Representative • Democrat

Ruth Richardson

Minnesota • District HD-052B

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

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Nay: 423

Yea: 490

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Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act established, child welfare provisions modified, African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council established, reports required, and money appropriated.

Ticket sale disclosure required, ticket sale conduct prohibited, data disclosure to the commissioner of commerce required, and enforcement allowed by the commissioner of commerce.

Board of Nursing certified midwife licensure established, and criminal penalties provided.

Health plans clarified to require coverage of gender-affirming care.

Authority limited for peace officers to stop or detain drivers for motor vehicle equipment violations.

Safe storage of firearms and ammunition required, violation of safe storage statute included as ineligibility to possess firearm, locking device required to be included in each firearm transfer, and criminal penalties imposed.

Minnesota Migration Act and account established, report required, funding provided to study and provide reparation grants for American descendants of chattel slavery who reside in state, and money appropriated.

Optometrist limitations on prescribing and administering drugs modified.

Postsecondary enrollment options provisions modified.

Eagan; on-sale liquor license authorized.

Maternal death studies conducted by the commissioner of health expanded to include maternal morbidity.

A resolution memorializing Congress to resolve that the requirements have been met to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and that it shall now be known as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.

Paid family, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits provided; employment leaves regulated and required; income tax withholdings authorized and taxes imposed; penalties authorized; actuarial report required; and money appropriated.

Treatment courts throughout the state expanded to ensure statewide access, and money appropriated.

Gender-affirming health care; use of subpoenas to gather information prevented; child custody and child welfare provisions amended; and warrant, arrest, and extradition provisions amended.

Nursing facility payment rates modified, elderly waiver rates modified, payment rates for customized living services provided under disability waivers modified, payment rates for home-delivered meals under disability waivers modified, and money appropriated.

Medical assistance reimbursement rates increased for doula services.

Cultural and ethnic minority infrastructure grant program, culturally specific provider consultation grants, and community health worker mental health training program established; medical assistance reimbursement modified for mental health group settings; and money appropriated.

Inver Grove Heights; water treatment plant capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Minnesota Center for American Descendants of Slavery established, report required, and money appropriated.

Syringe service providers authorized to possess, distribute, and dispose of syringes; and possession of hypodermic syringes authorized.

Comprehensive services provided to schools identified as in need of comprehensive support under Every Student Succeeds Act, and money appropriated.

Permanent increases in reimbursement rates established for qualified early intensive development and behavioral intervention providers, and money appropriated.

Commissioner of employment and economic development required to study student loan forgiveness programs, report required, and money appropriated.

School health services provided, and money appropriated.

Collection of race and ethnicity data on applications for drivers' licenses and identification cards authorized, and money appropriated.

Dismissal of students in kindergarten through grade 3 prohibited, and money appropriated.

Office created for missing and murdered Black women and girls, office authorized to issue grants, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to operate missing person alert program, report required, and money appropriated.

Minority business development funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

American Indian regalia or objects of cultural significance allowed at graduation ceremonies.

Personal finance class required for high school graduation, personal finance seal established for teacher licensure, and rulemaking authorized.

30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated.

Black Arts and Tech Center operated by 30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated.

Public awareness campaign on health dangers of using skin-lightening products containing mercury and hydroquinone created.

Wellness in the Woods funding provided, and money appropriated.

Catalytic converter purchase or acquisition requirements established, penalties provided, and money appropriated.

Gender-Affirming Rights Act created.

Local governmental units authorized to prohibit or restrict possession of dangerous weapons, ammunition, or explosives in local government-owned or leased buildings and land.

Task Force on Pregnancy Health and Substance Use Disorders established, reports required, and money appropriated.

Power of People Youth Leadership Institute grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

African American Child Wellness Institute grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Release of peace officer recordings from portable recording systems required when there is deadly force.

Employee health insurance provided, minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel increased, paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals provided, and money appropriated.

Supplemental energy assistance funding provided, annual report required, and money appropriated.

Access to driver education programs for low-income students expanded, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.

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