Minnesota Rep. Michael Howard (D)

MN - Rules and Legislative Administration (House)

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Member

MN - Commerce (House)

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Member

MN - Housing Finance and Policy Division (House)

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Vice Chair

MN - Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division (House)

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Member

MN - HF2385 Controlled substance schedules modified.

MN - HF3628 Richfield; 77th Street underpass project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4517 Emergency housing assistance program established, late fees and evictions limited during public health emergencies, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4424 Richfield; Wood Lake Nature Center predesign and design funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2869 Housing Finance Agency naturally occurring affordable housing preservation grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1560 Paraprofessionals paid orientation required, paraprofessional training funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3620 Property tax class 4d rate modified.

MN - HF2460 Peace Officer Excellence Task Force established.

MN - HF1068 Richfield; 77th street underpass project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3939 Family, friend, and neighbor child care grant program funding established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3738 Bloomington; fire station construction materials exemption provided.

MN - HF3851 Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing preservation grant or loan funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2819 Excess prices tax on prescription drugs imposed.

MN - HF2324 Peace Officer Excellence Task Force established.

MN - HF1387 Mental health services any willing provider established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2501 City and town expenditures for city and town historical societies permitted.

MN - HF3100 Emergency insulin program established, Minnesota insulin patient assistance program established, pharmacy and insulin manufacturer participation required, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3067 Private correctional facility moratorium established.

MN - HF3850 Naturally occurring affordable housing rehabilitation added to allowable uses of housing infrastructure bonds.

MN - HF939 Civil right to vote restored to individual upon release from incarceration or upon sentencing if incarceration is not imposed, notice required, and county attorney obligation to promptly investigate voter registration and eligibility repealed.

MN - HF2336 Nonprofit capacity building grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF485 Insulin assistance program established, insulin assistance account established in the special revenue fund, drug manufacturers required to pay an insulin product fee, emergency refills provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1844 Office of Higher Education informing intellectually and developmentally disabled students of postsecondary education options required, Minnesota Independence College and Community funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF923 Emergency prescription refills provided.

MN - HF3144 Emergency insulin program established, Minnesota insulin patient assistance program established, pharmacy and insulin manufacturer participation required, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1592 Peace officer training account projected deficiency funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1401 Housing Finance Agency programs funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1571 Manufactured home parks closure or modification procedures modified.

MN - HF2017 Manufactured home park relocation trust fund changes made.

MN - HF3400 Independent School District No. 271, Bloomington; integrated special education information system grant authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1402 Housing Finance Agency local housing trust fund grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3205 State rent assistance program established for all low-income, cost-burdened households; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3143 Emergency insulin program established, Minnesota insulin patient assistance program established, pharmacy and insulin manufacturer participation required, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4335 Affordable Care Act provisions codified.

MN - HF4623 COVID-19; temporary unemployment insurance for secondary student eligibility modified.

MN - HF3148 Bloomington Center for the Arts renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3105 Probationary sentences for nonviolent offenders provided.

MN - HF4304 Public safety peer counseling or peer debriefing information prohibited as evidence, and law enforcement use of force reported.

MN - HF4032 Medical assistance asset limits eliminated for people with disabilities.

MN - HF3627 Reverse mortgage loan notices required.

MN - HF825 Child care pilot program to create two women-run businesses in low-income urban areas funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4071 Major political party candidates on state general election ballot rotation required.

MN - HF763 Medical assistance excess income standard for persons who are elderly, blind, or have disabilities increase phased in.

MN - HF1 Early childhood; additional funding and opportunities for children ages birth to three created; programs and funding for prenatal care services, home visiting, early childhood education, and child care assistance governed; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3555 DWI offenders not required to take specified exam as driver's license reinstatement condition.

MN - HF3053 Disability added to health care home reporting requirements.

MN - HF4595 Property tax; housing project pooling increased.

MN - HF3109 Individuals convicted as an extended jurisdiction juvenile statistic report required.

MN - HF1087 Duluth Children's Museum funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3435 Free speech protection cause of action created in connection with public issues, and existing protection for citizens to participate in government repealed.

MN - HF2323 Planning and zoning definition of conflict clarified.

MN - HF2075 State Board of Investment report on fossil fuel divestment mandated.

MN - HF3493 Redistricting; incarcerated person allocation required based on last known address.

MN - HF2 School-linked mental health service grant funding increased, full-service community school funding provided, support our students grant funding extended, homework starts with home program funding provided, collaborative urban educator program funding increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF6 Wage theft prohibited, wage payment modified, civil and criminal penalties increased, administrative review allowed, and money appropriated.

MN - HF346 Political subdivisions authority to impose and collect local lodging taxes clarified.

MN - HF1044 Medical assistance asset exemption provided for homestead maintenance and repair assets.

MN - HF1037 School breakfast aid calculation modified, school breakfast aids to high-poverty school sites increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1156 Minnesota housing tax credit contribution fund established, tax credit for certain contributions provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1339 Shade tree replacement funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF136 Internet service providers servicing Minnesota customers and those under contract to the state or political subdivisions certain activities prohibited.

MN - HF2467 Contractor recovery fund modified to include solar installer claims.

MN - HF1782 Firefighters with cancer or heart disease program to provide payments, counseling, and training established; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1770 Trunk Highway 62 interchange between I-35W and I-494 improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1955 Predatory offender registration provisions amended, Statewide Emergency Communication Board provisions modified, and wheelchair securement device requirements modified.

MN - HF1151 Housing Finance Agency funding provided for housing programs, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1864 Presentence investigation reports inclusion of brain injury information authorized.

MN - HF220 Bloomington; special Tax Increment Financing authority modified for the Central Station district

MN - HF2050 Campaign finance; expressly advocating definition modified, electioneering communications disclosure provided, prorating contribution methods or general treasury money use amended, and penalties provided.

MN - HF2163 Metropolitan Council regional park and open-space land acquisition and improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2200 Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, and Agricultural Utilization Research Institute budget established.

MN - HF2194 Hennepin and Ramsey Counties; motor vehicle sales tax allocation allowed.

MN - HF1298 Personal care service providers minimum wage provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1237 State and local jail and prison inmates required to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons, and state and counties prohibited form contracting with private prisons.

MN - HF2033 Recovery community organization grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1777 Cities reduction of residential area speed limits authorized.

MN - HF1345 Guidant John Rose Minnesota OVAL renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF26 School-linked mental health service grant funding increased, full-service community school funding provided, support our students grant funding extended, homework starts with home program funding provided, collaborative urban educator program funding increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1246 Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act established, and report required.

MN - HF2836 Minnesota Green New Deal established, and reports required.

MN - HF284 Insulin products sold in Minnesota cost review authorized by commissioner of health, excessive cost determined, maximum level of reimbursement established for insulin products if necessary, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1315 Correctional officers position increase funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF288 Health plan companies prohibited from removing coverage of insulin or equipment and supplies during an enrollee's contract year.

MN - HF914 Special revenue fund financial institutions account funding provided.

MN - HF29 Earned sick and safe time provided, rulemaking authorized, civil penalties imposes, and reports required.

MN - HF3045 Ignition interlock driving privilege reinstatement provided.

MN - HF2938 Bloomington; Normandale Community College funding authorized, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3032 Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF3107 Innovation research zone partner allowed to use a nationally recognized high school academic assessment.

MN - HF3106 Standardized assessment task force created, and report required.

MN - HF3218 Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation of peace officers accused of sexual assault required.

MN - HF3228 Prescription Drug Affordability Act established, prescription drug affordability commission and prescription drug affordability requirements created, and report required.

MN - HF1506 Open Access Connection voice mail services for homeless and low-income populations funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3358 Housing infrastructure bonds issued, shelter supply increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3322 Medical assistance requirement for persons needing breast or cervical cancer treatment modified.

MN - HF2526 Housing mediation eviction prevention program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3398 Health care service utilization review and prior authorization requirements modified, and conforming changes made.

MN - HF1340 Mental health benefits and other medical benefits parity required, mental health and substance use disorder defined, health plan transparency required, and commissioners of health and commerce accountability required.

MN - HF3365 Elections; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked-choice voting; procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked-choice voting established; municipalities allowed to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation features, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF3482 Education; seclusion defined and prohibited.

MN - HF3505 Metropolitan Council regional park and open-space land acquisition and improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2588 Peace officer-initiated use of force cases prosecution by a special prosecutor required, Board of Special Prosecution and a special prosecutorial office established, grand jury use in peace office-initiated use of force cases prohibited, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1090 Bureau of Criminal Apprehension scientists funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3643 Aquatic invasive species penalty increased.

MN - HF290 Human services background studies disqualification of individuals with expunged criminal records prohibited.

MN - HF254 Mental health benefits and other medical benefits parity required, mental health and substance use disorder defined, health plan transparency required, and commissioners of health and commerce accountability required.

MN - HF289 Diabetes prescription drugs cost reporting required.

MN - HF3805 Prescription drug manufacturers required to report and maintain drug prices.

MN - HF3079 Disabilities added to focus of health disparities.

MN - HF1398 Commissioner of health and hospitals duties established regarding violence against health care workers in hospitals, and civil and criminal penalties modified.

MN - HF319 Furloughed federal employee loan guarantee program created.

MN - HF1501 Consumer short-term and small loans interest rates regulated.

MN - HF4 Manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor price gouging prohibited; Board of Pharmacy, commissioner of human services, and health plan companies allowed to notify attorney general of prescription drug price increases; attorney general authorized to obtain drug pricing information and take action against drug manufacturers and wholesalers; and civil penalties imposed.

MN - HF4119 MinnesotaCare eligibility expanded, integrated health partnerships expanded and service delivery modified, provider payment rates increased, enrollee premiums modified, implementation plan required, benefit coverage requirements for joint self-insurance plans modified, and MinnesotaCare Advisory Council established.

MN - HF418 Criminal sexual conduct statutory reform working group created, and report required.

MN - HF4382 Court interpreter pay and reimbursement funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1532 Reproductive health services and facilities interference from persons prohibited, and criminal penalties established.

MN - HF1542 Homeless youth allowed to obtain vital records without fees, identification card issuance to homeless youth provided, homeless youth state training and systems alignment task force established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF489 Free public transit on election day provided.

MN - HF377 Emergency responders training funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF494 Time period for notice to quit or rent increase provided, and residential landlord notice requirements for intention to quit or a rent increase specified.

MN - HF3824 Data submission and use in all-payer claims database governing provisions modified, and recommendations required regarding use of data by outside entities.

MN - HF601 Workforce and affordable homeownership development program qualified entity participation expanded, workforce and affordable homeownership account created in the housing development fund, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1193 Southeast Edina Redevelopment Project Area special TIF authority modified.

MN - HF665 Youth intervention programs funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF70 Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women created, annual report on violence against indigenous women and girls required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF765 Medical assistance excess income standard for persons who are elderly, blind, or have disabilities increased.

MN - HF847 High school graduation personal finance required.

MN - HF3 MinnesotaCare; human services and commerce commissioners required to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income limit to purchase coverage through a MinnesotaCare purchase option, and legislative proposal required.

MN - HF950 Minnesota School Safety Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF932 Emergency contacts disclosure on driver's license applications authorized.

MN - HF884 Workforce and affordable homeownership development program qualified entities to participate in and funding types available expanded, workforce and affordable homeownership account created in housing development fund, and money appropriated.

MN - HF963 Prescription contraceptives supply requirements established; health plants required to cover contraceptive methods, sterilization, patient education, counseling, and related medical services; and eligible organization accommodations established.

MN - HF983 Elections; ranked-choice voting adoption by jurisdictions authorized; adoption, implementation, and use of ranked-choice voting procedures established; electronic voting systems with reallocation feature use by municipalities allowed; and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF11 Earned sick and safe time provided, rulemaking authorized, civil penalities imposed, and reports required.

MN - HF985 East African community economic development pilot grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1500 Noncompliant driver's license or identification card requirements modified and related changes made, including eligibility, proof of lawful presence, primary and secondary documentation, discrimination, voter registration, and data practices; technical changes made; and money appropriated.

MN - HF897 Juvenile detention alternatives throughout state funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3003 Automatic sprinkler system installation in certain existing high-rise buildings required.

MN - HF700 Biomass definition as an eligible energy technology modified, proportion of energy that electricity-generating utilities must supply from renewable sources increased, and target dates by which goals must be achieved set.

MN - HF2971 Vocational services for individuals with disabilities provided, and reports required.

MN - HF316 Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties; transportation management organizations funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF476 Property and casualty policy exclusion coverage regulated.

MN - HF3717 Tobacco product out-of-state retailer registration application and reporting requirements modified, tobacco product delivery sales requirements modified, electronic delivery device definition modified, and changes made to criminal penalties.

MN - HF1727 Consular identification care use as primary document for vehicle title registration authorized.

MN - HF1811 Liberians; a resolution urging the President of the United States to continue Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) for Liberians.

MN - HF990 Residential mortgage originators licensing requirements exemption added, and conformity with federal truth in lending requirements provided.

MN - HF260 Domestic abuse or sexual assault employee paid leave provided.

MN - HF195 Bus upgrades prioritized to areas with poor air quality.

MN - HF1200 Health care guaranteed 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; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1052 Students with interrupted formal education participation in early middle college program for one additional year made permanent.

MN - HF4541 COVID-19; eviction and mortgage foreclosure protection and emergency housing assistance provided during a public health emergency, report required, penalties for false statements provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2892 Organ harvesting; a resolution calling for the end of Falun Gong practitioners' cold genocide and forced organ harvesting.

MN - HF5 Paid family, pregnancy, bonding and applicant's serious medical condition benefits provided; employment leaves regulated and required; data classified; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3269 State agency salt purchase and reduction strategy report funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF71 Equal rights; a resolution memorializing Congress to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution by the states.

MN - HF2726 Mental health grants established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3080 Edina; South Metro Public Safety Training Facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF410 Graduation fees prohibited, and school district fees report required.

MN - HF964 Housing supports for persons with mental illnesses funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3405 Political activities by foreign-influenced corporations prohibited, compliance certification required, and candidates prohibited from accepting certain contributions.

MN - HF2289 Family homelessness prevention funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3427 Veterans resilience project grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF8 Firearm transfer criminal background checks required.

MN - HF4611 COVID-19; emergency community relief grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4192 Peace officer crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training standards established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3061 Jail authority to house federal inmates modified.

MN - HF12 Conversion therapy with children or vulnerable adults prohibited, medical assistance coverage for conversion therapy prohibited, and misrepresentation of conversion therapy services or products prohibited.

MN - HF1252 Neonicotinoid pesticide gross sales fee increased, and proceeds dedicated to pollinator research and outreach.

MN - HF3974 Counties authorized to establish speed limits.

MN - HF4063 Falun Gong; a resolution calling for an end to the genocide and forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.

MN - HF908 Child care business training funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3222 State Building Code; baby diaper changing station installation in public restrooms required.

MN - HF9 Firearms; law enforcement and family members enable to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm.

MN - HF4632 Cannabis; various provisions modified, use regulated, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2567 Workforce training and entrepreneurship investment to close Minnesotans of color opportunity gaps funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3060 Local government; certain contracts prohibited.

MN - HF3326 Housing infrastructure bonds issued, public housing rehabilitation funding provided, shelter supply increased, housing infrastructure bond eligible use added, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1138 Digital fair repair provided.

MN - HF1016 Bloomington Works Museum grant authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2663 Higher education state grant program parameters adjusted.

MN - HF4483 Driver's license examination procedures amended for individuals with seizure disorders, persons without a driver's license allowed to operate off-road vehicles on roads, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - SF2226 Agriculture department, animal health board and agricultural utilization research institute budget establishment

MN - SF1098 Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency Act

MN - SF1229 Parity between mental health benefits and other medical benefits requirement; mental health and substance use disorder definition; health plan transparency requirement; health and commerce commissioners accountability requirement

MN - SF3204 Utilization review and prior authorization of health care services requirements modification