2018 VOTE DESCRIPTIONS Our Bill # Bill Title Chamber Description position Licensure for A bill that requires individuals who want to engage in the business of athletic training to be Athletic Trainers 1 Both licensed by the state; it also creates further regulations on the athletic training industry Against (SF614) Financial A bill that allows investment advisors to freeze assets of elderly clients if they fear exploitation is Exploitation of 2 Both occuring; requires citizens to contact the Dept of Commerce to unfreeze their funds Against Elderly (HF3833) Regulation for 3 Sports Agents Both A bill that expands regulations for sports agents; creates larger barriers-to-entry Against (HF2363) Debt Spending Bill A bill that adds $825 Million of debt on the state credit card; this bill is full of pork 4 (HF4404) Both Against Pipeline A bill that allows the construction of the Enbridge pipeline in Minnesota; this bill would allow Construction private development in the state that would create jobs and improve an existing pipeline that 5 Authorization Both For moves crude oil from Canada to Wisconsin (HF3759) Omnibus A bill that increases spending above and beyond the two-year budget that was passed last year; Supplemental this bill is also unconstitutional based on Article 4, Section 17's single subject rule (Note: House 6 Budget Bill Both Against amended bill to add its own spending priorities) (SF3656) Brewing & A bill that allows customers to legally brew or make wine at a "brew on premise" store; the bill Winemaking on 7 Both also expands Sunday sales hours For Premises (HF3972) A bill that emerged from the joint House & Senate conference committee that combines Final Omnibus multiple subjects and increases spending above and beyond the two-year budget that was 8 Spending Bill Both passed last year; this bill is unconstitutional based on Article 4, Section 17's single subject rule; Against (SF3656) the bill was 998 pages and brought to the Senate floor an hour after being made available to the public Final Omnibus A bill that spends a total of $1.5 Billion; $825 Million in the bill is general obligation debt full of 9 Debt Bill (HF4425) Both wasteful pork projects Against Approval for Water A bill that takes away the authority of a government agency, MPCA, to determine fees on 10 Pollution Fees Both citizens by requiring legislative approval; fees and taxes should always be determined by For (HF2940) elected officials, not government bureaucrats Fantasy Sports 11-h Regulation House A bill that expands regulations on operators of fantasy sports leagues Against (HF1415) A bill that increases spending on public education in Minnesota despite being fully funded Omnibus Ed under the previous year's biennium budget. Although we support provisions that strengthen Finance 12-h House school safety, funding for it should be appropriated from other spending areas passed into law Against Bill (HF4328) last year instead of taken from the budget surplus. A bill that conforms Minnesota's tax laws to the new federal tax cuts and reduces taxes for House's Tax Minnesotans; we would have liked to see this bill go further, but our organization will positively Conformity 13-h House score a bill when it keeps resources in the hands of individuals and businesses instead of in the For (HF4385) government coffers Health & A bill that increases spending in the health and human services department and the Transportation transportation department; this bill grows government by over $100 Million despite the state 14-h Omnibus Bill House already operating under a 2-year budget; the bill is also unconstitutional based on the single Against (HF3138) subject rule (Article 4, Section 17) Regulating Sales An amendment to a bill that would create burdensome regulations on private individuals who of Firearms for choose to sell or transfer firearms to other individuals; the Senate President ruled the Latz 11-s Private Parties (Latz Senate Uphold Amendment "not germane" and a vote occurred that challenged the ruling Amdt to SF3656) Senate's Tax A bill that conforms Minnesota's tax laws to the new federal tax cuts and reduces taxes for Conformity 12-s Senate Minnesotans; this bill would provide tax relief of $168 Million (about half of the surplus funds) For (SF4385) Gov't Mandated A bill that adds regulations on the hotel industry, requiring training on sex trafficking for all 13-s Sex Trafficking Senate employees; this bill also fails the Constitution's "single subject" rule as it also covers an autism Against Training (SF3367) reporting program and requirements for documenting immunizations Opiate A bill that establishes a new fee on manufacturers of opiates in Minnesota and creates a 14-s Stewardship Senate new government program; this bill would raise health care prices and grow the government Against Program (SF730) bureaucracy; the bill also assumes that politicans can solve a societal problem MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCORECARD Representative Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-h 12-h 13-h 14-h Party District Tony Albright R 55B 29% - 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