The following disability-related bills have met first or second deadline in the legislative process. If a bill has met first deadline (March 10), it has been heard in committee in either the house or the senate. If a bill has met second deadline (March 24), it has been heard in committees in both the house and the senate. This legislative session has been historic for disability-related bills. Of the approximately 250 bills (and counting) introduced in 2023, 128 of them have met first or second deadline. In other years, we usually only see about one hundred disability-related bills introduced and about half will meet deadlines.
If a bill does not meet first and second deadline, it likely will not pass the 2023 legislative session; however, the deadline may be waived for some high-priority bills.
This list includes most disability bills introduced in the 2023 session, but it is not meant to be comprehensive. The table contains Senate and House File Numbers, deadline status, and a description for each bill. It is organized by Senate File Number (SF ####).
| Senate Bill | House Bill | Deadline Met | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 0008 | HF 0340 | 1st deadline met | Supplemental aid provision and appropriation for special education |
| SF 0028 | HF 0018 | 1st deadline met | School districts special education services fully funding establishment and appropriation |
| SF 0034 | HF 0019 | 2nd deadline met | Earned sick and safe time provision and appropriation |
| SF 0037 | HF 0173 | 2nd deadline met | Constitutional amendment providing for equality under the law (including disability) |
| SF 0069 | HF 0058 | 2nd deadline met | Dismissal of students in kindergarten through grade 3 prohibited, and money appropriated. |
| SF 0111 | HF 1438 | 1st deadline met | Restricted disabled relative license establishment |
| SF 0120 | HF 0348 | 2nd deadline met | Co-payments limitation for prescription drugs and related medical supplies prescribed to treat a chronic disease |
| SF 0138 | HF 1060 | 2nd deadline met | Spousal benefit modification for the disabled veterans’ homestead market value extension |
| SF 0149 | HF 0196 | 2nd deadline met | Fuel adjustment provision for nonemergency medical transportation and ambulance service reimbursement |
| SF 0183 | HF 0271 | 2nd deadline met | Education; nonexclusionary discipline provided. Students with disabilities are more likely to experience exclusionary discipline. |
| SF 0255 | HF 0121 | 2nd deadline met | Competency attainment modifications and appropriation |
| SF 0295 | HF 0170 | 2nd deadline met | Interpreters requirements modifications |
| SF 0316 | HF 0435 | 1st deadline met | Nonemergency medical transportation payment rates increase |
| SF 0325 | HF 0459 | 2nd deadline met | Centers of independent living grants appropriation |
| SF 0334 | HF 0337 | 2nd deadline met | Certain training requirement for transit operators on assisting passengers with disabilities |
| SF 0366 | HF 0368 | 2nd deadline met | Malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, DISABILITY (TBA), sexual orientation and sexual exploitation prohibition |
| SF 0401 | HF 0993 | 2nd deadline met | Developmental screening aid increase and appropriation |
| SF 0404 | HF 0816 | 2nd deadline met | Medical assistance enrollees permission to opt out of managed care enrollment |
| SF 0423 | HF 0336 | 1st deadline met | Special education revenue adjustment for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth |
| SF 0449 | HF 0362 | 2nd deadline met | Comprehensive school mental health services lead positions establishment and appropriation |
| SF 0539 | HF 0377 | 2nd deadline met | Council on Disability funding provided, and money appropriated. |
| SF 0578 | HF 0564 | 1st deadline met | Children’s school-linked mental health grants appropriation |
| SF 0646 | HF 0506 | 2nd deadline met | Grant funding appropriation to provide equine therapy to first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder |
| SF 0654 | HF 0716 | 2nd deadline met | Access to shared services under the home and community -based services waiver expansion |
| SF 0655 | HF 0687 | 2nd deadline met | Inclusive Higher Education Technical Assistance Center and inclusive higher education grant establishment and appropriation |
| SF 0665 | HF 0795 | 1st deadline met | Extended time revenue expansion to all students placed at residential treatment facilities providing mental health or juvenile justice services |
| SF 0673 | none | 1st deadline met | Family supportive housing programs funding and appropriation |
| SF 0695 | HF 0696 | 1st deadline met | Community first services and supports payment rates modification |
| SF 0705 | HF 0988 | 2nd deadline met | Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council appropriation |
| SF 0756 | HF 0568 | 2nd deadline met | Intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities payment rates modification |
| SF 0758 | HF 0339 | 2nd deadline met | Community residential settings license requirements modification |
| SF 0759 | HF 0239 | 1st deadline met | Hospice respite and end-of-life care medical assistance benefit for individuals under the age of 22 establishment |
| SF 0772 | HF 0236 | 2nd deadline met | Property tax market value exclusion for disabled veterans increase |
| SF 0780 | HF 0733 | 2nd deadline met | Customized living services payment rates provided under certain disability waivers, home-delivered meals payment rates under the disability waivers modifications |
| SF 0782 | HF 0898 | 2nd deadline met | Medical assistance coverage for adult dental services expansion |
| SF 0836 | HF 0905 | 2nd deadline met | Minors age 16 or older authorized to consent to nonresidential mental health services |
| SF 0864 | HF 1045 | 2nd deadline met | Funding increase for the community education for adults with disabilities program |
| SF 0902 | HF 0584 | 2nd deadline met | Home care services medical assistance reimbursement rates increase |
| SF 0903 | HF 0585 | 2nd deadline met | Care evaluation as a covered medical assistance home care service establishment; medical assistance homecare rates modification |
| SF 0925 | HF 0240 | 1st deadline met | Medical assistance reimbursement for parents and spouses providing services under consumer-directed community supports and community first services and supports establishment |
| SF 0928 | HF 0610 | 2nd deadline met | Heroes Helping Heroes appropriation |
| SF 0992 | HF 0732 | 1st deadline met | Income definitions modification for housing support |
| SF 0993 | HF 0813 | 1st deadline met | Home and community-based workforce incentive fund grants establishmen |
| SF 0999 | HF 0981 | 2nd deadline met | Installation requirement of adult-size changing facilities in restrooms accessible to public |
| SF 1009 | HF 1416 | 2nd deadline met | Integrated community supports modification |
| SF 1015 | HF 0999 | 2nd deadline met | Disability waiver rate system modification |
| SF 1020 | HF 1298 | 2nd deadline met | Essential community supports modification |
| SF 1022 | HF 0979 | 2nd deadline met | Legislative task force establishment to review and prioritize resources to support an aging demographic in the state |
| SF 1028 | HF 1175 | 2nd deadline met | Medical assistance coverage modification for special education school social work services |
| SF 1029 | HF 0384 | 2nd deadline met | Unrestricted access requirement to services for diagnosis. monitoring, and treatment of rare diseases |
| SF 1044 | HF 0786 | 1st deadline met | Payment rates increase for customized living services provided under the brain injury waiver and the community access for disability inclusion waiver |
| SF 1046 | HF 0480 | 2nd deadline met | Minnesota Council on Disability appropriation to provide outreach, training, assistance and auditing related to local government website accessibility |
| SF 1094 | HF 0302 | 1st deadline met | Eligible use for housing infrastructure bonds modification; housing infrastructure bonds issuance prescription; housing bond issue and appropriation |
| SF 1201 | HF 1434 | 2nd deadline met | Parental contribution fees for services for children with disabilities elimination |
| SF 1261 | HF 0383 | 2nd deadline met | Recommendations adoption of the Advisory Task force on State Employment and Retention of Employees with Disabilities |
| SF 1264 | HF 1030 | 1st deadline met | MinnesotaCare and medical assistance enrollee cost-sharing elimination; individual, small group and State Employee Group Insurance Program cost-sharing prohibition |
| SF 1272 | HF 1384 | 2nd deadline met | Notice of the medical assistance program for employed person with disabilities requirement; medical assistance eligibility requirements for employed persons with disabilities modification |
| SF 1281 | HF 1444 | 1st deadline met | Definition of physically disabled person amendment for the purposes of parking permits |
| SF 1376 | HF 1306 | 2nd deadline met | Fee exemptions provision for motor vehicles bearing Purple Heart medal special plates |
| SF 1384 | HF 1522 | 2nd deadline met | Occupational Safety and Health Act citation data classification |
| SF 1391 | HF 1466 | 1st deadline met | Grant appropriation to maintain and promote self-advocacy services and supports for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities |
| SF 1450 | HF 1462 | 2nd deadline met | Mental health unit pilot program for individuals with mental illness and incarcerated in jails establishment |
| SF 1486 | HF 1790 | 1st deadline met | Medicare supplement insurance policies preexisting condition limitations prohibition |
| SF 1489 | HF 1494 | 2nd deadline met | Human services provider workplace safety grants and appropriation |
| SF 1490 | HF 1771 | 2nd deadline met | Medical assistance and insurance coverage of psychiatric collaborative care model authorization |
| SF 1509 | HF 1353 | 2nd deadline met | Veterans’ spouses and current military service members’ spouses permission to receive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy through the veterans resilience project |
| SF 1564 | HF 1589 | 1st deadline met | Special education teacher pipeline program established, report required, and money appropriated. |
| SF 1567 | HF 1512 | 2nd deadline met | Remote supervision of personal care assistance services authorization |
| SF 1590 | HF 1633 | 2nd deadline met | African American Child Wellness Institute grant appropriation |
| SF 1597 | HF 1067 | 2nd deadline met | Allows PCAs to drive their clients |
| SF 1613 | HF 1098 | 2nd deadline met | Minnesota Diversified Industries and career skills programming focusing on providing inclusive employment for people with disabilities appropriation |
| SF 1615 | HF 1683 | 2nd deadline met | Mental health services eligibility and rates modification |
| SF 1639 | HF 1661 | 1st deadline met | Informal kinship caregiver support grant program establishment |
| SF 1640 | HF 1596 | 2nd deadline met | PACE program funding mechanism establishment |
| SF 1655 | HF 0781 | 2nd deadline met | Average daily membership minimum hours for a disabled kindergartner pupil alignment to those other kindergarten pupils |
| SF 1679 | HF 1436 | 1st deadline met | Programs expansion and establishment to address the health and human services workforce shortage |
| SF 1692 | HF 1627 | 2nd deadline met | Policies governing access to substance use disorder treatment services modification |
| SF 1747 | HF 586 | 2nd deadline met | Minnesota State University, Mankato Community Behavioral Health Center appropriation |
| SF 1765 | HF 1604 | 1st deadline met | Emergency grant program for autism spectrum disorder treatment providers establishment and appropriation |
| SF 1771 | HF 1843 | 1st deadline met | Universal health care system benefits and costs analysis to assist the legislature in comparing it to the current public and private health care financing system authorization and appropriation |
| SF 1779 | HF 1697 | 2nd deadline met | Grants appropriation to programs to provide employment support services to persons with mental illness |
| SF 1799 | HF 1811 | 1st deadline met | Grants appropriation to the Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement |
| SF 1807 | HF 1924 | 1st deadline met | CentraCare Health System University of Minnesota Medical School Campus appropriation |
| SF 1814 | HF 1852 | 1st deadline met | Alzheimer’s public information program establishment |
| SF 1826 | HF 1706 | 1st deadline met | Telehealth requirements modification; medical assistance reimbursements for transport services authorization |
| SF 1854 | HF 2215 | 1st deadline met | Exception modification to the community residential setting licensing moratorium |
| SF 1899 | none | 2nd deadline met | Minneapolis Public Housing Authority grant to rehabilitate deeply affordable family housing units appropriation |
| SF 1900 | HF 2234 | 2nd deadline met | Home and community-based services systemic critical incident review team establishment |
| SF 1933 | HF 1482 | 2nd deadline met | Metro Mobility partnership pilot program establishment |
| SF 1959 | HF 1234 | 2nd deadline met | Peace officer duty disability provisions modifications and appropriations |
| SF 1967 | HF 2077 | 1st deadline met | Medical assistance requirement to cover seizure detection devices |
| SF 2034 | HF 569 | 1st deadline met | Cass Lake Leech Lake Area Health and Wellness Center appropriation |
| SF 2044 | HF 0909 | 2nd deadline met | Closed-captioned television requirement in certain circumstances |
| SF 2067 | HF 1752 | 1st deadline met | Commissioner of human services direction to establish a prescription drug purchasing program |
| SF 2090 | HF 2160 | 1st deadline met | Commissioner of health appropriation for the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention grants |
| SF 2105 | HF 1480 | 1st deadline met | Coverage specification for hearing aids |
| SF 2213 | HF 2275 | 2nd deadline met | Cultural and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure Grant Program establishment; Mental Health Certified Peer Specialist Grant program establishment; Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program establishment; Housing with Support for Adults with Serious Mental Illness program establishment |
| SF 2229 | HF 2471 | 2nd deadline met | Child care assistance eligibility and co-payment requirements |
| SF 2236 | HF 2280 | 1st deadline met | Gender-Affirming Rights Act |
| SF 2244 | HF 2523 | 2nd deadline met | Senior nutrition program appropriation |
| SF 2248 | HF 2106 | 1st deadline met | Employment qualifications modification for child care centers and amending child care center staffing rules |
| SF 2265 | HF 2286 | 2nd deadline met | Commissioner of human services public health emergency transition procedures establishment; continuous medical assistance eligibility for children establishment; state-funded cost-sharing reduction program establishment |
| SF 2272 | HF 2418 | 1st deadline met | 24-hour grace period to clear disability parking spaces of obstructions elimination |
| SF 2282 | HF 2284 | 2nd deadline met | Provisions modification regarding Minnesota residents admitted to adjacent-state mental health facilities |
| SF 2291 | HF 2402 | 1st deadline met | Dakota County regional behavioral health crisis facility bond issue and appropriation |
| SF 2296 | HF 2265 | 1st deadline met | Duluth regional behavioral health crisis facility appropriation; prior appropriation cancellation |
| SF 2353 | HF 2327 | 1st deadline met | Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Training Program establishment |
| SF 2356 | HF 2330 | 2nd deadline met | Child care safety and correction orders, human services licensing qualifications, infant safety, and foster care and child care training provisions modifications |
| SF 2401 | HF 2320 | 1st deadline met | Department of Children, Youth, and Families establishment; children’s cabinet modification |
| SF 2411 | HF 2232 | 2nd deadline met | Nursing home moratorium process modification |
| SF 2413 | HF 2052 | 2nd deadline met | Home care survey and assisted living licensure survey alignment |
| SF 2449 | HF 2553 | 1st deadline met | Mental health provider staffing, documentation and diagnostic assessment requirements modification |
| SF 2485 | HF 2371 | 1st deadline met | Commercial health plan coverage requirement of certain treatment at psychiatric residential treatment facilities |
| SF 2486 | HF 1634 | 1st deadline met | Project ECHO program appropriation |
| SF 2488 | HF 2544 | 2nd deadline met | Payment rates establishment for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder |
| SF 2489 | HF 2551 | 2nd deadline met | Treatment review and staffing requirements modification for opioid treatment programs |
| SF 2499 | HF 2628 | 2nd deadline met | Fees provision and dismissal for certified birth records, identification cards and driver’s licenses for persons treated for substance use disorder who are eligible for medical assistance |
| SF 2501 | none | 1st deadline met | Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities appropriation |
| SF 2514 | HF 2516 | 1st deadline met | Personal care assistance services and community first services and supports component values and payment rates modification |
| SF 2588 | HF 1566 | 2nd deadline met | Suicide and crisis lifeline establishment and appropriation |
| SF 2664 | HF 0693 | 1st deadline met | Commissioner of human services requirement to contract for the administration of the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs |
| SF 2673 | HF 2599 | 1st deadline met | Requirements establishment for hospitals to screen patients for eligibility for health coverage or assistance |
| SF 2693 | none | 1st deadline met | Hospital payment rates modification |
| SF 2746 | HF 1821 | 2nd deadline met | Information collected in long-term care surveys modification |
| none | HF 0612 | 1st deadline met | Children; definition of neglect modified, failure to teach a deaf child sign language, thus depriving the child of the ability to communicate with others |
| none | HF 0986 | 1st deadline met | Tax and fee exemptions provided for eligible veterans with a disability |
| none | HF 1043 | 1st deadline met | Task Force on Disability Services Accessibility and pilot project established |
| none | HF 1628 | 1st deadline met | Pupil transportation services for homeless students fully funded, special education aid modified |