91st Legislature 2020 1st Special SessionSpecial

Amusement rides and lawn equipment operation by youth effective date change

Sponsor: Caroline Ruud

COVID-19; executive order relating to use of telemedicine in the state medical cannabis program extended, human services program waivers and modifications issued by the commissioner of human services pursuant to executive orders during the peacetime emergency extended, 60-day period to transition affected programs off waivers and modifications following expiration of the peacetime emergency, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Tina Liebling

Shared work plan eligibility modified.

Sponsor: Zack Stephenson

Reimagining Public Safety Act; public safety critical incident stress management information prohibited as evidence, law enforcement use of force reported, peace officer involved shooting critical incident review process established, Office of Community-Led Public Safety Coordination established, co-responder team promotion grants established, community healing promotion grants established, crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training standards established, autism training development and implementation required, reports required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling (LETRS) grants appropriation

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

India Day observance established.

Sponsor: Ginny Klevorn

Shared work plan requirements modification

Sponsor: Jason Rarick

COVID-19 community food security grants appropriation

Sponsor: Bill Weber

Peace officers duties to report malfeasance, intervening to prevent excessive use of force and using force imposition; law enforcement agencies to adopt updated policies regarding use of force requirement

Sponsor: Ronald Latz

Public safety; local units of government required to establish law enforcement citizen oversight councils, powers and duties specified, arbitrator selection amended, data collection process created, peace officer discipline report provided, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Traiining membership expanded, Police-Community Relations Council established, civil statute of limitations extended, statute of limitation tolled during investigations of peace officers, mandatory revocation of peace officer license provided for violation of use of force policy, warrior-style training prohibited, restraints prohibited, use of force policies required to be updated, duty to intercede established, excessive force incident reports required, Minneapolis and St. Paul required to impose residency requirements, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

COVID-19 temporary fixed-cost reimbursements rates for day programs and employment services establishment

Sponsor: Mary Kiffmeyer

Peace officers crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training standards establishment

Sponsor: Melissa Wiklund

Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grant program eligibility modification; providing for hiring bonuses and African American registry appropriation

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

Motor vehicles requiring a salvage certificate of title class modification and appropriation

Sponsor: John Jasinski

Covid-19 farm business management scholarships and appropriation

Sponsor: Bill Weber

Office of the Secretary of State appropriation repealed, and reimbursement to the general fund required.

Sponsor: Jim Nash

Civil right to vote restoration upon release from incarceration for felony conviction

Sponsor: Kari Dziedzic

Consolidating school districts enhanced debt service equalization aid; long-term facilities maintenance revenue and capital levies allowed uses clarification; cooperative units member school districts lease levy authority increase; referendum equalization levy modification; independent school district #709, Duluth, levy transfer authority

Sponsor: Jason Rarick

A Senate resolution expressing the cultural and historical significance of Juneteenth

Sponsor: Jeff Hayden

Pine Technical and Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Jason Rarick

Sanneh Foundation program funding made permanent, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: John Huot

Farm Business Management scholarships funding provided to distressed farmers, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jeanne Poppe

India Day observance establishment

Sponsor: Eric Pratt

Marked Trunk Highway 11 in Roseau County designated as Patrol Inspector Robert H. Lobdell Memorial Highway.

Sponsor: Dan Fabian

Minneapolis and St. Paul peace officers residency requirements authorization

Sponsor: David Dibble

Rural event centers building and fire code requirements clarification

Sponsor: Karin Housley

Peace officers authority to use deadly force modification

Sponsor: Melissa Wiklund

COVID-19; local government aid and reimbursements to counties, cities, and towns to fund related expenses provided, coronavirus relief federal fund funding withdrawn, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Paul Marquart

COVID-19 food product purchases appropriation

Sponsor: Torrey Westrom

Peace officer duty established to intercede when another peace office is using unreasonable force, peace officer duty to report excessive force incidents established, and law enforcement agencies adoption of policies that require peace officer intercede when unreasonable force is being used required.

Sponsor: Jamie Becker-finn

Autism training development and implementation required for peace officers, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Ruth Richardson

A Senate resolution honoring Major General Jon A. Jensen for his service to the State of Minnesota

Sponsor: Bruce Anderson

Medical assistance (MA) dental providers personal protection equipment (PPE) supplemental payment appropriation

Sponsor: Michelle Benson

Commissioner of health general authority limited.

Sponsor: Peggy Scott

Neck restraint use prohibited, and law enforcement agencies updating policies regarding use of force required.

Sponsor: Rena Moran

Peace officer's authority to use deadly force modified.

Sponsor: Rena Moran

Increase Teachers of Color Act, full-service community school grants, and support our students grant funding provided; distance learning broadband access grant program established; reports required; and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jim Davnie

Amateur Sports Commission and Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Erin Koegel

COVID-19 relief fund for local government distributions

Sponsor: Julie Rosen

Law enforcement citizen oversight council establishment by local units of government required; council powers and duties specified; law enforcement policies, guidelines, training, and reporting on procedural justice and community interactions required; and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Aisha Gomez

Peace officer's authority to use deadly force modified, prosecutorial authority for peace-officer-involved deaths assigned to the attorney general, independent Use of Force Investigation Unit established within the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, money bail use limited, reports required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

Environment and natural resources funding provided, provisions modified relating to certifiable fish diseases; farmed Cervidae; reporting requirements; snowmobiles; watercraft safety; all-terrain vehicle definition; insecticide use; invasive species permits; state parks; special-use permits; regulations of possessing, propagating, and selling of snakes, lizards, and salamanders; hunting and fishing; Lake Superior Management Plan; Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area; wild rice; state property interests; Water Law; soil and water conservation fund; closed landfill investment fund; Advisory Council on Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities; riparian protection; priority qualified facilities; food packaging; nonwoven disposable products; accounts; outdoor recreation units; additions and deletions to state parks and recreation areas; and state land sales; prior appropriations modified; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Rick Hansen

COVID-19 ethanol infrastructure grants appropriation

Sponsor: Torrey Westrom

Electric cogeneration activities power purchase agreement authorization

Sponsor: John Marty

Minneapolis and St. Paul; peace officer residency requirements authorized.

Sponsor: Hodan Hassan

Peace officers; data type included in the status of a complaint or charge clarified.

Sponsor: Kaohly Her

Civil right to vote restored to individual upon release from incarceration or upon sentencing without incarceration.

Sponsor: Rena Moran

COVID-19; emergency small business grants and loan funding provided, Minnesota 21st century mineral fund reimbursed, budget reserve forecast calculation adjusted, small business loan repayment receiving fund changed, and technical changes made.

Sponsor: Zack Stephenson

Public safety; various provisions modified relating to Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training membership, Police-Community Relations Council, civil statute of limitations, prohibition of warrior-style training, restraints, use of force policies, duty to intercede, duty to report excessive force incidents, Minneapolis and St. Paul residency requirements for peace officers, citizen oversight, law enforcement policies, and arbitrator selection; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

Reclaiming Community Oversight Act; warrior-style training for peace officers prohibited, peace officer duty established to intercede when another is using unreasonable force, data included in complaint or charge against peace officer clarified, various other public safety provisions modified, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

Public safety critical incident stress management information prohibited as evidence, and law enforcement use of force reported.

Sponsor: Mohamud Noor

Peace officer crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training standards established, report required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Ruth Richardson

Civil unrest; grant program created for cities to assist entities harmed by civil unrest, report required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jim Davnie

Housing bond issue extension

Sponsor: Bill Weber

Public safety; officer-involved death review board provided, law enforcement use of force reported, Office of Community-Led Public Safety Coordination established, grants established to promote co-responder teams, grants established to promote community healing, standards established for crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training for peace officers, autism training for peace officers developed and implemented, reports required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

General education, education excellence, teachers, Department of Education housekeeping, nutrition, and early childhood education provided.

Sponsor: Mary Kunesh-Podein

Commercial and residential tenants lease assistance in areas of unrest

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Reforming Accountability Act; peace officer's authority to use deadly force modified, prosecutorial authority assigned to the attorney general for peace-officer-involved deaths, juvenile risk assessment provided, independent Bureau of Criminal Apprehension independent Use of Force Investigations Unit established, money bail use limited for certain offenses, reports required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

Bail money use limited for offenses.

Sponsor: Mohamud Noor

COVID-19; temporary fixed-cost reimbursement rates established for day programs and employmet service providers.

Sponsor: Paul Novotny

Building and fire code requirements clarified for public places of accommodation that are rural event centers, and rulemaking authorized.

Sponsor: Paul Marquart

State flag task force created to study its design.

Sponsor: Peter Fischer

Properties destroyed or damaged during protests and unrest in May and June 2020 sales tax exemptions and property tax relief authorization

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Solid waste management tax exemptions provided, pilot accessibility projects required on wildlife management areas, and appropriations extended.

Sponsor: Rick Hansen

Replacement license plate fees established, and design requirements amended for enhanced driver's licenses and enhanced identification cards.

Sponsor: Frank Hornstein

Law enforcement use of force reporting requirements

Sponsor: William Ingebrigtsen

Peace officer de-escalation techniques established.

Sponsor: Paul Novotny

Human services; various provisions modified relating to child care, custody, support, foster care, disability services, community supports, civil commitment, maltreatment of minors, child protection, and child support; and various other provisions changed and modified.

Sponsor: Rena Moran

Peace officers standards and training (POST) board membership modification; crisis intervention, mental illness crisis and autism training authorization; prior POST board appropriation modification

Sponsor: Warren Limmer

Direct injectable drug reimbursement provisions modified for conditions under medical assistance.

Sponsor: Kelly Morrison

Peace officer training on interceding during unreasonable force by another officer required.

Sponsor: Paul Novotny

Tribal nation private data disclosure modified.

Sponsor: Mary Kunesh-Podein

Protests of May and June 2020; residential and commercial tenant assistance in civil unrest areas provided.

Sponsor: Hodan Hassan

Public safety peer support activity admissibility of statements and critical incident stress management services limitations; certain data classification

Sponsor: William Ingebrigtsen

Vehicle class requiring salvage certificate of title modified, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Paul Torkelson

Civil unrest during May and June 2020; special master panel established to make awards to compensate for damages suffered, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Mohamud Noor

Food shelf program funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jim Davnie

Eminent domain limited use authorized.

Sponsor: Aisha Gomez

COVID-19; long-term care screening programs required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Glenn Gruenhagen

Law enforcement hiring information access expansion

Sponsor: William Ingebrigtsen

COVID-19; meat processing grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jeanne Poppe

Board of Executives for Long-Term Service and Support fees modified, retaliation private cause of action established, infection control requirements modified, hospice and assisted living bills of rights modified, assisted living consumer protection established, Long-Term Care COVID-19 Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Ginny Klevorn

COVID-19; community food security support funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jeanne Poppe

Insurance claims; commissioner of commerce directed to assist with timely resolution of property, casualty, and liability claims for businesses affected by riot and civil commotion during the peacetime emergency declared by Executive Order 20-64.

Sponsor: Raymond Dehn

Peace officers use of force updated policies requirement

Sponsor: Warren Limmer

Hospital discharge of patients to long-term care facilities requirements establishment; hospital reimbursement for COVID-19 related extended stays requirement

Sponsor: Karin Housley

Peace officers required to report use of force incidents.

Sponsor: Brian Johnson

School district revenue uses for 2021 fiscal year flexibility provided.

Sponsor: Ron Kresha

Agriculture and health laboratory bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Sandra Pappas

Mining and related industry unemployment benefits program extension

Sponsor: David Tomassoni

State primary and state general election results partial 2020 release requirements modification

Sponsor: Mary Kiffmeyer

Law enforcement agencies military grade weapons acquisition from Pentagon's 1033 program prohibition

Sponsor: John Marty

Hospital discharging of patients to long-term care facility requirements established, hospital reimbursement for COVID-19-related extended stays required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Kurt Daudt

School meal policy provisions modification

Sponsor: Susan Kent

Protest response fund creation and appropriation

Sponsor: Eric Pratt

Child care assistance provider reimbursement rates modified.

Sponsor: Dave Pinto

Black Men Teach Twin Cities to increase the number of black male teachers grant appropriation

Sponsor: Paul T. Anderson

Unemployment insurance overpayment for applicants acting in good faith waived.

Sponsor: Kelly Moller

Driver education programs and drivers manual safe interactions with law enforcement officials and safely responding to emergencies rules adoption requirement

Sponsor: John Jasinski

A Senate resolution honoring the life of Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte

Sponsor: Mark Johnson

First children's finance child care site assistance appropriation

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

Higher education appropriations modified.

Sponsor: John Huot

State and local officials cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts restrictions

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

State patrol troopers salary increase and appropriations

Sponsor: Jeff Howe

Pandemic exclusion clause in life insurance policy prohibited.

Sponsor: Lisa Demuth

Chanhassen; Trunk Highway 41 intersection funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Kelly Morrison

A Senate resolution relating to organization and operation of the Senate during Special Session

Sponsor: Paul Gazelka

Future unrestricted general fund surplus dollars allocated; advanced biofuel, renewable chemical, and biomass thermal incentive program modified; and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Mike Sundin

Racial impact screening of legislation requirement

Sponsor: Jeff Hayden

Arrest quota use prohibited, and traffic stop-related and arrest-related information use prohibited as job performance criteria.

Sponsor: Duane Quam

Covid-19-realted expenses for deputy registrars and drivers license examiners agents grants appropriation

Sponsor: John Jasinski

Aid payments eliminated when city of first class fails to provide adequate police protection.

Sponsor: Lisa Demuth

Agriculture and health laboratory funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Mary Murphy

Peace officer authority to use deadly force modification; prosecutorial authority for peace-officer involved deaths attorney general assignment; independent Use of Force Investigation Unit within the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) establishment

Sponsor: Bobby Champion

Public safety critical incident stress management information as evidence prohibition; law enforcement use of force reporting; critical incident review process for peace officer involved shootings establishment; office of community-led public safety coordination establishment

Sponsor: Foung Hawj

Peace officers warrior-style training prohibition

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Critical incident review process for peace officer involved shootings establishment

Sponsor: Melisa Franzen

Duty for peace officers to intercede when another peace officer is using unreasonable force requirement

Sponsor: Jeff Hayden

Tribal and county reimbursement of federal funds claimed in error costs funding provided, direct care and treatment funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Liz Olson

Child foster care and background studies governing provisions modified, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Rena Moran

Commissioner of public safety adoption of safe interactions with law enforcement officials and safely responding to emergencies for driver education programs and manual.

Sponsor: Paul Torkelson

Right to vote restoration upon incarceration release or sentencing without incarceration

Sponsor: Bobby Champion

Rethink K-12 education models grant application

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

Solid waste management tax exemptions

Sponsor: William Ingebrigtsen

Omnibus bonding appropriations

Sponsor: David Senjem

Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy modifications

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

2020 tax relief for destroyed property

Sponsor: Roger Chamberlain

Distance learning and telemedicine grant application

Sponsor: Carla Nelson

COVID-19 gambling control laws temporary adjustments authorization

Sponsor: Mark Koran

U.S. highway #212 expansion to four lanes beaten Norwood Young America and Cologne appropriation

Sponsor: Scott Newman

Wayzata Lake Effect Project bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: David Osmek

Akeley; Trunk Highway 64 crossing Eleventh Crow Wing Lake bridge construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jerry Hertaus

Peace officer grievance arbitration arbitrator selection modification

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Students in foster care provisions modification

Sponsor: Mary Kiffmeyer

Consecutive sentence required for inmates involved in assaulting local correction facility employees.

Sponsor: Jerry Hertaus

Municipal utilities and cooperative electric association annual emery-savings goals reduction authorization

Sponsor: Andrew Mathews

Western Lake Superior sanitary district bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Duluth dump #1 superfund site cleanup bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Governor peacetime emergency extension requiring legislative approval, and duration limited.

Sponsor: Jerry Hertaus

State procurement provisions changed.

Sponsor: Fue Lee

Social security benefits effect on unemployment benefits during COVID-19 pandemic modification

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Release on bail use limit

Sponsor: Bobby Champion

University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD) AB Anderson Hall renovation bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

A Senate concurrent resolution relating to Minnesota's peacetime emergency; terminating the peacetime emergency pursuant to the authority granted under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.31, subdivision 2, paragraph (b)

Sponsor: Paul Gazelka

Priority qualified facility provisions modified, and property interest acquiring authority modified.

Sponsor: John Persell

Social security old age insurance benefit deduction from unemployment insurance benefits requirement provision repeal

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Maple Plain tax increment financing district establishment

Sponsor: David Osmek

St. Louis county heritage and arts center bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Local government aid (LGA) elimination for first class cities failure to provide adequate police protection

Sponsor: Jeff Howe

Education provisions modification

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Public school student participation in parent-based distance learning program authorized.

Sponsor: Ron Kresha

Peace officers standards for crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training establishment

Sponsor: Foung Hawj

Bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) use of force investigations unit establishment and appropriation

Sponsor: Melisa Franzen

Corrections and public safety funding provided, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Carlos Mariani

911 telecommunicator working group established to establish statewide standards for training and certification, and report required.

Sponsor: Connie Bernardy

County grants provided from deed tax for funding purposes, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: Jerry Hertaus

Wood pellet production financial incentive program established, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: John Persell

A Senate resolution recognizing Robin Tidd for being awarded a Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council scholarship

Sponsor: Greg Clausen

Municipal utilities and cooperative electric association annual emery-savings goals reduction authorization

Sponsor: Mary Kiffmeyer

Public Employee Relations Board implementation delayed.

Sponsor: Lyndon Carlson

Racetracks for auto racing to open authorization

Sponsor: Jeff Howe

Electric utilities to meet resource needs using carbon-free resources requirement

Sponsor: David Senjem

Independent school district #709, Duluth; levy authority transfer from long-term facilities maintenance revenue program to debt redemption fund; bond issue authority

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Historic Glensheen Estate renovation appropriation match requirement modification

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Duluth trunk highway #23 Mission Creek bridge replacement bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Biomass business compensation process for loss of business opportunity resulting from sale or closure of biomass energy plant

Sponsor: Andrew Lang

St. Louis county regional behavioral health crisis facility bond issue and appropriation

Sponsor: Erik Simonson

Transit violation administrative citations authorized.

Sponsor: Brad Tabke

Education innovation zone provisions modified.

Sponsor: Sondra Erickson

Consolidating school districts enhanced debt service equalization aid authorization

Sponsor: Jason Rarick

A house concurrent resolution terminating the peacetime emergency.

Sponsor: Jeremy Munson

Vehicles and property subject to forfeiture limited, recovery of property by innocent owners provided, federal equitable sharing program participation modified, reports required, and money appropriated.

Sponsor: John Lesch

Critical incident stress management services creation

Sponsor: Karla Bigham

Peace officer complaint or charge against type of data included in status clarification

Sponsor: Patricia Torres Ray

Pre-K through grade 12 education policy changes made including general education, education excellence, teacher licensing, health and safety, special education, and early childhood education; and report changes made.

Child care assistance provider reimbursement rates modified, and money appropriated.

Shared work plan eligibility modified.

A Senate resolution relating to adjournment of the Special Session

Human services; various provisions modified relating to child care, custody, support, foster care, disability services, community supports, civil commitment, maltreatment of minors, child protection, and child support; and various other provisions changed and modified.

Solid waste management tax exemptions provided, pilot accessibility projects required on wildlife management areas, and appropriations extended.

A Senate resolution relating to organization and operation of the Senate during the Special Session

A Senate concurrent resolution relating to Minnesota's peacetime emergency; terminating the peacetime emergency pursuant to the authority granted under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.31, subdivision 2, paragraph (b)