Rep. Jeff Backer

District:  09A

Party Designation:  R

name:  Jeff Backer

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party:  R

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office:  2nd Floor, Centennial Office Building

district:  09A

Committees

Sponsored bills

Bill numberBill title
HF10State-funded services to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program.
HF9Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified, requirement for electric utilities to meet standards delayed, demolition of fossil-fuel-powered electric generating plants prohibited under certain circumstances, and other renewable energy policy provisions modified.
HF8Efficiency of Wetland Conservation Act determinations improved, efficiency of environmental and resource management permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency permit process modified, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF7Bail data and notice provisions modified, mandatory minimum sentences established for sex trafficking offenses, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission provisions modified, crimes established, criminal penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
HF5Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, and report required.
HF4Portion of projected future budget surpluses required to be returned to state taxpayers, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF2Mandatory fraud reporting required when a state agency employee has reason to suspect the existence of fraud, grant management requirements strengthened, and criminal penalty established.
HF1Office of the Inspector General established, powers provided, duties specified, fraud reporting hotline required, agencies required to halt payments when fraud is suspected, agency-based offices of inspector general eliminated, report required, and money appropriated.
HF136Use of adult facilities, programs, and sanctions authorized for certain extended jurisdiction juveniles; and continuance of more than 180 days authorized for juveniles who admit or are proven to have committed certain acts.
HF135Variances to child care center licensed capacity rules allowed.
HF134Family child care capacity limits amended.
HF133Nurse temporary permits extended from 60 to 90 days.
HF132Exemptions from taxes and fees on motor vehicles established for volunteer firefighters.
HF131Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for early release from incarceration, and undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for prosecutor-initiated sentence adjustments.
HF130Penalty increased for certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry or for the benefit of for the benefit of a transnational crime organization.
HF129Crime of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle modified to add a heightened penalty for fleeing in a culpably negligent manner.
HF128Sale of flavored nitrous oxide prohibited.
HF28Certain restrictions on electronic devices and games removed.
HF25Program established to provide grants to women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
HF24Changes made to born alive infant provisions.
HF18Sales and use tax exemption expanded for certain baby products.
HF304Surcharge on all-electric vehicles amended.
HF303Presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances allowed in safety-related items and clothing used by juveniles operating all-terrain vehicles or dirt bikes.
HF299Legislative approval of proposed changes to the Sentencing Guidelines required.
HF297Annual curriculum audit required.
HF296Parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum requirements modified.
HF292Limits for contact tracing, digital contract tracing, immunizations, communicable disease testing, and the required disclosure of certain information established; destruction of data required; mandatory digital contract tracing by employers prohibited; and civil penalties provided.
HF288Procedures and requirements for orders and rules promulgated during a peacetime emergency modified.
HF286Prohibition on transferring certain firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms modified.
HF284Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for MinnesotaCare.
HF280Student physical privacy provided.
HF277Process to select delegates to a constitutional convention established.
HF276Report to the legislature on medical assistance, long-term services and supports, and other public assistance program applications required.
HF263Service animal support allowed in schools.
HF261Certain retired law enforcement officers permitted to carry firearms in schools.
HF259Protection provided to children and vulnerable adults from exposure to fentanyl, and criminal penalties imposed for violation.
HF258Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against entry.
HF252Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirements.
HF250Penalties for creating, distributing, and possessing sexually explicit materials involving children increased.
HF249Persons subject to stays of adjudication in criminal sexual conduct cases required to register as predatory offenders.
HF234Unlimited Social Security income tax subtraction allowed.
HF2Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened.
HF229Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF183Imposition and allocation of certain taxes amended, and retail delivery fee repealed.
HF123Statewide public safety radio communication system equipment grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF94Reimbursement requirements for ambulance attendant education costs modified, and money appropriated.
HF93Ambulance service training and staffing grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF91Parent or legal guardian required to be present for vaccine administration to a minor.
HF89Physician assistant collaborative agreement requirements modified.
HF27State agency authority to submit a public option waiver application to the federal government repealed, and appropriation reduced.
HF25Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
HF24Born alive infant provisions modified.
HF23Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified.
HF22Parent's bill of rights created.
HF21Supermajority approval by each house of the legislature required to extend a peacetime emergency beyond 14 days.
HF19Education savings accounts established, and rules required.
HF18Sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products expanded.
HF17Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced.
HF16Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibited, use of immigration-related data provided, and county attorneys required to notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested for a crime of violence.
HF15Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, school security systems grants created, report required, and money appropriated.
HF14Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established.
HF13Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated.
HF12Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex.
HF11Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year.
HF10State-funded payments to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens provided to be ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program.
HF9Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded.
HF8Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, scoping environmental assessment worksheet requirements eliminated, local review clarified, state implementation plan modification required, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF7Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission; legislative approval; reason for dismissing charges; dismissals report information; county attorney required action; liability and vicarious liability; crime created for recruiting or educating individuals to trespass or damage critical infrastructure; assaulting a police officer penalty; crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle or failing to obey traffic laws crime established; presence in a stolen vehicle; penalties increased for obstructing trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; tracking device placement and requirements and expanded uses; criminal penalties; and money appropriated.
HF6Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; school performance reporting system established, fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to not comply with recently enacted state laws or rules.
HF5Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, previous appropriation and transfer modified, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.
HF4Portion of projected budget surplus required to be returned to state taxpayers, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF1Office of Inspector General established, powers and duties provided, enhanced grant oversight provided, retaliation prohibited, existing executive Offices of Inspector General transferred or repealed, fraud detection and prevention provided, conforming changes made, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF715Ambulance services medical assistance payment rates increase provided.
HF709Community care hub grant established, and money appropriated.
HF697Weather forecasting gap-filing radar data funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF696Rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program established, and money appropriated.
HF500Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modified.
HF499Nurse temporary permits extended from 60 to 90 days.
HF487Wellness in the Woods grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF378Two-year income tax holiday established for certain emergency responders.
HF362Licensure for massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy established, fees established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
HF1011Optometrists prescribing and administering drugs limitations modified.
HF1005Medical assistance rate adjustments established for physician professional services, residential service rates increased, and statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required.
HF981Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF973Emergency mental health services modified; co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles for mobile crisis intervention eliminated; and money appropriated.
HF958Medical assistance coverage of psychiatric collaborative care model services provided, and money appropriated.
HF946Driver's license road skills examination appointment requirements and website information amended, third-party testing programs and third-party testers authorized to conduct behind-the-wheel road tests for class D drivers' licenses, requirements and criteria specified, audits required, and appeals of decisions made by the commissioner allowed.
HF899Prohibition on American Indian mascots modified, and money appropriated.
HF897Protection to children and vulnerable adults from exposure to fentanyl provided, and criminal penalties for violation imposed.
HF896Certain retired law enforcement officers permitted to carry firearms in schools.
HF895Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.
HF894Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for MinnesotaCare.
HF893Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against entry.
HF892Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement.
HF837Commissioner of commerce required to request the continuation of a state innovation waiver, and money transferred from the general fund to the premium security plan account.
HF1100Commissioner of human services required to establish a directed pharmacy dispensing payment to improve and maintain access to pharmaceutical services, and money appropriated.
HF1241Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund.
HF1232Health care worker platforms required to register with the commissioner of health, and money appropriated.
HF1218Environment and natural resources trust fund appropriations allocated, prior appropriations modified, grant programs established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1475Metropolitan Council abolished, duties transferred to commissioners of administration and natural resources, transportation and transit-related functions transferred to Department of Transportation, metropolitan area sanitary sewer district created, and money appropriated.
HF1380Commissioner of human services required to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility, Clay County facility funding provided, facility start-up and capacity-building grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1595Conservation officers required to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs.
HF1594Conservation officers prohibited from conducting searches or seizures without a warrant or court order, and receipts to be provided to persons from whom property is seized required.
HF1593Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.
HF1498Museums and education centers grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF284Information collected and scope of background check conducted expanded for noncitizen permit to carry applicants.
HF284Information collected and scope of background check conducted expanded for noncitizen permit to carry applicants.
HF1675Individual pricing of phototherapy lights required, and technical changes made.
HF1623Children's museums grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1849Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF1827Service animal support allowed in schools.
HF1825Requirements for speech language pathology assistants clarified.
HF1814Grant funding provided to purchase or upgrade radios and related equipment, and money appropriated.
HF23Whistleblower protections for public employees modifications
HF1752Licensure requirements for dental hygienists amended.
HF1680Agricultural riparian buffer property tax exemption established, and reimbursement to taxing jurisdictions required.
HF1627PFAS products exempted or prohibitions delayed, PFAS reporting requirements modified, lead-containing product prohibitions delayed, and PFAS-containing firefighting foam prohibitions at airport hangars delayed.
HF1619Voter history access in a timely manner improved.
HF1618Voter report access in a timely manner improved.
HF1617Voting system testing improved.
HF1937Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly service delivery system implemented.
HF1935Reimbursement rates for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities raised.
HF1934Requirements for dental administrator rates modified in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs, dental administrator contract dates changed, critical access dental provider task force established, and report required.
HF1914Emergency service grant funding provided for innovative homelessness response grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building; and money appropriated.
HF1883Central service technician requirements established.
HF1379Use of nonopioid directives authorized, and immunity for certain acts or failures to act established.
HF2329Teachers Retirement Association; age lowered from 62 to 60 for the enhanced early retirement reduction, and postretirement adjustment delay clarified.
HF2004Permissible out-of-state billing for certain disability waiver services clarified.
HF1984Interventions and supports related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders provided, grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1975Hospital payment rates modified.
HF1972Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1871Prohibitions on certain lead solder in products delayed.
HF1870Pens that contain lead exempted from prohibition on manufacturing and selling lead-containing products.
HF1869Prohibitions of certain PFAS-containing firefighting foam at airport hangars delayed.
HF1868Electronic and internal components exempted from PFAS prohibitions.
HF1346Training requirements modified for mandatory reporters.
HF2314Lake Alice water quality improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2310Prior law prohibiting weather modification reenacted, and criminal penalties provided.
HF2229CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2161Human services inspector general, home and community-based licensing, behavioral health licensing, backgrounds studies provisions, corrections reconsiderations, anti-kickback laws, and judges personal data protection provisions modified.
HF2172Medical assistance coverage of audio-only telehealth extended.
HF2112Composition apportionment of legislative districts changed, conforming statutory changes made, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF2108Traverse County; new county courthouse funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF769A resolution memorializing Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose fiscal constraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.
HF482Choose Life special license plates established, and money appropriated.
HF2464Environmental laboratories accreditation provisions modified.
HF2466Provider taxes contingent reduction provisions modified.
HF2465Commissioner of health governing fees provision modified.
HF2463Radon detection or mitigation licensure of firms provisions modified.
HF1346Maltreatment of minors mandatory reporters training requirements modification
HF2627Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.
HF2604Medical assistance capitation payment withhold related to verification of coverage established.
HF2557Hospital surcharge redirected to health care access fund.
HF2555State employee group insurance program utilization review pilot program established, and reports required.
HF2554Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated.
HF1419Elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates modified.
HF710Single administrative structure and delivery system pilot program established.
HF2703Prohibition extended on manufacturers interfering with access to 340B drugs.
HF2689Physical therapy practice or provision governing provisions modified, and criminal penalties provided.
HF2679Small rural ambulance services exempted from health care gross receipts taxes.
HF2664Redpath impoundment flood hazard mitigation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2663Human services forecast adjustments provided, and money appropriated.
HF2662Licensed ambulance services aid provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF2955County-administered rural medical assistance program established; payment, coverage, and eligibility requirements for the CARMA program established; and commissioner of human services directed to seek federal waivers.
HF2950State-funded medical assistance and MinnesotaCare provided for inmates of county jails.
HF2921Rural Cancer Institute grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2909Coverage and payment for certain pharmacy services modified.