The following House Files were introduced:
Kahn, Bly, Abeler and Jaros introduced:
H. F. 1825, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing the penalty for smoking in a nonsmoking hotel room; providing for civil and criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.742, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Carlson, Mullery, Abeler, Brod and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 1826, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; providing a credit for purchase or modification of vehicles to accommodate people with disabilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simon, Hilty, Thao, Winkler, Poppe, Walker, Mariani, Dominguez and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1827, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring certain voting materials to be printed in languages other than English; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204B.27, subdivisions 3, 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Simon introduced:
H. F. 1828, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for construction of interchange at Trunk Highway 7; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Winkler and Simon introduced:
H. F. 1829, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to reconstruct Trunk Highway 100; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
DeLaForest, by request introduced:
H. F. 1830, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for criminal vehicular homicide committed by a person with a prior DWI offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.21, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Thao, Huntley, Abeler and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1831, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a work group to study the provision of interpreter services to health care patients.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 1832, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a onetime grant for the Libre Academy sober school; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1833, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; requiring certain lands to be acquired by a specific date; amending Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Wollschlager and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 1834, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing the Southeastern Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the Northwest Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority to levy certain taxes.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 1835, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing wind energy conversion system loan guarantee program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1836, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a nursing facility rate increase for the costs of code compliance; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Madore, Westrom, Clark, Bunn, Abeler and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1837, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to support activities to help people with disabilities relocate from nursing facilities to community settings.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1838, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; regulating certain pesticide applications; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Slawik introduced:
H. F. 1839, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner to study child care provider standards; requiring reports; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Abeler and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1840, A bill for an act relating to human services; convening a work group on sober housing; requiring reports.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Simon, Smith, Paymar, Mullery, Clark, Kalin, Kranz, Madore, Tingelstad, Walker, Winkler, Tschumper, Lesch, Johnson, Sailer, Hilstrom, Holberg, Kohls, Dominguez, Olin, Liebling, Lillie and Bigham introduced:
H. F. 1841, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; permitting victims of domestic abuse to terminate a lease in certain circumstances; 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.
Clark and Moe introduced:
H. F. 1842, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for collection of certain data relating to environmental toxicity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.3806, subdivision 14; 144.671.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 1843, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting landlords from limiting posting of campaign material in window of tenant's residence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Walker, Rukavina, Ruth, Clark and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 1844, A bill for an act relating to occupations; registration required for hair braiding; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 154.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Severson, Hamilton, Gottwalt, Dettmer and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1845, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as marriage only a union between one man and one woman.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Sviggum, Gottwalt, Dettmer and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1846, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as marriage or its legal equivalent only a union between one man and one woman.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1847, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as marriage or its legal equivalent only a union between one man and one woman.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1848, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; requiring employers to pay for continued health coverage for injured workers; requiring employers to pay attorney fees in certain cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 176.021, subdivisions 1, 3; 176.081, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Gottwalt, Thissen, Brod, Hosch and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 1849, A bill for an act relating to health; specifying criteria for valid prescriptions or drug orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 151.37, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Simon introduced:
H. F. 1850, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for Minnesota Urban Debate League programs; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Morgan, Madore and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1851, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the housing trust fund.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Abeler and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 1852, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school districts to report student achievement of locally developed academic standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.11, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Benson; Swails; Peterson, S., and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 1853, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying that reading instruction must support children with dyslexia and related language disorders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 122A.06, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivisions 2a, 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Lanning and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 1854, A bill for an act relating to liquor; regulating advertising; banning free drinks and other promotional tools of retailers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 340A.507, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Huntley and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1855, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring nonprofit hospitals and outpatient surgical centers to report on community benefits in a standard way; establishing a work group; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.698, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Huntley, Thissen and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1856, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for universal health care coverage; requiring guaranteed issue of minimum coverage by all health plans; requiring individuals to have minimum health coverage; establishing the Minnesota Health Care Access Portal; extending dependent coverage of nonstudents to age 25; creating an income tax credit for health care costs; allowing deductions for health insurance premiums; eliminating the MinnesotaCare four-month uninsured requirement; authorizing medical home demonstration projects; promoting the adoption of electronic health information systems; establishing prevention and public health programs; requiring studies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 62A.65, by adding a subdivision; 62E.02, subdivision 7; 62L.02, subdivision 11; 62Q.165; 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.024; 256B.0625, subdivision 3b; 256L.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 290.01, subdivision 19b, as amended; 290.091, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 121A; 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 62A.301; 62A.65, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Eken introduced:
H. F. 1857, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a study and predesign of a Native American juvenile treatment center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cornish, Paymar and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1858, A bill for an act relating to public safety finance; appropriating money for peace officer training related to domestic violence no contact orders.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cornish, Paymar and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1859, A bill for an act relating to judiciary finance; appropriating money for a uniform statewide no contact order form.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl; Tingelstad; Wagenius; Peterson, N.; Jaros; Lanning and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1860, A bill for an act relating to historic preservation; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl; Lanning; Wagenius; Peterson, N.; Jaros; Tingelstad and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1861, A bill for an act relating to historic preservation; creating a historical preservation revolving loan fund; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl; Simpson; Gunther; Peterson, N.; Jaros; Tingelstad and Lanning introduced:
H. F. 1862, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota Historical Society; appropriating money for a grant-in-aid program for county and local historical societies.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bunn and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1863, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the disclosure of health care payment information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.81, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.052, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hilstrom and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1864, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to supervised parenting time service providers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Poppe; Rukavina; Hilstrom; Greiling; Hilty; Clark; Nelson; Smith; Sertich; Anzelc; Murphy, E., and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1865, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rules regarding common carrier railroad employees; requiring a report; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hansen, Moe and Dill introduced:
H. F. 1866, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; adding legislative members to the Game and Fish Oversight Committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Hilstrom; Hornstein; Erhardt; Peterson, N.; Lieder; Kahn; Peterson, A.; Howes and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1867, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; increasing vehicle registration taxes, title transaction fees, and driver's license fees; making technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 18; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.06, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Abeler, Dittrich, Hortman and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 1868, A bill for an act relating to education finance; indexing equalizing factors for the debt service and referendum equalization aid programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 123B.53, subdivisions 4, 5; 126C.01, by adding subdivisions; 126C.17, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 1869, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a food safety and defense task force; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 28A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Thissen, Brod, Emmer, Huntley and Bunn introduced:
H. F. 1870, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring uniform processing of health plan claims; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Sviggum, DeLaForest, Kohls, Finstad, Smith, Gunther, Lanning, Tingelstad, Eastlund, Demmer, Severson, Simpson, Howes, Zellers, Abeler, Magnus, Westrom and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 1871, A bill for an act relating to health; limiting use of funds for state-sponsored health programs for funding abortions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Thissen, Hilstrom and Berns introduced:
H. F. 1872, A bill for an act relating to Hennepin County; regulating conflicts of interest for certain Hennepin Healthcare System personnel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 383B.905, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Bunn, Huntley, Thissen and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1873, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring annual reports on cost containment goals; establishing a medical expenditure review committee; establishing a health care transformation task force; modifying goals for universal coverage; requiring written hospital charity care policies; modifying performance payments for medical groups; requiring a payment reform plan; providing grants for community collaboratives; requiring a contract for nonprofit organization accountability; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 62J.04, subdivision 3; 62J.17, subdivision 6a, by adding a subdivision; 62Q.165, subdivisions 1, 2; 144.56, by adding a subdivision; 256.01, subdivision 2b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Davnie, Hilstrom and Swails introduced:
H. F. 1874, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a green building innovation grant program for local governmental units; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1875, A bill for an act relating to health; changing the public program volume factor for MERC from revenue to charges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.692, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 1876, A bill for an act relating to local government; amending certain annexation provisions; extending municipal boundary adjustment advisory task force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 414.0325, subdivision 1b; 414.033, subdivisions 2, 13; Laws 2006, chapter 270, article 2, section 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 414.031, subdivision 8; 414.0325, subdivision 4b; 414.033, subdivision 12; Laws 2006, chapter 270, article 2, section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Tschumper introduced:
H. F. 1877, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing certain food license requirements; changing certain milk requirements; eliminating a requirement on sale of bulk tanks; clarifying certain penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 28A.04, subdivision 1; 28A.06; 32.21, subdivision 4; 32.212; 32.394, subdivision 4; 32.415.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Welti introduced:
H. F. 1878, A bill for an act relating to retirement; permitting Public Employees Retirement Association service credit purchase for community education employment.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Laine, Marquart and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 1879, A bill for an act relating to the city of Columbia Heights; authorizing creation of a tax increment financing district.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Swails, Dettmer, Slawik, McNamara, Bunn and Dean introduced:
H. F. 1880, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for acquisition and development of Big Marine Park Reserve; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bigham introduced:
H. F. 1881, A bill for an act relating to local government aid; adding to the city base adjustment for certain cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 1882, A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing a land-lease agreement between Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the YMCA for construction of a YMCA facility on the Worthington campus.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bunn, Brod, Paulsen, Simon, Lenczewski, Dittrich, Marquart, Erhardt and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 1883, A bill for an act relating to taxation; amending the income and franchise tax apportionment formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.191, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Atkins, Paulsen, Brod, Moe, Carlson, Anzelc, Koenen, Knuth, Mullery, Erhardt, McNamara, Gunther, Lesch, Thao, Abeler, Eken, Scalze, Gardner, Hansen, Mariani, Demmer, Greiling and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1884, A bill for an act relating to income tax; establishing the Minnesota Land Conservation Incentives Act of 2007; providing a credit for certain land donations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hansen; McNamara; Eken; Wagenius; Ozment; Knuth; Peterson, A.; Tingelstad; Scalze; Anzelc; Koenen; Cornish; Greiling; Sailer; Mariani and Moe introduced:
H. F. 1885, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for emergency management of invasive species; appropriating money for invasive species management; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 1886, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing the greater Minnesota facilities aid grant program; establishing eligibility of school districts; defining the use of grant funds; creating a match requirement; creating criteria for qualification; establishing an application process; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Slawik and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 1887, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a hearing loss early education intervention coordinator; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.63, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Dittrich; Dominguez; Scalze; Swails; Benson; Ruud; Madore; Ward; Masin; Tillberry; Carlson; Slocum; Simon; Peterson, S.; Knuth; Gardner; Abeler; Demmer; Dettmer; Gottwalt; Mariani; Haws; Anderson, S.; Garofalo; McFarlane; Heidgerken; Urdahl and Welti introduced:
H. F. 1888, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for 3R high schools and academic rigor; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Urdahl, Juhnke, Morrow, Seifert, Jaros, Doty, Finstad and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 1889, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota River Valley; establishing a study group to promote the historic, scenic, and natural features of the Minnesota River Valley area; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Kalin introduced:
H. F. 1890, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; establishing minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products sold in Minnesota; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325O.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.