INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, January 10, 2019


The following House Files were introduced:

Kotyza-Witthuhn, Pinto, Liebling, Davnie, Youakim, Olson, Bahner, Howard, Christensen, Lippert, Gomez, Schultz, Cantrell, Hornstein, Long, Persell, Halverson, Kunesh-Podein, Mariani, Freiberg, Sandell, Wazlawik, Noor, Hortman, Winkler, Pryor, Lee, Wolgamott, Huot, Lislegard, Sundin, Lesch, Ecklund and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 1, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; creating additional funding and opportunities for children ages birth to three; governing certain programs and funding for prenatal care services, home visiting, early childhood education, and child care assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 119B.13, subdivision 1; 124D.151, subdivision 6; 126C.05, subdivision 1; 145.928, subdivisions 1, 7; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 145.

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

Edelson, Christensen, Davnie, Youakim, Mariani, Lillie, Mann, Schultz, Loeffler, Hornstein, Bahner, Cantrell, Howard, Long, Lippert, Gomez, Pinto, Persell, Liebling, Kunesh-Podein, Halverson, Becker-Finn, Freiberg, Sandell, Wazlawik, Noor, Hortman, Winkler, Pryor, Lee, Wolgamott, Huot, Lislegard, Sundin and Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 2, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for school-linked mental health services grants; providing funding for full-service community schools; extending funding for support our students grants; funding the homework starts with home program; increasing funding for the collaborative urban educator program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Liebling; Moran; Schultz; Loeffler; Morrison; Sandell; Lillie; Christensen; Xiong, J.; Xiong, T.; Lippert; Gomez; Hornstein; Bahner; Becker-Finn; Sauke; Cantrell; Davnie; Howard; Long; Persell; Pinto; Kunesh-Podein; Mariani; Hansen; Freiberg; Noor; Hortman; Winkler; Lee; Wolgamott; Klevorn; Acomb; Huot and Lislegard introduced:

H. F. 3, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring the commissioners of human services and commerce to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income eligibility limit for MinnesotaCare to purchase coverage through MinnesotaCare through a MinnesotaCare purchase option; requiring a proposal to the legislature.

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

Lesch; Moran; Liebling; Cantrell; Persell; Wazlawik; Noor; Hortman; Winkler; Lee; Schultz; Wolgamott; Acomb; Klevorn; Huot; Lislegard; Sundin; Ecklund; Olson; Lillie; Hausman; Morrison; Stephenson; Carlson, A.; Gomez; Vang; Kunesh-Podein; Xiong, T.; Long; Howard; Her; Bahner; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 4, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor from price gouging; allowing the Board of Pharmacy, the commissioner of human services, and health plan companies to notify the attorney general of certain prescription drug price increases; authorizing the attorney general to obtain drug pricing information and take action against drug manufacturers and wholesalers related to certain price increases; imposing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; 151.071, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.

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

Halverson; Richardson; Sauke; Olson; Moran; Persell; Lillie; Morrison; Elkins; Lippert; Gomez; Carlson, A.; Vang; Howard; Schultz; Noor; Her; Cantrell; Claflin; Hansen; Bahner; Wolgamott; Mann; Long; Wagenius; Hortman; Kunesh-Podein; Carlson, L.; Hornstein; Lee; Hassan; Pinto; Pryor and Winkler introduced:

H. F. 5, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for paid family, pregnancy, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits; regulating and requiring certain employment leaves; classifying certain data; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 13.719, by adding a subdivision; 177.27, subdivision 4; 181.943; 256J.561, by adding a subdivision; 256J.95, subdivisions 3, 11; 256P.01, subdivision 3; 268.047, subdivision 2; 268.19, subdivision 1; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268B.

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

Mahoney, Garofalo, Halverson, Nelson, Gunther, Huot, Mariani, Sundin, Claflin, Ecklund, Freiberg, Sandell, Wazlawik, Noor, Cantrell, Hortman, Winkler, Lee, Pinto, Schultz, Wolgamott, Lislegard, Lesch, Olson, Lillie, Persell, Hausman, Fischer, Elkins, Gomez, Morrison, Lippert, Mann and Howard introduced:

H. F. 6, A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting wage theft; modifying payment of wages; increasing civil and criminal penalties; allowing for administrative review; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 177.27, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 177.30; 177.32, subdivision 1; 181.03, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 181.032; 181.101.

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

Ecklund; Layman; Sandstede; Sundin; Lueck; Baker; Davids; Lislegard; Sandell; Wazlawik; Noor; Cantrell; Hortman; Winkler; Lee; Schultz; Wolgamott; Huot; Lesch; Olson; Lillie; Persell; Fischer; Nelson; Gomez; Elkins; Brand; Lippert; Morrison; Carlson, A.; Mann; Kunesh-Podein; Long and Her introduced:

H. F. 7, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; appropriating money to the broadband grant program.

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

Pinto, Moller, Richardson, Lesch, Mariani, Loeffler, Hornstein, Edelson, Mann, Cantrell, Bahner, Schultz, Christensen, Davnie, Gomez, Howard, Long, Kunesh-Podein, Liebling, Becker-Finn, Lippert, Freiberg, Sandell, Wazlawik, Noor, Hortman, Winkler, Pryor, Lee, Wolgamott, Huot, Olson, Moran, Hausman and Fischer introduced:

H. F. 8, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring criminal background checks for firearms transfers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 624.7131; 624.7132; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.

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

Richardson; Pinto; Lesch; Edelson; Mariani; Moller; Howard; Long; Xiong, T.; Davnie; Gomez; Liebling; Persell; Halverson; Becker-Finn; Lippert; Freiberg; Sandell; Noor; Cantrell; Hortman; Winkler; Pryor; Lee; Schultz; Wolgamott; Olson; Hausman; Moran; Fischer; Morrison; Stephenson; Her; Huot and Carlson, A. introduced:

H. F. 9, A bill for an act relating to public safety; enabling law enforcement and family members to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 624.713, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.

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

Moller, Becker-Finn, Halverson, Mariani, Lesch, Loeffler, Schultz, Christensen, Gomez, Edelson, Hornstein, Bahner, Long, Davnie, Pinto, Kunesh-Podein, Lippert, Freiberg, Sandell, Wazlawik, Noor, Cantrell, Hortman, Winkler, Lee, Pryor, Wolgamott, Sundin, Huot, Lislegard, Ecklund, Olson, Persell, Moran and Fischer introduced:

H. F. 10, A bill for an act relating to human rights; clarifying the definition of sexual harassment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 363A.03, subdivision 43.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division.

Lesch, Olson, Winkler, Becker-Finn, Lillie, Schultz, Loeffler, Lippert, Hornstein, Cantrell, Bahner, Christensen, Gomez, Howard, Long, Persell, Richardson, Davnie, Liebling, Halverson, Kunesh-Podein, Mariani, Freiberg, Sandell, Noor, Hortman, Lee, Pinto, Wolgamott, Sundin, Ecklund, Moran, Fischer and Nelson introduced:

H. F. 11, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for earned sick and safe time; authorizing rulemaking; imposing civil penalties; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 177; 181; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.9413.

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

Cantrell; Hortman; Winkler; Xiong, J.; Kunesh-Podein; Moran; Freiberg; Wolgamott; Hansen; Loeffler; Lee; Her; Vang; Masin; Hornstein; Dehn; Liebling; Lillie; Morrison; Edelson; Moller; Bahner; Wazlawik; Hassan; Tabke; Howard; Christensen; Brand; Richardson; Long; Pinto; Mann; Stephenson; Fischer and Lippert introduced:

H. F. 12, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting conversion therapy with children or vulnerable adults; prohibiting medical assistance coverage for conversion therapy; prohibiting the misrepresentation of conversion therapy services or products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; 325F.69, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.

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

Kunesh-Podein, Moran, Hornstein, Lesch, Bahner, Gomez, Olson, Mahoney, Cantrell, Klevorn, Freiberg, Loeffler and Hansen introduced:

H. F. 13, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for gender equality under the law.

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

Nelson, O'Driscoll, Dehn, Nash and Halverson introduced:

H. F. 14, A bill for an act relating to elections; transferring and appropriating money for purposes of the Help America Vote Act.

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

Stephenson, Hortman, Moller, Becker-Finn and Wazlawik introduced:

H. F. 15, A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating the voluntary relationship defense for criminal sexual conduct crimes; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.349.

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

Urdahl, Sandstede, Ecklund, Erickson, Gruenhagen, Poppe, Backer, Layman, Daniels, Gunther, Davids, Fabian, Sundin, Torkelson, Haley and Grossell introduced:

H. F. 16, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of small schools revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2c.

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

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 17, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money from the Help America Vote Act account for certain authorized purposes.

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

Fabian, Green and Lueck introduced:

H. F. 18, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wolf and elk depredation payments.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 19, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the world's best workforce performance measures and reports; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.11, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 5, 9.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 20, A bill for an act relating to education; renumbering statutes for intermediate school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 136D.01; 136D.49; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.93.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 21, A bill for an act relating to education; surveying teacher preparation programs; requiring a report.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 22, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying student testing provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 23, A bill for an act relating to education; codifying teacher code of ethics in statute and repealing code of ethics in rule; requiring school district ethics complaints procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.09, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.09, subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, part 8710.2100, subparts 1, 2.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 24, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; reimbursing taxing jurisdictions in Mille Lacs County for lost revenue.

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

West introduced:

H. F. 25, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax delinquency posting; providing guidelines for payment plans; authorizing the commissioner of revenue to require relinquishment of a taxpayer's liquor license only under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 270C.725, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kunesh-Podein; Moran; Persell; Hausman; Fischer; Gomez; Elkins; Morrison; Carlson, A.; Howard; Vang; Xiong, T.; Her; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 26, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for school-linked mental health services grants; providing funding for full-service community schools; extending funding for support our students grants; funding the homework starts with home program; increasing funding for the collaborative urban educator program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mann; Persell; Olson; Elkins; Carlson, A.; Brand; Vang and Claflin introduced:

H. F. 27, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring the commissioners of human services and commerce to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income eligibility limit for MinnesotaCare to purchase coverage through MinnesotaCare through a MinnesotaCare purchase option; requiring a proposal to the legislature.

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

Carlson, A.; Klevorn; Stephenson; Her; Morrison; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 28, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring criminal background checks for firearms transfers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 624.7131; 624.7132; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.

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

Her; Carlson, A.; Morrison; Kunesh-Podein; Vang; Howard; Xiong, T.; Brand; Bahner; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 29, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for earned sick and safe time; authorizing rulemaking; imposing civil penalties; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 177; 181; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.9413.

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

Moran; Hausman; Persell; Carlson, A.; Her; Morrison; Elkins; Kunesh-Podein; Vang; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 30, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; creating additional funding and opportunities for children ages birth to three; governing certain programs and funding for prenatal care services, home visiting, early childhood education, and child care assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 119B.13, subdivision 1; 124D.151, subdivision 6; 126C.05, subdivision 1; 145.928, subdivisions 1, 7; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 145.

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

Kunesh-Podein; Stephenson; Morrison; Carlson, A.; Bahner; Her; Vang; Claflin and Sauke introduced:

H. F. 31, A bill for an act relating to human rights; clarifying the definition of sexual harassment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 363A.03, subdivision 43.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division.