House Journal 10th Day Thursday January 19 2023

A quorum was present.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. There being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.

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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

Acomb from the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 7, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying electric utility renewable energy standard obligations; exempting certain wind projects from certificate of need proceedings; including low-voltage transmission lines in the definition of "solar energy generating system" for siting purposes; modifying Public Utility Commission authority to issue site permits for electric generation facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 216B.1691, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b, 2d, 2e, 2f, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, by adding subdivisions; 216B.2422, subdivision 3; 216B.243, subdivision 8; 216E.01, subdivision 9a; 216E.03, subdivisions 5, 10, 11; 216E.04, subdivision 2; 216F.04; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, before line 12, insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.16, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13. Economic and community development. The commission may allow a public utility to recover from ratepayers the reasonable expenses incurred: (1) for economic and community development; and (2) to employ local workers, as defined in section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, to construct and maintain generation facilities that supply power to the public utility's customers.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.1645, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Cost recovery. (a) The following expenses are recoverable from utility ratepayers:

(1) expenses incurred to employ local workers, as defined in section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, to construct and maintain generation facilities that supply power to the utility's customers; and

(2) expenses incurred by the utility over the duration of ~~the~~ an approved contract or the useful life of ~~the~~ an investment and expenditures made pursuant to section 116C.779 ~~shall be recoverable from the ratepayers of the utility, to the extent~~, provided they are not offset by utility revenues attributable to the contracts, investments, or expenditures.

(b) Upon petition by a public utility, the commission shall approve or approve as modified a rate schedule providing for the automatic adjustment of charges to recover the expenses or costs approved by the commission under subdivision 1, which, in the case of transmission expenditures, are limited to the portion of actual transmission costs that are directly allocable to the need to transmit power from the renewable sources of energy. The commission may not approve recovery of the costs for that portion of the power generated from sources governed by this section that the utility sells into the wholesale market.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Page 1, line 21, before the semicolon, insert "facilities in operation as of the effective date of this act"

Page 2, line 7, after "means" insert ": (1)" and strike the comma and insert "; (2)"

Page 2, line 8, strike the first comma and insert "; (3)" and strike ", or" and insert "; (4)"

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Page 2, line 9, before the period, insert "; or (5) a cooperative electric association or municipal utility electric service that is not a member of an entity in clauses (2) to (4)"

Page 2, line 13, delete "50" and insert "40"

Page 2, line 14, delete "40" and insert "35" and delete "185" and insert "200"

Page 2, line 15, delete "or"

Page 2, after line 15, insert:

"(3) 40 percent or more of the area's residents over the age of five have limited English proficiency; or"

Page 2, line 16, delete "(3)" and insert "(4)"

Page 2, line 20, strike everything after the period

Page 2, strike lines 21 to 24

Page 2, line 31, delete the colon and insert "the energy recovery facility is located in a county with a population density that exceeds 1,500 persons per square mile but is less than 2,500 persons per square mile."

Page 3, delete lines 1 to 3

Page 4, line 22, delete "and"

Page 4, line 23, delete the period and insert "; and"

Page 4, after line 23, insert:

"(10) additional electric load from beneficial electrification and the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with those loads as compared to serving the load with nonelectric energy sources.

For the purposes of this paragraph, "beneficial electrification" means the substitution of electricity for a fossil fuel, provided that the substitution meets at least one of the following conditions without adversely affecting either of the other two, as determined by the commission:

(i) saves a consumer money over the long run compared with continued use of the fossil fuel;

(ii) enables an electric utility to better manage the electric utility's electric grid network; or

(iii) reduces negative environmental impacts of fuel use, including but not limited to statewide greenhouse gas emissions."

Page 4, line 24, before "The" insert "(b)"

Page 4, lines 24 and 27, after "under" insert "paragraph (a),"

Page 4, line 25, after "(4)" insert a comma

Page 4, line 28, after "(7)" insert a comma

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Page 4, line 30, delete "(b)" and insert "(c)"

Page 5, line 9, delete "(c)" and insert "(d)"

Page 5, line 13, delete "(d)" and insert "(e)"

Page 5, line 19, before "The" insert "(a)"

Page 5, line 20, after "to" insert a colon

Page 5, line 21, strike "renewable energy"

Page 5, line 23, after the period, insert "(b)" and strike "this" and insert "the" and after "order" insert "under paragraph (a)"

Page 5, line 24, after "that" insert ": (1)"

Page 5, line 25, before the period, insert "; and (2) require the commission to allow for partial compliance with subdivision 2g from electricity generated from facilities that utilize carbon-free technologies for electricity generation, but only for the percentage that is carbon-free"

Page 8, line 20, delete "areas of concern for" and before the semicolon, insert "areas" and delete "and"

Page 8, line 21, delete the period and insert "; and"

Page 8, after line 21, insert:

"(9) for an electric utility utilizing energy credits to satisfy any portion of the electric utility's obligations under this section, the following information:

(i) the name and location of energy facilities that generated the energy associated with the credits;

(ii) the dates when the energy associated with the credits was generated;

(iii) the type of fuel that generated the energy associated with the credits; and

(iv) whether the energy associated with the credits was purchased by the utility purchasing the credits."

Page 9, line 5, before the first period, insert ", except that a credit may be used to satisfy both the renewable energy standard under subdivision 2a and the carbon-free standard under subdivision 2g if the credit meets the requirements of both subdivisions"

Page 9, line 25, after "obligation" insert "under subdivision 2a"

Page 9, line 32, strike "(a)" and insert "(c)"

Page 10, line 2, after "obligation" insert "under subdivision 2a"

Page 10, line 28, delete "areas of concern for"

Page 10, line 29, before the semicolon, insert "areas"

Page 11, line 1, delete "areas of concern"

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Page 11, line 2, delete "for" and before the semicolon, insert "areas"

Page 12, after line 1, insert:

"Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.

(b) "Utility" means an entity with the capability of generating 100,000 kilowatts or more of electric power and serving, either directly or indirectly, the needs of 10,000 retail customers in Minnesota. Utility does not include federal power agencies.

(1) wind;

(2) solar;

(3) geothermal;

(4) hydro;

(5) trees or other vegetation;

(6) landfill gas; or

(7) predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of wastewater sludge.

(d) "Resource plan" means a set of resource options that a utility could use to meet the service needs of its customers over a forecast period, including an explanation of the supply and demand circumstances under which, and the extent to which, each resource option would be used to meet those service needs. These resource options include using, refurbishing, and constructing utility plant and equipment, buying power generated by other entities, controlling customer loads, and implementing customer energy conservation.

(e) "Refurbish" means to rebuild or substantially modify an existing electricity generating resource of

30 megawatts or greater.

(f) "Energy storage system" means a commercially available technology that:

(1) uses mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to:

(i) store energy, including energy generated from renewable resources and energy that would otherwise be wasted, and deliver the stored energy for use at a later time; or

(ii) store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later time in a manner that reduces the demand for electricity at the later time;

(2) is composed of stationary equipment;

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(3) if being used for electric grid benefits, is operationally visible and capable of being controlled by the distribution or transmission entity managing it, to enable and optimize the safe and reliable operation of the electric system; and

(4) achieves any of the following:

(i) reduces peak or electrical demand;

(ii) defers the need or substitutes for an investment in electric generation, transmission, or distribution assets;

(iii) improves the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or distribution systems, while ensuring transmission or distribution needs are not created; or

(iv) lowers customer costs by storing energy when the cost of generating or purchasing it is low and delivering it to customers when the costs are high.

(g) "Local job impacts" means the impacts of a certificate of need, a power purchase agreement, or commission approval of a new or refurbished energy facility on the availability of construction employment opportunities to local workers.

(h) "Local workers" means workers who:

(1) are employed to construct and maintain energy infrastructure; and

(2) are Minnesota residents, are residents of the utility's service territory, or permanently reside within 150 miles of a proposed new or refurbished energy facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Page 12, after line 23, insert:

"Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 4a. Preference for local job creation. As part of a resource plan filing, a utility must report on associated local job impacts and the steps the utility and the utility's energy suppliers and contractors are taking to maximize the availability of construction employment opportunities for local workers. The commission must consider local job impacts and give preference to proposals that maximize the creation of construction employment opportunities for local workers, consistent with the public interest, when evaluating any utility proposal that involves the selection or construction of facilities used to generate or deliver energy to serve the utility's customers, including but not limited to an integrated resource plan, a certificate of need, a power purchase agreement, or commission approval of a new or refurbished electric generation facility. The commission must, to the maximum extent possible, prioritize the hiring of workers from communities hosting retiring electric generation facilities, including workers previously employed at the retiring facilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to an integrated resource plan filed with the commission on or after that date.

Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 4b. Preference for domestic content. The commission may give preference in resource selection to projects utilizing energy technologies produced domestically by entities who received an advanced manufacturing tax credit for those technologies under section 45X of the Internal Revenue Code, as allowed under the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Public Law 117-169.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.2422, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Bidding; exemption from certificate of need proceeding. (a) A utility may select resources to meet its projected energy demand through a bidding process approved or established by the commission. A utility shall use the environmental cost estimates determined under subdivision 3 in and consider local job impacts when evaluating bids submitted in a process established under this subdivision.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if an electric power generating plant, as described in section 216B.2421, subdivision 2, clause (1), is selected in a bidding process approved or established by the commission, a certificate of need proceeding under section 216B.243 is not required.

(c) A certificate of need proceeding is also not required for an electric power generating plant that has been selected in a bidding process approved or established by the commission, or such other selection process approved by the commission, to satisfy, in whole or in part, the wind power mandate of section 216B.2423 or the biomass mandate of section 216B.2424.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to an integrated resource plan filed with the commission on or after that date.

Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 8. Carbon dioxide emissions reduction. (a) The commission may issue an order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired electric generating units located in Minnesota that do not have applicable capacity obligations with a regional transmission organization and are wholly owned by a public utility required to file a resource plan under this section. The order may:

(1) require the public utility to develop and implement a plan to operate coal-fired electric generating units only during the months of June, July, August, December, January, and February, other than for emergency or reliability purposes; or

(2) establish an annual limit on the carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired electric generating units.

(b) Nothing in this subdivision affects a public utility's obligation to comply with the provisions of section 216B.1691.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Page 14, line 28, delete the new language

Page 14, line 30, before the period, insert ", excluding any alternate site for a solar energy generating system that was not proposed by an applicant"

Page 15, after line 8, insert:

"Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216E.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Considerations in designating sites and routes. (a) The commission's site and route permit determinations must be guided by the state's goals to conserve resources, minimize environmental impacts, minimize human settlement and other land use conflicts, and ensure the state's electric energy security through efficient, cost‑effective power supply and electric transmission infrastructure.

(b) To facilitate the study, research, evaluation, and designation of sites and routes, the commission shall be guided by, but not limited to, the following considerations:

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(1) evaluation of research and investigations relating to the effects on land, water and air resources of large electric power generating plants and high-voltage transmission lines and the effects of water and air discharges and electric and magnetic fields resulting from such facilities on public health and welfare, vegetation, animals, materials and aesthetic values, including baseline studies, predictive modeling, and evaluation of new or improved methods for minimizing adverse impacts of water and air discharges and other matters pertaining to the effects of power plants on the water and air environment;

(2) environmental evaluation of sites and routes proposed for future development and expansion and their relationship to the land, water, air and human resources of the state;

(3) evaluation of the effects of new electric power generation and transmission technologies and systems related to power plants designed to minimize adverse environmental effects;

(4) evaluation of the potential for beneficial uses of waste energy from proposed large electric power generating plants;

(5) analysis of the direct and indirect economic impact of proposed sites and routes including, but not limited to, productive agricultural land lost or impaired;

(6) evaluation of adverse direct and indirect environmental effects that cannot be avoided should the proposed site and route be accepted;

(7) evaluation of alternatives to the applicant's proposed site or route proposed pursuant to subdivisions 1 and 2;

(8) evaluation of potential routes that would use or parallel existing railroad and highway rights-of-way;

(9) evaluation of governmental survey lines and other natural division lines of agricultural land so as to minimize interference with agricultural operations;

(10) evaluation of the future needs for additional high-voltage transmission lines in the same general area as any proposed route, and the advisability of ordering the construction of structures capable of expansion in transmission capacity through multiple circuiting or design modifications;

(11) evaluation of irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources should the proposed site or route be approved; ~~and~~

(12) when appropriate, consideration of problems raised by other state and federal agencies and local entities.;

(13) evaluation of the benefits of the proposed facility with respect to (i) the protection and enhancement of environmental quality, and (ii) the reliability of state and regional energy supplies;

(14) evaluation of the proposed facility's impact on socioeconomic factors; and

(15) evaluation of the proposed facility's employment and economic impacts in the vicinity of the facility site and throughout Minnesota, including the quantity and quality of construction and permanent jobs and their compensation levels. The commission must consider a facility's local employment and economic impacts, and may reject or place conditions on a site or route permit based on the local employment and economic impacts.

(c) If the commission's rules are substantially similar to existing regulations of a federal agency to which the utility in the state is subject, the federal regulations must be applied by the commission.

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(d) No site or route shall be designated which violates state agency rules.

(e) The commission must make specific findings that it has considered locating a route for a high-voltage transmission line on an existing high-voltage transmission route and the use of parallel existing highway right‑of‑way and, to the extent those are not used for the route, the commission must state the reasons.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Page 15, line 24, delete "may" and insert "must" and after "issuance" insert ", including issuance of a modified permit for a repowering project, as defined in section 216B.243, subdivision 8, paragraph (b),"

Page 15, line 26, delete the comma and insert ": (1)"

Page 15, line 27, before the period, insert "; and (2) be subject to the requirements and enforcement provisions under sections 177.27, 177.30, 177.32, 177.41 to 177.435, and 177.45" and delete everything after the period

Page 15, delete lines 28 to 34

Page 16, delete lines 1 and 2

Page 17, line 25, delete "may" and insert "must" and after "issuance" insert ", including issuance of a modified permit for a repowering project, as defined in section 216B.243, subdivision 8, paragraph (b),"

Page 17, line 28, delete the first comma and insert ": (1)" and before the period, insert "; and (2) be subject to the requirements and enforcement provisions under sections 177.27, 177.30, 177.32, 177.41 to 177.435, and 177.45" and delete "The"

Page 17, delete lines 29 to 31

Page 18, delete lines 1 to 6

Page 18, after line 7, insert:

"Sec. 31. MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS; REVISED AFFILIATE INTEREST AGREEMENTS.

Nothing in this act affects consideration by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission of revised affiliated interest agreements that were previously approved for an energy facility in docket number E015/AI-17-568. This section must not be interpreted to affect a public interest determination on this energy facility in any subsequent resource planning docket or a prudence determination in any subsequent rate case. Nothing in this section affects a public utility's obligation to comply with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.1691.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Renumber the sections in sequence

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "providing for certain utility cost recovery;"

Page 1, line 5, after the semicolon, insert "adding provisions supporting local energy-related employment;"

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Page 1, line 6, after the semicolon, insert "making technical changes;"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Klevorn from the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 29, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to the Office of the Attorney General to provide legal services for violent crimes and financial exploitation.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. ATTORNEY GENERAL; CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) $269,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the attorney general for enhanced criminal enforcement and related initiatives. This is a onetime appropriation.

(b) $2,021,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,021,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the general fund to the attorney general for enhanced criminal enforcement and related initiatives.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."

Amend the title accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The report was adopted.

Moller from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 42, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending definitions of labor trafficking; establishing enhanced penalties for labor trafficking when the trafficking occurs over an extended period of time or when a victim dies or suffers great bodily harm; making conforming changes related to the statewide human trafficking assessment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 299A.78, subdivision 1; 299A.79, subdivision 3; 609.281, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 609.282, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.281, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 4, after line 22, insert:

"Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 15. Debt bondage. "Debt bondage" has the meaning given in section 609.281, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

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Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 16. Forced or coerced labor or services. "Forced or coerced labor or services" has the meaning given in section 609.281, subdivision 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 17. Labor trafficking. "Labor trafficking" has the meaning given in section 609.281, subdivision 5.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 18. Labor trafficking victim. "Labor trafficking victim" has the meaning given in section 609.281, subdivision 6.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 19. Trafficking. "Trafficking" includes labor trafficking and sex trafficking.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 20. Trafficking victim. "Trafficking victim" includes a labor trafficking victim and a sex trafficking victim.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.322, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking in the first degree. (a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both:

(1) solicits or induces an individual under the age of 18 years to practice prostitution;

(2) promotes the prostitution of an individual under the age of 18 years;

(3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual under the age of 18 years; or

(4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 years.

(b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or subdivision 1a may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 30 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $60,000, or both, if one or more of the following aggravating factors are present:

(1) the offender has committed a prior qualified human trafficking-related offense;

(2) the offense involved a sex trafficking victim who suffered bodily harm during the commission of the offense;

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(3) the time period that a sex trafficking victim was held in debt bondage or forced or coerced labor or services exceeded 180 days; or

(4) the offense involved more than one sex trafficking victim.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date."

Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 4, after the semicolon, insert "including coerced labor or services as aggravating factor to penalty for sex trafficking;"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Klevorn from the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 48, A bill for an act relating to state government; recognizing Juneteenth, June 19, as a state holiday; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10.55; 645.44, subdivision 5.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Liebling from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 52, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a right for a pregnant patient to have a designated support person present while receiving health care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.651, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 56, A bill for an act relating to real property; modifying and updating certain recording and title provisions; making clarifying and technical changes; repealing obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 336.9-601; 507.07; 508.52; 518.191, subdivisions 1, 3; 550.365, subdivision 2; 559.209, subdivision 2; 582.039, subdivision 2; 583.25; 583.26, subdivision 2; 600.23; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 346.02; 582.14.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

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Moller from the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 111, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the crime of surreptitious intrusion that does not take place through a window or aperture; establishing the crime of surreptitious intrusion under or around a person's clothing; amending the statute of limitations for the crime of surreptitious intrusion; making technical and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 243.166, subdivision 1b; 609.746, subdivision 1; 609A.02, subdivision 3; 628.26.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 227, A bill for an act relating to marriage; authorizing notary publics to perform civil marriages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 357.17; 359.04; 517.04; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 359.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 28, after the comma, insert "a past or current Minnesota elected official who has a certificate of election that has been filed with the local county registrar consistent with the process in section 359.115,"

Amend the title accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 244, A bill for an act relating to uniform laws; adopting the Uniform Electronic Wills Act; making technical, clarifying, and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 524.1-201; 524.2-504; 524.2-506; 524.2-507; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 524.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 321, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; limiting the educational data that may be designated as publicly available directory information; allowing private educational data to be shared with government entities having a legitimate education interest in the data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.32, subdivisions 3, 5.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, line 22, delete everything after the first "a" and insert "public library for purposes of issuing a library card to the student."

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Page 3, delete lines 23 to 25

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 4, delete everything after "with" and insert "public libraries"

Page 1, line 5, delete "in the data"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

The report was adopted.

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

H. F. Nos. 7, 42, 48, 52, 56, 111, 244 and 321 were read for the second time.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Files were introduced:

Scott, Fogelman, Hudson, Perryman, Mueller, Hudella, Robbins, Novotny and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. No. 534, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring county attorneys to record and report the reason for dismissing charges; requiring the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to report information on dismissals to the legislature; requiring county attorneys to post information on dismissals to a publicly accessible website; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.09, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 388.

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

Frazier, Freiberg, Clardy, Hassan, Richardson, Xiong and Hollins introduced:

H. F. No. 535, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school board to renew an expiring referendum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.17, by adding a subdivision.

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

Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 536, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for highway reconstruction in Sibley County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Franson introduced:

H. F. No. 537, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to construct a new culvert under U.S. Highway 29; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Frazier; Moller; Noor; Hollins; Lee, F.; Pérez-Vega; Hassan; Sencer-Mura; Agbaje; Gomez; Greenman; Hanson, J.; Berg; Frederick and Xiong introduced:

H. F. No. 538, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to revise the standards of conduct for peace officers.

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

Franson introduced:

H. F. No. 539, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the Alexandria Technical and Community College campus; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hicks, Liebling and Fischer introduced:

H. F. No. 540, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing medical assistance enrollees to opt out of managed care enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256B.69, subdivisions 4, 28, 36; 256B.692, subdivision 1.

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

Pinto; Curran; Clardy; Hassan; Olson, L.; Pursell and Hussein introduced:

H. F. No. 541, A bill for an act relating to elections; restoring the right to vote to individuals convicted of a felony upon completion of any term of incarceration imposed and executed by a court for the offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 201.014, by adding a subdivision; 201.071, subdivision 1; 204C.10; 609.165, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 201; 243.

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

Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 542, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water infrastructure in New Auburn; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 543, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying special education formulas; authorizing a levy for certain special access costs at cooperative units; authorizing a levy for special education facility costs; limiting special education tuition billing; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124E.21, subdivision 1; 125A.21, subdivisions 1, 2; 125A.76, subdivision 2e; 125A.79, by adding a subdivision; 126C.40, by adding a subdivision; 127A.47, subdivision 7.

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

Freiberg; Olson, L., and Bahner introduced:

H. F. No. 544, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers related to clinician-administered drugs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62W.

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

Jordan introduced:

H. F. No. 545, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring affirmative consent instruction; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Scott, Hudella and Robbins introduced:

H. F. No. 546, A bill for an act relating to emergency management; modifying procedures and requirements for orders and rules promulgated during a peacetime emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.32.

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

Scott, Fogelman, Hudson, Perryman, Mueller, Hudella and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. No. 547, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring legislative approval of proposed changes to the Sentencing Guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.09, subdivision 11.

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

Scott, Niska, Perryman, Robbins, Zeleznikar and Novotny introduced:

H. F. No. 548, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for transferring certain firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 624.7141.

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

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Scott, Niska, Fogelman, Perryman, Mueller, Hudella, Robbins and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. No. 549, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120B.20.

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

Scott introduced:

H. F. No. 550, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring an annual curriculum audit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120B.11, subdivision 9.

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

Scott, Niska, Hudson, Perryman, Hudella, Robbins, Novotny and Zeleznikar introduced:

H. F. No. 551, A bill for an act relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kotyza-Witthuhn, Pinto, Keeler and Jordan introduced:

H. F. No. 552, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting PFAS in juvenile products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

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

Brand and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. No. 553, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to implement a communications and patient logistics platform; authorizing grants; requiring annual reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.

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

Daudt introduced:

H. F. No. 554, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to replace an old, antiquated community wastewater facility in Baldwin Township with a new wastewater treatment plant to address environmental and human health issues; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Jordan introduced:

H. F. No. 555, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the East Side Neighborhood Services.

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

McDonald and Koznick introduced:

H. F. No. 556, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring three-fifths majority approval from both legislative bodies to extend peacetime emergencies beyond 30 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.31, subdivision 2.

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

Jacob; Quam; Knudsen; Anderson, P. H.; Pfarr; Harder and Nelson, N., introduced:

H. F. No. 557, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.

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

Frederick and Greenman introduced:

H. F. No. 558, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for early voting; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 201.022, subdivision 1; 203B.001; 203B.01, by adding a subdivision; 203B.03, subdivision 1; 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.081, subdivision 2; 203B.085; 203B.121, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 204B.28, subdivision 2; 206.82, subdivision 1; 206.83; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, subdivision 3.

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

Frederick, Pursell, Freiberg and Greenman introduced:

H. F. No. 559, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting trainee election judges to serve until reaching the age of 18; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.19, subdivision 6.

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

Nelson, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 560, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements on the North Hennepin Community College campus; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Nelson, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 561, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing certain property to be eligible for green acres tax deferment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 273.111, by adding a subdivision.

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

Edelson; Frazier; Clardy; Pérez-Vega; Keeler; Kraft; Hanson, J.; Hill and Sencer-Mura introduced:

H. F. No. 562, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating due process special education aid for school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.50.

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

Reyer introduced:

H. F. No. 563, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for displaced homemaker programs.

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

Bierman, Huot, Her, Bahner, Pursell, Rehm, Coulter and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced:

H. F. No. 564, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating funds for children's school-linked mental health grants.

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

Brand and Frederick introduced:

H. F. No. 565, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the local sales tax for the city of North Mankato; authorizing additional bonding; amending Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 7, section 20, as amended.

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

Mueller, Davids and West introduced:

H. F. No. 566, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota BioImaging Center of the Hormel Institute; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Mueller and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 567, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a segment of the Shooting Star state trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Freiberg introduced:

H. F. No. 568, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying payment rates for intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.5012, by adding subdivisions.

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

Becker-Finn, Bliss, Kozlowski and Keeler introduced:

H. F. No. 569, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a Leech Lake Area Health and Wellness Center in the city of Cass Lake.

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

Kotyza-Witthuhn introduced:

H. F. No. 570, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to the Reach Out and Read Minnesota program.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 571, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the Rochester local sales and use tax authorization for additional projects; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 5, as amended, by adding subdivisions.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 572, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; subjecting all lawful gambling receipts to a flat rate tax; repealing the combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297E.02, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.

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

Daudt; Neu Brindley; Witte; Johnson; Quam; McDonald; Nelson, N.; Daniels; Zeleznikar; Kiel; Harder; Franson; Murphy; Joy; Hudson; Olson, B.; Fogelman; Wiener; Niska; Engen; Robbins; Schultz; Koznick; Heintzeman; Backer; Perryman; Knudsen; Mueller; Novotny and Davis introduced:

H. F. No. 573, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; prohibiting certain methods of compensation related to absentee voting; requiring identification of individuals acting as an agent for an absentee voter; requiring identification of individuals providing assistance to a voter in a polling place; prohibiting certain activities related to

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voter registration and absentee voting; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from accepting certain contributions for election expenses; amending requirements for in-person absentee voting polling places; increasing criminal penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.03, by adding a subdivision; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 203B.081, subdivision 1; 203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 1d; 204C.10; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.07; 211B.13, subdivision 1; 256E.22, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.061, subdivision 7.

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

Daudt, Perryman and Schultz introduced:

H. F. No. 574, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing food retailers to sell wine and beer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 340A.101, by adding a subdivision; 340A.405, subdivision 1; 340A.412, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 340A.413, subdivision 5; 340A.503, subdivision 4.

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

Daudt and Perryman introduced:

H. F. No. 575, A bill for an act relating to liquor; repealing prohibition on municipality issuing more than one off-sale license to any one person or place; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 340A.412, subdivision 3.

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

Sencer-Mura; Finke; Hussein; Frazier; Lee, K., and Hassan introduced:

H. F. No. 576, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for New American workforce training.

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

Clardy, Pursell, Freiberg, Her, Bahner, Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Hussein introduced:

H. F. No. 577, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring criminal background checks for firearms transfers; modifying grounds for disqualification of transferee permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, 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 Public Safety Finance and Policy.

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Hussein; Xiong; Hassan; Lee, K.; Vang; Huot; Brand; Hornstein; Olson, L.; Agbaje; Hanson, J.; Finke; Wolgamott; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Sencer-Mura; Clardy; Pérez-Vega; Greenman; Kozlowski and Hill introduced:

H. F. No. 578, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an Innovation Center in St. Paul.

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

Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 579, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a study and construction at the intersection of marked Trunk Highway 9 and marked Trunk Highway 23 in the city of New London.

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

Koegel and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. No. 580, A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing a fee on the delivery of tangible personal property; allocating funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 270C.15; 297A.61, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168E.

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

Petersburg and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 581, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; making a technical change to requirements governing motor vehicle titles and disclosure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 325F.6641, subdivision 2.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 582, A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a private letter ruling program; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270C.

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

Newton and Norris introduced:

H. F. No. 583, A bill for an act relating to amateur sports; dedicating certain sales and use tax collections to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission; creating an amateur sports account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.94; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A.

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

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Edelson, Schomacker and Noor introduced:

H. F. No. 584, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing medical assistance reimbursement rates for certain home care services.

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

Klevorn, Kiel and Noor introduced:

H. F. No. 585, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing care evaluation as a covered medical assistance home care service; modifying medical assistance homemaker rates; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256B.0651, subdivisions 1, 2; 256B.0652, subdivision 11; 256B.0653, subdivisions 1, 6, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0654, by adding a subdivision; 256B.4912, by adding a subdivision; 256B.85, subdivision 8; 256S.18, subdivision 1; 256S.2101, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 256S.212, by adding a subdivision.

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

Frederick, Brand, Greenman, Fischer, Keeler and Hicks introduced:

H. F. No. 586, A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; appropriating money for a grant to establish a community behavioral health center and training clinic.

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

Norris and Newton introduced:

H. F. No. 587, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the National Sports Center in the city of Blaine; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Agbaje introduced:

H. F. No. 588, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery.

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

Nash introduced:

H. F. No. 589, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment facility improvements in Cologne; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Nash introduced:

H. F. No. 590, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for improvements to Carver County State-Aid Highway 18; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Nash and Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 591, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to expand marked Trunk Highway 5 in Carver County; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.

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

Lislegard, Skraba and Igo introduced:

H. F. No. 592, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for all-terrain vehicle trails.

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

Lislegard, Skraba, Igo and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 593, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to all-terrain vehicle trail systems in St. Louis County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 594, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Phase 6 of the infrastructure improvements project in the city of Biwabik; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Lislegard and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 595, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new water treatment plant and associated capital improvements in the city of Gilbert; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Davis introduced:

H. F. No. 596, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for facility improvements in Independent School District No. 318, Grand Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Kraft; Vang; Acomb; Youakim; Rehm; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Clardy; Hollins; Carroll; Bierman; Newton; Stephenson; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Lee, F.; Edelson; Frazier; Berg; Reyer; Becker-Finn; Hill; Coulter; Feist; Sencer‑Mura; Pinto; Smith and Klevorn introduced:

H. F. No. 597, A bill for an act relating to climate change; establishing grant program to provide financial assistance to cities to address climate change; appropriating money.

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

Olson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 598, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to local roads and infrastructure in the city of Madelia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Burkel introduced:

H. F. No. 599, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for Oslo area Red River flood mitigation project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Her, Moller and O'Neill introduced:

H. F. No. 600, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for juvenile delinquency treatment homes and violence prevention and wellness efforts in Ramsey County.

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

Her, Becker-Finn, Moller, Pinto, Cha, Clardy, Youakim, Kraft, Wolgamott, Bierman and Bahner introduced:

H. F. No. 601, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring lost and stolen firearms to be reported promptly to law enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.

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

Pérez-Vega; Howard; Hussein; Kozlowski; Norris; Agbaje; Hassan; Frazier; Becker-Finn; Hill; Sencer-Mura; Pryor; Clardy; Youakim; Huot; Pursell; Berg; Richardson; Hollins; Greenman; Carroll; Hansen, R.; Hicks; Bahner; Pinto; Lee, F.; Finke; Stephenson; Gomez; Noor; Kraft; Lee, K.; Brand; Cha and Klevorn introduced:

H. F. No. 602, A bill for an act relating to housing; prohibiting an eviction for nonpayment of rent when an application for rental assistance for the tenant is pending; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.291.

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

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Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 603, A bill for an act relating to environment; declaring Minnesota to be a mining-friendly state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 93.001.

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

Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 604, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0132, subdivision 26.

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

Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 605, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring an open season for wolves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.645, subdivision 9.

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

Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 606, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment facility in the city of Ironton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 607, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing annual tax holiday periods for sales and purchases of certain firearms and certain fishing equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.68, by adding subdivisions.

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

Davis and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 608, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying requirements for importing minnows; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 29; 97C.211, subdivision 2a; 97C.515, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97C.515, subdivisions 4, 5.

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

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Hansen, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 609, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modernizing statutes related to the registration, transfer, and operation of snowmobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 84.788, subdivision 5; 84.82, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 84.821, subdivision 2; 84.84; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.87, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 6100.5000, subparts 3, 4, 5; 6100.5700, subpart 4.

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

Wolgamott introduced:

H. F. No. 610, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for addressing mental health in the law enforcement and first responder communities.

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

Daniels, Wiens, McDonald and Skraba introduced:

H. F. No. 611, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing C-130 air ready reserve special license plates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.

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

Daniels introduced:

H. F. No. 612, A bill for an act relating to children; modifying the definition of neglect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260E.03, subdivision 15.

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

Hanson, J.; Pelowski; Edelson and Berg introduced:

H. F. No. 613, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing high school students to earn elective credits through employment with certain health care providers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.

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

Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 614, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water treatment facility and infrastructure improvements in the city of Willmar; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Baker, Novotny, Hudella, Wiens, Engen, Pfarr, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Mekeland, Witte, Robbins, Koznick, Knudsen, Bennett, Urdahl and Scott introduced:

H. F. No. 615, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing the same weight threshold and penalty for fentanyl as is for heroin; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 152.01, by adding a subdivision; 152.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.025, subdivision 4.

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

Kresha and Schultz introduced:

H. F. No. 616, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the C. A. Weyerhaeuser Museum in Morrison County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Kresha introduced:

H. F. No. 617, A bill for an act relating to local taxes; authorizing the city of Aitkin to impose a local sales and use tax.

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

Olson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 618, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional public safety and justice center in Martin County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Robbins introduced:

H. F. No. 619, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring parental notification of adverse incidents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.031, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Youakim, Clardy, Pérez-Vega, Pryor, Wolgamott, Koegel, Stephenson, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Klevorn, Huot and Lee, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 620, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring paid orientation for paraprofessionals; appropriating money for paraprofessional training; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 125A.08.

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

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Huot introduced:

H. F. No. 621, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for grants to regional emergency medical services programs.

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

Harder and Nash introduced:

H. F. No. 622, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expanded wastewater treatment facility capacity in the city of New Germany; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 623, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of the Lake Titlow Dam; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Skraba and Lislegard introduced:

H. F. No. 624, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Bigfork School and Community Center Enhancement Project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

McDonald and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 625, A bill for an act relating to taxation; decreasing the corporate franchise tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.06, subdivision 1.

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

Becker-Finn and Finke introduced:

H. F. No. 626, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing cities and towns to require additional licensing for hotels; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

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

Newton, Lillie and Norris introduced:

H. F. No. 627, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the James Metzen Mighty Ducks grant program.

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

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Newton introduced:

H. F. No. 628, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for an advanced digital technology center for orthotics and prosthetics.

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

Edelson, Hicks and Clardy introduced:

H. F. No. 629, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools to use approved literacy curriculum; requiring literacy specialists; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120B.12, subdivisions 1, 4a, 5; 122A.06, subdivision 4; 124D.98, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Olson, L., and Kozlowski introduced:

H. F. No. 630, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to make repairs and construct new facilities at the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area in Duluth.

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

Davis introduced:

H. F. No. 631, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water treatment plant renovation in Grand Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Torkelson, Urdahl, Harder and Brand introduced:

H. F. No. 632, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority.

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

Torkelson, Urdahl, Harder and Brand introduced:

H. F. No. 633, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

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Swedzinski and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. No. 634, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Greenman; Hortman; Olson, L.; Keeler; Frederick and Hicks introduced:

H. F. No. 635, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting intimidation of election officials; prohibiting interference with the performance of a duty of election administration by an election official; prohibiting tampering with or unauthorized access to certain types of election systems and equipment; providing penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; 204B.26; 206.845, subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.

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

Greenman, Frederick and Hicks introduced:

H. F. No. 636, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; providing for free, fair, and equal elections.

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

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES

AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33, designated the following bills to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Monday, January 23, 2023 and established a prefiling requirement for amendments offered to the following bills:

S. F. No. 40; and H. F. No. 26.

CALENDAR FOR THE DAY

H. F. No. 1 was reported to the House.

Nash moved to amend H. F. No. 1 as follows:

Page 2, delete lines 1 to 3

A roll call was requested and properly seconded.

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The question was taken on the Nash amendment and the roll was called. There were 65 yeas and 69 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were: