Jim Abeler
District: 35
Party Designation: R
name: Senator Jim Abeler
email: sen.jim.abeler@senate.mn
party: R
phone: 651-296-3733
office: 95 University Avenue W. Minnesota Senate Bldg., Room 2207
district: 35
image_url: /graphics/35Abeler.jpg
Committees
No Committees
Sponsored bills
| Bill number | Bill title |
|---|---|
| SF257 | Second Harvest Heartland appropriation |
| SF256 | Service animal support in school allowance |
| SF255 | Property tax exemption establishment for certain property owned and operated by a congressionally chartered veterans service organization |
| SF251 | Corridors of commerce program appropriation |
| SF249 | Credit modification for attaining a master's degree in licensure field to include a master's degree in special education |
| SF219 | Electric-assisted bicycle rebate program modification |
| SF201 | Laws 2024, chapter 127 repeal and various entities to submit conforming legislation direction |
| SF200 | Disparate impact cases provision modifications |
| SF177 | Corridors of Commerce appropriation |
| SF484 | Fiscal notes requests from ranking minority members of standing legislative committees authorization |
| SF477 | Case management associate, mental health behavioral aide, and mental health rehabilitation worker supervision requirements modification |
| SF476 | Certain medical assistance services expansion to include coverage of care evaluation, home care preceptor grant program establishment, and appropriation |
| SF446 | Home and community-based services standards for out-of-home respite care services for children modification |
| SF432 | Choose Life special license plates establishment |
| SF402 | Disability waiver rates modification |
| SF401 | Room and board rates increase for certain individual receiving home and community-based services |
| SF400 | Commissioner of human services instruction to authorize indirect billing for individualized home supports |
| SF397 | Fund for deposit revenue modification relating to blackout special license plates |
| SF396 | Additional State Patrol troopers appropriation |
| SF392 | School districts permission to donate surplus schoolbooks |
| SF378 | Certain sales and use tax collections allotment to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission |
| SF295 | Transportation economic development program grants bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF294 | Driver's license road skills examination availability online modifications and road skills examination cancellation fees modification |
| SF292 | Additional state patrol troopers appropriation |
| SF289 | Local roads and bridges bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF288 | Passenger rail appropriation modifications |
| SF287 | Criminal vehicular operation and criminal vehicular homicide offenses suspension requirements amendment provision |
| SF260 | Wellness in the Woods grant appropriation |
| SF189 | Vehicle taxes and fee exemptions for eligible surviving spouses of a veteran authorization |
| SF559 | Certain restrictive covenants removal fees prohibition |
| SF554 | Community Care Hub Grant establishment and appropriation |
| SF509 | Health licensing requirements modifications |
| SF507 | Districts requirement to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance |
| SF731 | Prior authorization prohibition for services resulting in health plan company liability equal to or less than $100 |
| SF666 | Duties modification of certain facilities that confine people relating to phone calls and other communication services |
| SF646 | Licensee fee reduction for manufacturers and wholesalers of medical gas |
| SF629 | Second Harvest Heartland farm to food shelf program appropriation |
| SF626 | Department of Direct Care and Treatment establishment |
| SF614 | All school supplies tax exemption provision |
| SF609 | Community volunteers supporting students in public schools authorization |
| SF91 | Child care centers staff distribution requirements modifications provision |
| SF32 | Family assets or independence program appropriation |
| SF31 | Community action grants appropriation |
| SF855 | Temporary nursing facility rate increases establishment |
| SF835 | East River Road and Trunk Highway 610 interchange project in the city of Coon Rapids bond issue and appropriation |
| SF832 | Licensed certified midwife definitions modifications; certified midwife licensure establishment; licensed certified midwife services medical assistance coverage expansion |
| SF831 | Health care worker-well being grant program appropriation |
| SF83 | No Patient Left Alone Act Establishment |
| SF971 | Immunity from criminal liability for health care providers when providing health treatment and services establishment |
| SF880 | Success incentive aid program funding establishment and appropriation |
| SF849 | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Outreach Program appropriation |
| SF548 | Medical assistance income limit for people with disabilities and people ag 65 and over increase provision |
| SF1112 | Minnesota food shelf programs appropriation |
| SF1111 | Transportation network companies accessibility requirement and appropriation |
| SF1110 | Minnesota SNAP step up for seniors program establishment and appropriation |
| SF1085 | Health plans requirement to develop a maternal mental health program provision, medical assistance program coverage of the maternal mental health program requirement, and appropriation |
| SF1084 | Physician assistant title modification to physician associate |
| SF1056 | District advisory committee requirement to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings |
| SF1054 | Coverage of vasectomies by health plans, the medical assistance program, and MinnesotaCare requirement provision |
| SF1030 | Dementia Services Program establishment and appropriation |
| SF1029 | Board of Animal Health commercial dog and cat breeder data collection classification modification and kennel and dealer advertising requirements modifications |
| SF1025 | Foster children receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits trust establishment and appropriation |
| SF1023 | Inherited metabolic diseases coverage by health plans requirement provision |
| SF1013 | Head start funding appropriation |
| SF683 | Intellectual and developmental disabilities legislative commission establishment and appropriation |
| SF1231 | Unlimited Social Security income tax subtraction authorization |
| SF1214 | Regional transportation sales and use tax proceeds usage for light rail or passenger projects prohibition provision |
| SF1199 | Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities grant appropriation |
| SF1177 | Disability services technology and advocacy expansion grant establishment and appropriation |
| SF1173 | Persons on probation or parole access to certain mental health services authorization |
| SF1146 | Chapter 245D providers licensing violation actions provisions modifications |
| SF1133 | Ambulance attendant education costs reimbursement requirements modification and appropriation |
| SF1132 | Ambulance service training and staffing grant program establishment |
| SF1127 | Damon Leivestad Direct Care Sustainability Act |
| SF986 | General education revenue modification to include safe schools aid for charter schools |
| SF1399 | Maximum long-term care insurance credit increase |
| SF1394 | Driver's license road skills examination appointment requirements and website information modification |
| SF1343 | Requirements related to complaints initiated or submitted to the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design by the executive director of the board modification |
| SF1333 | U.S. Highway 10 in Anoka noise barrier bond issue and appropriation |
| SF1288 | Direct primary care service agreements establishment provision |
| SF1283 | Driver's license expiration dates extension to every eight years |
| SF1282 | Mandatory fines proposal for violations of the street racing law |
| SF1275 | Extended time revenue linked to increases in the general education basic formula allowance provision and appropriation |
| SF1267 | State agency authority repeal to submit a public option waiver application to the federal government |
| SF1138 | Change the Outcome appropriation to provide opioid prevention and education |
| SF1113 | Medical assistance coverage of birth services provided at home requirement |
| SF814 | Housing support agreements authority of agency modifications |
| SF813 | Integrated community supports codification proposal development by the commissioner of human services requirement provision |
| SF812 | Customized living rate phase-in under the community access for disability inclusion and the brain injury home and community-based waivers repealer |
| SF1560 | Health plan coverage provision for certain acupuncture services |
| SF1556 | Member addition to the board of trustees who is a member of the local government correctional service retirement plan |
| SF1538 | Minnesota Epilepsy Program creation and appropriation |
| SF1491 | Volunteer emergency services providers authorization to purchase personal vehicle tires under municipal contracts |
| SF1490 | Coon Rapids East River Road and Trunk highway 610 interchange project bond issue and appropriation |
| SF1489 | Certain fund transfers authorization for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 |
| SF1481 | Pollution Control Agency notice to retailers that selling skin lightening products that contain mercury is illegal requirement, self-certification of businesses that receive notice requirement, and penalties on businesses who fail to self-certify provision |
| SF1474 | Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program |
| SF1466 | Aggravated sentences requirement for certain violent offenders |
| SF985 | Disability inclusion pilot project establishment |
| SF86 | School-based telehealth program establishment by the commissioner of health requirement and appropriation |
| SF1732 | Family supportive housing programs funding |
| SF1691 | Grant appropriation to plan and develop an African-American-focused Homeplace model |
| SF1690 | Stewardship program establishment for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products |
| SF1689 | funding increase for regional and local dementia grants |
| SF1686 | Chiropractic practice inclusion of telemedicine services clarification provision; Board of Chiropractic Examiners having the authority to discipline a chiropractor who is not following executive order provision; Recognition of animal chiropractic sessions provision |
| SF1685 | Landlord and tenant leasing requirements modifications provision |
| SF1678 | Health care worker platforms registration with the commissioner of health requirement provision and appropriation |
| SF1659 | Anoka Rum River Dam improvements bond issue and appropriation |
| SF1657 | Licensing standards modification for child care staff qualifications, staff rations, and group sizes |
| SF1652 | Certain low-income rental projects receiving low-income housing tax credits rent increase limitation provision |
| SF1600 | Criminal Arson in the first degree statute of limitations elimination provision |
| SF1591 | Age modification for a child with a disability to receive special instruction and services |
| SF1574 | Commissioner of human services selection of a state pharmacy benefit manager through procurement requirement provision, commissioner of human services entrance into a master contract with the state pharmacy benefit manager requirement provision, and program authority and eligibility requirements specification provision |
| SF1503 | Facility fees prohibition for nonemergency services provided at provider-based clinics |
| SF1418 | Direct support professionals council establishment and appropriation |
| SF1101 | Augmentative and alternative communication systems coverage requirement provision and appropriation |
| SF1049 | Funding provision for early learning scholarships |
| SF1014 | Housing with support for persons with serious mental illness appropriation |
| SF276 | Medical assistance coverage for violence prevention services provision |
| SF1858 | Healthy eating, here at home program transfer to the Department of Health provision, fresh bucks pilot program establishment, and appropriation |
| SF1837 | Allowed uses of student support personnel aid clarification |
| SF1836 | Authority limitation to issue certain citations to pedestrians |
| SF1827 | Court ordered payment for comprehensive assessments covered by medical assistance or the behavioral health fund prohibition provision |
| SF1826 | Payment rates establishment for certain substance use disorder treatment services |
| SF1817 | City of Ham Lake marked Trunk Highway 65 and Bunker Lake Boulevard Northeast interchange improvements bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF1811 | Occupational therapy services, occupational therapists, and occupational assistants addition to mental health uniform service standards, mental health services, and children's mental health grants provision |
| SF1810 | Certain disability waiver services out-of-state billing permissibility clarification provision |
| SF1809 | Minnesota Children's Museum appropriation |
| SF1794 | Advanced practice registered nurse postgraduate collaborative practice requirements removal provision |
| SF1789 | Minnesota Board on Aging appropriation |
| SF1355 | Healthy aging and dementia education provided by school encouragement provision |
| SF2022 | Commissioner of human services requirement to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatrist residential treatment facility |
| SF1998 | Dementia treatment medical services and prescription medications coverage requirement provision and step therapy requirements for medical assistance provision |
| SF1979 | School construction near former landfills prohibition |
| SF1966 | Timelines modification for filing medical claims after recoupment |
| SF1963 | Self-measured blood pressure monitoring devices coverage requirement provision |
| SF1961 | Infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services coverage by health plans requirement, MinnesotaCare and medical assistance coverage of infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services requirement, and appropriation |
| SF1948 | Critical access nursing facilities increased funding appropriation |
| SF1947 | Nonopioid drugs treatment or management of pain requirement provision |
| SF1946 | Nonopioid and nonpharmacologic pain management coverage provided by health plans requirement provision |
| SF1943 | Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs |
| SF1925 | Essential community supports eligibility modifications provision, essential community supports services available expansion provision, caregiver respite services grants increased funding provision, and appropriation |
| SF1913 | Locally controlled housing fund establishment |
| SF1882 | Anoka County Marked Trunk Highway 65 previous appropriation modification provision |
| SF1785 | Medication repository program procedures modifications provision and appropriation |
| SF1499 | Limitations modification on optometrists prescribing and administering drugs |
| SF1402 | Medical assistance rate adjustments establishment for physician and professional services |
| SF1062 | Direct support professional certification pilot project establishment |
| SF942 | School attendance reporting requirement to a local welfare agency and appropriation |
| SF2037 | Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council appropriation |
| SF2000 | Teachers Retirement Association provisions modifications and appropriation |
| SF2145 | Ham Lake Trunk Highway 65 and Anoka County Road 60 intersection improvements appropriation |
| SF2135 | Child care conditional license requirements modifications provision, commissioner creation of standardized visit time lines and requirements provision, education definition modification provision, background study liaison establishment provision, and appropriation |
| SF2124 | Emergency services grants and innovative homeless response grants and provider building capacity appropriations |
| SF2129 | Gross revenues tax on entities manufacturing and selling products containing PFAS imposition; xx cleanup account in the special revenue fund establishment; XX Advisory Commission establishment |
| SF2109 | Reimbursement rates provided by birth centers in the medical assistance program modification |
| SF2097 | Source of income discrimination prohibition in housing |
| SF2090 | Blaine local road improvements appropriation |
| SF2088 | Requirements modification relating to the provision of cause of death information |
| SF2087 | Use of tenant screening software that uses nonpublic competitor data to set rent prohibition |
| SF2066 | Student discipline provisions modification |
| SF1561 | Grant programs establishment for various purposes related to children's mental health |
| SF8 | Medical assistance coverage provision of psychiatric Collaborative Care Model |
| SF2239 | School districts local optional revenue increase provision and appropriation |
| SF2234 | Overdose prevention education inclusion in health education standards requirement provision |
| SF2186 | Minnesota Association of Alternative programs grant appropriation for certain student activities |
| SF2172 | Various cannabis provisions modifications |
| SF2169 | Rum River Dam pedestrian bridge provision, active transportation account transfer, and appropriation |
| SF2042 | Direction to the commissioner of children, youth, and families to conduct a statewide needs assessment for out-of-school and youth programming and appropriation |
| SF1675 | Clinical art therapists licensure establishment provision, Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy membership modifications provision, and appropriation |
| SF1640 | Certain exemptions establishment from taxes and fees on motor vehicles for volunteer firefighters |
| SF1567 | Office of patient protection establishment provision |
| SF1548 | Northstar Care for Children benefits modification for children under the age of six and children transferred into the Northstar Care for Children |
| SF1492 | Civil Commitment Coordinating Division establishment provision, various grant programs establishment provision, transport hold working group establishment provision, and appropriations |
| SF2215 | Waiver Reimagine requirements modification; Legislative Task Force on Waiver Reimagine establishment |
| SF2204 | Coon Rapids Dam capital improvements bond issue and appropriation |
| SF1405 | American Indian drumming permission in public school |
| SF1404 | American Indian mascot exemption requirements modification |
| SF1317 | Service dog provisions modification in housing accommodations for persons with disabilities |
| SF2174 | Office of Cannabis Management enforcement of THC content and potency limitations requirement provision |
| SF2173 | Cannabis labeling requirements modifications |
| SF164 | Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement |
| SF2334 | Background check requirements for certain housing support providers modification |
| SF2356 | Consumer-directed community supports budget exception for persons with certain diagnoses establishment provision |
| SF2324 | Authority provision to the attorney general to enforce laws related to common interest communities |
| SF2316 | Fourth-degree assault crime expansion related to nurses, physicians, and other persons providing health care services |
| SF830 | Community Meditation Minnesota appropriation for a statewide housing mediation program |
| SF2297 | Family residential services and life sharing services new rates implementation delaying provision and Family Residential Services Advisory Task Force establishment provision and appropriation |
| SF2450 | City of Champlin Elm Creek Greenway Trail Corridor new segment bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF2514 | Lead service line replacement grants appropriation |
| SF2502 | Metro Deaf School appropriation |
| SF2451 | City of Champlin Mississippi Crossings jetty and bank stabilization improvements bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF2029 | Social work provisional licenses technical changes provision |
| SF1899 | Commissioner of education direction to amend the state's accountability plan |
| SF3352 | Caregiver support program appropriations expiration date extension provision |
| SF3330 | Health awareness hub pilot project appropriation |
| SF3331 | Providers of outpatient behavioral health services to be paid at least 143 percent of the Medicare rate requirement |
| SF3302 | University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum providing free access to a guest of a disabled veteran request provision |
| SF3271 | Independent audits of 340B entity reporting by nonprofit public interest organizations authorization; revenue from prescription drugs obtained under the 340B program to be used for charity care; enforcement by the attorney general authorization |
| SF3271 | Independent audits of 340B entity reporting by nonprofit public interest organizations authorization; revenue from prescription drugs obtained under the 340B program to be used for charity care; enforcement by the attorney general authorization |
| SF3266 | Senior portal platform feasibility study authorization |
| SF3227 | Exemptions to the practice of social work modification |
| SF3240 | Certain health care facilities electronic monitoring authorization provision |
| SF3239 | Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) pension adjustment revenue for school districts increase provision, employer contributions increase provision, unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service provision, and appropriation |
| SF3227 | Exemptions to the practice of social work modification |
| SF3193 | Community Mediation Minnesota statewide family mediation pilot program administration appropriation |
| SF3139 | Framework for MTSS and COMPASS codification from session law to statutes |
| SF3155 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research appropriation provision and appropriation cancellation provision |
| SF3149 | County-administered rural medical assistance program establishment |
| SF3124 | Hospital surcharge redirection to the health care access fund |
| SF3123 | State employee group insurance program utilization review pilot program establishment |
| SF3122 | Direct support professionals pretraining program grant fund establishment and appropriation |
| SF3102 | Baxter WonderTrek Children's Museum appropriation |
| SF3029 | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities appropriation |
| SF3071 | Home care nursing hardship criteria modifications |
| SF3060 | Minnesota Recovery Residence Certification Act |
| SF3035 | Commemoration requirement of the first Italian immigrant to Minnesota on the Capitol complex |
| SF3006 | Spatial separation requirement modification for certain residential programs |
| SF2991 | Group family day care child-adult capacity ratios and age distribution restrictions modifications |
| SF2972 | For-profit entity acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities regulation |
| SF2939 | Health care entities reporting information on ownership or control to the commissioner of health requirement provision, penalties authorization, and appropriation |
| SF2902 | Cost of care exemption for certain committed persons and 48-hour rule for admissions provisions extensions, Priority Admissions Review Panel establishment provision, and Direct Care, Treatment admissions dashboard creation and a limited exemption for admissions from hospital settings provision |
| SF2901 | Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center campus psychiatric facility bond issuance and appropriation |
| SF2896 | Nonemergency medical transportation provisions modifications |
| SF2896 | Nonemergency medical transportation provisions modifications |
| SF2873 | Type 1 diabetes informational materials development and dissemination for parents of children in preschool programs requirement provision |
| SF2868 | Offenses that affect eligibility for public assistance benefits modifications |
| SF2876 | Coordinated services organization demonstration project establishment and appropriation |
| SF2843 | Community solutions for healthy child developments grants appropriation |
| SF2828 | Isuroon microbusinesses support through loans, grants, technical assistance, and a business incubator program appropriation |
| SF2828 | Isuroon microbusinesses support through loans, grants, technical assistance, and a business incubator program appropriation |
| SF2792 | Housing challenge program modification by expanding eligible schools provision |
| SF2755 | Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly service delivery system implementation provision |
| SF2848 | Isuroon grant appropriation for rental assistance and eviction prevention services |
| SF2775 | Hospitals providing registered nurse staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards requirement provision, staffing levels report requirement, retaliation prohibition provision, and appropriation |
| SF2756 | Disability discrimination by programs or activities receiving state financial assistance prohibition provision |
| SF2798 | Nonresident school district enrollment authorization |
| SF2756 | Disability discrimination by programs or activities receiving state financial assistance prohibition provision |
| SF2751 | Residents of long-term care facilities right to a designated support person provision |
| SF2747 | Construction mitigation grants awarded to businesses affected by Trunk Highway 65 construction provision and appropriation |
| SF2699 | Fluoridation of public water supplies provisions modification |
| SF2690 | Requirements modification for access to epinephrine in schools |
| SF2689 | Modifying provisions governing Medicaid fraud addition |
| SF2670 | Phototherapy lights individual pricing requirement |
| SF2640 | Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modifications provision, certain consumer-directed community supports budgets increase provision, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust establishment provision, and appropriation |
| SF2630 | Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota conversion into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council, codifying existing grants, and appropriation |
| SF2627 | Statewide education campaign appropriation to inform employers about the benefits of second-chance hiring |
| SF2651 | Long-term care consultation services provisions modifications |
| SF2647 | Substance use disorder comprehensive assessment requirements and treatment provider qualifications modifications |
| SF2635 | Tenant rights establishment when a landlord has received funding to assist with renovations of a residential rental unit |
| SF2554 | Equitable Development Action grant appropriation for training and support of direct support professionals |
| SF2598 | People receiving disability waiver services abbreviated annual reassessments authorization provision |
| SF2480 | Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates effecting provision |
| SF2440 | Grant authorization for truancy crisis response |
| SF2415 | Companion Animal Board establishment, duties transfer, rulemaking authorization, and appropriation |
| SF2383 | Senior nutrition programs appropriation |
| SF2023 | Help America Vote Act account money transferal |
| SF1766 | Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches appropriation for site selection and property acquisition for a new services and supports facility |
| SF1682 | Neglect definition modification provision in relation to child welfare |
| SF1313 | Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches grant appropriation for drop-in support services |
| SF2121 | Technology portals creation and implementation by the commissioner of children, youth, and families to connect individuals with support systems appropriation |
| SR21 | A Senate resolution congratulating Jonathan G. Bergquist of Mankato, Minnesota, for earning the rank of Eagle Scout |
| SF16 | Physical and sexual abuse education requirement |
| SF2289 | Community cable television programming appropriation |
| SF2214 | Minnesota homeless study money transfer and appropriation |
| SF2199 | Valuation reductions permission on certain property with conservation restriction or easements |
| SF1920 | Provisions modification relating to guardians |
| SF1918 | Consent to electronic monitoring requirements modification |
| SF1765 | Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches grant appropriation for food shelves |
| SF1682 | Neglect definition modification provision in relation to child welfare |
| SF1497 | Reimbursement rates increase for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities |
| SF1387 | Minnesota Black Farmers Association appropriation |
| SF1313 | Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches grant appropriation for drop-in support services |
| SF92 | Taste of Minnesota appropriation |
| SF3411 | University of Minnesota Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence appropriation |
| SF3399 | School system videos appropriation |
| SF3391 | Special event food stands exemption from the requirement to pay the statewide hospitality fee |
| SF2579 | CAPI USA grant appropriation |
| SF1986 | Unreduced early retirement annuity for probation agency employees authorization; probation agency employee contributions increase authorization |
| SF1347 | Debt buyer definition modification provision and Undue Medical Debt grant appropriation |