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Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
Revisor's bill correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete
references, eliminating redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions, and
making miscellaneous corrections.
Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Special Order Bill Text
HF 3796
THIRD ENGROSSMENT
Council authorized to establish salaries for legislators, Citizen Compensation
Council composition changed, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Section 1: Constitutional amendment proposed language added.
Section 2: Schedule and question language added.
Section 3: Creation language modified.
Section 4: Membership language modified.
Section 5: Submission of recommendations language modified.
Section 6: Criteria language modified.
Section 7: Effective date language provided.
SNA 5/12/08
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Division action, to pass as amended and return to Bill Text
HF 3770
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Office of Enterprise Technology legislative report required regarding its
approval process for state agency technology requests and assistance provided to
state agencies in developing agency information system plans.
Section 1: Duties language added.
Section 2: Responsibilities language added.
JAJ 3/17/08
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Bill Text
Districting principles established for legislative and congressional plans,
appointment of a commission provided to recommend the boundaries of legislative
and congressional districts, and redistricting limited to once per decade.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Rules and Legislative Administration Bill Text
Per diem payments limited for legislative members while not in session.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Author added Kalin Bill Text
Lobbying prohibited by former legislators, constitutional officers, agency
heads, and certain legislative employees for one year after leaving office.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Third reading Bill Text
HF 3135
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Local impact notes requirements changed.
Section 1: Local impact notes language modified.
JAJ 3/17/08
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Referred by Chair to State Government Finance Division Bill Text
HF 3113
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
State budget requirements modified.
Section 1: Legislative and budget proposal data language is modified.
Section 2: Budget format language is modified.
Section 3: Filing budget estimates language is modified.
Section 4: Part two: detailed budget language is modified.
SNA 3/18/08
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended Bill Text
HF 2987
THIRD ENGROSSMENT
Biodiesel definition modified, minimum content increased, tiered content goal
created, and notice, proposal, and recommendations to the legislature required,
and money appropriated.
Section 1: Biodiesel content mandate language modified.
Subdivision 1. Biodiesel fuel.
Subdivision 2. Minimum content.
Subdivision 3. Exceptions.
Subdivision 4. Disclosure.
Subdivision 5. Annual Report.
Section 2: Biodiesel fuel language modified.
Section 3: Proposal; Petroleum inspection fee revenue language provided.
Section 4: Bio-based diesel alternatives language is provided.
Section 5: Technical cold weather issues language is provided.
SNA 4/11/08
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Amended Bill Text
HF 2554
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Special session convened by majority vote of both houses of the legislature or
by order of the presiding officers of both houses, and constitutional amendment
proposed.
Section 1: Constitutional amendment proposed. Language includes, "Upon the
written agreement of a majority of the members elected to [both houses] or upon
the order of the presiding officers of both houses, the legislature shall
convene in special session. A special session called by the legislature may not
exceed seven legislative days. A bill may be passed on the day prescribed for
adjournment of the special session."
Section 2: Submission to voters - The proposed amendment must be submitted to
the people at the 2008 general election.
SNA 3/11/08
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Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Returned from House Bill Text
A senate concurrent resolution relating to the delivery of bills to the Governor
after final adjournment
Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the pollution control agency (PCA) in cooperation with state and local
government agencies to study the effect of global climate change for determining
state impact and response strategies; requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date
(je)
Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Referred to Finance Bill Text
Appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for a lake
restoration grant program to issue grants to soil and water conservation
district offices, lake improvement districts and other local units of government
to meet certain goals of the clean water legacy act, match requirement;
requiring the commissioner in conjunction with the commissioner of the pollution
control agency (PCA) to award grants and specifying certain duties; requiring
report to the legislature by a certain date
(je)
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to state government
ARTICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article III, by adding a
section establishing a council to prescribe salaries for legislators and
constitutional officers, specifying membership; modifying article IV, section 9
and article V, section 4
ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY CHANGES
Making certain statutory changes; eliminating the reference to the compensation
council; instructing the revisor of statutes to replace certain statutory
references to compensation to council with the term by the council; repealing
the compensation council
(me)
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Removing the limit on the total liability on any number of tort claims arising
out of a single occurrence; defining uncompensated medical expenses; eliminating
the limit on the total liability for uncompensated medical expenses
(me)
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV, section 4 to
provide for four year terms of office for representatives and six year terms of
office for senators
(ra)
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Bill Text
Four-year terms of office provided for representatives and six-year terms of
office provided for senators, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring behavioral health insurance coverage for children and young adults
with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); defining certain terms; specifying parity
requirements and coverage specifications; creating an autism spectrum disorder
task force, specifying membership requirements and duties; requiring the
legislative coordinating commission (LCC) to provide administrative and fiscal
services to the task force and requiring the departments of education and health
to provide certain additional assistance; requiring a report to the legislature
by a certain date
(je)
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education; requiring school performance report cards to indicate
student to teacher ratios; defining classroom teacher; providing for class size
reduction measurement and reporting; requiring the commissioner of education to
establish target class size ratios, specifying certain class size ratios under
certain conditions; requiring the commissioner to collect district by district
class size information to determine districts class size ratios and compare the
ratios to the target class size ratios and post the results on the department
Web site; requiring the commissioner to submit an annual report to the
legislature by a certain date
(je)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to report to the legislature
by a certain date on speed limits on local roads; specifying minimum report
requirements
(me)
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