Jeff R. Howe
Minnesota
Record ID: MN-Senate-13-HOWE-J
- 2231 Minnesota Senate Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55155
- 651-296-2084
- sen.jeff.howe@mnsenate.gov
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 4650 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a subtraction for income earned by senior taxpayers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5079 | A bill for an act relating to veterans; canceling an appropriation. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5092 | A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying the date by which manufacturers are required to submit information about products containing intentionally added PFAS; clarifying the use of PFAS in certain products as currently unavoidable uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.943, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 116.943, subdivision 5. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5037 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for building renovations in Benton Stearns Education District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SR 75 | A Senate resolution honoring Stearns County Administrator Mike Williams on the occasion of his retirement | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4273 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying requirements for State Patrol compensation study; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299D.03, subdivisions 2, 2a; Laws 2024, chapter 104, article 1, section 2. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4274 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle crime; authorizing certain actions by peace officers in police pursuits; addressing civil liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.066, subdivisions 1a, 2; 609.487, by adding subdivisions. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4956 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for development and implementation of a unified 911 center awareness platform that allows 911 centers to communicate and coordinate emergency responses. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4339 | A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying certain requirements governing the excavation notice system, including to require electronic positive response; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216D.01, by adding a subdivision; 216D.03, by adding a subdivision; 216D.04, subdivision 3. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4464 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; continued health insurance coverage for peace officers and firefighters disabled in the line of duty; modifying eligibility to receive continued health insurance coverage for which the employer must pay the employer contribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 299A.465, subdivision 1. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3964 | A bill for an act relating to the State Fire Code; requiring the state fire marshal to consider amending the fire code to require sealed batteries for smoke alarms in dwelling units. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4891 | A bill for an act relating to the State Fire Code; requiring rulemaking to require school security systems as part of the State Fire Code; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299F.011, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4904 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; requiring the commissioner of management and budget to establish a program allowing state employees to contribute to a Launch Account and have employer matching contributions to the Minnesota deferred compensation plan be redirected for deposit in a Launch Account; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4905 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying fencing requirements for farmed Cervidae; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 35.155, subdivision 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4907 | A bill for an act relating to higher education; imposing an in-state residency and work requirement for recipients of North Star Promise scholarships; limiting North Star Promise scholarships to students enrolled in programs of study that lead to employment in high-demand industries and occupations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1465, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.1465, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4908 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials for certain projects financed through an act relating to capital investment. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4910 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for unlawful possession of firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.165, subdivision 1b; 624.713, subdivision 2; 624.7141, subdivisions 1, 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4235 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4797 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying certain provisions of the Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 187.03, by adding subdivisions; 187.05, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 187.06, subdivision 3; 187.07, by adding a subdivision; 187.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 8; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 187.03, subdivisions 5, 6a; 187.05, subdivisions 1a, 4; 187.07, subdivision 1; 187.08, subdivision 3; 187.11; 187.12, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 187; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 187.07, subdivision 3. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4818 | A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating liability limits for motorized recreational vehicle activities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4851 | A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a nanoparticle iron nitride permanent magnet manufacturing facility. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3603 | A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a high school diploma for armed forces veterans; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4645 | A bill for an act relating to food support; modifying provisions governing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; setting work requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents at the federal maximum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4667 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding eligibility for survivor benefits to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4704 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources; eliminating fees for some nonmotorized watercraft; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 86B.415, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.415, subdivision 1a. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4712 | A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing use of private residential pools for certified swimming classes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3735 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer; establishing the crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm; establishing enhanced penalties for committing an offense while impersonating a peace officer; requiring individuals presenting as peace officers to identify themselves as peace officers; establishing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.4751. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3561 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring reporting on accidental discharges of firearms by peace officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.553, subdivision 2. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4607 | A bill for an act relating to employment; providing that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4460 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing third-party commercial driver's license road tests; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.13, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 7411.0630, subpart 6. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4492 | A bill for an act relating to employment; allowing a small business employer with a private paid leave plan to receive assistance grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.29. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4493 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a grant to Bolder Options youth mentoring program. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4424 | A bill for an act relating to economic development; designating the city of Sartell as a Destination Medical Center Community; establishing a medical enterprise zone; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4316 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the water infrastructure funding program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4317 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of the wastewater industrial pretreatment facility in the city of Paynesville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3636 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring reporting on fires involving alternative energy systems; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4252 | A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying renewable energy requirements for state-funded construction projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.325, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4163 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing provisions related to the transportation greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment; modifying a prior appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.03, subdivision 1c; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 174.49, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 161.178, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; 161.1782; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 161.178, subdivision 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4172 | A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 197.236, subdivisions 8, 9. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4090 | A bill for an act relating to military veterans; modifying veterans benefits services disclosure requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.6091, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.6091, subdivisions 2, 5. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4118 | A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to the health professional education loan forgiveness program for physicians licensed to practice medicine in the area of obstetrics and gynecology. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4025 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements in St. Joseph; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4027 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring an aggravated durational departure for certain violent offenders who use a firearm; requiring certain sentences to be imposed consecutively to other sentences; requiring certain offenders to serve an entire announced sentence in prison; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.45; 609.1095, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4058 | A bill for an act relating to employment; exempting certain individuals working in transportation occupations from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3683 | A bill for an act relating to energy codes; repealing the requirement to adopt a new residential energy code; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.106, subdivision 1. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3686 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a rotational grazing pilot program; requiring a report; appropriating money. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3687 | A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying milk offerings for participants in the national school lunch program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.114. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SR 64 | A Senate resolution congratulating Donovan Notch for earning the rank of Eagle Scout | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SR 65 | A Senate resolution commending Troy Heck for his 32 years of public service in Benton County | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3637 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; clarifying that an optometrist may prescribe certain window glazing materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 169.71, subdivision 4a. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3939 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a driver education campaign related to the "Move Over"" law when passing certain stopped vehicles." | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3819 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Benton County Government Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3747 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets; requiring a report. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SR 54 | A Senate resolution congratulating Dr. Dave Tilstra for receiving the 2025 Copic/MMA Humanitarian Award | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3635 | A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; expanding eligibility for certain benefits to former members of the National Guard or reservists; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 615 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the market value exclusion for veterans with a disability by increasing exclusion amount for totally and permanently disabled veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 273.13, subdivision 34. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |