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Bills We Are TrackingIf action occurs on these bills we will report it here, but we will not report every routine action. Give us a call if you need help or want additional information Bills Introduced Tuesday, May 4, 2004 SF3057 (Langseth) - A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; making adjustments to previous bond authorizations; and authorizing sale of state bonds. Bills Introduced Monday, May 3, 2004 HF3189 (Eken; Hausman; Lieder; Koenen; Anderson, I.; Kahn and Peterson) - Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding an article XV; adding a fee-payer's bill of rights. Revenue raised from increasing a fee must be used exclusively to provide the goods or services related to the fee. Bills Introduced Thursday, April 15, 2004 HF3175 (Kelliher; Mariani; Pelowski; Mahoney; Hornstein; Thao; Johnson, S.; Walker; Ellison; Clark; Cox and McNamara) - Relating to higher education; allows undocumented noncitizens to qualify as residents of Minnesota for state higher education purposes. Bills Introduced Wednesday, April 7, 2004 SF3028 (Betzold) - Relating to retirement; increases the contribution rates for certain state employees. Bills Introduced Thursday, April 1, 2004 HF3158 (Larson) - The Governor must reduce executive branch state agency general fund expenditures on professional or technical contract services by at least $25 million during the 2004-2005 biennium, and by $50 million in each following biennium. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is not included. Bills Introduced Monday, March 29, 2004 HF3147 (Kahn) - Allocates income for purposes of income tax; authorizes grants to biotechnology and health sciences businesses. SF3012 (Robling and Day) - Requires state employees to reimburse the employer for personal use of state vehicles Bills Introduced Thursday, March 25, 2004 HF3135 (Krinkie, Vandeveer, Olson, M., Wilkin, Adophson, Lindner, Zellers and Anderson, B.) - Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that provides for limits on state and local spending and tax increases. HF3138 (Huntley) - Establishes a low-income nursing student scholarship program. SF2989 (Pogemiller) - Allows secondary schools to charge tuition to secondary students taking concurrent courses for credit that is taught at the student's school during the regular school day under an agreement between the school and the postsecondary institution. SF3000 (Pogemiller) - Authorizes grants to biotechnology and health sciences business. SF3002 (Pappas) - Creates a scholarship program for low-income students. SF3004 (Solon and Pappas) - Establishes a low-income nursing student scholarship program. SF3005 (Pappas) - Allows undocumented noncitizens to qualify as residents of Minnesota for state higher education purposes. Bills Introduced Wednesday, March 24, 2004 HF3132 (Kahn, Hilty, Carlson, Hausman and Hornstein) - A bill for an act relating to health; establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing criminal penalties. Bills Introduced Monday, March 22, 2004 SF2957 (Anderson) - Relating to economic development, limits what is a qualifying business in a job opportunity building zone. SF2966 (Michel, and Kiscaden) - Modifies student enrollment in the PSEO program, and modifies the counseling requirements of the PSEO program. Bills Introduced Thursday, March 18, 2004 HF3090 (Gunther, Cornish, Hackbarth and Simpson) - Relating to economic development; creates a program to retain and create jobs. Bills Introduced Wednesday, March 17, 2004 HF3062 (Sykora and Seagren) - Relating to K-12 educaiton, requires highly qualified teachers to teach students in core academic subjects. HF3066 (Osterman) - Changes interior designer certification to licensure. HF3078 (Solberg, and Dill) - Relating to economic development, provides funding for commercial application of e-learning in rural Minnesota. SF2897 (Senjem, Kiscaden, Sparks, Rosen and Belanger)
- Appropriates money for the Rochester Bioscience
Core Area. SF2899 (Senjem, Belanger, Koering, Kiscaden,
and Kierlin) - Appropriates money for Rochester
Community and Technical College to design the
construction of an addition to the Heintz Center
to house the Rochester-area workforce center. Bills Introduced Monday, March 15, 2004 HF3015 (Otremba and Eken) - Relating to job opportunity building zones; authorizes designation of additional zones for health care facilities. HF3016 (Seagren and Sykora) - Appropriates money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and facilities and technology, early childhood and family education, including prevention and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning. HF3053 (Eken and Koenen) - Makes vocational and technical education a required academic standard in education. SF2807 (Nienow) - Appropriates money for the Cambridge campus of Anoka-Ramsey Community College to design, construct, furnish, and equip an addition to and the remodeling of the main campus building on the Cambridge campus. SF2808 (Kierlin) - Appropriates money for the
Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology, Inc. in
Rushford. SF2812 (Hottinger, Kleis, Ruud, Kierlin, and Tomassoni) - Modifies the calculation of a state grant award. SF2821 (Rest) - Removes the sunset on certain portions of the prepared food definition. SF2827 (Ranum, Skoglund, Hottinger, Bakk, and McGinn) - Extends the period of availability of certain extra unemployment benefits. SF2834 (Ruud, Larson, Nienow, and Jungbauer)
- Provides penalties for students convicted of
rioting. SF2868 (Higgins) - Changes interior designer certification to licensure. SF2888 (Pariseau) - Propose an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section, establishes a merit-based scholarship program, creates a Casino Control Commission and casino board, authorizes the issuance of a casino license. Bills Introduced Thursday, March 11, 2004 HF2950 (Westrom, Hoppe, and Beard) - Relating
to state government, modifies the provision of
telecommunications and information services by
the commissioner of administration. HF2959 (Sykora) - Relating to education, authorizes the Board of School Administrators to amend licensure rules. HF2991 (Krinkie) - Relating to capital improvements, authorizes spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions. HF3004 (Pelowski, Dorn, Entenza, Latz, and Carlson) - Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding a section that requires the state to pay two-thirds of the cost of instruction at public higher education institutions. SF2695 (Pappas, Solon, Skoe, Kierlin, and Tomassoni) - Extends sunset of education telecommunications council; requires eligible institutions to provide certain data to the Higher Education Services Office; makes changes relating to child care grants and the Minnesota College Savings Plan; modifys certain education benefits of public safety officers. HF2663 Companion Bill. SF2703 (Ranum and Knutson) - Modifies state hiring process provisions. SF2762 (Kelley, Gaither, and Day) - Relating to state government, modifies the provision of telecommunications and information services by the commissioner of administration. SF2777 (Chaudhary, Kelley, Anderson, Pappas, and Rosen) - Provides for a partnership between MnSCU and the biosciences industries. SF2782 (Sparks) - Gives students who are eligible voters the right to time off from school to vote. SF2791 (Wergin) - Provides for enhanced reading requirements for certain teachers, and provides for literacy specialist licensure. Bills Introduced Wednesday, March 10, 2004 HF2884 (Davids and Pelowski) - Appropriates money
for the Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology,
Inc. in Rushford. HF2902 (Marquart) - Requires students to receive a passing grade in PSEO courses. HF2905 (Brod) - Authorizes agency heads to contract with national purchasing organizations for the puchase of goods. Bills Introduced Monday, March 8, 2004 HF2810 (Fuller and Carlson) - Relating to higher education, modifies the calculation of a state grant award. HF2812 (Kelliher, Pelowski and Mahoney) - Authorizes bonding for a health care training center and science facility at Minneapolis Technical and Community College. HF2852 (Knoblach) - Relating to higher education, authorizes the Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to seel surplus land. HF2861 (Wardlow, Heidgerken, Carlson, Davnie, and Urdahl) - Relating to public employment labor relations, includes certain teachers in the definition of public employee; modifies the definition of teacher. HF2871 (Murphy) - Relating to state employment, creates a postretirement employment option. HF2874 (Ozment, Simpson, Seagren, and Dill) - Modifies state hiring process provisions. SF2591 (Sams, Dille, Foley, Saxhaug, and Murphy) - Relating to economic development, creates a program to retain and create jobs. SF2595 (Hottinger, Skoglund, Metzen, Tomassoni and Murphy) - Relating to public employment labor relations, includes teachers in the definition of public employee; modifies the definitionof teacher. SF2606 (Pappas) - Relating to higher education, provides reserve funding for the state grant program. SF2629 (Kelley and Rest) - Establishes a State Board of Education. SF2649 (Pogemiller) - Creates a postsecondary study-abroad grant program. SF2663 (Murphy) - Authorizes the issuance of state bonds, appropriates money for the design and construction of a new vocational education building at MCF-Red Wing. Bills Introduced Thursday, March 4, 2004 HF2773 (Knoblach) - Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association, transfers the authority to invest retirement fund assets to the Minneapolis school district; requires the investment of state aid to the retirement fund by the State Board of Investment; revises the administrative expense surcharge; requires additional school district funding in the event of investment underperformance; revises the investment-related postretirement adjustment mechanism to account for the funding problems of the retirement fund. HF2795 (Carlson, Entenza, and Latz) - Relating to higher education, provides reserve funding for the state grant program. SF2507 (Pogemiller) - Relating to retirement; extends certain service credit purchase payment determination procedures until 2009. SF2569 (Lourey, Langseth, and Stumpf) - Appropriates money for remodeling and expansion projects at Northland Community and Technical College. Bills Introduced Wednesday, March 3, 2004 HF2693 (Penas and Lieder) - Appropriates money for remodeling and expansion projects at Northland Community and Technical College. HF2710 (Nelson, P.) - Removes the sunset on certain portions of the prepared food definition. HF2719 (Mahoney, Pelowski, Dorn, Carlson, Osterman, and Clark) - Provides $5 million of state support for endowed chairs in the biosciences to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. HF2723 (Mahoney, Carlson, Dorn, Nelson, M., and Osterman) - $750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for fiscal year 2005, to develop and establish a partnership with the biosciences industry to respond to the future workforce needs of existing and emerging firms in the biosciences industries. HF2732 (Sieben, Atkins, and Nelson, M.) - Relating to employement, makes permanent a law requiring public employers to provide certain paid leave of absence to organ donors. Bills Introduced Monday, March 1, 2004 HF2571 (Boudreau) - Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; establishing merit-based scholarship programs; establishing the Minnesota scholarship fund and Minnesota scholarship program; creating a Casino Control Commission and casino board; authorizing issuance of a casino license; providing for regulation and taxation of casino; reducing rate of lawful gambling taxes. HF2579 (Kelliher and Lenczewski) - Changes the date of the February forecast. HF2593 (Sieben, Kelliher, Kahn, Peterson, Sertich, Slawik, Hilty, Mariani, Lesch, Entenza, Rhodes, and Eken) - Gives students who are eligible voters the right to time off from school to vote. HF2616 (Mahoney) - Relating to economic development; funds collaborative research by the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics. HF2663 (Stang) - Extends sunset of education telecommunications council; requires eligible institutions to provide certain data to the Higher Education Services Office; makes changes relating to child care grants and the Minnesota College Savings Plan; modifys certain education benefits of public safety officers SF2427 (Rest) - Changes the date of the February forecast. SF2475 (Dibble) - Authorizes bonding for a health care training center and science facility at Minneapolis Technical and Community College. Bills Introduced Thursday, February 26, 2004 HF2411 (Latz, Kahn, Paymar, Greiling, and Rhodes) - Smoking prohibited from public and private colleges, universities, and other educaitonal vocational facilities. HF2422 (Smith) - Relating to retirement; extends certain service credit purchase payment determination procedures until 2009. HF2427 (Opatz, Fuller, Pelowski, Seifert, and Dorn) - Relating to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; provide for applied doctoral degrees at state universities. Amends the "plan or develop" language so the board and campuses are able to plan. Companion Bill SF2361 HF2488 (Nornes and Simpson) - Changes postsecondary child care grant payments. The bill states that all grant payments must be paid directly to the eligible student when a provider cares for children in the children's own home. In all other cases, grant payments must be paid directly to the child care provider on behalf of the eligible student. HF2508 (Huntley) - Changes the requirements for tuition reciprocity. HF2549 (Mahoney) - Authorizes designation of additional zones for nanotechnology. SF2352 (Kiscaden) - Extension of MINNCOR Task Force; authorizes goals for the task force; prohibits college and universities from evading purchasing requirements by specification variation. HF2203 Companion Bill. SF2361 (Hottinger, Pappas, Langseth, Frederickson, and Kierlin) - Relating to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; provide for applied doctoral degrees at state universities. Amends the "plan or develop" language so the board and campuses are able to plan. Companion Bill HF2427. SF2374 (Ruud, Larson, and Wergin) - Makes changes to postsecondary options; requires equivalent admission standards. HF2178 Companion Bill. SF2376 (Wiger and Robling) - Relating to state employment; modifies affirmative action provisions. SF2381 (Dibble, Lourey, Dille, Solon and Berglin) - Smoking prohibited from public and private colleges, universities, and other educational vocational facilities. SF2394 (Berglin, Lourey, Higgins, and Kiscaden) - Modifies licensure and certification requirements for nurses. Bills Introduced Monday, February 23, 2004 HF2333 (Howes) - Provides the option for a state college or university to elect self-governance; provide for the administration of an independent state college or university; provide state aid for higher education. SF1949 Companion Bill. HF2337 (Seifert, Knoblach, Urdahl, Dorn, Heidgerken, and Opatz) - Authorizes certain institutions to prepare a report on offering doctoral degrees or programs. SF2276 Companion Bill. HF2359 (Abeler and Paymar) - Modifying licensure and certification requirements for nurses. HF2375 (Lanning) - Appropriates capital funds at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Moorhead. SF2228 (Tomassoni) - General employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association; authorizes a onetime second chance actuarial equivalent optional retirement annuity election in certain instances. SF2229 (Tomassoni) - Public employees retirement associaiton; permits a onetime second chance actuarial equivalent optional retirement annuity election. SF2276 (Hottinger, Frederickson, Neuville, Pappas, and Vickerman) - Authorizes certain institutions to prepare a report on offering doctoral degrees or programs. HF2337 Companion Bill. SF2297 (Kiscaden) - Teachers Retirement Association - authorizes certain members to designate their children as optionalk annuity beneficiaries. Bills Introduced Thursday, February 19, 2004 HF2176 (Goodwin; Biernat; Bernardy; Eken; Slawik; Clark; Kelliher; Ellison; Thao; Mahoney; Lesch; Koenen; Johnson, S.; Atkins; Greiling; Carlson; Davnie and Hilty) - Extends the dates by when the education commissioner must submit proposed social studies standards and when students must complete social studies course credit requirements for graduation. HF2177 (Jaros, Urdahl, Biernat, Heidgerken, Davnie and Huntley) - Provides for certain qualifications for members of the Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees. HF2178 (Fuller) - Makes changes to postsecondary enrollment options; requires equivalent admission standards. HF2179 (Sertich) - Permits a onetime second chance acturarial equivalent optional retirement annuity election. HF2180 (Sertich) - Authorizes a onetime second chance actuarial equivalent optional retirement anniuty election in certain instances. HF2203 (Lipman and Muphy) - Extension of MINNCOR Task Force; authorizes goals for the task force; prohibits college and universities from evading purchasing requirements by specification variation. HF2248 (Thissen) - Teacher retirement plans - authorizes purchase of service credit for out-of-state public college and university teaching HF2264 (Goodwin; Huntley; Wasiluk; Rukavina; Koenen; Eken; Johnson, S.; Sertich; Bernardy; Atkins; Greiling; Carlson; Davnie; Clark; Hilty and Mariani) - Requires state service contracts and solicitations for state service contracts to contain information on where work will be performed. HF2279 (Murphy, Jaros, and Huntley) - Appropriates money for an academic and services addition at Lake Superior College. SF2109 (Hann, Michel and Olson) - Provides for a teacher training program for qualified professionals. HF1814 Companion Bill. SF2133 (Limmer) - Allows state employees to opt out of direct deposit in certain circumstances. SF2154 (Kubly, Johnson DE, Vickerman, Dille, and Rosen) - Requires the use of E85 fuel in flexible-fuel vehicles. HF1992 Companion Bill. SF2200 (Ranum) - Authorizes purchase of service credit for out-of-state public college and university teaching. Bills Introduced Monday, February 16, 2004 HF2125 (Hornstein, Rukavina, Sertich, Mahoney, Nelson M., Johnson S., Sieben, Mullery, Jaros, Hilty, Pugh, Greiling, Paymar, and Atkins) - Prohibits the use of state funds to encourage or discourange union organizing. HF2147 (Johnson J., DeLaforest, Kohls, Erickson, Jacobson, Lindner, Hoppe, and Wardlow) - Provides for even-year sessions convened by the legislature, limits the agenda. HF2159 (Ozment, McNamara, Gerlach, Strachan and Pugh) - Appropriates money for Dakota County Technical College to remodel, furnish, and equip an information technology and telecommunications center of excellence, as well as improve and expand Dakota County Technical College's library and academic support center. SF2007 (Sparks) - Appropriates money for Riverland Community College to remodel science labs on the Austin and Albert Lea campuses and general classrooms on the Austin campus. SF2011 (Metzen, Stumpf, Senjem, Langseth, and
Frederickson) - Appropriates money for Inver Hills
Community College to remodel the College Center
Building and to construct, furnish, and equip
a one-stop student services addition to it; enlarge
and colocate central services, the bookstore,
and loading dock; and remove a pedestrian safety
hazard. SF2040 (Pappas, Langseth, Cohen, Anderson and Moua) - Appropriates money for projects at Saint Paul College to design, remodel, furnish, and equip construction trades and technology labs and design and construct a new entryway to link all floors of the original building with the tower to include offices, conference rooms, and student study areas. SF2044 (Dibble, Anderson, Bakk, Hottinger, and Papaps) - Prohibits the use of state funds to encourage or discourange union organizing. SF2049 (Kiscaden, Senjem, Pogemiller, Belanger and Murphy) - Provides for the use of Rochester sales and use tax revenues for projects including construction of a regional recreation and sports center and other higher education facilities available for both community and student use. SF2054 (Kiscaden, Belanger, Senjem, Pogemiller, and Tomassoni) - Provides for the use of Rochester sales and use tax revenues for projects including construction of a regional recreation and sports center and other facilities available for both community and student use. SF2056 (Pariseau, Metzen, McGinn, Knutson and Murphy) - Appropriates money for Dakota County Technical College to remodel, furnish, and equip an information technology and telecommunications center of excellence, as well as improve and expand Dakota County Technical College's library and academic support center. SF2064 (Hottinger) - Expands teh Minnesota State Colleges and Universities demonstration project to provide college readiness information to high school students; requires a report to the legislature by the P-16 partnership. SF2069 (Larson) - Provides for the assignment of teachers. The school board may enter into an agreement with a postsecondary institution for secondary or postsecondary nonsectarian courses to be taught at a secondary school, nonsectarian postsecondary institution, or another location. The board must not enter into an agreement which limits a district superintendent's duty to assign and reassign teachers to the schools in which the teachers will teach. SF2074 (Ruud, Larson, Skoe) - Appropriates money for a hockey arena at Bemidji State University. Bills Introduced Thursday, February 12, 2004 HF1987 (Mariani, Paymar, Mahoney, Thao, Hausman, Entenza, Lesch and Johnson, S) - Appropriates money for capital projects at St. Paul Colleget o design, remodel, furnish, and equip construction trades and technology labs and design and construct a new entryway to link all floors of the original building with the tower to include offices, conference rooms, and student study areas. HF1992 (Juhnke, Otremba, Anderson, I, Marquart, Lieder, Eken, Peterson and Hilty) - Requires the use of E85 fuel in flexible-fuel state owned vehicles. HF2006 (Fuller and Sviggum) - Appropriates money for a hockey arena at Bemidji State University. HF2008 ( Mullery) - Appropriates money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional fields. HF2014 (Anderson, J. and Dorman) - Appropriates money for Riverland Community College to remodel science labs on the Austin and Albert Lea campuses and general classrooms on the Austin campus. HF2034 (Haas, Eken and Rhodes) - Ratifies certain labor agreements and compensation plans. HF2046 (McNamara, Atkins, Sieben, Pugh, Powell, and Wilkin) - Appropriates money for Inver Hills Community College to remodel the College Center Building and to construct, furnish, and equip a one-stop student services addition to it; enlarge and colocate central services, the bookstore, and loading dock; and remove a pedestrian safety hazard. HF2066 (Fuller, Solberg, Lindgren, Seifert, Dorn and Pelowski) - Provides for allocation of certain money for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. HF2075 (Opatz, Seifert and Dorn) - Provides for applied doctoral degrees at state universities. HF2076 (Nelson, C.; Bradley; Kuisle; Demmer; Pelowski; Ruth; Cox; Carlson and Stang) - Appropriates money for a health sciences center at University Center Rochester. HF2077 (Nelson, C.; Stang; Bradley; Demmer and Kuisle) - Appropriates money for Rochester Community and Technical College to design the construction of an addition to the Heintz Center to house the Rochester-area workforce center. HF2092 (Carlson and Slawik) - Expands the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities demonstration project to provide college readiness information to high school students. Requires a report to the legislature by the P-16 partnership. SF1887 (Pappas, Cohen, Solon, Tomassoni and Skoe) - Authorizes spending to acquire better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature for higher education with certain conditions. SF1895 (Hottinger, Rosen and Frederickson) - Appropriates money for capital improvements at Minnesota State University, Mankato todesign capital improvements for Trafton Science Center. SF1896 (Hottinger and Fredrickson) - Appropriates money for capital improvements at South Central College to design, remodel, furnish, and equip teaching laboratories at the North Mankato campus. SF1931 (Ruud and Skoe) - Appropriates money for Bemidji State University - Northwest Technical college to to remodel, furnish, and equip Phase 2 of the Emerging Technology Addition project in Bemidji, including remodeling Bridgeman Hall at Bemidji State University and construction of an addition at Northwest Technical College. SF1949 (Kleis, Olson and Robling) - Provides the option for a state college or university to elect self-governance; provides for the administration of an independent state college or university; providing state aid for higher education. SF1978 (Cohen) - Makes technical and clarifying changes to provisions related to the budget process. Bills Introduced Monday, February 9, 2004 HF1946 (Haas, Rhodes and Krinkie) - Requiring state employees to reimburse the employer for personal use of state vehicles. HF1952 (Nornes, Westrom and Simpson) - Appropriating money for the Fergus Falls campus of Minnesota State Community and Technical College to design and construct an addition for fine arts, technology, and student services, and to design and remodel general and ITV classes all on the Fergus Falls campus. HF1963 (Meslow) - Appropriating money for Century College to remodel and convert outdated space on the Century College East Campus into a technology center and classroom building and for design and construction of a new building for science labs and classrooms and a new library and learning resource center. HF1964 (Simpson, Walz and Otremba) - Appropriating money for the Staples campuses of Central Lakes College to design, construct, furnish, and equip heavy equipment shop space at the Staples West Campus and to remodel vacated space at the Staples main campus. HF1970 (Knoblach, Solberg, Seagren, Carlson, Sykora and Abrams) - Adding to the priorities for uses of a net unrestricted budgetary general fund balance. HF1971 (Knoblach) - Making technical and clarifying changes to provisions related to the budget process. SF1816 (Stumpf and Pogemiller) - Dedicating a portion of the state property tax to an education reserve. The amounts in the education reserve account do not lapse or cancel each year, but remain until appropriated by law for education aid or higher education funding. SF1825 (Rest) - Changing certain requirements of the tuition reciprocity program; providing for the collection of data. HF1872 Companion Bill. SF1838 (Knutson, Kiscaden, Murphy and McGinn) - Increasing the tuition reimbursement level for members of the Minnesota National Guard who are attending postsecondary educational institutions. HF1820 Companion Bill. SF1855 (Bachmann, Reiter and Johnson, D.J.) - Appropriating money for Century College to remodel and convert outdated space on the Century College East Campus into a technology center and classroom building and for design and construction of a new building for science labs and classrooms and a new library and learning resource center at Century College. SF1859 (Sams and Stumpf) - Authorizing agency heads to contract with national purchasing organizations for the purchase of goods. SF1866 (Scheid, Pappas, Kelley, Wergin and Gaither) - Ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans. Bills Introduced Thursday, February 5, 2004 SF1685 (Ruud, Larson and Sams) - Appropriating money for the Staples campuses of Central Lakes College to design, construct, furnish, and equip heavy equipment shop space and remodel vacated space. SF1690 (Rosen, Frederickson and Hottinger) - Appropriating money for Minnesota State University-Mankato to design and prepare construction documents for a science lab addition and for the design and remodeling of existing science labs as part of the Trafton Science Center. SF1718 (Ruud, Larson and Skoe) - Appropriating money for Bemidji State University and Bemidji Technical College to remodel, furnish, and equip Bridgeman Hall at Bemidji State University; and for an addition at Bemidji Technical College. SF1722 (Tomassoni, Stumpf, Kelley and Saxhaug) - Directing the education commissioner to seek and report advisory task force recommendations on adopting a uniform statewide grading scale policy. SF1725 (Larson)- Appropriating money for the Fergus Falls campus of Minnesota State Community and Technical to design and construct an addition for fine arts, technology, and student services, and to design and remodel general and ITV classes. SF1728 (Kierlin, Larson and Kiscaden) - Appropriating money for Winona State University to renovate, furnish, and equip Pasteur Hall into a multipurpose technology classroom and dry science lab facility as Phase 2 of Winona State University's strategy for science excellence. SF1732 (Kierlin, Larson and Kiscaden) - Appropriating money for Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical to remodel, furnish, and equip Phase 3 of the one-stop service center, bookstore, technology classrooms, library, and health care center and to redesign and construct a main building entrance. SF1755 (Bakk and Solon) - Appropriating money for an academic and services addition at Lake Superior College to construct an addition to house all student services, high-tech classrooms, open computer labs, space for workforce development, and faculty and administrative offices. SF1760 (Berglin, Hottinger, Johnson D, andLourey) - Appropriates $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees for the nursing and health care education plan; and creates a loan forgiveness program for midlevel practioners agreeing to teach for at least 20 hours per week in the nursing field at a postsecondary program. SF1784 (Kiscaden, Senjem, Kierlin, Tomassoni and Solon) - Appropriating money for a health sciences center at University Center Rochester to construct, using the design/build method, furnish, and equip the renovation of the vacant Rockenbach gymnasium, selected areas of the Heintz Center, and portions of the University Center Rochester main campus buildings all for use as a health sciences center for Rochester Community and Technical College. HF1814 (Erickson, Buesgens, Sykora, Klinzing, Demmer and Seagren) - Provided for a teacher training program for qualified professionals. HF1820 (Brod; Rhodes; Anderson, B.; Sviggum; Newman; Beard; Severson; Stang and Haas) - Increase the tuition reimbursement level for members of the Minnesota National Guard who are attending postsecondary educational institutions. HF1860 (Swenson, Dorn, Cornish and Gunther) - Appropriating money for capital improvements at South Central College to design, remodel, furnish, and equip teaching laboratories at the North Mankato campus. HF1872 (Opatz and Stang) - Changing certain requirements of the tuition reciprocity program; providing for the collection of data. HF1874 (Cornish, Dorn and Gunther) - Appropriating money for Minnesota State University-Mankato to design and prepare construction documents for a science lab addition and for the design and remodeling of existing science labs as part of the Trafton Science Center. HF1885 (Dorn) - Appropriating money for capital improvements at Minnesota State University Mankato to design capital improvements for Trafton Science Center at Minnesota State University Mankato. HF1891 (Pelowski) - Appropriating money for Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical to remodel, furnish, and equip Phase 3 of the one-stop service center, bookstore, technology classrooms, library, and health care center and to redesign and construct a main building entrance, all at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical. HF1894 (Pelowski) -Appropriating money for Winona State University to renovate, furnish, and equip Pasteur Hall into a multipurpose technology classroom and dry science lab facility as Phase 2 of Winona State University's strategy for science excellence. HF1903 (Fuller and Lindgren) - Appropriating money for Bemidji State University and Bemidji Technical College to remodel, furnish, and equip Bridgeman Hall at Bemidji State University; and for an addition at Bemidji Technical College. HF1905 (Latz; Carlson; Dorn; Pelowski; Huntley;
Opatz; Kelliher; Greiling; Johnson, S.; Hausman;
Otremba; Wasiluk; Lesch; Mullery; Hilty; Juhnke;
Anderson, I.; Sieben; Sertich; Bernardy; Nelson,
M.; Biernat; Hilstrom; Paymar; Murphy; Hornstein;
Marquart; Lieder; Pugh; Mariani; Kahn; Mahoney;
Wagenius; Lenczewski and Solberg) - Authorizing
spending to acquire and better public land and
buildings and other public improvements of a capital
nature for higher education with certain conditions;
authorizing sale of state bonds; appropriating
money. Bills Introduced Friday, January 30, 2004 SF1579 (Nienow) - Authorizes the purchase of service credit for certain periods of prior public school employment for the general employees retirement plan of the public employees retirement association. SF1591 (Ranum, Belanger and Michel) - Prohibits location of a state operated or state licensed gambling facility in a city unless the voters of the city have approved the facility in a referendum. SF1628 (Rest) - Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution limiting the use of onetime revenue, reserves, and shifts when budgeting for the general fund. SF1632 (Kleis) - Appropriating money for capital improvements to St. Cloud Technical College; design, construct, furnish, and equip an addition to the college, and remodel, furnish, and equip the existing building for collocation of the Stearns-Benton Workforce Center and creation of an allied health facility for nursing and allied health programs. SF1633 (Kleis) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; phase 2 of the remodeling of Centennial Hall. SF1634 (Kleis) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, through construction documents, the renovation of and an addition of new space for Brown Hall. SF1635 (Kleis) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, renovate, and equip Riverview Hall for classroom use. SF1654 (Solon, Marko and Skoglund) - Authorizes local government units and public medical facilities to ban guns from public buildings, medical facilities, or parks. SF1658 (Solon and Pappas) - Changes the requirements for tuition reciprocity. Bills Introduced Friday, January 9, 2004HF1705 (Dempsey) - Appropriating money for the design and construction of a new vocational education building at MCF-Red Wing. HF1706 (Knoblach, Opatz, Stang and Severson) - Appropriating money for capital improvements to St. Cloud Technical College; design, construct, furnish, and equip an addition to the college, and remodel, furnish, and equip the existing building for collocation of the Stearns-Benton Workforce Center and creation of an allied health facility for nursing and allied health programs. HF1707 (Knoblach, Opatz, Stang and Severson) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, renovate, and equip Riverview Hall for classroom use. HF1708 (Knoblach, Opatz, Stang and Severson) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; phase 2 of the remodeling of Centennial Hall. HF1709 (Knoblach, Opatz, Stang and Severson) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, through construction documents, the renovation of and an addition of new space for Brown Hall. HF1722 (Opatz and Knoblach) - Appropriating money for capital improvements to St. Cloud Technical College; design, construct, furnish, and equip an addition to the college, and remodel, furnish, and equip the existing building for collocation of the Stearns-Benton Workforce Center and creation of an allied health facility for nursing and allied health programs. HF1723 (Opatz and Knoblach) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; phase 2 of the remodeling of Centennial Hall. HF1724 (Opatz and Knoblach) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, renovate, and equip Riverview Hall for classroom use. HF1725 (Opatz and Knoblach) - Appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; design, through construction documents, the renovation of and an addition of new space for Brown Hall. HF1730 (Nelson, C.; Stang; Dorn; Severson; Bradley; Westerberg; Seifert; Erickson; Soderstrom; Cornish and Cox) - Provides penalties for students convicted of damage to property or violence to persons in connection with a riot. HF1736 (Wardlow and Mariani) - Creates a higher education lottery scholarship program to provide scholarships for certain higher education expenses. HF1738 (Greiling) - Directs the education commissioner to establish an advisory task force to make recommendations on adopting a uniform statewide grading scale policy. HF1741 (Lenczewski, Seagren and Larson) - Prohibits the location of a state-operated or state-licensed gambling facility in a city unless the voters of the city have approved the facility in a referendum. |
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