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State of Minnesota
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Monday, March 25, 2024
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The following House Files were introduced:
Hussein, Xiong and Lee, K., introduced:
H. F. No. 5140, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to the Asian
American Business Resiliency Network.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Zeleznikar, Witte and Novotny introduced:
H. F. No. 5141, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for placement of automated license
plate readers in trunk highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 161.434.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Huot introduced:
H. F. No. 5142, A bill for an act relating to education; providing funding for service cooperatives for regional
school nurse services; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Nelson, M.; Vang and Nadeau introduced:
H. F. No. 5143, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing special authority to the city of
Brooklyn Park to allow for the establishment of a biotech innovation district; authorizing the city of Brooklyn
Park to establish a value capture district; requiring reports; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and
Policy.
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Howard introduced:
H. F. No. 5144, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying requirements for class 4d(1)
low-income rental housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 273.128, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 5145, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for notice of certain school incidents;
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.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 5146, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; increasing the amount of and income
phaseout threshold for the dependent care credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section
290.067, subdivisions 1, 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Pursell and Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 5147, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; specifying certain requirements for the labeling of
food consisting of honey and another sweetener; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 31.74.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Myers introduced:
H. F. No. 5148, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water and sewer
infrastructure in two areas of the city of Tonka Bay; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Engen, Dotseth, Novotny and Robbins introduced:
H. F. No. 5149, A bill for an act relating to energy; allowing customers to decline the installation of an
advanced energy meter; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
McDonald; Franson; Dotseth; Backer; Olson, B.; Murphy; Grossell; Anderson, P. E.; Petersburg; Robbins;
Scott and Hudson introduced:
H. F. No. 5150, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting instructional materials with sexually
explicit images; 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.
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Bakeberg introduced:
H. F. No. 5151, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025,
2026, and 2027; allowing a school board to not comply with certain laws or rules.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Vang and Noor introduced:
H. F. No. 5152, A bill for an act relating to broadband grants; renaming the Office of Broadband
Development to the Office of Broadband Development and Digital Equity; modifying the duties and reporting
requirements of the office; expanding the state's broadband goals; establishing a multifamily dwelling grant
program; amending definitions for the purposes of broadband development; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.598, subdivision 13; 116J.39; 116J.391, subdivision 1; 116J.394;
116J.395, subdivisions 6, 8; 116J.397; 237.012, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.
Niska introduced:
H. F. No. 5153, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for clean water
infrastructure in the city of Ramsey; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Lee, F.; Hansen, R.; Xiong and Reyer introduced:
H. F. No. 5154, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; establishing a metropolitan shade tree grant
program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Becker-Finn introduced:
H. F. No. 5155, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the public skate park
construction and renovation program; modifying an earlier appropriation; appropriating money; amending Laws
2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 240A.20, subdivisions 2, 4, 5;
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 240A.20, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 7; Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1,
section 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Long introduced:
H. F. No. 5156, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the erection of a
new statue in the Statutory Hall in the United States Capitol.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
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Kozlowski and Olson, L., introduced:
H. F. No. 5157, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements
at the Duluth International Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Becker-Finn introduced:
H. F. No. 5158, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for site selection
planning and acquisition for a new facility to be known as the Oyate Ota Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Pérez-Vega, Kozlowski and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 5159, A bill for an act relating to education; integrating American Indian views on the environment
and ecology into statewide curriculum; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Pérez-Vega introduced:
H. F. No. 5160, A bill for an act relating to economic development; extending the availability of a 2023
appropriation for a grant to the Asian Economic Development Association; amending Laws 2023, chapter 53,
article 20, section 2, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance and
Policy.
Pérez-Vega and Hussein introduced:
H. F. No. 5161, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for St. Paul Neighborhood
Network for after-school programming; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lee, F., introduced:
H. F. No. 5162, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for early childhood
learning and child protection facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Lee, F., introduced:
H. F. No. 5163, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for library construction
grants; 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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Vang introduced:
H. F. No. 5164, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; providing special tax increment
financing authority for the city of Brooklyn Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lillie introduced:
H. F. No. 5165, A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money to PROCEED, Inc. for arts and
cultural work with youth.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance.
Torkelson introduced:
H. F. No. 5166, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Springfield to issue an on-sale
license.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Demuth, Torkelson, Robbins, Kresha, Baker, Koznick, Novotny, Davis, Daniels, Dotseth, Altendorf, Scott,
Niska, Knudsen, Schultz, Engen, Bennett and Petersburg introduced:
H. F. No. 5167, A bill for an act relating to state government; directing that further work on any project
previously authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.2406, must be suspended until a design plan for the
project has been further approved by law; requiring the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board to submit
a recommended design plan for the State Office Building no later than January 15, 2025.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance
and Policy.
Curran introduced:
H. F. No. 5168, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring reports; appropriating money for an
annual grant to the Minnesota Federated Humane Societies.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Carroll introduced:
H. F. No. 5169, A bill for an act relating to state government; allowing online notary signatures; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 145C.03, by adding subdivisions; 325L.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
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Brand and Baker introduced:
H. F. No. 5170, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for the
commissioner of employment and economic development to contract with a vendor of child care business
management solutions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and
Policy.
Carroll and Acomb introduced:
H. F. No. 5171, A bill for an act relating to solar energy; establishing a program to award financial incentives
to permitting authorities that install an automated software system to review and issue permits for residential
solar energy projects; establishing an account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 216C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy.
Greenman and Newton introduced:
H. F. No. 5172, 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.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs Finance
and Policy.
Koegel, Agbaje and Hollins introduced:
H. F. No. 5173, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring the commissioner of commerce to create a
low-cost motor vehicle insurance program for low-income residents; requiring a report; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 65B.49, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. No. 5174, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements
at an Agate Housing and Services facility in the city of Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.