Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the house committee on rules and legislative administration to
designate a labor negotiator to act as employer for the house of representatives
under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA); expanding the
definition of essential employee under PELRA to an employee of the house of
representatives classified as managerial; modifying the definition of public
employer to include the designated labor negotiator for employees of the house
(je)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to employment; requiring the department of employment and economic
development (DEED) to provide direct unemployed worker assistance to unemployed
and underemployed individuals from the Wagner Peyser funds through the state
workforce centers
(me)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for extended employment services for persons with severe disabilities and
other profound limitations
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Excluding from the plumbing plan review requirement the installation by a
licensed plumber of a system of plumbing serving certain residential buildings;
requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rule amendments for
compliance purposes
(me)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to investigate alleged improper activity occurring through violation of employee good faith reporting of public health or safety, employment or governmental dangers, refusal to alter scientific or technical data findings of economic or environmental impact, reporting of scientific or technical study findings and occurring through employer use of authority to influence or interfere with employee information disclosures; requiring commissioner of labor and industry reporting upon condition of reasonable cause finding; classifying as private data the identity of person initiating the investigation; requiring the commissioner to investigate written complaints of reprisal or retaliation within a certain time period and authorizing commissioner issued compliance orders under certain conditions; expanding employee good faith reporting protection; prohibiting employers from using [...]

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Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human rights; providing for a suspension of the running of the
statute of limitations for sexual harassment claims during pending employer
investigations
(me)

Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing a lifelong learning account program in the department of labor and
industry, specifying commissioner responsibilities and authorizing rulemaking;
allowing lifelong learning accounts income and franchise tax credits to
employees and employers for contributions to lifelong learning accounts,
specifying limits, imposing a special tax on nonqualified withdrawals
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to Northern Connections in Perham to implement and operate a
pilot workforce program
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to northern Minnesota RuralPlex Initiative in the city of
Grand Rapids to implement and operate a pilot workforce program to provide
supportive services to assist individual transitioning into the workforce
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating the board of residential construction, specifying composition, powers,
duties, administrative support, compensation, removal, vacancies, officers,
voting, board meetings and complaints and recordkeeping; subjecting the board to
government data practices regulation; authorizing interstate reciprocity;
expanding grounds for license denial, limit, revocation and suspension to
include history of financial irresponsibility or contractor recovery fund
excessive payment; authorizing commissioner of labor and industry rulemaking
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Expanding the definition of essential employees to include firefighters under
the public employment labor relations act (PELRA)
(me)

Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Author added Sieben

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of administration to design and
construct a workers memorial on the Capitol grounds
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating the construction management education program; creating the
construction management education account administered by the department of
labor and industry, increasing the state building code surcharge, requiring the
commissioner of labor and industry to establish the construction management
education account advisory committee to maintain and increase the quality and
availability of education programs for the construction industry; authorizing
the committee to award grants to qualified postsecondary educational
institutions and organizations; requiring annual reports to the commissioner
(rt)

Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1490

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Authorizing the Scott county board to establish a county personnel
administration system by adopting a resolution for the purpose of creating a
personnel department; providing for jurisdiction, personnel director appointment
and powers and duties, payrolls, civil service and merit system relationships,
veterans preference and collective bargaining; authorizing a personnel board of
appeals and specifying duties; authorizing judicial review, personnel system
abolition upon county board resolution, county board appropriations and federal
financial assistance; providing for protection of human and public employment
labor relations act (PELRA) rights under state and federal laws
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing employers to conduct on-site testing for alcohol use by employees
(me)

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting the judicial branch of state government from imposing restrictions
on employee political activities outside the workplace under certain conditions
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating the board of thermal system insulation, specifying composition and terms, prescribing powers, duties and administrative support; providing for compensation, removal and vacancies; providing for officers, quorum, voting and board meetings; specifying procedures for complaints; subjecting the board to the data practices act; requiring the board to make and reserve all records and authorizing the board to consult with engineering authorities and others on safety issues; providing for journeyman insulator license requirements; imposing a license fee and renewal fee; specifying certain continuing education requirements; requiring registration for unlicensed individuals lacking a thermal system insulation journeyman license and specifying certain direct supervision ratio requirements; imposing certain fees; providing reciprocity with other states; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules; establishing standards [...]

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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Allowing injured employees, legal representatives or heirs a civil remedy for
employer safety law willful violations under workers compensation
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services ARTICLE 1 - PROGRAM INTEGRITY Making program integrity improvements and expanding certain duties of the department of human services; modifying the subpoena authority; authorizing the department of labor and industry to allow the department of human services and county agencies direct access and data matching on workers compensation claims information; modifying public assistance overpayments and declarations ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Expanding Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) income exclusions to include cash payments to individuals enrolled for full time services as a volunteer under AmeriCorps programs; modifying referral information requirements for diversionary work program (DWP) employment services ARTICLE 3 - CHILD CARE Expanding certain private data disclosure requirements on individuals to include [...]

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Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
universities (MnSCU) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to design an
addition to the Heintz center to house the Rochester area workforce center at
the Rochester community and technical college
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to building codes; requiring pan flashing under all exterior windows
and doors, providing exceptions; requiring the commissioner of labor and
industry to incorporate pan flashing requirements in the next revision of the
state building code
(me)

Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting the state from imposing or enforcing limitations on political
membership or activities of employees
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to workers compensation; requiring employers to pay for continued
employee medical insurance for injured workers under certain conditions;
requiring employers to pay for attorney fees of workers under certain conditions
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1033

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1E Requiring employers to allow a victim of a violent crime and immediate family
members reasonable time off from work to attend criminal proceeding related to
the case; defining violent crime
(je)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to workers compensation; modifying the compensation schedule for injury
producing temporary total disability, temporary partial disability and permanent
total disability; modifying certain retraining limits and adjustment of benefits
(je)

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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2E Establishing the board of high pressure piping systems to specify high
pressure piping code and to maintain and adopt rules necessary for regulation
and licensing; specifying certain membership requirements and duties; requiring
the board to establish fees for licensing, certifications and high pressure
piping system permits, requiring the board to submit a fee structure to the
commissioner of labor and industry; providing for rules adopted by the
commissioner of labor and industry to remain in effect until amended or repealed
by the board; requiring the governor to make board appointments by a certain
date and requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to convene the first
board meeting by a certain date
(me)

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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2E Establishing the plumbing board; requiring the board to specify the plumbing
code and adopt rules necessary for enforcement of the code; specifying
composition and powers of the board; requiring the board to establish fees for
licensing and certifications; requiring the transfer of rulemaking authority
from the commissioner of health and the commissioner of labor and industry to
the plumbing board; providing for rules adopted by the commissioners of health
or labor and industry to remain in effect until amended or repealed by the
board; requiring the governor to make board appointments by a certain date and
requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to convene the first board
meeting by a certain date
(me)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to public employment; providing for offers of settlement prior to
arbitration under certain conditions; providing for the assessment of costs in
certain cases
(me)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of labor and industry for a grant to the
Vinland center for rehabilitation services
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

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Relating to state government ARTICLE 1 - JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for remediation, business and community and workforce development, unemployment insurance and state funded administration, to the commissioner of commerce for workers compensation, financial examinations, the petroleum tank release cleanup board, administrative services, market assurance, energy and telecommunications, renewable development grants and renewable energy research, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for the economic development and housing challenge, housing trust fund, rental assistance for the mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership assistance and affordable rental investment funds, housing rehabilitation and accessibility, home ownership education, counseling and training and capacity building grants,[...]

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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; providing public employers discretion in granting leave
of absence over a certain period of time under the public employment labor
relations act (PELRA)
(je)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government ARTICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations and appropriation reductions by fund; reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of commerce for administration and office of energy security programs, to the commissioner of employment and economic security (DEED) for the employment grants program, to the commissioner of labor and industry for the municipal building permit reporting unit in the labor standards program and to the bureau of mediation services; appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for energy and telecommunications, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for business and community development and workforce development, to Explore Minnesota tourism for the Minnesota film and TV board, to the Minnesota historical society for the sesquicentennial commission [...]

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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Author added Langseth

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to Northern Connections in Perham to implement and operate a
pilot workforce program
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to workers compensation; limiting the maximum hourly rate charged by
qualified rehabilitation consultants, requiring annual adjustment and specifying
adjustment determination method
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to the Minnesota alliance of boys and girls clubs to
administer a statewide project of youth job skills development, match
requirement
(me)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to HIRED to operate industry sector training initiatives
(je)

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing for an income tax credit to taxpayers employing qualified ex-felons
(me)

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to public employment; establishing financial parameters for contracts
under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA); defining structural
balance calculation, terms and conditions of employment and uniform costing
methodology; modifying certain provisions relating to public employer inherent
managerial policy and strike authority; specifying certain structural balance
requirements for contracts based on the uniform costing methodolgy
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Minnesota Freedom to Buy and Sell Act"; defining certain terms; permitting
residents and employers with the freedom to buy health coverage approved for
sale in any state; providing insurance companies the freedom to sell in this
state any health coverage permitted for sale in any other state
(me)

Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to public safety; establishing certain penalties for employers hiring
illegal immigrants in violation of federal immigration law, defining certain
terms, providing for an exception; establishing sex trafficking as a separate
crime from the promotion of prostitution, modifying certain definitions;
increasing penalties for aggravated forgery and expanding the documents included
in the crime of aggravated forgery; specifying instructions to the revisor of
statutes
(me)

Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting the judicial branch of state government from imposing restrictions
on employee political activities outside the workplace
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH INSURANCE Allowing public assistance data to be shared for MinnesotaCare enrollment and premium collection purposes; authorizing the commissioner of human services to receive federal matching money made available through the medical assistance (MA) program for managed care oversight contracted through vendors; modifying certain medical assistance (MA) eligibility requirements for children under a certain age; requiring commissioner to develop and implement a physician directed care coordination program for certain medical assistance recipients; requiring commissioner to refer MinnesotaCare applicants and enrollees to the Minnesota health insurance exchange, specifying certain exchange of private data requirements; modifying certain MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements for families with children; modifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to availability [...]

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Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Education

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1E Requiring school districts and charter schools to grant a personal day of
leave to staff veterans on veterans day and requiring school instruction on the
significance of veterans day; encouraging private employers to honor veteran
employees with a day off with pay
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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2E "Safe Patient Handling Act"; requiring every licensed health care facility in
the state to implement by a certain date a safe patient handling program to
eliminate patient manual lifting by nurses (RN) and (LPN) and direct patient
care workers, requiring mechanical assistive devices use, requiring safe patient
handling program committee formation, specifying further program and committee
requirements and duties; providing for facilities with existing programs;
authorizing commissioner of labor and industry enforcement; requiring the
commissioner to study ways to require workers compensation insurers to recognize
compliance in workers compensation premiums for health care and long term care
facilities; appropriating money to the commissioner of labor and industry
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing additional medical assistance (MA) operating payment rate adjustments
for nursing facilities and community-based long-term care providers effective
after phase-in of rebased operating cost payments rates; clarifying allowable
uses; requiring a signed bargaining agent letter of acceptance for rate
adjustments
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Business, Industry and Jobs

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1E Relating to health care facilities; requiring employers providing services to
persons with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance to provide direct
care staff and supervisors training in violence prevention and violence
reduction, requiring certain documentation of training, documentation
availability to employees, OSHA adherence, accident and injury reduction program
establishment and collective bargaining representative communication
(me)

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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"General Railroad Safety Act"; prohibiting certain railroad related educational programs; authorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to order the installation of trackside ballast surface warning devices at any railroad track and right-of-way in the state; requiring outdoor electrical lighting appliances at certain points along a railroad track; requiring the commissioner to assess and adopt certain rules for best practice clearance standards for passenger rail platforms; requiring owners of industrial complexes to ensure a positive separation between rail and any motor vehicle at certain industrial complexes; establishing locomotive safety and sanitation standards; prohibiting certain appurtenant equipment from being above the surface of the ground as well as near track switches; applying federal hours of service regulations to persons operating dual purpose railroad tracks and public road vehicles; providing

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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting employers in receipt of public funds from influencing employee
activities with regard to labor organizations (unions), requiring publicly
funded employer certification, requiring state contractor and grant recipients
to keep certain records, specifying exceptions, providing for department of
labor and industry investigation, attorney general civil actions, individual
actions, cease and desist, presumption and damages and penalties
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to the job skills partnership program; requiring institutions to
provide for grant funded project summary results dissemination; allowing the job
skills partnership board to use a portion of funds to collect and disseminate
activities information and requiring the board to plan for statewide information
dissemination; appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and
economic development (DEED) for the Minnesota job skills partnership, requiring
board development of a plan to improve job skills partnership program marketing;
repealing the HIRE education loan program
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Expanding the crime of identity theft to include using another identity with the
intent to obain or assist another person in obtaining employment
(rt)

Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to employment; modifying the definition of prevailing wage rate;
requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to report to the legislature on
the comparison between compensation and annual increases in the compensation
paid to workers covered by prevailing wage provisions and compensation and
annual increases in compensation of comparable state employees
(me)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to labor; modifying the definition of employee; modifying certain
provisions to the fair labor standards act; requiring the commissioner of
revenue to assess a fine for failure to withhold state taxes; providing for
failure of an employer to maintain certain records as a rebuttable presumption
both in administrative and civil actions of employer failure to pay the required
minimum wage; authorizing any person to file a complaint with the commissioner
of wages paid at less than the prevailing rate; authorizing any injured person
to bring a civil action for violation; prohibiting witness intimidation and
transportation of prohibited goods; establishing the liability of the
shareholders of a corporation for wages due to employees; providing for
calculation of violations; repealing a fine penalty
(me)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing the mechanical systems council, prescribing membership and powers,
requiring department of labor and industry fees collection; requiring mechanical
trade licensing by the council for contractors, master, journeyperson, air
conditioning, piping, refrigeration and cooling systems, air handling, warm air
heating, air conditions and air distribution and ventilating systems, fuel
piping and burner systems and steam and hot water heating; requiring the council
to create exams and provide for contractor, master and journeyperson testing;
providing guidelines for testing persons with experience
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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1E Relating to public safety; recodifying and restructuring the law on expungements of criminal records; requiring an application for employment used by an employer seeking information concerning prior arrests or convictions of applicants must state the request for information does not apply to sealed or expunged criminal records; providing for the grounds and procedures for expungement of criminal records under certain applicable laws; limiting the remedy available to a court sealing the records and prohibiting the disclosure or opening except under court order or statutory authority; specifying certain grounds for order; requiring the filing of a petition to expunge criminal records, specifying certain fee and petition content requirements, requiring service of petition and proposed order, specifying certain hearing requirements, providing for maintenance of records; specifying certain orders concerning crimes of [...]

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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to fund
special projects to provide employment support to certain people with mental
illness; appropriating money to the commissioner to fund special projects
focused on providing employment support and for the extended employment serious
mental illness program
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements and
compensation plans between the state and the American federation of state,
county and municipal employees (AFSCME) council 5 and council 5, units 8 and
225, the Minnesota association of professional employees (MAPE), the state
residential schools education association, the Minnesota government engineers
council, the middle management association, the state board of investment, the
commissioner of employee relations plan for unrepresented employees and the
managerial plan on certain dates; modifying certain salary requirements of the
administrator of the Minnesota zoological board
(je)

Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight

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Relating to teacher retirement; requiring collective bargaining over the number
of tax sheltered annuity vendors school districts permit for payroll deduction
(me)

Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying data practices provisions in the department of labor and industry; modifying rehabilitative data collection and maintenance requirements; eliminating the requirement for the hearings of the workers compensation division to be open to the public; defining certain terms for department data use purposes; modifying certain disclosure prohibitions; classifying certain workers compensation data, providing a general standard for workers compensation data, defining certain terms, classifying certain employment and insurance data as public, providing for certain file and investigative and enforcement data; classifying dispute resolution and investigative and enforcement data and certain other department data as public; eliminating the requirement for all the proceedings of the workers compensation court of appeals to be public; modifying certain medical data access requirements; modifying certain data sharing requirements [...]

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Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Classifying certain labor relations data related to the metropolitan council as
nonpublic data
(me)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing a licensure system for medical laboratory science professionals;
defining terms and laboratory employment positions, specifying exceptions to
regulation; creating the board of medical laboratory science, prescribing
membership, member qualifications, terms, officers, bylaws and an executive
director; specifying board duties and licensure requirements; providing
transition for experienced and employed medical laboratory science
professionals; specifying licensure standards for laboratory positions;
requiring the board to adopt rules providing reciprocity; providing for
licensure application, renewal, grounds for disciplinary action, temporary
license suspension, mental and physical or chemical dependency examination or
evaluation and medical data access, professional cooperation, immunity and fees;
specifying requirements for initial board of medical laboratory science
(rt)