The following House Files were introduced:
Huntley; Hansen; Hoppe; Kelliher; Dill; Moe; Tingelstad; Wagenius; Bly; Kalin; Jaros; Walker; Eken; Murphy, M.; Faust; Hilty; Murphy, E.; Kahn; Hausman; Mariani and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 110, A bill for an act relating to waters; enacting the Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Loeffler; Thissen; Gunther; Atkins; Ruud; Kahn; Lillie; Dominguez; Hamilton; Laine; Anzelc; Murphy, E.; Davnie; Bunn; Thao; Tillberry; Clark; Winkler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 111, A bill for an act relating to health; promoting preventive health care by requiring high deductible health plans used with a health savings account to cover preventive care with no deductible as permitted by federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62Q.65.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Lillie introduced:
H. F. 112, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing certain levy authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.45.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thao introduced:
H. F. 113, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; raising speed limit for Interstate 35E in St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Solberg and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 114, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting public safety radio communication products and services from sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.70, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Peterson, A. and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 115, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a severance levy for Independent School District No. 2853, Lac qui Parle Valley.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Atkins, Davnie, Abeler, Ozment and Johnson introduced:
H. F. 116, A bill for an act relating to commerce; imposing certain customer sales or service call center requirements; prescribing a criminal penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 117, A bill for an act relating to courts; modifying personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations and nonresident individuals in certain matters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 543.19, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 118, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jaros introduced:
H. F. 119, A bill for an act relating to local government; creating a study commission to determine the feasibility of establishing South St. Louis Municipality within the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Mariani introduced:
H. F. 120, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying group residential housing rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256I.04, subdivision 3; 256I.05, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Emmer; Brod; Erickson; Peppin; McNamara; Paulsen; Anderson, S.; Wardlow and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 121, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring proof of citizenship on filing for certain offices; requiring certain voters to provide picture identification; providing for the issuance of certain identification cards at no charge; establishing a procedure for unverified ballots; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 204C.10; 204C.13, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 204B; 204C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Rukavina, Lieder and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 122, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating sales of American flags and related items; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Slawik and Bly introduced:
H. F. 123, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing that the education expense credit and deduction apply to certain expenditures for prekindergarten expenses and museum memberships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.0674, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 124, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for biotechnology and medical genomics research; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Biosciences and Emerging Technology.
Murphy, M., by request, introduced:
H. F. 125, A bill for an act relating to retirement; adding definitions for disability for police and fire fund and local government correctional retirement plan members; modifying disability and survivor benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 353.01, subdivision 37, by adding subdivisions; 353.651, subdivision 4; 353.656, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 4, 5a, 6a, 10, by adding a subdivision; 353.657, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3; 353E.06, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 126, A bill for an act relating to retirement; defining the procedures to appeal administrative decisions made by the chief administrative officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 352.031; 354.071.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 127, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying procedures for determining eligibility for disability benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 353.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7a; 353.656, subdivision 8; 353B.08, subdivision 11; 353E.06, subdivisions 4, 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 353.33, subdivisions 6a, 6b, 8; 353.656, subdivisions 5, 9, 11, 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 128, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying nonresident hunting fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 129, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a state grant program to pay for a portion of the facility costs of certain community partnership programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lanning, Marquart, Lieder and Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 130, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing border city enterprise zone allocations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.169, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilstrom, Scalze and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 131, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; restricting the use of Social Security numbers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325E.59, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325E.59, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Mahoney, Tingelstad, Carlson, Kahn, Hausman, Huntley and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 132, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing the Minnesota Biomedical Sciences Research Facilities Authority and the biomedical sciences research project funding program; providing for the University of Minnesota to apply for facility program funds; authorizing sale of state bonds to fund program; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Biosciences and Emerging Technology.
Hilstrom and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 133, A bill for an act relating to human rights; providing for a suspension of the running of the statute of limitations for sexual harassment claims when employer investigations are pending; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 363A.28, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Jaros; Huntley; Murphy, M.; Dill; Simpson and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 134, A bill for an act relating to the city of Duluth; authorizing the city of Duluth to increase the rate of tax on sales of food and beverages; authorizing use of the proceeds of the tax for certain improvements; amending Laws 1980, chapter 511, section 1, subdivision 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Westrom, Nornes, Erickson, Dettmer, Heidgerken and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 135, A bill for an act relating to taxes; extending the abatement authority to delinquent taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.1813, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Emmer introduced:
H. F. 136, A bill for an act relating to local government; Hennepin and Wright Counties; authorizing the Hennepin County Board and the Wright County Board to initiate a process for the change of county boundaries by resolution.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Haws, Severson, Abeler, Moe, Bigham, Brod, Lillie, Doty, Wardlow, Heidgerken, Lieder, Kalin, Ward and Olin introduced:
H. F. 137, A bill for an act relating to state government; veterans; designating veteran-owned small businesses as targeted group businesses for purposes of awarding certain state and metro agency procurement contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.16, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Simon, Slawik, Wardlow, Ward and Laine introduced:
H. F. 138, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the funding for the community education revenue program; increasing the minimum population guarantee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.20, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Kranz, Bigham, Greiling, Tschumper, Scalze, Haws, Wagenius, Clark, Moe, Slocum, Lieder, Olin, Gardner and Norton introduced:
H. F. 139, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the early childhood family education, school readiness, and Head Start programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 124D.135, subdivision 1; 124D.16, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Madore; Sailer; Haws; Brown; Bigham; Wagenius; Clark; Moe; Dominguez; Tschumper; Scalze; Peterson, S.; Slocum; Lieder; Olin and Norton introduced:
H. F. 140, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing funding for voluntary, full-day kindergarten; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 15; 126C.12, subdivision 5; 126C.126.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws, Slocum and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 141, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing that certain appropriations continue in effect; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Wardlow; Haws; Tingelstad; Otremba; Wollschlager; Severson; Urdahl; Shimanski; McFarlane; Lieder; Anderson, B.; Marquart; Lillie; Hosch; Scalze; Ozment; Brod; Paulsen; Kohls; Gunther; Cornish; Dettmer; DeLaForest; Magnus; Demmer; Hornstein; Swails; Dominguez; Thao; Koenen; Atkins; Masin; Hansen; Bly and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 142, A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds; exempting from the definition of household income the amount of any military disability pay received by a veteran from the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Peterson, A. and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 143, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Minnesota River Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hortman, Laine, Tillberry, Tingelstad and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 144, A bill for an act relating to notaries public; increasing maximum fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 357.17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hansen; Jaros; Moe; Murphy, M.; Tingelstad and Johnson introduced:
H. F. 145, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing regulation of ballast water discharge into Lake Superior by oceangoing vessels; requiring adoption of rules to set standards for ballast water discharge, treatment, and management; requiring regional cooperation and formation of a coalition; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Johnson, Lieder, McNamara, Moe, Ward and Hansen introduced:
H. F. 146, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing sale of bonds for roadside properties on the Great River Road; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Johnson, Lieder, McNamara, Moe, Ward and Hansen introduced:
H. F. 147, A bill for an act relating to transportation; changing expiration date of Mississippi River Parkway Commission to 2012; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.1419, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Erhardt; Peterson, N.; Garofalo; Paulsen; Ruud and Benson introduced:
H. F. 148, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; indexing the valuation limit for the first tier classification rate on residential homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 273.11, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
DeLaForest and Severson introduced:
H. F. 149, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use tax; reducing the rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.62, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 150, A bill for an act relating to state government; imposing a moratorium on new or increased state agency fees.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
DeLaForest, Zellers and Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 151, A resolution memorializing the United States Congress to reauthorize the Conservation Reserve Program as part of the 2007 Farm Bill.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Nornes and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 152, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying angling license fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Urdahl; Pelowski; Hosch; Heidgerken; Murphy, M., and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 153, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a financial incentive for school districts to share superintendents; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.143, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Slocum, Sailer, Madore, Winkler, Tschumper, Haws, Wagenius, Moe, Ward, Lieder, Olin and Gardner introduced:
H. F. 154, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance by three percent per year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bigham; Kranz; Winkler; Tschumper; Brynaert; Clark; Moe; Greiling; Wagenius; Dominguez; Peterson, S.; Slocum; Lieder and Gardner introduced:
H. F. 155, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a children's health security account; establishing the children's health security program; specifying eligibility criteria, covered services, and administrative procedures; establishing the Legislative Task Force on Children's Health Care Coverage; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256N.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Kalin, Slocum, Bigham and Gardner introduced:
H. F. 156, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing renewable energy standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.1691.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Morgan; Sailer; Welti; Wollschlager; Tschumper; Wagenius; Kranz; Clark; Moe; Greiling; Winkler; Dominguez; Scalze; Peterson, S., and Gardner introduced:
H. F. 157, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; replacing certain school district levies with state; modifying computation of the credits; increasing property tax refunds for homeowners and renters; increasing eligibility for senior deferral; increasing aids to cities and counties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 123B.53, subdivision 5; 126C.01, by adding subdivisions; 126C.10, subdivisions 13a, 29; 126C.17, subdivision 6; 126C.44; 273.1384, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a; 290B.03, subdivision 1; 477A.013, subdivision 9; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Urdahl, Welti, Heidgerken, Hosch, Demmer, Nornes, Marquart, Koenen, Hamilton and Magnus introduced:
H. F. 158, A bill for an act relating to sales and use taxes; exempting construction and other materials used in livestock farming operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.69, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kahn; Huntley; Tschumper; Murphy, E.; Hansen; Solberg; Hilty; Dominguez; Swails; Haws; Hornstein; Hausman; Greiling; Mariani; Paymar; Peterson, S.; Davnie; Clark and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 159, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a working group to design a universal health care system; directing the commissioner of health to present a plan for universal coverage to the legislature; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, by adding a section, affirming that every Minnesota resident has the right to a basic set of essential, effective health care services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 160, A bill for an act relating to finance; authorizing transfer of appropriations within the Help America Vote Act account; amending Laws 2005, chapter 162, section 34, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws, Hosch, Severson, Gottwalt, Huntley, Fritz, Heidgerken, Lieder, Nornes, Moe, Doty, Ward and Olin introduced:
H. F. 161, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing booking fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 641.12, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Haws, Severson, Brod, Abeler, Hansen, Moe, Lillie, Bigham, Wardlow, Heidgerken, Nelson, Lieder, Kalin, Ward and Olin introduced:
H. F. 162, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing the Minnesota GI Bill program for veterans; assigning responsibilities; determining eligibility; defining the assistance amount; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.01, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Huntley; Murphy, M.; Jaros; Sertich; Rukavina and Seifert introduced:
H. F. 163, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the city of Duluth to establish accounts to pay for postemployment benefits owed to retired employees and to generate revenue dedicated to meet certain city obligations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Murphy, M.; Jaros; Huntley; Sertich; Solberg; Hausman; Kelliher and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 164, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center arena.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Peppin; Seifert; Erickson; Zellers; Dettmer; Anderson, S.; Shimanski; Hackbarth and Gottwalt introduced:
H. F. 165, A bill for an act relating to higher education; prohibiting the use of state funds for certain contract buyouts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 166, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; providing for uniform residential tenant reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 504B.173, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 167, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a pilot facility to generate electricity using plasma arc technology and Minnesota biomass or waste materials.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 168, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; requiring annual influenza immunizations for children in a child care facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.15, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Slawik, Bly and Peterson, S. introduced:
H. F. 169, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; establishing an advisory school readiness board to make recommendations to the governor and the legislature on developing a coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective system for delivering early childhood programs throughout the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Slawik and Bly introduced:
H. F. 170, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; establishing an allowance for early childhood learning preparedness and enrichment expenses; reducing class sizes for K-3 to meet the statutory state standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 126C.05, subdivision 1; 126C.12, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.