EIGHTY-SEVENTH DAY
St. Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Senate met at 11:00 a.m. and was called to order by the President.
CALL OF THE SENATE
Senator Murphy imposed a call of the Senate. The Sergeant at Arms was instructed to bring in
the absent members.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. Jeff Hansen.
The members of the Senate gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America.
The roll was called, and the following Senators were present:
Abeler
Anderson
Boldon
Carlson
Champion
Coleman
Cwodzinski
Dahms
Dibble
Dornink
Draheim
Drazkowski
Duckworth
Eichorn
Farnsworth
Fateh
Frentz
Green
Gruenhagen
Gustafson
Hauschild
Hawj
Hoffman
Housley
Howe
Jasinski
Johnson
Klein
Koran
Kreun
Kunesh
Kupec
Lang
Latz
Lieske
Limmer
Lucero
Mann
Marty
Mathews
Maye Quade
McEwen
Miller
Mitchell
Mohamed
Morrison
Murphy
Nelson
Oumou Verbeten
Pappas
Pha
Port
Pratt
Putnam
Rarick
Rasmusson
Rest
Seeberger
Utke
Weber
Wesenberg
Westlin
Westrom
Wiklund
Xiong
The President declared a quorum present.
The reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the Journal, as printed and corrected, was
approved.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Senator Murphy moved that the Committee Reports at the Desk be now adopted. The motion
prevailed.
Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was referred
S.F. No. 3669: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying eligibility standard applicable
to retroactive relief for certain persons convicted of aiding and abetting felony murder; making
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Journal of the Senate
NINETY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 638.12, subdivision
2; 638.15, subdivision 1; Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 4, section 24, subdivisions 3, 4, 7.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill be amended as follows:
Page 7, delete lines 12 to 17 and insert:
"(b) By July 1, 2024, the commissioner of corrections shall notify individuals to whom notice
was previously provided under Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 4, section 24, subdivision 3, paragraph
(a), clause (2), about the changes to law made in this act. The notice must inform the individual that
the individual may apply or reapply for relief under Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 4, section 24, if
eligible based on the changes made in this act."
And when so amended the bill do pass. Amendments adopted. Report adopted.
Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was re-referred
S.F. No. 1760: A bill for an act relating to judiciary; modifying the jurisdictional limit for
conciliation court claims by increasing the monetary value of claims to $20,000; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 491A.01, subdivision 3a.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass. Report adopted.
Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was referred
S.F. No. 3416: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the sale of human remains
for commercial purposes; establishing a felony offense; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 609.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass. Report adopted.
Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was re-referred
S.F. No. 3523: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing licensing requirements for behavior
analysts and assistant behavior analysts; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill be amended as follows:
Page 4, line 1, delete "(a)" and delete everything after "must" insert "complete a background
check pursuant to section 214.075."
Page 4, delete lines 2 to 11
Page 6, line 13, delete "July" and insert "January" and delete "2024" and insert "2025"
And when so amended the bill do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local
Government and Veterans. Amendments adopted. Report adopted.
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Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was referred
S.F. No. 3639: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying hazardous railroad incident
notification requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 115E.042,
subdivision 4.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and be re-referred to the
Committee on Transportation. Report adopted.
Senator Latz from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, to which was referred
S.F. No. 3802: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing technical amendments for
scrap metal dealer record-keeping and marking requirements for purchase or acquisition of catalytic
converters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 325E.21, subdivisions 1b, 11.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass. Report adopted.
Senator Cwodzinski from the Committee on Education Policy, to which was referred
S.F. No. 3790: A bill for an act relating to child care; tax data; establishing a program to assist
families with the cost of child care; authorizing the disclosure of tax return information for purposes
of verifying eligibility for early child care and learning benefits programs; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 270B.14, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes
2023 Supplement, section 119B.99, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 124D.
Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and be re-referred to the
Committee on Education Finance. Report adopted.
SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS
S.F. Nos. 3669, 1760, 3416, and 3802 were read the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS
The following bills were read the first time.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 4315: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a "Share the Road" special
license plate; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4316: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing amortization of certain
property uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462.357, subdivision 1c.
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Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4317: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the maximum allowable charge
for supplemental nursing services; prohibiting registered supplemental nursing services agencies
from being a related organization of an organization in the business of providing or procuring
temporary employment for independent contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
144A.70, by adding a subdivision; 144A.72, subdivision 1; 144A.74.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4318: A bill for an act relating to child welfare; modifying notification requirements
for alleged maltreatment or abuse of a child; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260E.29.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4319: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement
Program; modifying requirements applicable to the board of directors; authorizing the appointment
of an interim executive director; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 187.08, subdivisions 1, 7, 8; Laws 2023, chapter 46, section 11.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4320: A bill for an act relating to marriage; modifying marriage record provisions;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144.223; 517.08, subdivision 1c; 517.09, subdivision
1; 517.10; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 517.04; 517.08, subdivisions 1a, 1b;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 517; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 517.05; 517.18.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4321: A bill for an act relating to children and youth programs; child welfare; requiring
certification of summer camp programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245C.03, by
adding a subdivision; 245C.04, by adding a subdivision; 245C.05, by adding a subdivision; 245C.10,
by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 245A.03, subdivision 2;
245C.08, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Senators Coleman and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 4322: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the
transportation economic development infrastructure program; authorizing the sale and issuance of
state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Lucero, Jasinski, Mathews, Duckworth, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 4323: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts;
requiring rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 4324: A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating mandatory minimum
sentences for offenses involving possession or use of firearm or other dangerous weapon; making
conforming changes; establishing felony offense of firearm trafficking; eliminating requirements
that certain victims report crime within 30 days and cooperate with law enforcement to receive
reimbursement; creating Task Force on Mandatory Minimum Sentences; continuing funding for
emergency needs of crime victims; establishing grants for emergency needs of victims of gun
violence; authorizing grants to county attorneys to develop and implement focused deterrence models
to reduce group-related homicide and gun violence and interrupt cycles of community violence;
creating additional position with the Violent Crime Coordinating Council; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 244.10, subdivisions 5, 6, 7;
588.20, subdivision 1; 609.229, subdivision 1; 609.495, subdivision 3; 609.66, by adding a
subdivision; 617.91, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 609.135,
subdivision 1; 611A.53, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.11,
subdivisions 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 609.11, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Coleman, Rarick, Duckworth, Abeler, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 4325: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a skills path program for
employment-based training; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Hawj, Morrison, Cwodzinski, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4326: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring water quality monitoring
at state fish hatcheries; modifying previous appropriations; amending Laws 2023, chapter 60, article
1, section 3, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
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Senators Kupec, Hawj, Morrison, Fateh, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4327: A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money for nitrate
monitoring.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Rasmusson, Farnsworth, Green, Johnson, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4328: A bill for an act relating to immigration; increasing criminal penalties for human
trafficking offenses; prohibiting sanctuary cities; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 171.22; 609.282, subdivision 2; 609.283, subdivision 2; 609.322, subdivision 1a;
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 609.282, subdivisions 1, 1a; 609.322, subdivision
1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 181; 412.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4329: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions governing
long-term care options counseling; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256.975, subdivision
7e; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256.975, subdivisions 7f, 7g.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4330: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the definition of usual
and customary price for purposes of medical assistance prescription drug reimbursement; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13e.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4331: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for
costs related to the Taste of Minnesota event.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4332: A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting disqualification of
individuals subject to human services background studies with expunged criminal records; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245C.14, subdivisions 1, 2; 245C.15, by adding a subdivision;
245C.16, subdivision 1; 245C.24, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Senators Bahr, Gustafson, Hoffman, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4333: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring city, town, and school district
general elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an
even-numbered year; permitting cities of the first class to choose to conduct a general election on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of either an odd-numbered or even-numbered
year; requiring affected cities, towns, and school districts to adopt an orderly transition plan; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 205.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 205.075, subdivision 2; 205A.03,
subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.04, subdivision 1; 205A.055, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2022, section 205A.04, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Bahr, Eichorn, Drazkowski, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 4334: A bill for an act relating to elections; allowing voters to vote for "none of the
above" in elections for governor, lieutenant governor, and legislative offices; making conforming
changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 204B.36, by adding a subdivision; 204C.21,
subdivision 1; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.40, subdivision 1; 351.02; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, sections 204C.24, subdivision 1; 204C.33, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 4335: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying utilization review for
prescription drug coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62M.02, subdivision 12;
62M.17, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Jasinski and Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 4336: A bill for an act relating to highways; establishing requirements governing cost
participation on trunk highway projects; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4337: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rice
Creek Watershed District.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
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Senators Kupec, Gustafson, Kunesh, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4338: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to study
stormwater retention and infiltration; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kupec and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4339: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new
hospital in the city of Mahnomen; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Oumou Verbeten, Fateh, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4340: A bill for an act relating to higher education; imposing requirements related to
higher education institution contracts with online program management companies; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Kupec, Mitchell, Hauschild, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4341: A bill for an act relating to child care; appropriating money for child care services
grants for staff training.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Housley, Cwodzinski, Gustafson, Duckworth, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 4342: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to fund a grant
to train and make therapy dogs available to law enforcement officers who are suffering from
job-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mitchell and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4343: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing state funding for the
Minnesota Academy of Science; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2,
section 64, subdivision 30.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
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Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4344: A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing an ombudsperson for
safety, health, and well-being of agricultural and food processing workers; requiring a report;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 4345: A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing a goal to convert rooms in
veterans homes to single occupancy; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 198.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 4346: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Minnesota
Commission for Equitable Health Care Services; requiring reports; providing appointments;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145E.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 4347: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a hangar
renovation at the Little Falls/Morrison County Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pratt, Hoffman, Duckworth, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 4348: A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing for an unreduced retirement
annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service; increasing the employee contribution rate
for the Teachers Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354.44,
subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 354.42, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4349: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing additional fuels that are
eligible for hours of service exemption for intrastate transport during an emergency; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 221.0269, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
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Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 4350: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable
exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the Cass Lake-Bena Independent School
District.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Gustafson, Duckworth, Housley, Klein, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4351: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting advertisement, distribution,
and sale of certain vapor products; defining terms; establishing private right of action and civil
penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4352: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying pavement selection
guidelines; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 174.20.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4353: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting being in a stolen motor
vehicle; imposing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.52, by adding
a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4354: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring approval of certain
standing committees of the legislature for adoption of rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
sections 14.126; 14.18, subdivision 1; 14.19.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4355: A bill for an act relating to Hennepin County; requiring a majority vote to approve
budget; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383B.908, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
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Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4356: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public
safety training facility and emergency operations center in the city of Rogers; authorizing the sale
and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4357: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the
reconstruction of Main Street in the city of Rogers; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4358: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wellhead
treatment facility in the city of Dayton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4359: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the
James Metzen Mighty Ducks grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4360: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new
water tower in the city of Dayton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 4361: A bill for an act relating to electric cooperatives; improving member access to
cooperative documents and meetings; requiring electronic voting and voting by mail for cooperative
board directors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 308A.327.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4362: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying prior appropriation
for state veterans cemeteries; planning new veterans cemetery in northwestern Minnesota; amending
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Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2010, chapter 333,
article 2, section 23, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4363: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a limit on the length of
probation for certain attempted crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section
609.135, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Anderson, Westrom, Green, Bahr, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4364: A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting download or use of
the TikTok application on state telecommunications devices, with certain exceptions; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4365: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Spirit
Valley Community Center in the city of Duluth; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4366: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital
improvements at the Lakewood water treatment plant in the city of Duluth; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 4367: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Main
Cinema in the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4368: A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding prior authorization mental
health carve out; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision
13f.
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Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 4369: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for The
Main Cinema in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 4370: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for
improvements at the Redwood Falls Municipal Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 4371: A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying special tax increment financing
authority of the city of Ramsey; amending Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 7, section 22, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lucero, Bahr, Anderson, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4372: A bill for an act relating to commerce; adding and modifying Uniform Commercial
Code definitions pertaining to currency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 336.1-201.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 4373: A bill for an act relating to utilities; requiring electric utilities to obtain consent
to install certain electric meters; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 4374: A bill for an act relating to licensed professionals; prohibiting licensed
professionals from joining or supporting hate or extremist groups or criminal gangs; providing for
revocation, suspension, or denial of a professional license for hate or extremist group or criminal
gang activity; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Senators Gustafson, McEwen, Port, and Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 4375: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the classification
treatment of temporary positions for purposes of the Public Labor Relations Act; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, sections 43A.08, subdivisions 2a, 3, by adding a subdivision; 43A.15, subdivision
7; 116P.09, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 43A.08, subdivisions 1,
1a.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 4376: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; establishing a nonbank data
security law; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 46A.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Seeberger, Housley, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4377: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for mental health
services and outdoor activities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical
services personnel.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Seeberger, Housley, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4378: A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner
of veterans affairs for a grant to Hometown Hero Outdoors.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4379: A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain physical measurements
of air emissions and reporting of emission-related statistics; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4380: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; authorizing property tax exemption
for certain property owned by Red Lake Nation; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
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Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 4381: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an earlier appropriation
for a water treatment facility in Mound; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 15,
subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Abeler, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4382: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements governing notice
and public hearings for hospital closures, curtailment of operations, relocation of services, and
cessation in offering certain services; providing for penalties; establishing a right of first refusal
before the sale of a hospital or hospital campus; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.555,
subdivisions 1a, 1b, 2, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4383: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the Retail Worker and
Consumer Safety Violence Prevention Act; requiring a report; imposing penalties; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4384: A bill for an act relating to labor standards; making policy and technical changes;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.79, subdivision 1; 177.30; 181.941, subdivision 4;
181.943; 181A.08; 181A.12, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, sections 177.27, subdivisions 2, 4, 7; 177.42, subdivision 2; 181.212, subdivision 7;
181.939, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4385: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to
community-based organizations to diminish hate crimes.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4386: A bill for an act relating to marriage; modifying and updating provisions
governing antenuptial and postnuptial agreements; requiring procedural and substantive fairness;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 519.11.
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Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4387: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for human services; modifying
the duties of certain facilities that confine people relating to phone calls and other communication
services; specifying duties of certain direct care and treatment programs relating to phone calls and
other communications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 241.252; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4388: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for human services; modifying
the duties of certain facilities that confine people relating to phone calls and other communication
services; specifying duties of certain direct care and treatment programs relating to phone calls and
other communications; providing for reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement,
section 241.252; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 246; 641.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4389: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; removing the exemption for
detachable units separately sold for landscaping equipment; removing land clearing services from
the definition of sale and purchase; modifying the exemption for materials consumed in agricultural
production; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 297A.68, subdivision 3; 297A.69,
subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 297A.61, subdivision 3; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.68, subdivision 40.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4390: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for county
implementation of service delivery transformation requirements and information technology
modernization projects.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4391: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; amending fertilizer definitions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 18C.005, subdivision 33, by adding a subdivision; 18C.115,
subdivision 2; 18C.215, subdivision 1; 18C.221.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
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Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4392: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting private equity companies and
real estate investment trusts from acquiring or increasing control over providers of health care
services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4393: A bill for an act relating to the military; modifying provisions related to powers
of the adjutant general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 190.16, subdivisions 3, 6a.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4394: A bill for an act relating to civil law; directing the revisor of statutes to update
terms used in statute.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4395: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; modifying provisions governing
mortgage payment satisfaction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 47.208, subdivision
1, by adding a subdivision; 507.41.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Abeler, Fateh, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4396: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying background study
disqualifications for individuals regulated by a health-related licensing board; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 245C.31, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Carlson, Anderson, Lang, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4397: A bill for an act relating to state contracting; requiring the use of certain
procedures in state agency contracts involving the professional services of persons regulated by the
Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and
Interior Design; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.087, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
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Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4398: A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding application of bloodborne
pathogen testing to nonsecure direct care and treatment programming; correcting priority admissions
task force member name; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 246.71, subdivisions 3, 4,
5; 246.711; 246.712, subdivisions 1, 2; 246.713; 246.714; 246.715, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 246.716,
subdivisions 1, 2; 246.717; 246.72; 246.721; 246.722; Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 8, section 13,
subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4399: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing minimum wage
protections for people with disabilities; modifying person care assistance and community first
services and supports remote reassessment requirements; prioritizing technology in informed choice
for disability waiver services; clarifying form usage for community-based waivered services;
modernizing language in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Act; making technical corrections to
behavioral health language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 177.24, by adding a
subdivision; 245D.10, subdivision 1; 245F.02, subdivisions 17, 21; 245F.08, subdivision 3; 245F.15,
subdivision 7; 245G.04, by adding a subdivision; 252.44; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0911,
subdivision 24; 256B.4905, subdivision 12; 256C.21; 256C.23, subdivisions 1a, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 6, 7,
by adding a subdivision; 256C.233, subdivisions 1, 2; 256C.24, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 256C.26;
256C.261; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 245G.05, subdivision 3; 245G.09,
subdivision 3; 254A.19, subdivision 3; 254B.04, subdivision 6; 254B.05, subdivisions 1, 5; 254B.19,
subdivision 1; 256B.0759, subdivision 2; 256B.4906; 256B.4914, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4400: A bill for an act relating to higher education; prohibiting legacy admissions;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4401: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a
grant to FilmNorth.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Putnam, Fateh, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4402: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying SNAP eligibility for
students enrolled in higher education; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 256D.
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Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4403: A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating the State Board of Civil Legal
Aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 480.24, subdivisions 2, 4; 480.242; 480.243;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 480.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4404: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing the crime of lewd or
lascivious grooming; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4405: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for
replacement of the eastbound Kellogg Boulevard bridge in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale
and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4406: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an East
7th Street park development in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4407: A bill for an act relating to commerce; removing equipment from the list of
exclusions for purposes of digital fair repair; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section
325E.72, subdivisions 2, 6, 8.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4408: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an earlier appropriation
for environmental cleanup in Wadena; amending Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 16,
subdivision 14, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
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Senators Pratt and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4409: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring rumble strips at certain
locations on the trunk highway system; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
161.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 4410: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing use of unmanned aerial
vehicles for risk of fleeing suspect or actual fleeing suspect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
section 626.19, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Latz and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4411: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; requiring disclosure of
personnel data on peace officers and other potential government witnesses to a prosecuting authority
to comply with the authority's constitutional disclosure obligations; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 13.03, subdivision 6; 13.43, by adding a subdivision; 626.8457, subdivision 3;
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 626.8457, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4412: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions related to
supportive housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256I.04, subdivision
3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4413: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for personal service of orders
for protection, restraining orders, and related notices; requiring law enforcement officers to make
reasonable efforts to locate respondents; allowing service of certain orders for protection and
harassment restraining orders to be served by mail; authorizing service by mail of orders dismissing
harassment restraining orders; requiring probation agents and others to assist law enforcement
officers in locating respondents; requiring that notice of served orders for protection or harassment
restraining orders be provided to probation officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
518B.01, subdivisions 3a, 8, 9, 9a; 609.748, subdivisions 3a, 5, 5b, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4414: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a
grant to Propel Nonprofits.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Marty and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4415: A bill for an act relating to integrity; fairness; regulating certain medical
examinations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 65B.56, subdivision 1; 176.136,
subdivision 1c; 176.155, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section
176.155, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4416: A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing academic freedom
protections for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty; creating an artificial intelligence
working group; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
136F.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 4417: A bill for an act relating to the military; modifying the crime of unauthorized
presence at Camp Ripley to include any campground, military reservation, armory, installation, or
facility owned or controlled by the state or federal government for military purposes; providing
criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.396.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4418: A bill for an act relating to economic development; health care; appropriating
money for the CentraCare Health System University of Minnesota Medical School Campus.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Marty, Oumou Verbeten, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 4419: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting certain cashless
establishments; providing a civil penalty; authorizing administrative rulemaking; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
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Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4420: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying state disability
determination procedures; modifying provisions governing consumer-directed community supports;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256.01, subdivision 29; 256B.4911, by adding
subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Rasmusson and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4421: A bill for an act relating to health; providing for variances to basic life support
ambulance staffing requirements under certain emergency circumstances; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 144E.101, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement,
section 144E.101, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hauschild and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4422: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; increasing the
appropriation for soil and water conservation district aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 477A.23, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dziedzic, Wiklund, Seeberger, Housley, and Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 4423: A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover scalp hair
prosthetics for hair loss caused by cancer treatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section
62A.28, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Pappas, Rarick, Frentz, Putnam, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4424: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System;
correctional state employees retirement plan; adding new positions to the list of positions that are
covered correctional service for employees of the Department of Human Services; permitting the
purchase of past service credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 352.91,
subdivision 3f.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Dibble and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4425: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for state match
funding related to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Marty, McEwen, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4426: A bill for an act relating to public utilities; specifying certain utility expenses
that may not be recovered from ratepayers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.16,
by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.16, subdivisions 8, 9, 17,
18.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Mitchell and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4427: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating funding for
the American Veterans Memorial Park in Cannon Falls.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mitchell and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4428: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding the Public Utilities
Commission to the list of agencies subject to certain obligations to Tribal governments; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 10.65, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 4429: A bill for an act relating to the military; authorizing the adjutant general to
establish a referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the
Minnesota National Guard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 192.501, by adding a
subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Hauschild, Klein, Boldon, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 4430: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; establishing a property
tax refund program for child care providers that rent a child care facility; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 290A.03, by adding a subdivision;
290A.04, by adding a subdivision; 290A.23, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Westlin and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4431: A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring the commissioner of revenue to
establish an online system to claim the political contribution refund; amending the political
contribution refund program to allow for electronic information transfer between the Campaign
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Finance and Public Disclosure Board and the Department of Revenue; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 10A.02, subdivision 11b; 10A.322, subdivision 4; Minnesota
Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 290.06, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4432: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying certain local elections provisions;
modifying certain absentee voting provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.19,
subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.07,
subdivision 3; 203B.081, subdivision 7; 204C.28, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022,
section 383B.031.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4433: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying enforcement authority;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 115.071, subdivisions 1, 4, by
adding subdivisions; 116.07, subdivision 9, by adding subdivisions; 116.11; Minnesota Statutes
2023 Supplement, section 115.03, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4434: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money from the arts and cultural
heritage fund to Cypher Side.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4435: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for
Explore Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4436: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for
construction of a new National Loon Center in the city of Crosslake; authorizing the sale and issuance
of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
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Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4437: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; amending an earlier appropriation
for capital improvements for the National Loon Center; amending Laws 2023, chapter 72, article
2, section 3, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Jasinski, Dibble, Lang, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 4438: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the corridors
of commerce program; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 4439: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an earlier appropriation
for Trunk Highway 14 and County Road 104 in Olmsted County; amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special
Session chapter 3, article 1, section 16, subdivision 36, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Coleman, Jasinski, Housley, Kreun, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4440: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to construct
state roads; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Jasinski and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4441: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for grants under
the transportation economic development program; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk
highway bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Lucero and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 4442: A bill for an act relating to homeowner associations; prohibiting certain practices
relating to property management companies; prohibiting certain conduct by associations; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 515B.3-107; 515B.4-116; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement,
sections 515B.3-102; 515B.3-116; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
325E.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4443: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the
Minneapolis American Indian Center.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Port, Murphy, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4444: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring continued publication of the annual
adverse health event report; prohibiting retaliation against patient care staff; providing for
enforcement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144.05, subdivision 7; 144.7065,
subdivision 8; 144.7067, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 181.275,
subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4445: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital
improvements to the ice arena in the city of Hermantown; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4446: A bill for an act relating to tourism; establishing Explore Minnesota Film;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 116U.26; 116U.27, subdivisions 5, 6; Minnesota
Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116U.27, subdivisions 1, 4; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116U.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4447: A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; directing the commissioner of
human services to develop a covered benefit for integrated health services; creating a demonstration
project; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4448: A bill for an act relating to human services; the Department of Human Services
disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 256B.0757, subdivisions 4a, 4d; 256I.04, subdivision 2f; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, sections 256D.01, subdivision 1a; 256I.05, subdivisions 1a, 11; repealing Minnesota
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Statutes 2022, sections 256D.19, subdivisions 1, 2; 256D.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 256D.23,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Hoffman, Maye Quade, Duckworth, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4449: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the diaper distribution
grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256E.38, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Kunesh, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 4450: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for administering
epinephrine auto-injectors in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.2207,
subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Boldon, Kunesh, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 4451: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for administration
of drugs and medicine in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.22, subdivisions
2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4452: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying income eligibility for
aged or blind persons or persons with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section
256B.056, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4453: A bill for an act relating to children; modifying Northstar Care for Children
benefits for children under the age of six and children transferred into Northstar Care for Children;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 256N.26, subdivision 5; 256N.27, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4454: A bill for an act relating to veterans; requesting the University of Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum provide free access to disabled veterans; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
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Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Pappas and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4455: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring a license to sell copper metal;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 325E.21, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes
2023 Supplement, section 325E.21, subdivision 1b.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Oumou Verbeten, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4456: A bill for an act relating to the Open Meeting Law; amending requirements for
interactive technology use for advisory public bodies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
13D.001, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 13D.02, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision;
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 13D.02, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4457: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying assisted living director qualifications
and ongoing training requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144A.20, subdivision
4.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 4458: A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing direct primary care service
agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62A.01, by adding a subdivision; 62A.011,
subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4459: A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human
services to develop recommendations to cover community violence intervention services under
medical assistance; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4460: A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying civil commitment
priority admission requirements; specifying that a prisoner in a correctional facility is not responsible
for co-payments for mental health medications; allowing for reimbursement of county co-payment
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expenses; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 253B.10,
subdivision 1; 641.15, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4461: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying the open meeting law
to allow unlimited remote participation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13D.02,
subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 13D.02, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4462: A bill for an act relating to health and human services; modifying hospital
payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256.969, subdivision 2b.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4463: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human
services to submit an application for a 1115 demonstration waiver to provide substance use disorder
treatment services to incarcerated individuals.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Senator Marty moved that his name be stricken as a co-author to S.F. No. 129. The motion
prevailed.
Senator Fateh moved that his name be stricken as chief author, shown as a co-author, and the
name of Senator Oumou Verbeten be added as chief author to S.F. No. 129. The motion prevailed.
Senator Green moved that his name be stricken as chief author, shown as a co-author, and the
name of Senator Utke be added as chief author to S.F. No. 523. The motion prevailed.
Senator Oumou Verbeten moved that her name be stricken as chief author and the name of
Senator Gustafson be added as chief author to S.F. No. 967. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the names of Senators Abeler and Hawj be added as co-authors to
S.F. No. 1718. The motion prevailed.
Senator Dibble moved that his name be stricken as chief author, shown as a co-author, and the
name of Senator Westlin be added as chief author to S.F. No. 1964. The motion prevailed.
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Senator Drazkowski moved that the name of Senator Duckworth be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 2932. The motion prevailed.
Senator Nelson moved that the name of Senator Morrison be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
2990. The motion prevailed.
Senator Latz moved that the name of Senator Oumou Verbeten be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3313. The motion prevailed.
Senator Xiong moved that the name of Senator Abeler be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3334.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Gustafson moved that the names of Senators Maye Quade and Abeler be added as
co-authors to S.F. No. 3369. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Nelson be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3372. The motion prevailed.
Senator Jasinski moved that the names of Senators Draheim and Gustafson be added as co-authors
to S.F. No. 3411. The motion prevailed.
Senator Rarick moved that the name of Senator Drazkowski be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3435. The motion prevailed.
Senator Gustafson moved that the name of Senator Westlin be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3447. The motion prevailed.
Senator Boldon moved that the name of Senator Maye Quade be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3459. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the name of Senator Boldon be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3477. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the names of Senators Boldon and Rarick be added as co-authors
to S.F. No. 3478. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the name of Senator Mohamed be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3496. The motion prevailed.
Senator Seeberger moved that the name of Senator Klein be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3522. The motion prevailed.
Senator Pappas moved that the name of Senator McEwen be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3546. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the name of Senator Hauschild be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3557. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the name of Senator Fateh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3575. The motion prevailed.
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Senator Westlin moved that the name of Senator Marty be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3583. The motion prevailed.
Senator Housley moved that her name be stricken as chief author, shown as a co-author, and
the name of Senator Hauschild be added as chief author to S.F. No. 3626. The motion prevailed.
Senator Jasinski moved that the name of Senator Drazkowski be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3656. The motion prevailed.
Senator Housley moved that the name of Senator Seeberger be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3674. The motion prevailed.
Senator Morrison moved that the name of Senator Fateh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3699. The motion prevailed.
Senator Latz moved that the name of Senator Marty be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3710.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Putnam moved that the name of Senator Westrom be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3719. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mann moved that the name of Senator Bahr be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3720.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Pappas moved that the name of Senator Pratt be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3786.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Limmer moved that the name of Senator Howe be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3847. The motion prevailed.
Senator Morrison moved that the name of Senator Boldon be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3866. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mitchell moved that the name of Senator Oumou Verbeten be added as a co-author to
S.F. No. 3878. The motion prevailed.
Senator Klein moved that the name of Senator Mann be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3879.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Hauschild moved that the name of Senator Jasinski be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3886. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3921. The motion prevailed.
Senator Boldon moved that the name of Senator Nelson be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3924. The motion prevailed.
Senator Rasmusson moved that the names of Senators Duckworth and Howe be added as
co-authors to S.F. No. 3925. The motion prevailed.
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Senator Dibble moved that the name of Senator Morrison be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
3944. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mann moved that the name of Senator Oumou Verbeten be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 3965. The motion prevailed.
Senator Pha moved that the name of Senator Boldon be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 3979.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Mohamed moved that the name of Senator Fateh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4020. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4023. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the name of Senator Boldon be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 4030. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4041. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4042. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4043. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4054. The motion prevailed.
Senator Koran moved that the name of Senator Howe be added as a co-author to S.F. No. 4061.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Morrison moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4076. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the names of Senators Rarick, Abeler, and Housley be added as
co-authors to S.F. No. 4105. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the names of Senators Mitchell and Boldon be added as
co-authors to S.F. No. 4112. The motion prevailed.
Senator Hoffman moved that the name of Senator Kunesh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4137. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mann moved that the name of Senator Maye Quade be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4146. The motion prevailed.
Senator Rest moved that the name of Senator Rasmusson be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4163. The motion prevailed.
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Senator Boldon moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4170. The motion prevailed.
Senator Gustafson moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4185. The motion prevailed.
Senator Maye Quade moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 4192. The motion prevailed.
Senator Gustafson moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4196. The motion prevailed.
Senator Putnam moved that the name of Senator Westrom be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4214. The motion prevailed.
Senator Putnam moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4215. The motion prevailed.
Senator Putnam moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4217. The motion prevailed.
Senator Putnam moved that the name of Senator Frentz be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4226. The motion prevailed.
Senator Kunesh moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4251. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mann moved that the name of Senator Dziedzic be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4258. The motion prevailed.
Senator Carlson moved that the name of Senator Hauschild be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4259. The motion prevailed.
Senator Latz moved that the name of Senator Mathews be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4271. The motion prevailed.
Senator Abeler moved that the name of Senator Maye Quade be added as a co-author to S.F.
No. 4276. The motion prevailed.
Senator McEwen moved that the name of Senator Mitchell be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4295. The motion prevailed.
Senator Mitchell moved that the name of Senator Fateh be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4297. The motion prevailed.
Senator Gustafson moved that the name of Senator Housley be added as a co-author to S.F. No.
4312. The motion prevailed.
Senator Westlin moved that S.F. No. 3798, No. 4 on General Orders, be stricken and re-referred
to the Committee on Finance. The motion prevailed.
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Senators Nelson and Utke introduced --
Senate Resolution No. 76: A Senate resolution designating Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Awareness Day and encouraging efforts to educate people about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pursuant to Rule 26, Senator Murphy, Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration,
designated S.F. No. 3546 a Special Order to be heard immediately.
SPECIAL ORDER
S.F. No. 3546: A bill for an act relating to health-related occupations; clarifying licensed
traditional midwife authority to obtain, possess, and administer certain drugs, supplies, and devices;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 147D.09; 151.37, by adding a subdivision.
CALL OF THE SENATE
Senator Pappas imposed a call of the Senate for the balance of the proceedings on S.F. No.
3546. The Sergeant at Arms was instructed to bring in the absent members.
S.F. No. 3546 was read the third time and placed on its final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of the bill.
The roll was called, and there were yeas 65 and nays 0, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Abeler
Anderson
Boldon
Carlson
Champion
Coleman
Cwodzinski
Dahms
Dibble
Dornink
Draheim
Drazkowski
Duckworth
Eichorn
Farnsworth
Fateh
Frentz
Green
Gruenhagen
Gustafson
Hauschild
Hawj
Hoffman
Housley
Howe
Jasinski
Johnson
Klein
Koran
Kreun
Kunesh
Kupec
Lang
Latz
Lieske
Limmer
Lucero
Mann
Marty
Mathews
Maye Quade
McEwen
Miller
Mitchell
Mohamed
Morrison
Murphy
Nelson
Oumou Verbeten
Pappas
Pha
Port
Pratt
Putnam
Rarick
Rasmusson
Rest
Seeberger
Utke
Weber
Wesenberg
Westlin
Westrom
Wiklund
Xiong
Pursuant to Rule 40, Senator Boldon cast the affirmative vote on behalf of the following Senator:
Pha.
Pursuant to Rule 40, Senator Jasinski cast the affirmative vote on behalf of the following Senator:
Miller.
So the bill passed and its title was agreed to.
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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS - CONTINUED
Senator Dibble moved that S.F. No. 2209 be withdrawn from the Committee on Health and
Human Services and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. The
motion prevailed.
MEMBERS EXCUSED
Senators Bahr and Dziedzic were excused from the Session of today.
ADJOURNMENT
Senator Murphy moved that the Senate do now adjourn until 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 4,
2024. The motion prevailed.
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
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INDEX TO DAILY JOURNAL
Thursday, February 29, 2024
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
PageH.F. Nos.PageS.F. Nos.
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. . . . . . . . . . . 118323523
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. . . . . . . . . . . 118313669
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. . . . . . . . . . . 118333802
SECOND READINGS
PageH.F. Nos.PageS.F. Nos.
. . . . . . . . . . . 11833
3669, 1760, 3416,
and 3802
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS
Pages 11833 to 11859 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S.F Nos. 4315 to 4463
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
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Sen. Res.
No. 76
SPECIAL ORDERS
PageH.F. Nos.PageS.F. Nos.
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THIRD READINGS
PageH.F. Nos.PageS.F. Nos.
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