INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, January 7, 2021


The following House Files were introduced:

Noor introduced:

H. F. 1, A bill for an act relating to economic assistance; providing assistance for housing, the Minnesota family investment program, food, and broadband; appropriating and transferring money.

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

Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 2, A bill for an act relating to state government; adopting worker protection provisions; providing a presumption for workers' compensation coverage; removing social security and social security disability offsets for unemployment insurance; providing rehire and retention protections for laid-off workers during a declared emergency; providing emergency paid sick leave for certain essential workers; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.085, subdivisions 4, 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.

Liebling introduced:

H. F. 3, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for long-term protection and support, temporary staffing, emergency housing services, isolation spaces, and housing support.

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

Hassan introduced:

H. F. 4, A bill for an act relating to education finance; implementing actions to combat the educational effects of COVID-19; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.05, subdivision 5; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 25, subdivision 2, as amended.

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

Pinto introduced:

H. F. 5, A bill for an act relating to human services; replacing certain state appropriations or transfers with federal funds received for COVID-19; appropriating money for public health support funds for child care providers; appropriating money for the basic sliding fee program.

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

Noor, Winkler, Gomez, Davnie, Hassan, Agbaje, Her, Moran, Lee and Xiong, J. introduced:

H. F. 6, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the PROMISE Act; creating a community repair panel to consider claims and determine awards; classifying certain data; creating redevelopment and relief programs; establishing a Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Corporation; imposing a sales and use tax; requiring insurance claims assistance; regulating certain leases; authorizing limited use of eminent domain; exempting certain items from sales and use tax; requiring property tax abatement for certain properties; establishing the Civil Unrest Investigatory Commission; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473K.

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

Olson, L.; Boldon; Richardson; Long; Winkler; Frazier and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. 7, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing for earned sick and safe time; appropriating money; authorizing rulemaking; imposing civil penalties; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 177.27, subdivisions 2, 4, 7; 181.942, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 177; 181; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.9413.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy.

Liebling introduced:

H. F. 8, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing commissioner of human services to establish a prescription drug purchasing program; specifying program authority and eligibility requirements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

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

Greenman; Nelson, M., and Winkler introduced:

H. F. 9, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying provisions related to voter registration; absentee voting; establishing a system of early voting; eliminating a restriction on the number of voters an individual may assist on election day; modifying standards governing access to Help America Vote Act funds; regulating intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with voter registration and voting; campaign finance; regulating small donor political committees and funds; establishing a small donor state match program; establishing a Democracy Dollar coupon program; exempting certain candidate expenditures from aggregate expenditure limits; repealing the political contribution refund program; repealing the campaign public subsidy program; providing principles and procedures related to redistricting of congressional and legislative districts; establishing a criminal penalty; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 5.30, subdivision 2; 8.31, subdivision 1; 10A.01, subdivisions 11, 16a, by adding subdivisions; 10A.02, subdivision 13; 10A.15, subdivision 1; 10A.20, subdivision 3; 10A.25, by adding subdivisions; 10A.257, subdivision 1; 10A.322, subdivision 1; 10A.323; 10A.34, subdivision 4; 13.607, by adding a subdivision; 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.014, by adding a subdivision; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.054, subdivisions 1, 2; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 201.071, subdivision 1; 201.091, subdivision 4; 201.161; 201.162; 203B.001; 203B.01, by adding a subdivision; 203B.03, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 5; 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.081, subdivision 2; 203B.12, subdivision 7; 203B.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 204B.28, subdivision 2; 204C.10; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 206.82, subdivision 1; 206.83; 211B.04, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 211B.32, subdivision 1; 289A.37, subdivision 2; 289A.50, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivision 6; 609.165, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 2; 10A; 201; 203B; 211B; 243; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 10A.31, subdivisions 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 7, 7a, 7b, 10, 11; 10A.315; 10A.321; 10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.324, subdivisions 1, 3; 13.4967, subdivision 2; 203B.081, subdivision 3; 290.06, subdivision 23.

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

Stephenson and Long introduced:

H. F. 10, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing a Clean Energy First Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 216B.16, subdivisions 6, 13; 216B.1645, subdivisions 1, 2; 216B.1691, subdivision 9; 216B.2422, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; 216E.03, subdivision 10; 216F.04.

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

Schultz introduced:

H. F. 11, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding eligibility for MinnesotaCare and establishing a public option; modifying enrollee premiums; modifying the definition of affordability for certain families; requiring an implementation plan and recommendations for an alternative delivery and payment system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 256L.04, subdivisions 1c, 7a, 10, by adding a subdivision; 256L.07, subdivisions 1, 2; 256L.15, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hausman and Howard introduced:

H. F. 12, A bill for an act relating to housing; amending certain eviction procedures during and after a public health emergency; allowing for expungement of certain eviction actions filed during and after a public health emergency; preventing home foreclosure during and after a public health emergency; appropriating money for emergency housing assistance grants during the peacetime emergency related to COVID-19.

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

Johnson introduced:

H. F. 13, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit from the Public Employees Retirement Association for omitted service.

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

Ecklund, Sandstede, Sundin, Lislegard and Keeler introduced:

H. F. 14, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; transferring money for deposit in the broadband grant program.

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

Hansen, R. and Richardson introduced:

H. F. 15, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying a prior appropriation for a grant to the city of Mendota; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 22, subdivision 21.

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

Freiberg introduced:

H. F. 16, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying a prior appropriation for a grant to the city of Golden Valley; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 16, subdivision 7.

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

Becker-Finn and Moller introduced:

H. F. 17, A bill for an act relating to family law; extending the waiver of the in-person requirement for marriage applications; amending Laws 2020, chapter 74, article 1, section 18.

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

Freiberg, Baker and Koegel introduced:

H. F. 18, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring prescribers of opioids to offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride under certain circumstances and provide education on overdose prevention and the use of naloxone hydrochloride; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Morrison introduced:

H. F. 19, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying certain reimbursement provisions for direct injectable drugs for certain conditions under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13e.

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

Hassan; Frazier; Xiong, J., and Gomez introduced:

H. F. 20, A bill for an act relating to real property; modifying termination of tenancy at will; requiring residential tenant notice of grounds for eviction before action may be brought; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 504B.135; 504B.321.

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

Hassan, Gomez, Frazier and Xiong, J. introduced:

H. F. 21, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for emergency shelters.

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

Sundin, Lislegard, Ecklund and Long introduced:

H. F. 22, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Cloquet Area Fire District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Davnie introduced:

H. F. 23, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring the secretary of state to amend rules to recognize a medical bill as a proof of residence on election day; authorizing rulemaking.

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

Davnie introduced:

H. F. 24, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying additional property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 290A.04, subdivision 2h.

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

Jurgens introduced:

H. F. 25, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to install lighting along the marked U.S. Highway 61 corridor in Cottage Grove.

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

Jurgens introduced:

H. F. 26, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.

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

Jurgens introduced:

H. F. 27, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying hours for sales of liquor on Sundays; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.504, subdivision 4.

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

Youakim, Poston and Huot introduced:

H. F. 28, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to increase crime alert categories to include a dementia and Alzheimer's disease category and to provide grants to develop law enforcement training on issues associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease; requiring a report.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy.

Hansen, R. and Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 29, A bill for an act relating to transportation; designating a bridge on marked U.S. Highway 52 in West Saint Paul as Private Joseph Marthaler Memorial Bridge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hansen, R.; Ecklund; Richardson; Lislegard; Fischer; Jordan; Huot; Lee; Sundin and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 30, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying previous appropriations; amending Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6.

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

Elkins introduced:

H. F. 31, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for telework activities.

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

Elkins introduced:

H. F. 32, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying classification and regulation of electric-assisted bicycles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 84.787, subdivision 7; 84.797, subdivision 7; 84.92, subdivision 8; 168.002, subdivision 18; 169.011, subdivisions 27, 42, by adding subdivisions; 169.222, subdivisions 4, 6a, by adding a subdivision.

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

Huot introduced:

H. F. 33, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing enhanced penalties for assaulting a sports official; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.2231, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy.

Huot introduced:

H. F. 34, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an emergency medical services task force; appropriating money for the task force and for ambulance service personnel training programs.

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

Elkins introduced:

H. F. 35, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a Website Accessibility Grant Advisory Council; appropriating money for grants to cities and counties to improve website accessibility; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Noor introduced:

H. F. 36, A bill for an act relating to consumer data privacy; giving various rights to consumers regarding personal data; placing data transparency obligations on businesses; creating a private right of action; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325O.

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