF480 (Knoblach) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing protection for disclosure of job reference information; requiring disclosure of data between school districts and charter schools relating to acts of violence or inappropriate sexual contact with students.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
28:20 - SF2182 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to utilities; repealing sunset of performance-based gas utility regulation; regulating performance-based regulation plans.
31:05 - HF2288 (Biernat) A bill for an act relating to courts; modifying conciliation court debtor disclosures.
33:20 - HF2362 (Lesch) was moved to the General Register.
The CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
37:30 - HF1861 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating liability on land used for recreational purposes; modifying the definition of recreational purpose.
40:14 - SF1613 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to the city of Roseville; authorizing the city to use certain alternative methods of voting in city elections in 2004; providing for a report to the legislature.
43:55 - HF1799 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to local government; clarifying conflict of interest for watershed district and soil and water conservation district officers.
48:44 - SF1814 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; providing for the use of electronic funds transfer.
50:44 - HF1898 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to highways; repealing requirement that designation of natural preservation routes on county state-aid highways be reviewed by advisory committee.
54:07 - HF1721 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; expanding collection of booking fees; changing procedures for return of booking fees.
58:15 - HF2085 (Severson) was moved from the Calendar for the Day to the Committee on Ways and Means.
59:15 - SF1626 (Hornstein) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; making certain changes regarding storm and sanitary sewer authorizations.
Runs 1 hour.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 11 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
12:55 - HR19 (Stang) A house resolution honoring Saint John's University football coach John Gagliardi on becoming the winningest coach in college football history.
Runs 27 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 10 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 8 2004 - Archive Video
03:00 - Gavel.
Runs 26 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 4 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:56 - Gavel.
18:00 - Recess to receive an address by a member of the Taiwan delegation.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
24:50 - HF2105 (Penas) A bill for an act relating to Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation; providing for the name of the agency.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
28:45 - HF885 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to health; exempting certain food establishments from certain equipment design and construction rules.
50:59 - HF1944 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; providing another ground for extending an order for protection.
54:45 - HF1737 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting the city of Lake Elmo to adopt and implement a long-term comprehensive plan.
Runs 1 hour, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 3 2004 - Archive Video
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House Floor Session.
The CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
Runs 18 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 1 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
00:28 - Gavel.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
11:05 - HF1743 (Westrom) was continued on the Consent Calendar.
12:15 - HF2052 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the sunset date for the Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot Project.
Runs 17 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 26 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:25 - Gavel.
14:08 - HR18 (Sviggum, Lieder and others) A House resolution honoring Charles Willard Lindberg of Richfield, Minnesota.
Runs 34 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 23 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
07:28 - HF1794 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to transportation; decreasing minimum required local contribution to federally funded airport projects.
Runs 24 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 19 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:55 - Gavel.
Runs 16 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 16 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
01:29 - Gavel.
08:33 - CONSENT CALENDAR.
HF1835 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to veterans; expanding the definition of lawful purpose of lawful gambling to include payment for expenses of sending certain veterans to National World War II Memorial dedication events.
15:24 - House resolution honoring the African slaves who helped build the United States Capitol.
Runs 25 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 12 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
03:07 - Gavel.
08:49 - HR16 (Harder) House Resolution proclaiming February 18, 2004, to be Dairy Day on the Hill.
17:30 - Privilege of the House discussion.
Runs 31 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 9 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
01:28 -Gavel.
06:30 - Privilege of the House discussion.
23:36 - HR15 (Swenson) House Resolution honoring the life and career of Doctor Benjamin Pomeroy.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 5 2004 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:11 - Gavel.
03:53 - HR14 (Peterson) House Resolution honoring former Representative Chuck Brown.
Runs 39 minutes.

House Floor Session / State of the State address
Thursday, February 5 2004 - Archive Video
03:55 - Gavel / House Floor Session.
17:55 - Joint Convention of the House and Senate.
34:35 - Entrance of Governor Pawlenty, followed by Governor Pawlenty's 2004 State of the State address.
Runs 1 hours, 17 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 2 2004 - Archive Video
Opening day of the 2004 legislative session.
Music by Land of Lakes Choirboys.
Runs 23 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 5
Thursday, May 29 2003 - Archive Video
The House went in recess.
Runs 10 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 5
Thursday, May 29 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
00:40 - HF6 (Bradley) Omnibus Health and Human Services bill.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 3 hours, 16 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 3 of 5
Thursday, May 29 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
00:31 - HF8 (Krinkie) Capital Improvements Bonding bill.
2:08:28 - HF67 (Abrams) Political party definition changes repealed relating to major and minor political parties.
SF31 (Abrams) Election precinct caucuses date change.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours, 29 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 4 of 5
Thursday, May 29 2003 - Archive Video
01:40 - HF57 (Anderson, B.) Claims against the state payment provided, and money appropriated.
06:38 - HF66 (Buesgens) Metropolitan Council vacancies exempted from public meeting requirement, other Metropolitan Council and agency provisions modified, redistricting plan adopted, obsolete language deleted, and conforming changes provided.
18:03 - HF30 (Kuisle) State highway routes modified, vacated, and transferred.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 26 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 5 of 5
Thursday, May 29 2003 - Archive Video
HF56 (Meslow/Lesch) Revisor's bill.
The House adjourned.
Runs 37 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1
Wednesday, May 28 2003 - Archive Video
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 8 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2
Wednesday, May 28 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 9 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Tuesday, May 27 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 7 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Tuesday, May 27 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
01:04 - HF5 (Kuisle) Omnibus Transportation and Public Safety bill.
1:14:24 - MOTION TO TAKE FROM THE TABLE HF13 (Howes) Omnibus lands bill.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
1:19:39 - HF7 (Abrams) Omnibus Tax bill.
Runs 5 hours, 21 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session
Saturday, May 24 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
05:45 - HF9 (Westrom) Prairie Island facility additional dry cask storage requirements provided, alternative energy development incentives and objectives modified, and consumptive use of water authorized.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
32:47 - HF3 (Knoblach) Appropriations adjustments provided for fiscal year 2003.
1:51:41 - SF22 (Smith) Omnibus pension bill modifying provisions relating to state and public employee retirement.
Runs 2 hours, 33 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Friday, May 23 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
06:40 - SF9 (Smith) Modifying state land acquisition.
Bill was laid on the table.
44:34 - SF27 (Wardlow) Local government units guaranteed energy savings contacts maximum duration extension.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 52 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Friday, May 23 2003 - Archive Video
01:17 - Recalling, amending and the laying on the table HF13 (Howes) Omnibus lands bill.
12:23 - Discussion surrounding reconsideration of Thursday's vote on SF14 (Fuller) DWI; vehicle forfeiture definitions, standards, and procedures clarified and modified for forfeitures associated with driving while impaired.
30:30 - Discussion surrounding motion for the House to adjourn.
Runs 56 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 4
Thursday, May 22 2003 - Archive Video
02:21 - Gavel.
House Floor Session.
Runs 10 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 4
Thursday, May 22 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
01:00 - SF18 (Gunther) Unemployment insurance provisions modified to increase the solvency of the trust fund.
07:31 - SF14 (Fuller) DWI; vehicle forfeiture definitions, standards, and procedures clarified and modified for forfeitures associated with driving while impaired.
1:23:40 - SF28 (Gunther) Trade and Economic Development Department renamed Department of Employment and Economic Development.
1:29:50 - SF13 (Samuelson) Dental practice provision modified.
1:32:40 - SF10 (Krinkie) Department of Administration provisions modified and data practices regulated.
1:36:50 - SF6 (Seifert) Administrative rules use of the good cause exemption notice requirements imposed.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hour, 51 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 3 of 4
Thursday, May 22 2003 - Archive Video
Debate on HF51 (Seagren) Omnibus K-12 Education Finance bill.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hour, 51 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 4 of 4
Thursday, May 22 2003 - Archive Video or View on Youtube

00:55 - HF9 (Westrom) Prairie Island facility additional dry cask storage requirements provided, alternative energy development incentives and objectives modified, and consumptive use of water authorized.
1:06:40 - SF8 (Rhodes) Help America Vote Act account established, funding provided and fund use specified, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Wednesday, May 21 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
06:35 - SF2 (Smith) Omnibus Judiciary Finance and Criminal Justice bill.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hour, 58 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Wednesday, May 21 2003 - Archive Video
The House reconvened to introduce House bills, and adjourn.
Runs 3 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 1 of 3
Tuesday, May 20 2003 - Archive Video
Opening of the 2003 Special Session.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 14 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 2 of 3
Tuesday, May 20 2003 - Archive Video
HF1 (Haas) Omnibus State Government Finance bill.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 45 minutes.

2003 Special Session - House Floor Session - part 3 of 3
Tuesday, May 20 2003 - Archive Video
01:30 - Introduction of HF2 (Smith) Omnibus Judiciary Finance and Criminal Justice bill.
Motion to lay HF2 on the table.
Runs 9 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 5
Monday, May 19 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
08:55 - HF279 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for certifying a physical disability; modifying provisions for admitting a person for emergency care of mental illness or mental retardation.
11:15 - HF673 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to insurance; permitting the comprehensive health association to offer policies with higher annual deductibles; permitting extension of the writing carrier contract; providing a new category of individuals eligible for coverage; clarifying the effective date of coverage and other matters.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 16 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 5
Monday, May 19 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
03:09 - HF1244 (Jacobson) A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; making various clarifying and technical changes; providing and modifying definitions; permitting resale of certain gambling equipment; providing for fees, prices, and prize limits; clarifying requirements for gambling managers and employees, premises, records and reports; clarifying conduct of high school raffles.
05:20 - HF1140 (Soderstrom) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for an agreement to regulate nuclear materials.
07:55 - HF943 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying practices and procedures relating to state finance; transferring State Treasurer duties to the Commissioner of Finance.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
11:55 - SF1505 (Abrams) Miscellaneous Tax Omnibus bill.
**The delete-all amendment can be found at http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/omnibus/a03-0758.htm**.
35:10 - Reconsideration of 3rd Reading of, and debate on, SF794 (Murphy) Radioactive waste management provisions modified, dry cask storage at Prairie Island authorized, commission approval required for additional storage capacity for spent nuclear fuel, and renewable energy source funding required.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
2:27:28 - HF754 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; changing the definition of displaced person to correspond to federal law.
2:30:23 - HF692 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying the scope of practice for pharmacists.
2:33:10 - HF923 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to local government; providing an exception to the conflict of interest law for township officers.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
2:33:45 - SF675 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; eliminating the expiration date for the Minnesota agriculture education leadership council.
**Amended to become the Omnibus Higher Education bill.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON SENATE BILLS.
2:59:00 - SF287 (Anderson, B.) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools; providing for instruction in the proper etiquette, display, and respect of the United States flag.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
3:04:50 - HF730 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to real property; statutory warranties; specifying limitation of certain actions and providing for a discovery period of defects.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 3 hours, 22 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 3 of 5
Monday, May 19 2003 - Archive Video
05:12 - Gavel.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HOUSE BILLS.
05:42 - HF719 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying a posting requirement; authorizing the cities of Blaine, Elko, Hastings, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, Sartell, Saint Michael, Saint Paul, Thief River Falls, Waconia, and Woodbury to issue certain licenses.
32:23 - HF294 (Eastlund) A bill for an act relating to the military; requiring payment of a salary differential and continuation of certain benefits to certain state employees who are members of the National Guard or other military reserve units and who reported for active military duty on or after September 11, 2001; permitting local governments to pay a similar salary differential for their employees who are members of the National Guard or other military reserve units and who have reported for active military service.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON SENATE BILLS.
36:05 - SF328 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the Board of Psychology to require an independent examination of a practitioner; classifying such information.
39:07 - SF351 (Dill) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that in certain cases authorized representatives of entities possessing a permit to use radio equipment capable of receiving police emergency transmissions may use and possess the equipment without a permit.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
43:40 - SF40 (Davnie) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; increasing the limit for parental liability for certain damage caused by a minor; providing for the recovery of damages resulting from graffiti.
54:10 - SF906 (Soderstrom) A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing collection of treatment co-pays from offenders.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 56 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 4 of 5
Monday, May 19 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HOUSE BILLS.
00:27 - HF768 (Anderson, J.) A bill for an act relating to veterans; classifying military certificates of discharge as private data on individuals; providing procedures for their release.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
03:05 - SF905 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying expenditure limits for upgrading feedlots.
**Amended to become the Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development and Economic Development bill.
1:01:38 - SF420 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating membership travel contracts.
1:07:03 - SF1015 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; permitting the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs access to taxpayer identification information to notify veterans of health hazards that might affect them.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 1 hour, 16 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 5 of 5
Monday, May 19 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HOUSE BILLS.
03:35 - HF326 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying dental practice provisions.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
08:25 - HF302 (Sykora) As amended by the Senate - Repeal of the Profile of Learning; implementing of graduation standards.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
1:23:08 - SF30 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to administrative rules; imposing notice requirements for use of the good cause exemption.
**Amended to become the Omnibus State Government Finance bill.
1:45:10 - SF296 (Demmer) A bill for an act relating to education; renaming the Department of Children, Families, and Learning to Department of Education; making conforming changes to reflect the department name change.
1:47:28 - SF1278 (Soderstrom) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; clarifying the reporting requirements of the predatory offender registration law.
**Amended to be replaced with the language of HF1482 (Soderstrom).
1:53:15 - SF1099 (Gerlach) A bill for an act relating to employment; repealing laws governing entertainment agencies.
1:55:35 - SF1176 (Latz) A bill for an act relating to civil law; clarifying that civil actions against the state may be brought in federal court under certain federal statutes.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Adjournment.
The House is adjourned until 12:00 Noon on Monday, February 2, 2004.
Runs 2 hours.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 3
Friday, May 16 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
07:15 - HF385 (Fuller) A bill for an act relating to judiciary; providing a gross misdemeanor penalty for fifth degree arson when the conduct results in bodily harm to a person; updating the fine amount for a misdemeanor penalty.
09:55 - HF837 (Olson, M.) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing the Clearwater river watershed district to charge for facilities for disposing sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes.
13:00 - HF1257 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing a drainage authority to compensate landowners for the removal of a bridge.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HOUSE BILLS.
17:55 - HF677 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; modifying licensure requirements for architects, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists, and interior designers.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
24:11 - HF1425 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to judgments; regulating stays of execution on money judgments; limiting bond amounts.
38:30 - SF552 (Anderson, B.) A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for payment of various claims; authorizing a payment; confirming a decision.
1:05:50 - SF926 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for property manager background checks on the Minnesota computerized criminal history system.
1:09:57 - SF857 (Olson) A bill for an act relating to lake improvement districts; changing the percent of property owners necessary to petition for creation and termination of a district.
1:13:33 - SF484 (Nelson, P.) A bill for an act relating to counties; authorizing counties to require the dedication of land for public parks; providing certain terms and conditions for the dedication.
1:18:00 - SF1180 (Krinkie) Department of Administration housekeeping bill; updating references; increasing the threshold project amount for designer selection board approval; modifying building code language; modifying state procurement provisions; making permanent litigation proceeds settlement law; eliminating a report.
2:36:25 - HF169 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to trusts; providing for animal care and memorial fund trusts; changing an application provision; providing for agreements; clarifying procedures; providing an effective date.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 2 hours, 42 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 3
Friday, May 16 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
04:10 - SF1158 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying provisions relating to DWI breath-testing instruments.
06:38 - SF964 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; allowing crime victims to have input earlier in the plea agreement process; imposing conditions on the disclosure of videotaped interviews of child abuse victims; clarifying the rape examination law.
13:20 - SF421 (Hornstein) A bill for an act relating to the city of Minneapolis; providing for the establishment of certain positions in the unclassified service of the city of Minneapolis by the Minneapolis city council.
21:10 - SF770 (Abrams) A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; authorizing the county board to establish a different governance structure of its medical center; removing its medical center and its health maintenance organization from certain contracting requirements.
27:50 - SF1019 (Boudreau) A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a reporting system for adverse health care events.
31:42 - SF230 (Biernat) A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants; modifying the time period for serving a summons and scheduling a hearing for a housing violation.
36:50 - SF39 (Clark) A bill for an act relating to health; allowing application for designation as an essential community provider.
39:13 - SF308 (Rukavina) A bill for an act relating to mining; specifying duties of owners and operators when operations are discontinued.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 47 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 3 of 3
Friday, May 16 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON SENATE BILLS.
07:27 - SF980 (Paulsen) A bill for an act relating to crime; providing reporting procedures and venue for identity theft.
- SF990 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing certain wild rice provisions; changing certain procedures and requirements for organic food; clarifying certain food provisions; clarifying an enforcement provision; changing a milk storage requirement; providing for compliance with federal law; extending a provision authorizing certain emergency restrictions; requiring that certain gasoline contain ten percent denatured ethanol; eliminating a requirement for anaplasmosis testing.
CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENTS.
14:07 - HF624 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring local government impact notes; requiring a determination of the aggregate cost of complying with proposed rules.
17:51 - HF414 (Cox) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; updating soil and water conservation district law; changing requirements for petitions and elections relating to soil and water conservation districts; clarifying removal provisions for soil and water conservation district supervisors.
20:45 - HF984 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to cooperatives; authorizing businesses to organize as cooperative associations.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 28 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, May 15 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
14:00 - Concur to Senate amendments to HF547 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating payment for certain warranty work by farm implement dealers; changing the definition of heavy and utility equipment.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
24:51 - SF794 (Murphy) Radioactive waste management provisions modified, dry cask storage at Prairie Island authorized, commission approval required for additional storage capacity for spent nuclear fuel, and renewable energy source funding required.
**Amended to insert the language of HF775 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to radioactive waste management and renewable energy.
4:09:55 - HF376 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying enrollee cost sharing provisions for health maintenance organizations.
4:14:54 - SF388 (Fuller) A bill for an act relating to vehicle forfeiture; clarifying and modifying certain definitions, standards, and procedures for vehicle forfeitures associated with driving while impaired.
5:22:25 - HF592 (Vandeveer) A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying an adult foster care licensing provision.
5:24:35 - HF1064 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to state employees; making technical and housekeeping changes.
5:27:40 - Motion to reconsider the earlier vote on the amended version of SF794 (Westrom) which was defeated earlier in the day; and subsequent motion to lay the bill on the table.
5:32:50 - SF1260 (Hoppe) A bill for an act relating to public utilities; making changes to the telephone assistance plan.
5:35:37 - SF333 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions relating to the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology.
5:52:55 - SF231 (Lesch) A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing a retroactive effective date for Saint Paul civil service separation.
5:55:45 - SF28 (Kohls) bill for an relating to commerce; modifying and enacting amendments to Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code recommended by the National of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 6 hours, 3 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, May 14 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
08:50 - HF810 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for certain state land acquisition; modifying the Mississippi whitewater trail; modifying provisions of the outdoor recreation system; establishing a mineral coordinating committee; establishing boundaries for a proposed state park; adding to and deleting from state parks, state recreation areas, state forests, and wildlife management areas; authorizing public and private sales and conveyances of certain state lands; requiring certain land exchanges; modifying certain appropriations conditions.
2:34:27 - SF256 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; making changes related to search warrants.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
2:37:10 - HF1469 (Abrams) Public Finance bill.
Providing for capital improvement bonds for cities and other capital and public financing and economic development tools and procedures for cities, counties, and other municipalities and local government units.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
3:26:15 - HF1006 (Boudreau) A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for conformity with the federal Help America Vote Act; creating a complaint process; imposing a penalty.
4:35:19 - HF831 (Gunther) A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying provisions to increase the solvency of the trust fund; making policy and technical changes.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 4 hours, 50 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, May 13 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
23:23 - SF872 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to real property; conveyances by spouses; purchase-money mortgages.
1:37:05 - SF575 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; modifying the limitation period for civil actions for personal injury based on sexual abuse against a minor.
2:10:05 - HF42 (Lipman) bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting use of public to promote or defeat ballot questions.
2:32:45 - HF575 (Gerlach) A bill for an act relating to state government; putting a limit on amount to be spent on art in state-financed buildings; limiting administrative expenses.
3:15:29 - SF727 (Olsen, S.) A bill for an act relating to adoption; modifying postadoption services requirements.
3:20:45 - SF1282 (Thao) A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing for placement in the capitol area of a statue commemorating Hmong veterans of the campaign in Laos during the Vietnam War.
3:23:16 - SF174 (Murphy) A bill for an act relating to Saint Louis county; modifying political activity restrictions for certain officers and employees in the classified service.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 4 hours, 28 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, May 12 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
26:35 - SF407 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to towns; providing for optional election of certain officers.
29:02 - HF754 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; changing the definition of displaced person to correspond to federal law.
35:22 - SF693 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; authorizing the use of energy forward pricing mechanisms.
1:47:40 - HF680 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to education; providing for opportunity to respond to nonrenewal of certain coaching contracts.
1:51:15 - HF984 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to cooperatives; authorizing businesses to organize as cooperative associations.
2:30:10 - HF671 (Gunther) A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; regulating promotions and packages of telephone company services; removing sunset expiration dates for alternative regulation plans for telecommunications providers.
2:33:20 - SF328 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the Board of Psychology to require an independent examination of a practitioner; classifying such information.
2:39:35 - SF418 (Nornes) A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; removing restriction of prescribing only topical legend by board certified optometrists; requiring that drugs be used as included in optometry curricula; authorizing the prescription of certain substances; amending reporting requirement of health professionals to include all legend drugs; optometrists using legend drugs be held to the standards as physicians.
2:45:25 - HF293 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; allowing the prescribing of certain fees by a fee schedule.
2:48:12 - HF723 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; exempting certain motor vehicles from seat belt law.
2:51:25 - HF504 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to elections; limiting certain ballot questions.
2:53:45 - HF860 (Gunther) A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting small municipal utilities from certain conservation reporting requirements; authorizing use of conservation funds for refurbishing municipal district heating and cooling systems.
2:55:42 - HF306 (Rukavina) A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing reimbursement by the city of Biwabik to the town of White according to their orderly annexation agreement.
2:57:59 - HF883 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; providing for the confirmation of the chair of the Metropolitan Airports Commission by the Senate; changing the composition, filing of appointments, and the terms of office of the members of the Metropolitan Airports Commission; providing for oversight of the Metropolitan Council and Airports Commission by the Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Government.
3:59:58 - SF374 (Lesch) A bill for an act relating to the city of St.
Paul; making technical changes to the civic center authority powers and duties.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 4 hours, 11 minutes.

House Floor Session
Friday, May 9 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
22:00 - Minority Leader Entenza Point of Order regarding adoption of Reports of Standing Committees.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
51:00 - HF778 (Smith) A bill for an act relating to family law; reforming and recodifying the law relating to marriage dissolution, child custody, child support, maintenance, and property division; changing a fee; making style and form changes; changing certain child support, residence change, and pension distribution provisions; classifying certain data; requiring additional information; clarifying and improving certain procedures and support enforcement provisions; clarifying a funding provision; providing alternate forms of marriage solemnization.
1:31:00 - SF990 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing certain wild rice provisions; changing certain procedures and requirements for organic food; clarifying certain food provisions; clarifying an enforcement provision; changing a milk storage requirement; providing for compliance with federal law; extending a provision authorizing certain emergency restrictions; requiring that certain gasoline contain ten percent denatured ethanol; eliminating a requirement for anaplasmosis testing.
4:01:18 - HF1016 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating Medicare supplement insurance; conforming state law to the minimum federal standards; regulating loss ratios on health coverages.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 5 hours, 15 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, May 8 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
17:13 - HF1119 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to elections; changing certain deadlines, procedures, requirements, and provisions.
4:22:30 - SF891 (Severson) A bill for an act relating to housing and economic development authorities; authorizing an authority to create certain legal entities to engage in housing activities.
4:25:30 - SF1069 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating financial institution examinations, applications, loans, and organizational provisions; revising the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities; making various technical changes; repealing obsolete rules.
4:37:00 - SF645 (Lindner) A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants; providing for interest rates on security deposits.
4:41:37 - HF624 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring local government impact notes; requiring a determination of the aggregate cost of complying with proposed rules.
4:47:55 - HF1011 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying licensure requirements for occupational therapists whose licenses have lapsed for more than four years.
4:50:10 - SF422 (Buesgens) A bill for an act relating to examiners of titles; providing for alternative means of compensation.
4:56:22 - SF479 (Nornes) A bill for an act relating to auditing; allowing certified public accountants to perform annual audits for nursing homes.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 5 hours, 4 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Wednesday, May 7 2003 - Archive Video
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 12 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Wednesday, May 7 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
HF1597 (Abrams) Omnibus tax bill modifying provisions relating to income, corporate franchise, estate, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, tobacco, healthcare provider, and other taxes; requiring reports and data disclosure; and appropriating money.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 5 hours, 55 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, May 6 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
15:00 - SF980 (Paulsen) A bill for an act relating to crime; providing reporting procedures and venue for identity theft.
27:09 - HF673 (Haas) A bill for an act relating to insurance; permitting the comprehensive health association to offer policies with higher annual deductibles; permitting extension of the writing carrier contract; providing a new category of individuals eligible for coverage; clarifying the effective date of coverage and other matters.
33:30 - HF692 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying the scope of practice for pharmacists.
37:20 - SF941 (Zellers) A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying state hazardous materials team provisions.
39:40 - SF351 (Dill) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that in certain cases authorized representatives of entities possessing a permit to use radio equipment capable of receiving police emergency transmissions may use and possess the equipment without a permit.
44:02 - HF1140 (Soderstrom) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for an agreement to regulate nuclear materials.
1:00:20 - HF968 (Magnus) A bill for an act relating to highways; adding, modifying, vacating, or transferring state highways.
1:03:38 - SF350 (Sertich) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the FAIR plan.
1:09:00 - HF946 (Johnson, J.) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the insurance guaranty association; regulating the collection and use of certain insurance information.
1:19:34 - Recognition of LeClair Lambert for his over 16 years of service to the Minnesota House of Representatives.
1:31:33 - HF739 (Borrell) A bill for an act relating to government data practices; classifying and regulating use and release of certain government data; modifying certain attorney fees; authorizing the commissioner of administration to issue written opinions regarding compliance with the law; classifying certain data relating to electronic transmissions with the state lottery.
HF739 was continued on the CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
2:32:35 - HF837 (Olson, M.) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing the Clearwater river watershed district to charge for facilities for disposing sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes.
2:35:10 - HF981 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to real property; acquiring right-of-way from common interest ownership communities.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 2 hours, 42 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, May 5 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
17:27 - SF515 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; modifying structure of financial crimes task force and modifying related policies; repealing sunset provision.
22:51 - HF1336 (Seagren) A bill for an act relating to education; establishing requirements for paraprofessionals.
23:30 - HF326 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying dental practice provisions.
27:34 - HF279 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for certifying a physical disability; modifying provisions for admitting a person for emergency care of mental illness or mental retardation.
30:49 - HF643 (Kuisle) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying definition of registered owner of motor vehicle; regulating temporary registration permits for vehicles; modifying registration renewal notice procedures; modifying procedures relating to vehicle transactions with dealers; clarifying regulatory responsibilities for vehicle insurance; requiring trucks weighing over 10,000 pounds to submit to weighing; modifying provisions governing expiration dates for drivers' licenses and identification cards; making clarifying changes.
37:34 - HF1044 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to professions; providing clarification of costs and penalties that may be collected in disciplinary proceedings by the boards of nursing home administrators, optometry, chiropractic examiners, physical therapy, dietetics and nutrition practice, dentistry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.
40:53 - SF433 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring specialized Alzheimer's disease training in certain facilities and services; providing for consumer disclosure.
52:38 - HF471 (Knoblach) A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring primaries in certain school district elections.
1:15:14 - HF385 (Fuller) A bill for an act relating to judiciary; providing a gross misdemeanor penalty for fifth degree arson when the conduct results in bodily harm to a person; updating the fine amount for a misdemeanor penalty.
1:20:30 - SF942 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to evidence; authorizing admission in evidence of chain of custody documentation.
1:35:53 - HF988 (Magnus) A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing commissioner of transportation to replace railroad lands needed for a trunk highway.
1:39:35 - HF1244 (Jacobson) A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; making various clarifying and technical changes; providing and modifying definitions; permitting resale of certain gambling equipment; providing for fees, prices, and prize limits; clarifying requirements for gambling managers and employees, premises, records and reports; clarifying conduct of high school raffles.
1:59:38 - HF1071 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to health; applying licensure regulations and requirements to the alkaline hydrolysis process.
2:03:40 - HF943 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying practices and procedures relating to state finance; transferring State Treasurer duties to the Commissioner of Finance.
2:26:27 - HF414 (Cox) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; updating soil and water conservation district law; changing requirements for petitions and elections relating to soil and water conservation districts; clarifying removal provisions for soil and water conservation district supervisors.
2:43:58 - SF1098 (Mahoney) A bill for an act relating to occupational safety and health; eliminating certain responsibilities of the commissioner of health; increasing penalty limits for certain violations.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 2 hours, 58 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Thursday, May 1 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 16 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Thursday, May 1 2003 - Archive Video
SECOND READING OF SENATE FILES.
00:00 - Second Reading of SF1524, which was amended to replace the current language with the language of HF749 (Haas) Omnibus State Government Finance bill.
FISCAL CALENDAR.
10:22:50 - HF437 (Bradley) Omnibus Health and Human Services Finance bill. CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 15 hours, 6 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Wednesday, April 30 2003 - Archive Video
The House is in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 13 minutes

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Wednesday, April 30 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
01:38 - HF1404 (Seagren) Omnibus K-12 Education Finance bill.
8:54:45 - HF748 (Gunther) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance bill.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 10 hours, 56 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, April 29 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
07:25 - HF779 (Ozment) Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources and Agricultural Finance bill.
4:44:55 - SF1511 (Stang) Omnibus Higher Education Finance bill.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 6 hours, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Monday, April 28 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
The House went into recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 7 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Monday, April 28 2003 - Archive Video
FISCAL CALENDAR.
03:55 - HF750 (Smith) Omnibus Judiciary Finance bill.
3:14:41 - HF627 (Kuisle) Omnibus Transportation Finance bill.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 9 hours, 46 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Friday, April 25 2003 - Archive Video
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House Floor Session.
The House went into recess.
Runs 7 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Friday, April 25 2003 - Archive Video
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CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
09:40 - HF646 (Buesgens) Racino; gaming machines provided, and horse racing purse payments established.
2:56:56 - HF1426 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; making technical changes; freezing the medical fee schedule conversion factor for one year; instructing the Commissioner of Commerce to establish a surcharge rate.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
3:05:05 - Motion to suspend rules in order to debate HR11 (Entenza) A House resolution that formally condemns the statements made by Representative Lindner, and instructs the Speaker of the House to remove Representative Lindner as committee Chair.
Runs 5 hours, 55 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 24 2003 - Archive Video
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House Floor Session.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
09:20 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF850 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for a land conveyance in Sibley county.
12:50 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF1112 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; providing authority to the Department of Veterans Affairs to access certain state databases to verify eligibility.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
16:25 - SF1064 (Erhardt) A bill for an act relating to child labor; exempting certain minors from minimum age restrictions for work as soccer assistant referees.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
20:53 - HF1214 (Nelson, P.) A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying or abolishing certain provisions related to joint county state-aid highway and municipal state-aid street status; deleting requirement for Department of Transportation to send copies of certain rules to county auditors; abolishing requirement that Department of Transportation maintain a list of highway engineers; repealing prohibition on establishing new divisions in Department of Transportation; abolishing obsolete statute related to highway jurisdiction studies; abolishing provision for collective ratemaking by motor carriers; repealing authority of Commissioner of Transportation over pipeline carriers; repealing certain rules governing design standards of driveways next to highways, motor carriers, aeronautics, and the right of first refusal to certain railroad land.
24:40 - SF907 (Fuller) A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing Department of Corrections forensic pathologists to issue death certificates.
27:00 - HF428 (Blaine) Specifying and clarifying the authority of cities to exercise certain town powers and to impose service charges for emergency services.
29:56 - HF1426 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; making technical changes; freezing the medical fee schedule conversion factor for one year; instructing the Commissioner of Commerce to establish a surcharge rate.
1:18:55 - HF923 (Westrom) A bill for an act relating to local government; providing an exception to the conflict of interest law for township officers.
1:24:12 - HF321 (Cox) A bill for an act relating to the city of Northfield; authorizing the city to establish and operate related medical facilities in conjunction with its municipal hospital at a site outside the city limits; authorizing Northfield to acquire real or personal property for the related medical facilities.
1:26:45 - HF719 (Beard) A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying a posting requirement; authorizing the cities of Blaine, Elko, Hastings, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, Sartell, Saint Michael, Saint Paul, Thief River Falls, Waconia, and Woodbury to issue certain licenses.
2:45:00 - HF307 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to elections; providing an exemption for noncommercial signs from ordinances that limit the number of noncommercial signs.
2:47:11 - HF1145 (Seagren) A bill for an act relating to education; coordinating crisis services with removal of certain students; providing for district student removal reports to department of Children, Families, and Learning; increasing graduation rates of students with emotional or behavioral disturbance; requiring warning signs of mental illness to be included in continuing education requirements for teachers.
2:54:35 - HF1155 (Dempsey) A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing a licensing change in Goodhue county to an existing ICF/MR.
2:58:19 - HF1080 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to the military; extending certain tuition reimbursement; deleting a reporting requirement.
3:07:48 - HF1167 (Meslow) A bill for an act relating to victims; increasing parental liability owed to a victim for acts of certain juvenile offenders.
3:11:00 - HF317 (Hackbarth) A bill for an act relating to counties; allowing use of certain county facilities for commercial wireless service providers and allowing the lease of sites for public safety communications equipment.
3:13:10 - HF361 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to elections; providing procedures and criteria for calling special elections to fill vacancies in certain instances.
3:15:03 - HF503 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying certain duties.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 20 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 23 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
08:08 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF268 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to peace officers; authorizing the state fair police department to employ more part-time peace officers.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
12:45 - SF842 (Cornish) Natural resources department provisions modifications.
32:30 - Boudreau amendment to the bill which resulted in the addition of conceal and carry gun permit language.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 5 hours, 55 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, April 22 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
09:50 - Concurrence to Senate amendments to HF536 (Simpson) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the joint underwriting association; modifying coverage; modifying the market assistance responsibilities of the association.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
20:28 - HF1317 (Hornstein) A bill for an act relating to state government; extending the existence of the Governor's Residence Council.
25:20 - HF894 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to property; modifying provisions relating to certificates of title to manufactured homes.
29:48 - HF628 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability for public notification of emergency.
32:52 - HF700 (Eastlund) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing immunity for good faith reports to or requests for assistance from law enforcement.
37:04 - SF578 (DeLaForest) A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; clarifying qualifications of persons making certain decisions regarding civil commitments and emergency holds.
39:39 - HF151 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting children eligible for adoption assistance from the prepaid medical assistance program.
42:17 - HF433 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to zoning; modifying deadlines for agency actions.
45:18 - HF1251 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to health; excluding certain licensed home care agencies from supplemental nursing services law; requiring a review and report on certain home care provider laws.
59:59 - HF1257 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing a drainage authority to compensate landowners for the removal of a bridge.
1:05:45 - HF1268 (Severson) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; clarifying when vehicle lights must be displayed.
1:08:51 - HF944 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to local government; providing an exception to the priorities for designating a qualified newspaper.
1:12:22 - HF258 (Dorman) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting registration of certain fertilizers.
1:16:16 - HF129 (Kahn) A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring an affidavit of candidacy to include a candidate's residence address; providing for rejection of an affidavit that shows the candidate does not reside in the district for which election is sought; providing for elections of certain council members in cities of the first class elected by ward after reapportionment.
1:44:22 - HF784 (Powell) A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting interfering with emergency communications.
1:52:38 - HF1234 (Ruth) A bill for an act relating to cemeteries; providing for correction of interment errors.
1:55:46 - HF1036 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring regular meals to be provided to inmates.
3:26:15 - HF494 (Huntley) A bill for an act relating to education; allowing Independent School District #709, Duluth, to reduce the number of at-large school board members.
3:29:15 - HF1026 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a medical assistance capitated payment option for waivered services, day training and habilitation services, and intermediate care facility services for persons with mental retardation or a related condition.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 36 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 16 2003 - Archive Video
CONSENT CALENDAR and CALENDAR FOR THE DAY were continued.
Runs 17 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, April 14 2003 - Archive Video
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
06:40 - HF647 (Swenson) Providing an exception to the nursing home construction moratorium; modifying special provisions for moratorium exceptions.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
11:10 - SF1095 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; clarifying that certain benefits are limited to state residents.
18:55 - SF768 (Severson) A bill for an act relating to the capitol area architectural and planning board; revising the text of its enabling law to remove redundant and obsolete language, to simplify grammar and syntax, and to improve the style of language without changing meaning; making conforming changes; providing revisor instructions.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
23:50 - HF351 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to education; redefining middle school to include a minimum of two grades instead of three grades.
51:53 - HF547 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating payment for certain warranty work by farm implement dealers; changing the definition of heavy and utility equipment.
59:10 - HF276 (Lipman) A bill for an act relating to real estate; requiring a disclosure in connection with the sale of certain real property in Washington county.
1:31:47 - HF768 (Anderson, J.) A bill for an act relating to veterans; classifying military certificates of discharge as private data on individuals; providing procedures for their release.
1:39:58 - HF1112 (Adolphson) A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; providing authority to the Department of Veterans Affairs to access certain state databases to verify eligibility.
1:42:00 - HF850 (Brod) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for a land conveyance in Sibley county.
1:44:55 - HF859 (Lindgren) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for the sale of state timber; providing criminal penalties.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 2 hours, 21 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 10 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
15:54 - SF790 (Abeler) A bill for an act relating to human services; recodifying and reorganizing the background study provisions in the Human Services Licensing Act; making conforming changes.
19:43 - HF1095 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the deadline for commencing construction for previously approved moratorium projects; providing for expired and canceled proposals.
25:32 - HF1374 (Urdahl) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture to be named after Orville Freeman.
30:22 - SF1001 (McNamara) A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying requirements for solid waste plans.
32:45 - HF1059 (Osterman) A bill for an act relating to housing; Housing Finance Agency; making various clarifying, technical, and other changes to agency programs; increasing debt ceiling; extending civil service pilot project.
36:15 - HF956 (Magnus) A bill for an act relating to veterans homes; clarifying use of certain funds.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
39:25 - HF335 (Ozment) A bill for an act relating to water; requiring new landscape irrigation systems to have furnished and installed moisture or rainfall sensing equipment (Calendar for the Day, continued).
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
54:28 - HR8 (Slawik) A house resolution proclaiming the week of April 6 - 12, 2003, as the Week of the Young Child in Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 9 2003 - Archive Video
CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 22 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Monday, April 7 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
20:03 - SF187 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to the state agricultural society; eliminating a prohibition on circuses around state fair time (Calendar for the Day, amended).
The House went in recess to the Call of the Chair.
Runs 3 hours, 57 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Monday, April 7 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
01:05 - Continued discussion of SF187 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to the state agricultural society; eliminating a prohibition on circuses around state fair time (Calendar for the Day, amended).
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 5 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, April 3 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
06:30 - Discussion on the Knoblach motion to adopt the REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, which contains HR6 (Knoblach) Budget resolution setting the maximum limit on General Fund expenditures for the biennium ending June 30, 2005.
FIRST READING OF SENATE FILES.
1:36:53 - SF293 (Sviggum) Public employment labor agreements, compensation plan amendments and salary increase proposals ratification.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 19 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, April 2 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
08:22 - HF1083 (Lanning) A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; updating specifications for petroleum products.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
12:25 - SF187 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to the state agricultural society; eliminating a prohibition on circuses around state fair time.
13:30 - Seifert amendment to the bill, followed by the Holberg amendment---both of which resulted in abortion informed consent language being inserted into the bill.
1:29:20 - SF112 (Thissen) A bill for an act relating to probate; adopting article 5 of the Uniform Probate Code relating to guardianship and conservatorship.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, April 1 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 11 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 31 2003 - Archive Video
CONSENT CALENDAR.
14:11 - HF645 (Paulsen) A bill for an act relating to technology business; providing for exemptions from Minnesota Electrical Act.
19:15 - HF647 (Swenson) A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an exception to the nursing home construction moratorium; modifying special provisions for moratorium exceptions.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
23:08 - HF294 (Eastlund) A bill for an act relating to the military; requiring payment of a salary differential and continuation of certain benefits to certain state employees who are members of the National Guard or other military reserve units and who reported for active military duty on or after September 11, 2001; permitting local governments to pay a similar salary differential for their employees who are members of the National Guard or other military reserve units and who have reported for active military service.
33:55 - HF677 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; modifying licensure requirements for architects, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists, and interior designers.
51:35 - HF268 (Strachan) A bill for an act relating to peace officers; authorizing the state fair police department to employ more part-time peace officers.
53:40 - HF668 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to health; requiring informed consent of a female upon whom an abortion is performed; providing civil remedies.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY was continued.
Runs 3 hours, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 27 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
13:14 - HF1158 (Bradley) A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing an intergovernmental transfer payment; increasing the county nursing home payment adjustment.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
27:45 - SF726 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; modifying municipal reporting requirements.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
31:22 - SF356 (Holberg) A bill for an act relating to family law; changing certain provisions of the de facto custodian law.
35:45 - HF446 (Wardlow) A bill for an act relating to child labor; exempting certain minors from minimum age restrictions for work as youth athletic program referees, umpires, or officials.
39:55 - SF512 (Borrell) A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; removing the city of Rockford from the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council.
42:40 - HF441 (Kohls) A bill for an act relating to health; granting an exemption from the hospital construction moratorium for a hospital in Carver county.
47:50 - HF770 (Solberg) A bill for an act relating to Aitkin county; making the Long Lake conservation center fund a separate county enterprise fund.
Runs 53 minutes.

House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 26 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 24 2003 - Archive Video
07:35 - MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
Concurrences to Senate amendments to HF112 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to real property; making various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes relating to registration of title, liens, and mortgages.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
16:13 - HF456 (Mullery) A bill for an act relating to historic districts; designating Victory Memorial Drive as a historic district.
18:53 - HF741 (Howes) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating advertising by motor vehicle dealers.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
22:00 - SF287 (Anderson, B.) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools; providing for instruction in the proper etiquette, display, and respect of the United States flag.
2:26:55 - HF195 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing the voting integrity and voter access account; providing for funding and use of that account; appropriating money.
Runs 2 hours, 54 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 20 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
11:50 - HF1091 (Anderson, B.) Iraq; support for our troops in the war against the Iraqi regime expressed by resolution to the President and Congress, and the governor requested to call for a day of prayer for those who have been called to arms.
47:02 - HR4 (Rukavina) A house resolution honoring Aurora, Minnesota, as it celebrates its centennial.
47:45 - HR6 (Knoblach) Budget resolution setting the maximum limit on General Fund expenditures for the biennium ending June 30, 2005.
Runs 1 hour, 22 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 17 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
10:24 - Recess for recognition of Saint Patrick's Day.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
20:03 - HF710 (Atkins) A bill for an act relating to employment; mandatory retirement.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
24;20 - HC2 (Knoblach) Price of Government.
Runs 53 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 13 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
16:10 - SF61 (Seifert) A bill for an act relating to state government; specifying certain contents for a statement of need and reasonableness for proposed administrative rules.
21:53 - HF259 (Kuisle) A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; removing sunset provisions to allow certain school buses to continue to be operated by licensed child care providers and by holders of Class D drivers' licenses under limited conditions.
30:45 - HF348 (Kielkucki) A bill for an act relating to education; extending the time period during which type III vehicles may be used to transport school children.
38:12 - HF314 (Walz) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; allowing display of flashing blue lights to the front of emergency vehicles.
HF219 (Erickson) A bill for an act relating to education; encouraging retired teachers to serve as short-call substitute teachers.
HF394 (Wardlow) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; extending the maximum length of guaranteed energy savings contracts from ten to 15 years.
Runs 1 hour, 8 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 10 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
14:35 - HF266 (Finstad) A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the purchasing alliance stop-loss fund.
HF536 (Simpson) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the joint underwriting association; modifying coverage; modifying the market assistance responsibilities of the association.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
19:32 - HF480 (Knoblach) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing protection for disclosure of job reference information; requiring disclosure of data between school districts and charter schools relating to acts of violence or inappropriate sexual contact with students.
32:45 - Discussion surrounding remarks made by a House member to the press and during floor debate.
Runs 57 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, March 6 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
09:01 - HF51 (Davids) A bill for an act relating to insurance; clarifying that a certain law includes long-term care insurance.
15:50 - HF419 (Sykora) A bill for an act relating to human services; changing child care licensing provisions.
20:25 - HF424 (Nelson, C.) A bill for an act relating to education; revising charter school leave provisions.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
23:45 - HF106 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to state government; making permanent the requirement that certain litigation and settlement proceeds be deposited in the general fund.
Runs 45 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 3 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
House went into recess for duration of the Joint Convention of the House and Senate.
Runs 12 minutes.

Joint Convention of the House and Senate
Monday, March 3 2003 - Archive Video
Joint Convention of the House and Senate to elect University of Minnesota Regents.
00:58 - Gavel.
10:50 - Nomination and voting on five members from the Congressional Districts.
54:47 - Tally of votes on five members from the Congressional Districts.
56:20 - Nomination and voting on one student At-Large member.
1:13:40 - Tally of votes on one student At-Large member.
1:14:20 - Nomination and voting on three At-Large members.
1:36:50 - Tally of votes on on three At-Large members.
Joint Convention of the House and Senate is adjourned.
House Floor Session is adjourned.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 27 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
HR3 (Entenza) A House resolution proclaiming Friday, February 28, 2003, the anniversary of Katie Poirer's birth, as a day of remembrance for victims of sexual violence and abduction.
Runs 24 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Monday, February 24 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
10:51 - HF267 (Wilkin) A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying the standard fire insurance policy.
The House went into a recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 14 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Monday, February 24 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
HF75 (Johnson, J.) A bill for an act relating to civil action; regulating the apportionment of joint and several liability.
Runs 35 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 20 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
16:14 - HF273 (DeLaForest.) A bill for an act relating to legislation; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes and other laws.
21:32 - HF302 (Sykora) A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying the date of school board organizational meetings.
23:35 - HF112 (Pugh) A bill for an act relating to real property; making various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes relating to registration of title, liens, and mortgages.
26:20 - SF94 (Opatz) A bill for an act relating to state lands; correcting a land description.
Runs 30 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Monday, February 17 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR was continued.
The House went in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 12 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Monday, February 17 2003 - Archive Video
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
HF2 (Kielkucki) Profile of Learning repealed and replaced; and legislative review of proposed academic standards in language arts, mathematics, science, history, and geography required.
Runs 2 hours.

House Floor Session
Thursday, February 13 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 10 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
02:35 - Swearing-in of Representative Duke Powell, District 40A.
Consent Calendar.
09:10 - HF95 (Seifert and Pelowski.) A bill for an act relating to commerce; eliminating an archaic prohibition on misrepresenting the size of certain items.
12:28 - HF120 (Olsen, S.) A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating a duplicative requirement that a teacher file a certified copy of the teacher's teaching license with the employing school district; enabling a school district to verify the status of a teacher's license using the Minnesota education license system available on the Department of Children, Families, and Learning web site.
Runs 28 minutes.

Joint Convention / State of the State address
Thursday, February 6 2003 - Archive Video
00:00 - House Floor Session.
16:16 - Joint Convention of the House and Senate, convened in order to receive the State of the State address by Governor Pawlenty.
29:15 - State of the State address by Governor Pawlenty.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, February 3 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 15 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Thursday, January 30 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
In recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 10 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Thursday, January 30 2003 - Archive Video
Reconvening of the House Floor Session after the recess.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
HF1 (Stanek) Anti-terrorism; drivers' license information regulation provided including proof of identity and residency, and federal laws and regulations adopted.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, January 28 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 10 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Tuesday, January 28 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
House is in recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 7 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Tuesday, January 28 2003 - Archive Video
Reconvening of the House Floor Session after the recess.
05:38 - Messages from the Senate.
Motion to concur with Senate amendments to HF74 (Knoblach) State government finance bill appropriating money and reducing appropriations for education, health, human services, corrections, economic development, transportation, environmental, and other purposes.
48:42 - Motion to refuse to concur with Senate amendments.
Runs 52 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, January 27 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
12:45 - Debate on HF74 (Knoblach) State government finance bill appropriating money and reducing appropriations for education, health, human services, corrections, economic development, transportation, environmental, and other purposes.
Runs 3 hours, 3 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, January 23 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 14 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 1 of 2
Tuesday, January 21 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
*The House went into recess to the call of the Chair.
Runs 8 minutes.

House Floor Session - part 2 of 2
Tuesday, January 21 2003 - Archive Video
Reconvening of the House Floor Session after the recess.
HR1 (Knoblach) A house resolution setting the requirements for adjustments to general fund expenditures for the biennium ending June 30, 2003.
Runs 27 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, January 16 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 22 minutes.

House Floor Session
Monday, January 13 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
01:37 - Gavel.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 - Adoption of Temporary Joint Rules.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 - Parking space in the Capitol area for members of the Legislature and staff.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 - Adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 16, 2003.
Runs 30 minutes.

House Floor Session
Thursday, January 9 2003 - Archive Video
House Floor Session.
Runs 13 minutes.

House Floor Session
Tuesday, January 7 2003 - Archive Video
Opening day music by Land of Lakes Choirboys.