Paul J. Utke
Minnesota
Record ID: MN-Senate-05-UTKE-P
- 2403 Minnesota Senate Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55155
- 651-296-9651
- sen.paul.utke@mnsenate.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 4551 | A bill for an act relating to fraud prevention; requiring providers, vendors, and individuals seeking to receive public money for providing services to submit proof of operation and finances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 142A; 245. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4790 | A bill for an act relating to health; providing life-sustaining treatment for unemancipated minor patients; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4783 | A bill for an act relating to human services; permitting suspension of medical assistance payments during investigation of kickback fraud; requiring rulemaking to include kickbacks in the definition of fraud; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.064, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4791 | A bill for an act relating to health; repealing the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.17, subdivision 3; 144.55, subdivisions 4, 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.551, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4; 144.552; 144.553; 376.08, subdivision 3. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3587 | A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.551, subdivision 1. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4716 | A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Brainerd to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to an event center. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3711 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; classifying kratom as a Schedule II controlled substance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.02, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.027, subdivision 7. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4550 | A bill for an act relating to human services; creating the legislative working group on intellectual and developmental disabilities; providing appointments; requiring a report; appropriating money. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4603 | A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring comparison of actual expenditures in forecasted programs to projected spending from prior forecasts; requiring notice to the legislative auditor when actual expenditures deviate from projected spending by a specified amount; establishing contingent cancellation of certain forecasted programs and services if actual expenditures deviate from projected spending by a specified amount; providing direction to the commissioner of management and budget regarding how to account for contingent cancellations of forecasted programs and services when preparing certain forecasts; requiring notice to certain committees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.972, subdivisions 2a, 2b, by adding a subdivision; 16A.103, by adding a subdivision; 142A.03, by adding subdivisions; 256.01, by adding subdivisions. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3651 | A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a rural hospital maternity training competitive grant program; requiring reports. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3755 | A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing housing stabilization services; clarifying the commissioner's authority to terminate or modify the medical assistance program; providing a onetime rate add-on for prepayment review delays; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.04, subdivision 24, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0658; 256L.03, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245C.03, subdivision 6; 245C.04, subdivision 6; 245C.10, subdivision 6; 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0701, subdivision 9; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.051, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.051, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 3, article 18, section 3. | 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 4157 | A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing for and regulating short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 59E. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4470 | A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring the commissioner of commerce to submit a Minnesota premium security plan continuation waiver; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62E. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4495 | A bill for an act relating to money transmission; prohibiting individuals participating in certain public assistance programs from using money transmission to send money to a foreign country; requiring money transmitters to report certain information on individuals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.03, by adding a subdivision; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 53B. | 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 4515 | A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; modifying certain prize and ticket limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 349.211, subdivision 2b. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4517 | A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing licensure for anesthesiologist assistants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147.012; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147G. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4311 | A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring site visits for all enrolled medical assistance providers; establishing medical assistance provider enrollment fees for provider types not previously subject to mandatory site visits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.04, subdivision 22; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.04, subdivision 21. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4315 | A bill for an act relating to local government; expanding the authority of hospital districts to support additional health care services and providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 447.31, subdivision 3; 447.33, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 447. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4331 | A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for improvements to MAXIS and the Medicaid Management Information System. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4057 | A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; requiring an express statement of application to the county-administered rural medical assistance (CARMA) program for a medical assistance modification to apply to the CARMA program; requiring estimate of local fiscal impacts to counties or groups of counties administering CARMA; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.695, subdivisions 6, 7. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4210 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to North River Drive in the city of Frazee; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4260 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying disability waiver rate system inflationary adjustments; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4914, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.092, subdivision 3b; 256B.49, subdivision 17a; 256B.4914, subdivision 5b. | in_committee | 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 4161 | A bill for an act relating to intoxicating liquor; authorizing seasonal licenses for resorts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, subdivision 6. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4162 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a fire station in the city of Cass Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | 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 4099 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying prior agriculture provisions; appropriating money; amending Laws 2025, chapter 34, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 1, 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4138 | A bill for an act relating to health; providing a definition for covered insulin for the insulin safety net program and manufacturer registration fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.381, subdivision 20; 151.74, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14; 151.741, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 151.741, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.74, subdivision 15. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4047 | A bill for an act relating to human services; extending appropriation availability for the Direct Care and Treatment county correctional facility support pilot program; amending Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 2, subdivision 20. | 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 4007 | A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting the establishment of vaccine requirements; providing certain exceptions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4012 | A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; requiring an express statement of application to county-based purchasing for a medical assistance modification to apply to county-based purchasing; requiring estimates of local fiscal impacts to counties or groups of counties administering a county-based purchasing plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.692, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3898 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying home and community-based service standards; requiring the commissioner to issue interpretive guidelines for disability waiver regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245D.09, subdivision 5; 245D.095, subdivision 3; 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.4914, subdivision 14a. | in_committee | 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 3936 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; extending reinsurance assessment authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 62E.23, subdivisions 1a, 2, 3; 62E.24, subdivisions 1, 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3952 | A bill for an act relating to children and families; modifying SNAP income and asset requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3736 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123A.21, subdivision 7; 171.3213. | unknown | 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 3739 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; adopting the federal deduction for qualified overtime compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision. | 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 3657 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying disability waiver rate system unit-based services with programming limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.4914, subdivision 8. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3658 | A bill for an act relating to human services; limiting increases to Department of Human Services central office appropriations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3668 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture potato inspection facility in the city of East Grand Forks; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3698 | A bill for an act relating to children, youth, and families licensing; amending certain requirements governing licenses and license exemptions for crisis nurseries; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.05, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3700 | A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance and MinnesotaCare coverage of chiropractic services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 8e; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256L.03, subdivision 3b. | 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 |