Minnesota Rep. Michael Nelson (D)

MN - Government Operations (House)

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Member

MN - Ways and Means (House)

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Member

MN - Labor (House)

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Member

MN - State Government Finance Division (House)

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Committee Chair

MN - Transportation Finance and Policy Division (House)

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Member

MN - HF3788 St. Paul and Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul; contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Association general plan and to multiemployer plans authorized.

MN - HF2750 Commissioner of administration base appropriation reduced, and Minnesota Film and TV Board transfer prohibited in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

MN - HF2087 Legislature, governor's office, state auditor, attorney general, secretary of state, agencies, boards, and councils funding provided; administrative law judge salary, revolving loan fund, cemeteries, and MERF provisions changed; and money appropriated.

MN - HF4624 Supplemental budget changes to state agencies made, and state governmental operation changes made.

MN - HF3778 Volunteer firefighters relief association; state auditor's volunteer firefighter working group recommendations implemented, time period for certifying service credit revised, crediting investment earnings on defined contribution accounts required, calculating benefit liability methodology changed, and other clarifying changes made.

MN - HF1483 Cambridge authorized to impose local sales and use tax for specified projects.

MN - HF1974 Outdated budget-related language updated and deleted, and technical changes made.

MN - HF4609 Relief association conversion from defined benefit plan to defined contribution plan authorized.

MN - HF4552 COVID-19; freeze on full-time equivalent positions applied in executive branch state agencies.

MN - HF14 Help America Vote Act money transferred and appropriated.

MN - HF3789 Public Employees Retirement Association exclusion coverage revised.

MN - HF4500 COVID-19 grant extensions provided, and report required.

MN - HF225 North Hennepin Community College asset preservation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3870 Volunteer firefighter relief association; fire state aid allocation revised.

MN - HF4028 Hennepin County; contracting procedures modified, and construction manager at risk use authorized.

MN - HF2671 Higher education individual retirement account plan contribution rate increased.

MN - HF1962 Legislature accessibility measures working group established, legislature compliance with technology accessibility standards required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2631 Retirement; governmental subdivision contribution limits increased to supplemental pension funds or retirement funds on behalf of laborers, plumbers and pipe fitters, and operating engineers covered by collective bargaining agreements; and limited contributions to supplemental pension funds on behalf of other building trade employees authorized.

MN - HF823 Private consultants hiring process established.

MN - HF1935 Administrative law judge salaries modified.

MN - HF1975 State solicitation process best and final offer modified.

MN - HF2122 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) healthcare agreement ratified.

MN - HF2768 Executive branch state agency expenditures restricted for professional and technical service contracts during the biennium ending June 30, 2021.

MN - HF472 Minnesota secure choice retirement program established.

MN - HF968 Specified county offices appointment authorized.

MN - HF226 North Hennepin Community College asset preservation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4501 Legislative Coordinating Commission provision changed.

MN - HF4107 Volunteer firefighters relief association dissolution and retirement plan termination provisions modified.

MN - HF4337 Stadium general reserve account calculation adjusted, commissioner of management and budget required to notify legislature before stadium general reserve account changes, stadium payoff fund established, money transferred, and stadium payoff fund balance required to be used to redeem or defease stadium appropriations bonds.

MN - HF4298 Public employee police and fire plan disability provisions amended.

MN - HF4518 Brooklyn Park; Trunk Highway 252 interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF123 Legislative Budget Office eliminated.

MN - HF4203 Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.

MN - HF3921 Volunteer firefighter relief associations; maximum lump-sum service pension amount increased.

MN - HF3152 North Hennepin Community College funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1997 Hennepin County; job order contracting authority extended.

MN - HF3153 Brooklyn Park Firefighters' Relief Association dissolved and retirement plan terminated.

MN - HF2751 Minnesota Humanities Center base appropriation reduced; and Healthy Eating, Here at Home program fiscal years 2020 and 2021 grants prohibited.

MN - HF3499 Help America Vote Act appropriation purpose transferred, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1863 State employee salaries in nonappropriation event funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1015 Minnesota state two-year colleges outside of the metropolitan area aid provide, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3903 Minnesota State Retirement System; partial repayment of refunds provisions repealed, and administrative changes made.

MN - HF1362 Farmed Cervidae herd depopulation required when an animal is infected with chronic wasting disease.

MN - HF132 Local governments impacted by new information technology business software involvement required in user acceptance testing.

MN - HF119 Helmets to Hard Hats grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2779 Political caucus interpretation services required for members of a language minority.

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

MN - HF3676 Thermal system insulation board established, thermal system insulation mechanic licensing required, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF1039 Adjustments for inflation to budget forecasts added.

MN - HF1063 Veterans; a resolution memorializing the United States government to fund construction costs for proposed veterans homes in Bemidji, Montevideo, and Preston.

MN - HF3777 Public pension plan investment portfolio and performance information and reporting revised.

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

MN - HF1820 Mechanical insulation tax credit allowed.

MN - HF2364 Department of Natural Resources local airport improvements supporting fire-fighting operations funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1018 Redistricting; commission to recommend legislative and congressional district boundaries appointment provided, legislative and congressional districting principles established, and Legislative Coordinating Commission duties assigned.

MN - HF1208 Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability established.

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

MN - HF150 Rate of inflation inclusion in state forecast required.

MN - HF1537 CPA firm conducted audits state auditor's review requirements specified.

MN - HF989 Commissioner of transportation required to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets, and report required.

MN - HF1915 Commissioner of education collaboration on construction and skilled trades career counseling required, and minor safety on construction sites report required.

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 - HF2073 State veteran cemetery burial eligibility modified.

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

MN - HF1139 Annexation prohibited of a designated area by means other than identified in orderly annexation agreement, and annexation of designated area by nonparties prohibited.

MN - HF2274 Weekly hours worked required for overtime compensation modified.

MN - HF2491 Independent contractor definition in trucking and messenger/courier industries modified.

MN - HF27 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 - HF2736 Tom Rukavina community college scholarship fund created, money transferred, and county scholarship funds allowed to receive money from this new fund.

MN - HF2725 Independent School District No. 279, Osseo; single-member school board election district establishment provided.

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

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

MN - HF3068 Voter data access related to presidential nomination primary regulated, and voter request that data be excluded from lists allowed.

MN - HF3099 False caller identification information prohibited, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF3673 Labor covenants not to compete prohibited, and penalties imposed.

MN - HF374 Unemployment Insurance Advisory committee 2018 legislative session recommended changes adopted.

MN - HF395 Forest pest response funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3980 Public health response contingency account money deposit transferred.

MN - HF40 Civil right to vote restored to an individual released from incarceration or upon sentencing if no incarceration is imposed, notice required, and county attorney obligation to investigate voter registration and eligibility repealed.

MN - HF4282 Immigration terms in statute changed.

MN - HF4498 Environment and natural resources trust fund funding provided, previous appropriations modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF600 Deer license revenue increase dedicated to deer management account.

MN - HF553 Farmed Cervidae regulatory duties and powers transferred from Board of Animal Health to Department of Natural Resources.

MN - HF639 Caller ID blocking or altering in commercial telephone solicitation prohibited.

MN - HF705 Criminal records sealing upon granting a pardon extraordinary authorized.

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 - HF729 State Patrol troopers salary setting requirements established, and state auditor required to conduct an annual compensation survey.

MN - HF776 Lawns to legumes grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF926 Medical assistance coverage for weight loss drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients allowed.

MN - HF879 Building and construction contract requirements modified and clarified.

MN - HF3743 Minimum wage increased for providers of direct support services.

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

MN - HF1013 Full-service community schools grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF998 Sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder court guidance provided.

MN - HF1644 United States Census employee access to multiunit residential facilities required, Census 2020 Mobilization Partnership program established, encouraging participation in 2020 federal census outreach initiatives funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1637 Floodwood; property conveyance modified.

MN - HF2180 Unemployment insurance; wage credit modified.

MN - HF984 Chronic wasting disease test development funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1025 Forecasted positive general fund balances required to be allocated to restore special education aid payment percentage.

MN - HF511 Plastic bags and similar items prohibition on local ordinances repealed.

MN - HF2389 Contractor recovery fund projects mandated, and report required.

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

MN - HF2813 Brooklyn Center; Trunk Highway 252 interchange project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

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 - HF2687 Preapprenticeship training pilot program funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1968 State employees with disabilities provisions modified, working group created, and report required.

MN - HF4518 Brooklyn Park; Trunk Highway 252 interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF850 Wildlife disease surveillance and response funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3272 State Board of Investment; investments authorized, and investments exempted from market capitalization restriction.

MN - HF305 White-tailed deer possession moratorium provided, buyout program created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF142 Counties required to provided pay differential to employees while mobilized in the United States military's reserve component.

MN - HF1146 Mileage-based user fee pilot program provided, report required, and money appropriated.

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

MN - HF1738 Disabled or injured police officer benefit adequacy study created.

MN - HF7 Broadband grant program money appropriated.

MN - HF229 Farmed Cervidae additional fencing requirements established.

MN - HF286 Rail carriers minimum crew size required, and criminal penalties imposed.

MN - HF878 Building and construction contract retainage requirements modified.

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

MN - HF62 Voice response suicide prevention and mental health crisis response program and text message suicide prevention and mental health crisis response program funding appropriated.

MN - HF1259 Disabled veteran homestead exclusion application due date modified, and refunds provided for taxes paid in 2018 and 2019 by qualifying veterans.

MN - HF3429 Elections; various technical and policy changes made relating to voting, voter registration, polling places, ballots, recounts, contests, candidates, and other election related provisions; and election equipment grant money availability extended.

MN - HF828 Source of funding for previously authorized capital projects changed, spending to acquire and better public land and buildings of a capital nature authorized, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF45 Automatic voter registration of applicants for a driver's license, instruction permit, or state identification card provided.

MN - SF3808 Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) provisions permitting partial repayment of refunds repeal and administrative changes authorization

MN - SF998 Cities and towns professional private consultants hiring process establishment

MN - SF2225 Farmer disaster recovery loan program expanded, and retroactive effective date provided.

MN - SF1547 Unemployment insurance provisions modifications previously recommended by the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee adoption

MN - SF316 State and local governments impacted by new information technology business software user acceptance testing involvement requirement

MN - SF2227 Administrative law judge salaries modifications