Minnesota · Current officeholder
Paul Novotny
Republican Minnesota House, District 30B
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Sponsored legislation
104 bills in the current data (20 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF 3155 | Gift card fraud included in organized retail theft. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 1, 2026 |
| HF 1410 | Correctional and peace officer disciplinary procedures modified. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 1, 2026 |
| HF 4591 | State government policy and finance bill. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SF 4760 | Omnibus Public Safety policy bill | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| HF 1082 | Public safety; time extended to use appropriations; public safety officer and survivor benefits provided; sale or transfer of law enforcement vehicle, assault of hospital or clinic security guard, and grooming prohibited; crimes of impersonating a peace officer and theft modified; task forces and grant program established; MINNCOR policies modified; domestic violence case process modified; personal information protections provided to public safety officers; criminal penalties provided; reports required; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 16, 2026 |
| SF 3868 | Virtual currency kiosks prohibition provision | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HF 5096 | Exception to commonality of powers requirement added. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| HF 482 | Choose Life special license plates established, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2026 |
| HF 3990 | Public safety; policy provided for public safety, correctional facilities, investigations, Department of Public Safety data, controlled substances, crime victims, orders for protection, private detective and protective agent licensure, employment disqualifications, sentence adjustments, expungement relief, domestic abuse-related crimes and data, use of chemical irritants, crimes of coercion, retail theft, identity theft, and fraud; reimbursements provided; "battered women" term replaced in statute where it appears; criminal penalties provided; reports required; and rulemaking required. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2026 |
| HF 962 | Sharing and protection of data accessed by a prosecuting authority provided, and criminal penalties imposed. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2026 |
| HF 3762 | Chiefs of police and sheriffs authorized to open certain expunged records to determine eligibility to purchase, receive, or carry a firearm. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2026 |
| HF 3642 | Virtual currency kiosks prohibited, and customer payouts provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2026 |
| HF 3452 | Kratom classified as a Schedule II controlled substance. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2026 |
| HF 3496 | Supervision abatement status policy modified relating to corrections. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HF 4988 | Health insurance coverage for peace officers and firefighters disabled in the line of duty continued, and eligibility to receive continued health insurance coverage for which the employer must pay the employer contribution modified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| HF 4597 | Funding provided for development and implementation of a unified 911 center awareness platform that allows 911 centers to communicate and coordinate emergency responses, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2026 |
| HF 4487 | Onetime property tax refund or credit provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HF 4317 | Peace officer access to surplus badges provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 3937 | Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties for committing an offense while impersonating established, and individuals presenting as peace officers required to identify themselves. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 2113 | Small employers exempted from requirement to provide paid leave. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HF 4770 | Anaerobic digester or biomass thermal generation facility planning and construction funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 2817 | Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| HF 4696 | Authority for state-level implementation of federal Workforce Pell Grants provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 4681 | Elk River authorization to impose a local sales tax amended. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 3241 | Display of dynamic electronic content while operating a motor vehicle limitations modified. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HF 3541 | Division of Capitol Security's responsibilities clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HF 4503 | Crime of providing material support or resources for terrorism established, and criminal penalties provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HF 4386 | Employee allowed to opt out of participation in paid leave program. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 13 | Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HF 3833 | Term limits placed on the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2026 |
| HF 4139 | Community corrections employee benefits clarified, report required, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 4095 | Crime of disruption of worship services established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 7 | Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; reason for dismissing charges; liability and vicarious liability; assaulting a police officer penalty; penalties increased for obstructing trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; tracking device placement, requirements, and expanded uses; criminal penalties; and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 3822 | Penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee enhanced. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 3440 | Availability of funds appropriated for law enforcement use of force training extended. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HF 2809 | Crime of residential protesting established. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HF 1567 | Personal information protections provided to public safety officers. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| HF 3529 | Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue made available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools; and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HF 2879 | Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crimes Advisory Board established, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HF 2432 | Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 23, 2025 |
| HF 3336 | Certain felons made ineligible to serve as jurors in criminal cases. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 17, 2025 |
| SF 3196 | Department of Corrections budget deficiencies appropriation | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 9, 2025 |
| HF 1163 | Scope of hometown heroes assistance program clarified. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2025 |
| HF 3006 | Funding provided for deficiencies in the budget of the Department of Corrections, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HF 3256 | Public employees police and fire retirement plan; reemployment earnings limit applicable to disability benefit payments increased. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| HF 1354 | Public safety policy bill. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 28, 2025 |
| HF 1256 | Certain law enforcement training reimbursement funding extended. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 25, 2025 |
| HF 2554 | Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2025 |
| HF 1339 | Public employees police and fire retirement plan; payment of a normal retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon employment or reemployment on or after 55 years of age permitted. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 21, 2025 |
| HF 1263 | Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 21, 2025 |
| HF 1396 | Permitted uses of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement expanded. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2025 |
| HF 2881 | Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HF 1255 | Surplus badge access provided for certain employees. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HF 2525 | Public safety officer hearing protection program established, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 1744 | Expanded use of tracking devices authorized for fleeing motor vehicles. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 1295 | Children's advocacy centers included as a victim assistance program entitled to a portion of certain fines. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 1, 2025 |
| HF 2892 | Community justice reinvestment account in the special revenue fund eliminated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HF 2812 | Commissioner of corrections required to charge a fee for incarcerated person communication services. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HF 2828 | Penalty for embezzlement of public funds over a certain amount increased. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 2818 | Reimbursement program for law enforcement agencies that respond to protests and demonstrations at the Capitol complex and the governor's residence established, report required, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 2797 | Definitions and benefits in the public safety officer death benefit law expanded, and retroactive benefit awards provided. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 2796 | Right of the people to keep and bear arms protected, and constitutional amendment proposed. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HF 2648 | Certain sex offenders prohibited from accessing social media platforms. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 1821 | Supplemental nonprofit security grants funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 128 | Penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors increased. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2025 |
| HF 2532 | Community crime and violence prevention account eliminated, and unexpended amount transferred to the general fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 1341 | Law Enforcement Appreciation Day established, law enforcement explorer program in schools provided, peace officer training funding provided, pathway to policing reimbursement grants funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HF 492 | Currently serving military personnel and veterans provided funding for mental health services and outdoor activities, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 491 | Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel provided funding for mental health services and outdoor activities, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 2378 | List of persons ineligible under the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act expanded. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1903 | Safe Place for Newborns provisions modified. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 167 | Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction allowed, individual income tax rates modified, and property tax refunds modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 1025 | Historic state flag recognized, right of all persons to display the historic state flag recognized, standards provided for its display on state property, and standards provided for its display on other public property. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HF 914 | School districts allowed to access personnel files of prospective teachers from their employing districts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 769 | A 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 558 | Consideration of arrest and investigative record in criminal history background check authorized. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 2173 | First responders; crime of approaching first responders or remaining too close after warning defined. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 1257 | Public Safety Advisory Council eliminated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HF 2220 | Assessment of fees or other charges when state employees park at facilities owned or operated by the state prohibited. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 2179 | State Patrol aircraft purchases and operations funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 2038 | Waiver Reimagine requirements modified, Legislative Task Force on Waiver Reimagine established, appointments made, and report required. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 1814 | Grant funding provided to purchase or upgrade radios and related equipment, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HF 2017 | Prosecutorial and law enforcement training funding provided, and money appropriated. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 1962 | American Indian education aid requirement removed. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 1221 | Tip income exempted from individual income tax and tax withholding requirements. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 1893 | Criminal investigation active period of time modified regarding investigative data. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1463 | Town roads and bridges funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 1033 | Surviving spouses of a veteran exemptions from taxes and fees established, including registration taxes, license plates fees, title fees, driver's license and identification card fees, and motor vehicle sales taxes. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HF 924 | Certain retired peace officers authorized to possess firearms in the Capitol complex. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 1590 | Mandatory minimum sentences established for malicious punishment of a child. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 1523 | Agricultural workers exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 435 | Commissioner of corrections required to house only biological female inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 1374 | Eligibility criteria for participation in the challenge incarceration program amended. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 1353 | Responsibilities of Department of Corrections licensed facilities clarified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HF 768 | Department of Human Rights prohibited from maintaining a collection or database on incidents of protected speech. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 480 | County attorneys required to record and report reason for dismissing charges, Sentencing Guidelines Commission required to report information on dismissals to legislature, and county attorneys required to post information on dismissals to publicly accessible website. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 1325 | Earned sick and safe time modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 767 | Arson directed at a political organization or motivated by a political purpose penalty enhanced. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HF 829 | Delivery requirements for cottage foods modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 790 | Staff and equipment costs for additional State Troopers funding provided, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 1016 | Baldwin; base year formula aid provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HF 636 | Right to carry without a permit provided, and optional permit to carry provided. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 524 | Becker Township; U.S. Highway 10 and Sherburne County State-Aid Highway 11 interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 173 | Income and corporate franchise tax; research credit modified. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |