Minnesota Rep. Ben Lien (D)

MN - Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy (House)

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member

MN - Higher Education Policy and Finance (House)

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member

MN - Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division (House)

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member

MN - HF640 Moorhead; grade separated rail crossings funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2728 Small business development center services modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3638 Career coursework completion provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3631 Moorhead; Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership facility and early learning center funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3623 Clay County; Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership facility and early learning center in Moorhead funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF773 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees required to disclose information related to consultants providing advice or analysis to the board.

MN - HF2729 Loan forgiveness program for individuals working in greater Minnesota established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2452 Veterans with a disability exemptions from taxes and fees provided.

MN - HF3861 Higher education scholarship contribution tax credit allowed, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1627 Adult workforce program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1798 Electronic paddlewheels established.

MN - HF2917 Clay County; new resource recovery campus grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2260 Agricultural land valuation based on its production value study provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF595 Buffalo-Red River Watershed District; Oakport flood hazard mitigation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2967 Local government aid to cities ongoing appropriation increased.

MN - HF1722 Translated driver's examination materials funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2200 Agricultural homestead full amount of tax allowed to qualify for the property tax refund and special property tax refund.

MN - HF2984 Medical assistance and MinnesotaCare payment rates for dental services increased.

MN - HF618 Red River Watershed Management Board grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF210 Hospital required to provide a patient the opportunity to designate a caregiver upon entry, and hospital required to provide discharge plan and aftercare instructions to designated caregiver prior to discharge.

MN - HF556 Broadband border-to-border account funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1776 Violent Crime Coordinating Council and multijurisdictional investigations expanded to include combating sex trafficking crimes, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3178 Employer tax liability modified.

MN - HF114 Unemployed long-term homeowner foreclosure forbearance provided.

MN - HF742 Campus sexual harassment and sexual violence; various provisions modified relating to campus sexual assault policies, good faith reporting, postsecondary institution and law enforcement coordination, online reporting systems, data access, data classifications, security officer and administrator training, and student health services.

MN - HF77 Truth in Enrollment disclosure required at time of postsecondary admission.

MN - HF952 Student loan debt repayment counseling pilot program created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3100 Affirmative consent standards in campus sexual assault policies required, sexual violence grant program established, consent curriculum development funding provided, sexual violence prevention grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1306 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities required to establish a transfer curriculum.

MN - HF178 Legal assistance grant money appropriated.

MN - HF1405 Employment support services to persons with mental illness funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF340 Tuition assistance for state high school graduates to attend Minnesota State Colleges and Universities provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3183 University of Minnesota campus systemwide academic and student experience investment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF777 Spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury research grant program created, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury advisory council established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3089 Small business refund for the cost of using a certified service provider or a certified automated system provided.

MN - HF2706 Intermediate care facilities for persons with development disabilities and home and community based service provider reimbursement rates modified.

MN - HF116 Employment services provided to persons with traumatic brain injuries.

MN - HF89 Instructional materials tax exemption modified.

MN - HF2229 State grant amount and availability increased, student loan refundable credit allowed, tuition relief and student loan refinancing program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF245 K-12 teachers who complete master's degree in a content area directly related to their licensure field allowed tax credit, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2924 Student loan refinancing program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF737 Clay and Chisago Counties; jail facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2052 Red River of the North water quality strategic plan required, minimum water quality standards required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF292 Minnesota State Arts Board funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1079 Farmer ombudsman office established to provide one-stop regulatory assistance, and money appropriated.

MN - HF936 State obligation to support cost of instruction within the state colleges and universities through direct appropriation increased.

MN - HF1232 Data privacy, predatory offender registration, evidence, crime victim protections, and criminal defenses relating to sex trafficking provisions modified; and new criminal penalties created.

MN - HF2614 Medical assistance coverage of oral health assessments requirements set, and medical assistance payment rates for dental services increased.

MN - HF1140 Untested sexual assault test kits accounted for, and report required.

MN - HF3009 Caregiver support program and service governing provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF145 Employment condition precedent prohibited relating to unemployed persons.

MN - HF1647 Patient allowed to enjoin collection actions taken by a nonprofit hospital if the hospital has failed to provide a financial assistance policy.

MN - HF316 Nursing facility reimbursement system modified.

MN - HF982 Public postsecondary institutions directed to give full credit to students for completed Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) courses, and report required.

MN - HF1563 Federal Do Not Call Rule violation made a violation of state law, and penalties provided.

MN - HF1900 Broadband infrastructure development and bonding authorized, and the state authorized to guarantee debt of local government units incurred for broadband infrastructure development.

MN - HF2045 Student support service personnel grant program established, postsecondary institution grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3326 Continuing education program establishment authorized, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1957 Individual income tax return free electronic filing system implementation by revenue commissioner required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF300 Social Security benefit subtraction allowed.

MN - HF235 Private education loan related requirements established, and disclosures required.

MN - HF368 Debt buyers regulated.

MN - HF738 Clay and Chisago Counties; jail facility funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1285 Public postsecondary institution disseminated material disclosures required.

MN - HF406 Community safety personnel training about use of de-escalation techniques funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF886 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2895 State and local jail and prison inmates required to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons, and state and county contracting with private prisons prohibited.

MN - HF1449 Automatic voter registration of applicants for a driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card provided.

MN - HF74 Public housing; additional Phase 2 housing infrastructure bonds authorized, rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF539 Building codes prohibited from being adopted more frequently than once every five years, and public notice of adopted rules provided.

MN - HF741 Farm to food shelf program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF121 Sunday growler sales allowed for small brewers.

MN - HF1425 Pilot program to provide, repair, and maintain motor vehicles for commuting to work created; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2208 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Campus Autonomy Act established, and roles of campus authority and system authority in MnSCU system clarified and prescribed.

MN - HF1426 Skilled manufacturing industry customized training provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF580 Pregnancy, parenting, and caregiver insurance benefits provided; leave modified; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1166 Two-person crew on trains carrying freight required, and penalties prescribed.

MN - HF211 Rural mental health professionals, public health nurses, dental therapists, and advanced dental therapists added to the health professional education loan forgiveness program; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1716 Student loan interest refundable credit allowed, and money appropriated.

MN - HF434 Explore Minnesota Tourism funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF402 Wage deductions for credit card charges modified.

MN - HF1170 Teacher shortage loan forgiveness program provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF780 Home modification accessibility grants provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF236 Investigational drug, biological product, or device use permitted by eligible patients.

MN - HF3090 Student loan counseling program unworkable requirement eliminated.

MN - HF578 Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program modified, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF125 Veteran jobs tax credit provided.

MN - HF1139 Fair scheduling of employee's hours and predictability pay required, and civil penalties imposed.

MN - HF817 Higher education expense saving encouraged.

MN - HF809 Career pathway coordinators provided, reports required, funding provided for career pathways coordinators and the Minnesota youth program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF161 Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE); accounts established for persons with disabilities.

MN - HF344 Credit for hiring long-term unemployed individuals allowed.

MN - HF1225 Wage Theft Protection Act enacted, labor standards modified, data classified, penalties modified, new crime created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF898 Border cities authorized to adopt changes to the State Building Code.

MN - HF1932 Bemidji; veteran nursing home funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF894 Permanent tax reduction authority provided to border city enterprise zones.

MN - HF1452 Red River watershed; ring levee construction funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2782 Heartland State Trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1768 Elderly and disabled income tax exclusion increased, and second exemption allowed for property tax refund claimants.

MN - HF2392 Budget reserve increased to level recommended by the commissioner of management and budget.

MN - HF508 Land owners provided option to require a pipeline proposing to locate on that land to purchase any amount of the owner's contiguous land, fees and penalties modified, disposition of abandoned pipelines provided, report required, and change in rules required.

MN - HF666 Executive branch official salaries legislative approval required, and salary increases rescinded.

MN - HF2333 Early childhood, kindergarten through grade 12, and adult education funding and policy provided; rulemaking required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3224 Veterans support including support for domestic abuse prevention, mental health services, chemical abuse treatment, veterans homelessness prevention, compensation to honor guards, and veterans courts funding provided; veterans nursing home tax credit provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF204 Public health care program participation requirements for dental service providers modified.

MN - HF685 Local government aid appropriation increased.

MN - HF749 Workforce housing grant program created, tax credits created for workforce housing, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF95 Hydropower sources that may satisfy renewable energy standard size limitation eliminated.

MN - HF240 Persons under arrest or subject to arrest diverted from incarceration to comprehensive mental health programs, grant program for comprehensive mental health programs established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2875 Income, franchise, and property tax refund provisions conformed to changes in federal law; administrative mechanism for conforming to future changes made; account created; and money transferred.

MN - HF1954 Minnesota Stillbirth Task Force created.

MN - HF807 Redevelopment grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF232 Nursing facility operating payment rate increase provided.

MN - HF552 Employment and economic development career counseling service funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF560 Employed persons with disabilities program premium payments reduced for medical assistance.

MN - HF1151 Medical assistance coverage and reimbursement for dental services modified, new dental reimbursement system development authorized, oral health system administrative simplification work group convened, basic dental screenings performed by dental hygienists and dental therapists covered, and money appropriated.

MN - HF553 Moorhead and Breckenridge; operating payment rate for nonprofit nursing facilities modified.

MN - HF2192 Agricultural market value credit increased and extended to nonhomestead agricultural properties.

MN - HF1091 Sales tax exemption for meals, drinks, and capital equipment purchases expanded.

MN - HF1626 Regional library basic system support modified, funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF581 Homeless Youth Act modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF348 Wolf depredation payment funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF342 Incarcerated individual restored civil right to vote upon release, notice required, and county attorney obligation to promptly investigate voter registration and eligibility repealed.

MN - HF564 Intermediate care facility reimbursement rates modified for persons with developmental disabilities and home and community based service providers.

MN - HF2884 Urban Initiative Board and related programs changes made, state access to the program provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1660 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF317 Head Start program funding increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1083 Tax credit for employer paid taxes provided.

MN - HF584 Mobile manufacturing lab program created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1181 Minnesota innovation waiver under section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act prepared, health care system that best serves Minnesotans developed, cost analysis required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1141 Chronic and intractable pain added as qualifying medical condition in the medical cannabis registry program.

MN - HF583 Regional library telecommunications aid and equity in telecommunications access funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF569 Regional library basic system support and multicounty, multitype library systems funding provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2142 Mandatory fire sprinkler installation prohibited.

MN - HF2220 Crookston; regional charitable food distribution, warehouse, and office facility funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

MN - HF888 Mentoring and farm business management program challenge grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1350 Nonemergency medical transportation providers regulated, and nonemergency medical transportation service payment rates modified.

MN - HF616 Legislative approval of water quality standards and rules required, water quality standards cost-benefit analysis required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2373 Broadband tax credit created.

MN - HF320 Student loan originators required to provide disclosures.

MN - HF429 Property tax refund claims deadline extended.

MN - HF1553 Children's products containing hazardous chemicals labeling required.

MN - HF2191 Agricultural property excluded from school capital levies, tax base replacement aid provided, new equalization aid formula for school boards approved on or after July 1, 2015 created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2175 Teacher financial assistance and loan programs created and modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1531 Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission recommended grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2721 Independent School Districts Nos. 152, Moorhead; and 2164, Dilworth-Glyndon Felton; voluntary realignment of the school district boundaries authorized.

MN - HF1897 Career and technical education need grant programs established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3283 Human services commissioner required to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income eligibility limit for MinnesotaCare to purchase coverage through MinnesotaCare through a separate MinnesotaCare purchase option.

MN - HF617 Water quality work independent peer review required.

MN - HF140 Additional property tax refund modified.

MN - HF1300 Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue allocation modified.

MN - HF2983 Mobile manufacturing lab program created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF731 Tuition relief funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF603 Early learning scholarship program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3064 Financial exploitation protections for older adults and vulnerable adults provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF46 Universal all-day preschool provided for four-year-old students.

MN - HF563 Otter Tail County; flood projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3163 Working family income tax credit modified.

MN - HF771 Flood hazard mitigation grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF605 School counseling service adequate levels required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF891 Local authority over permit applications by large energy facilities powered by solar generating systems provided, and surety bonds for solar generating facilities required.

MN - HF2966 Detroit Lakes Public Utilities Commission wastewater treatment system improvement grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF644 Massage and bodywork therapy registration and fees established, and exchange of information provided.

MN - HF2963 Family and medical leave benefit insurance program established, wage tax imposed, rulemaking authorized, account created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1587 Health plan companies required to offer enrollees a choice in pharmacy providers, and coverage for health care services provided by licensed pharmacists required.

MN - HF1251 Railroad assessment provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF252 School readiness aid increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1240 Flood hazard mitigation grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1530 Tax credits to encourage charitable contributions provided, endow Minnesota program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1595 Soil and water conservation district funding modified, county levies for soil and water conservation districts specified as special taxing district levies, soil and water conservation district grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF290 Credit provided for additional tax paid on early withdrawals from retirement accounts used for long-term care expenses, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1301 Child care dependent care credit modified.

MN - HF82 Estate tax conformed to federal exclusion amount.

MN - HF882 State forecast required to include rate of inflation.

MN - HF2998 Ground lease payment inclusion when filing for the homestead credit state refund by shareholders of manufactured home park cooperatives allowed.

MN - HF1416 Unemployment insurance employer tax rate reduced.

MN - HF2987 School building bond agricultural credit provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2968 Income definition modified.

MN - HF147 Surviving spouses of deceased service members and permanently disabled veterans market value exclusion extended.

MN - HF1027 Minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities modified.

MN - HF977 Long-term homeless supportive service funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF226 School readiness program funding increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3061 Inspector General Office established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF273 Youth intervention program provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF130 Sunday intoxicating liquor off-sale authorization by municipalities permitted.

MN - HF115 Intoxicating liquor off-sale permitted on Sunday.

MN - HF700 Cigarette annual indexing requirement repealed.

MN - HF1922 Damage causes and types for which railroads are responsible specified.

MN - HF54 Bemidji; veteran nursing home funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2018 Railroad and pipeline taxation and safety governed, railroad property tax amended, railroad and pipeline company assessment sunset eliminated, railroad crossing improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF73 Housing; additional housing infrastructure bonds authorized, public housing rehabilitation funding provided to address statewide affordable housing crisis, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF593 Broadband development grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF726 Minnesota Zoo funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF350 Education; formula allowance increased.

MN - HF974 Fetal alcohol syndrome reduction program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1571 Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) payments to postsecondary institutions enhanced to include textbook and equipment costs, and greater financial incentive for school districts to encourage student participation in the PSEO program created.

MN - HF1219 Data on homeless and highly mobile students reported.

MN - HF1175 Brownfield remediation loans and grants modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2923 Tuition relief funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2372 Healthcare Access for Recovery and Treatment of Survivors Act (HARTS Act) established, health insurance coverage required relating to domestic and sexual assault and sex trafficking, notice to victims required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1259 Early education services authorized for students from adjoining states.

MN - HF229 Individual subtraction provided for the value of the use of an employer provided fitness facility, and corporate subtraction provided for fitness facility dues for employees.

MN - HF602 Preparedness response for transportation of oil and hazardous material by pipeline governing requirements amended, pipeline company requirements established, agency powers and duties amended, and appropriations amended.

MN - HF1849 General education basic formula allowance increased.

MN - HF2209 Necessary health care guaranteed to be available and affordable for every Minnesotan; Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan established; 1332 waiver requested; and money appropriated.

MN - SF100 Right to Try Act

MN - SF856 Postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) program full credit for completed PSEO courses requirement; transfer curriculum report requirement

MN - SF1006 Unemployment insurance; providing for extended benefits

MN - SF1270 Sex trafficking offenses, data privacy, evidence, crime victim protections, sex crime defenses, and criminal penalty provisions modifications and clarifications

MN - SF1741 Patients to enjoin collection actions taken by nonprofit hospitals upon failure to provide a plain language summary of its financial assistance policy

MN - SF1081 Untested sexual assault test (rape) kits accounting and report

MN - SF107 Patient designated caregiver opportunity and patient aftercare needs requirements