Jim Abeler
Minnesota
Record ID: MN-Senate-35-ABELER-J
- 2207 Minnesota Senate Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55155
- 651-296-3733
- sen.jim.abeler@mnsenate.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 4021 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; repealing the contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations; amending Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4279 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying location requirements for assisted living facilities with a licensed resident capacity of six or fewer persons and licensed residential programs; allowing the commissioners of health and human services to delegate authority to county agencies and local units of government to conduct certain inspections; modifying notification requirements to affected political subdivisions for certain licenses issued by the commissioners of health and human services; modifying report and notification requirements for reports of maltreatment of vulnerable adults; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144G.15; 144G.16, by adding a subdivision; 144G.45, subdivision 3; 245A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a; 245A.11, subdivision 4; 626.557, subdivision 9c. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3548 | A bill for an act relating to education; requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and automated external defibrillator training for coaches; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 121A.241, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4075 | A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; modifying benefits available to veterans of the Secret War in Laos; directing the commissioner of veterans affairs to establish an eligibility process; including veterans of the Secret War in Laos in the ranking of state employment preference; making technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.11, subdivision 7; 171.07, subdivision 15; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 197.236, subdivision 9; 197.448, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4684 | A bill for an act relating to health professions; establishing requirements for voluntarily retired licenses, procedures for reinstatement of voluntarily retired and terminated licenses, an administrative hold status, and interim procedures for registration reinstatement; modifying independent examination requirements; permitting a third-party presence in independent examinations; requiring rulemaking; making technical changes; establishing fees; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.01, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 148.09; 148.10, by adding a subdivision; 148.102, subdivision 3; 148.105, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 148.108, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 2500.0100, subparts 5b, 6, 12; 2500.1900; 2500.2020; 2500.2040; 2500.2100; 2500.2110. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4699 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessible; requiring nondiscrimination policies; establishing wheelchair accessible vehicle services account; establishing wheelchair accessible vehicle services subsidy program; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 221.091, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4709 | A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to Thrive Family Recovery Resources; requiring a report. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4710 | A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for behavioral health fund payments for uncollectible withdrawal management debt; extending the span of eligibility for behavioral health fund services; establishing a pilot program to permit additional alternative licensing inspections for substance use disorder treatment programs; authorizing counties to temporarily retain administrative functions related to the behavioral health fund; modifying adolescent substance use disorder treatment rate; modifying funding for withdrawal management start-up and capacity-building grants; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 254B.03, by adding a subdivision; 254B.04, subdivision 1; 254B.06, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 254B.04, subdivisions 1a, 6; 254B.0509, subdivision 1; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, sections 21; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4731 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles for operators of autonomous vehicles; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4222 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying requirements for provider enrollment in medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.01, subdivision 8; 245A.02, subdivision 5a; 245D.081, subdivision 3; 256B.04, subdivision 5; 256B.0949, subdivision 17; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0949, subdivision 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4325 | A bill for an act relating to education; limiting access to school sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4547 | A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing a county to approve up to 24 chickens on any lot by ordinance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 394.25, subdivision 3c. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4296 | A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring public hearings and certain disclosures prior to approval of data center development; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3484 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying inflation protection for long-term care partnership policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62S.23, subdivision 1. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3825 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring loaded firearms be stored in locations where persons prohibited from possessing firearms cannot access the firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.666, subdivisions 1, 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 4608 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing levy limits for cities and counties; modifying the authorization process for additional levies above the limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 275.71, subdivisions 2, 4; 275.73, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 275.73, subdivisions 1, 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4614 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying due process procedures for home and community-based residential services; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.095, by adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivisions 1b, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15.013, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3928 | A bill for an act relating to human services; clarifying community first services and supports requirements for shared services; requiring wage increases for support workers providing shared services; renumbering community first services and supports definitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0659, subdivisions 12, 16, 17, 19; 256B.85, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.85, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3996 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring schools to develop school safety policies; establishing a School Safety Advisory Council; appropriating money to the Minnesota School Safety Center to improve school safety; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.035; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4342 | A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for mobile crisis grants. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4354 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying program integrity requirements for the medical assistance program; directing the commissioner of human services to create a medical assistance program integrity advisory board; directing the commissioner of human services to make recommendations on provider enrollment standards, modernizing program integrity infrastructure, and program integrity interventions; directing the commissioner of human services to conduct audits; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.095, by adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivisions 1b, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 15.013, by adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivision 1a. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4449 | A bill for an act relating to children, youth, and families; appropriating money for Rally to Read. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4453 | A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for site-governed schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.045. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4475 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring federal law enforcement officers performing duties in Minnesota to meet minimum qualifications of a Peace Officer Standards and Training Board licensed peace officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.863. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4485 | A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a psilocybin therapeutic use program; establishing protections for registered patients, registered suppliers, registered facilitators, and health care practitioners; authorizing rulemaking; authorizing civil actions; establishing fees; classifying data; establishing an advisory committee; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.02, subdivisions 2, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4500 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; restoring lease levy authority for space necessary for graduation ceremonies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 126C.40, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4502 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; prohibiting quantity limits on coverage for home care nursing services; defining home care nursing services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.545. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4506 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying reimbursement rates for high-intensity residential substance use disorder services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 254B.0509, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4512 | A bill for an act relating to human services; delaying implementation of Waiver Reimagine by one year; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 73, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4516 | A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring wage remediation following delayed federal approval of retroactive rate increases. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4533 | A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting new disposal facilities near schools; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4003 | A bill for an act relating to occupational safety; requiring employers to provide suitable seating for employees; providing administrative penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4426 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for a speech condition identifier on drivers' licenses and Minnesota identification cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.07, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4437 | A bill for an act relating to health; modifying fees recoverable by a coroner or medical examiner; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 390.15. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4333 | A bill for an act relating to employment; adjusting rest break and meal break requirements under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.253, by adding a subdivision; 177.254, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4306 | A bill for an act relating to housing; providing standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges in manufactured home parks; requiring certain safety inspections; modifying provisions for sale of manufactured home parks; modifying penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 327C.015, subdivision 13; 327C.03, subdivision 3; 327C.04, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 327C.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 327C.097; 327C.15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327C.096. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4160 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting the sale and use of paraquat dichloride; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to collect and dispose of paraquat dichloride; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4280 | A bill for an act relating to health occupations; regulating use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy services; providing for civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4305 | A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for educating parents and caregivers about dangers of shaking infants and young children; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.574. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4061 | A bill for an act relating to food assistance; establishing the Minnesota supplemental nutrition assistance program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4063 | A bill for an act relating to health; modifying medication repository program procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.555, subdivision 7. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3599 | A bill for an act relating to housing; amending provisions related to redemption in an eviction action for nonpayment of rent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.291, subdivision 1. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4166 | A bill for an act relating to health; advancing reproductive health education; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4186 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying definitions and registration requirements for motorized bicycles and motorcycles powered by electric motors; requiring sellers of certain motorized bicycles and motorcycles powered by electric motors to have a dealer license; prohibiting certain vehicles from using public roads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.787, subdivision 7; 84.788, subdivision 12; 168.27, subdivision 1; 169.011, subdivisions 40b, 45; 169.02, subdivision 1; 169.223, by adding a subdivision; 169.974, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168.27, subdivision 22. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3682 | A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying requirements for the use of social work titles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148E.065, subdivision 4a; 148E.195, subdivision 2a; 148E.280. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4211 | A bill for an act relating to health professions; modifying fees for the Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144A.291, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4249 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing an unlimited Social Security subtraction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 290.0132, subdivision 26. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 1101 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for augmentative and alternative communication systems; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, subdivisions 31, 31a; 256B.4914, subdivision 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3768 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover doula services; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray the cost of coverage of doula services; modifying language relating to doula services coverage in the medical assistance program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3780 | A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release unredacted initial Optum reports. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3783 | A bill for an act relating to health; amending the definition of compounding of a drug to exempt the use of a flavoring agent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.01, subdivision 35, by adding a subdivision. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3839 | A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing the issuance of housing infrastructure bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 462A.37, subdivision 5. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3733 | A bill for an act relating to health; modifying method of deposit of fines collected related to home care licensing surveys and investigations; modifying criteria for appointment to home care and assisted living program advisory council; establishing special projects grant program for home care providers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 144A.474, subdivision 11; 144A.4799, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4101 | A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing the city of Farmington to issue a social district license; amending Laws 2022, chapter 86, article 2, section 5, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4112 | A bill for an act relating to public health; establishing an essential public health functions contingency account; requiring a report; transferring money to the essential public health functions contingency account; appropriating money in the account to the commissioner of health in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4120 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying waiver reimagine individualized budget requirements; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 73, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4121 | A bill for an act relating to health; modifying policies and procedures required at assisted living facilities; modifying training requirements for unlicensed personnel at assisted living facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144G.31, subdivision 7; 144G.41, subdivisions 1, 2; 144G.61, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3881 | A bill for an act relating to children; adding investigative powers to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson; modifying regulations on foster placements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.876, subdivision 3; 260C.82, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4022 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2027; appropriating money: amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 126C.05, subdivision 3; 126C.10, subdivisions 3, 3c; 126C.15, subdivision 2; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 37, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4023 | A bill for an act relating to education; allowing for a disciplinary dismissal in kindergarten through grade 3; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.425, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4042 | A bill for an act relating to education; requiring anonymous reporting systems; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.53; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4071 | A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing program integrity requirements for high-risk provider types under medical assistance; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.01, subdivision 8; 245A.02, subdivision 5a; 245D.081, subdivision 3; 256B.0949, subdivision 17; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0949, subdivision 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3904 | A bill for an act relating to food support; appropriating money to food shelf programs. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3902 | A bill for an act relating to emergency medical services; requiring ambulance services to report certain prehospital care data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.123, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3908 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing continued enrollment for students for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 11. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3909 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; repealing the contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations; repealing Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3951 | A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147C. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3758 | A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing the sunset of the disproportionate share facility rate floor; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256S.205, subdivision 7. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3759 | A bill for an act relating to higher education; prohibiting using student fees to compensate student athletes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3770 | A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing a regional food bank grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3785 | A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying employee identification numbers as not public data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 13.43, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3786 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; limiting cost-sharing for epilepsy-related prescription drugs and medical supplies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.481, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3787 | A bill for an act relating to health; establishing public interest review by the Minnesota Department of Health on hospital and hospital campus cessations in operations, curtailments of operations, relocations of health services, and cessations in offering certain health services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3734 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying intensive residential treatment services and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services requirements; specifying that room and board services provided through intensive residential treatment services and residential crisis services are eligible for behavioral health fund payment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0947, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245I.23, subdivision 7; 254B.04, subdivision 1a. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3756 | A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3757 | A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an individual authorized budget reduction limit on reductions resulting from implementation of waiver reimagine phase II; requiring a cost-of-living adjustment in the waiver reimagine phase II methodology; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 73, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3534 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Slow the Spread program to manage spongy moth populations. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3499 | A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the stockpiling of essential medications for emergencies; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 1023 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover treatment of inherited metabolic diseases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |