The following bills were introduced by the Minnesota House of Representatives on March 17, 2022. We hope that you monitor these posts, as it keeps you updated and informed about the bills under consideration that may impact school boards and school districts across the state. Whether it is a new mandate, or more/less funding for certain programs it is important for you to know how these bills may impact your district.
House Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
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Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the Beacons School Success program; requiring a report; appropriating money |
Jordan |
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A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the library construction grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds |
Murphy |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the consolidation transition aid for consolidating school districts; appropriating money |
Sandstede |
Other Bill Introductions of Interest
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Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax-forfeited land sales; requiring compensation to former property owners after sale of tax-forfeited property and payment of canceled taxes to taxing districts |
Lucero |
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A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing cooperative grants for farmers; establishing the grain indemnity fund; making policy and technical changes to agricultural provisions; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money |
Sundin |
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A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the governor’s supplemental housing budget; appropriating money for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; appropriating money for the Department of Human Rights to investigate income discrimination in housing; establishing the community stabilization housing program; establishing the strengthening supportive housing model program; modifying eligible uses for loans and grants |
Hausman |
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A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing youth justice services grants; appropriating money |
Pinto |
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A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the Department of Health and the Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice; amending certain health provisions for health care spending, health plan companies, balanced billing, rural health care, health care providers, suicide prevention, AIDS prevention, community health workers, health disparities, and long-term care facilities; establishing certain fees and surcharges, health professional education and loan forgiveness, and prescription drugs; requiring compliance with federal No Surprises Act; establishing Advisory Council on Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Sentinel Event Review Committee, Law-Enforcement-Involved Deadly Force Encounter Community Advisory Committee, Long COVID Surveillance System, Mercury Surveillance System, and Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Families Act; establishing grants for health professions training sites, primary rural residency training, clinical health care training, drug overdose and substance abuse prevention, climate resiliency, healthy child development, lead remediation, community healing, chronic disease prevention and health disparities, public health education, public health Americorps, Minnesota School Health Initiative, and skin-lightening products public awareness and education; requiring reports |
Liebling |
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A bill for an act relating to taxation; county program aid; increasing aid appropriation |
Sandstede |
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A bill for an act relating to solar energy; establishing a program to award grants for the installation of solar energy generating systems on public buildings; requiring a report; appropriating money |
Reyer |
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A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; making miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes; correcting erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references; removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions |
Hollins |
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A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying due date for certain reports; modifying provisions for snowmobile registration; modifying state trail provisions; modifying state park reservation policies; modifying when payment due for timber permits; expanding use of lands enrolled in walk-in access program; modifying provisions to issue special permits to use motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas; modifying requirements for resident licenses; modifying firearm provisions; establishing blaze orange or blaze pink requirements for ground blinds; authorizing nonlethal hazing of deer and elk causing damage to crops; allowing angling with two lines in certain areas; requiring rulemaking |
Hansen, R. |
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A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to law enforcement agencies to establish community-based public safety programs for high school students to mentor students and provide education and encouragement regarding career opportunities in law enforcement |
Huot |
Elections Bill Introductions
| Bill Number |
Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to elections; making technical and policy changes to provisions related to elections administration |
Nelson, M. |
Human Resources Bill Introductions
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Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting the establishment of COVID-19 vaccine mandate |
McDonald |
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A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying requirements for children’s therapeutic services and supports and certified community behavioral health clinics |
Bierman |
