The following House Files were introduced:
Murphy, E. and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 3865, A bill for an act relating to public health; modifying academic standards to include nutrition; creating an advisory council on health, nutrition, and physical education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hilty, Rukavina and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 3866, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; halting cumulative suspensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.18, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Moe introduced:
H. F. 3867, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money to reduce tuition at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lieder introduced:
H. F. 3868, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; correcting transitional rate of special fuel excise tax on compressed natural gas; amending Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 3, section 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Eken introduced:
H. F. 3869, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing long-term care provider rate adjustments; providing funding for long-term care provider rate adjustments by modifying individual income tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 256B.434, subdivision 19; 256B.5012, subdivision 7; Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 7, section 71.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 3870, A bill for an act relating to safe patient handling; requiring clinical plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 182.6551; 182.6552, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hosch; Fritz; Murphy, E.; Otremba; Wardlow; Heidgerken; Urdahl; Davnie and Tillberry introduced:
H. F. 3871, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a grant program to allow school districts to embed social and emotional learning into their curriculum; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 3872, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing a computer-based model to assess the impact of health care reform proposals; requiring a study of changes to state budgeting approaches; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Rukavina and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 3873, A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting the release of the names of certain potential enrollees to health plans for marketing purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.69, subdivision 28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Anzelc and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 3874, A bill for an act relating to retirement; allowing certain governmental employers to offer alternative deferred compensation plans and to increase contributions to those plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Swails introduced:
H. F. 3875, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying gifted and talented student services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 120B.15; 126C.10, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Atkins and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 3876, A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing a law school loan repayment program for public defenders; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611.215, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws introduced:
H. F. 3877, A bill for an act relating to veterans; increasing the per semester and annual grant amount for veterans receiving Minnesota GI Bill educational assistance for higher education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 197.791, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lillie; Peterson, A.; Sertich and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 3878, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating life settlements; providing enforcement; prescribing criminal penalties and civil remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 60A.961; 60A.962; 60A.963; 60A.964; 60A.965; 60A.966; 60A.967; 60A.968; 60A.969; 60A.970; 60A.971; 60A.972; 60A.973; 60A.974.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 3879, A bill for an act relating to energy; regulating certain property rights related to wind energy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 500.30, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Beard introduced:
H. F. 3880, A bill for an act relating to utilities; limiting utilities' use of natural gas as fuel for generating electricity and limiting recovery of those costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 216B.16, subdivision 7; 216B.243, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Emmer introduced:
H. F. 3881, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing certain home modifications to be allowed expenses for the home and community-based waiver programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Simpson introduced:
H. F. 3882, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying and standardizing the definition of lodging for lodging tax purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.190, subdivision 1; Laws 1969, chapter 1092, section 2, subdivision 4; Laws 1980, chapter 511, section 2, as amended; Laws 1982, chapter 523, article 25, section 1, as amended; Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 5, as amended; Laws 1986, chapter 462, section 31, as amended; Laws 1990, chapter 604, article 6, section 9, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 2002, chapter 377, article 3, section 25, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 3883, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a property tax exemption for personal property at a certain electric generation facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Paulsen, Bunn, Gottwalt, Thissen, Brod and Dean introduced:
H. F. 3884, A bill for an act relating to health; changing the evaluation process for mandated health benefit proposals; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.26.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Norton, Thao, Brown, Greiling and Slawik introduced:
H. F. 3885, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a pilot financial aid program for teachers of color; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.