Chief Authored Bills 2025

 

Chief Authored Bills 2025

 

HF 1439-Carts to Careers Funding

A statewide initiative to promote careers, conduct outreach, provide job skills training, and award scholarships for students pursuing careers in the food industry.

HF 1847-STEM Ecosystem Grant

Grant to support STEM learning opportunities and workforce development within the science and technology areas.

HF 1435-Education Innovation

Allows districts to implement innovation zone plans without commissioner approval, allows districts to adopt P-TECH plans without commissioner approval, codifies a new chapter of law, and makes other changes

HF 202-169/282 Technical Correction

Funding directed to Minnesota Department of Transportation instead of Scott County and allows the City of Shakopee to light a sign on Pedestrian overpass.

Co-Authored Bills 2025

 

Co-Authored Bills 2025

 

HF62-Student Attendance Provisions

This bill creates a reference for student attendance provisions coded elsewhere in state law.

HF 2067- Student Attendance Provisions

Updates what is considered an absence from school and the procedures reporting student attendance.

HF 2786-Grant Requirements for Minnesota Department of Education

Establishes a new standard for MDE when awarding and administering grants with the goal of eliminating fraud.

HF 2489- Epinephrine in Schools

This bill expands the allowable delivery systems for epinephrine in schools from only auto-injectors to include other delivery systems such as inhalers.

HF 1538- Statewide Registered Teacher Apprenticeship

Creates a statewide registered apprenticeship program for addressing the teacher shortage.

HF 1355-Commerical Diving Safety

This bill sets safety and permit requirements for commercial diving operations, particularly those managing aquatic plants.

HF 630-Substitute Teachers

Makes the short-call substitute teacher pilot program a permanent program

HF 51- Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Revenue; Roofs

Allows all school districts to include roof repair and replacement projects in their LTFM plans and authorizes the districts to issue bonds to pay for these projects.

Chief Authored Bills 2023-2024

 

Chief Authored Bills 2023-2024

 

House File 3221

 Chief author of GOP K-12 education bill

House File 2652

Tax subtraction for volunteer firefighter 

House File 237

U.S. Highway 169 safety improvement funding

House File 2653

Boat ramp funding for Prior Lake and Spring Lake

House File 3148

Student attendance and truancy study

House File 3149

Local control in educational innovation

House File 3269

Prior Lake outlet channel

House File 3553

2% formula increase for schools

House File 4216

School safety and mental health support for schools

House File 4238

Local control in student Discipline

Co-Authored Bills 2023-2024

 

Co-Authored Bills 2023-2024

 

House File 3811

Science of reading required Bill

House File 3926

Religious Liberty Protected

House File 5320

Boots on the Ground Bill for Law Enforcement

House File 4353

Boots on the Ground Bill Education

House File 4776

Child Care

House File 4253

First-Time Homebuyer

House File 3111

Transportation-related taxes and tax allocation modified

House File 2745

Taxes; temporary moratorium established on imposition of motor fuels tax, transfers made, and money appropriated.

House File 2745

Deposit of waste prohibited outside a shelter, motor vehicle, or any other conveyance on ice of state waters; and report on options for funding additional enforcement of laws on ice of state waters required.