All Legal Proceedings Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing a public health improvement account in the general fund; requiring the commissioner of health to credit tobacco settlement revenues to the account (me) Comment on Bill Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the punitive damages caps for certain employers in hearing proceedings by an administrative law judge under the human rights act (ra) Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing the crime of disarming a peace officer; defining defensive device and imposing criminal penalties for violation (me) Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to civil actions; moving mortgage redemption sales to the end of the current redemption period, defining postnotice reinstatement period and service of the notice of a foreclosure sale upon the occupants; eliminating mortgagee redemption rights; requiring surplus to be paid to junior lienors in order of priority; authorizing the federal government to exercise the right to redeem after foreclosure sales under the condition of a federal tax lien and requiring certificate of sale redemption period reference; repealing certain provisions relating to redemption (rt) Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for the deletion or expungement of certain eviction records maintained by courts and tenant screening services after a certain period of time (me) Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to game and fish; defining certain terms; expanding the authority of the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to establish fees for the use of state wildlife management areas and aquatic management areas for dog trials, special events and commerce uses; modifying certain special permit requirements to take wild animals damaging property; modifying certain stamp and license provisions; modifying certain replacement license provisions, providing for refunds under certain conditions; imposing a penalty for taking wild animals during time privileges that are suspended; authorizing residents under age 16 and possessing an apprentice hunter validation and accompanied by a parent or guardian to take small game; authorizing spouses of residents on active military duty to obtain resident hunting and fishing licenses; increasing the number of deer allowed to be taken with an all season license; modifying certain license show full description SF1861 - Employee protections from employer retaliation; commissioner of labor and industry investigative powers
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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 [...] show full description SF3521 - Trial by jury waiver court approval and prosecutor consent requirements
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing defendant to waive jury trail on the issue of guilt with the approval of the court and the consent of the prosecutor (ra) Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable [...] show full description SF1678 - Public defenders representation services provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to public defense; providing for public defender representation for certain minors and persons; prohibiting the board of public defense from providing or paying for public defender services to persons not entitled to representation by law; removing certain provisions requiring mandatory representation by the public defender (je) SF2984 - Mortgage foreclosure redemption and reinstatement provisions modifications
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Author added Rest Bill Text Relating to mortgages; modifying the right of reinstatement and certain other provisions relating to mortgage foreclosure; requiring taxes to be paid in full prior to foreclosure proceedings; right of reinstatement coterminous with right of redemption; requiring the attorney general to prepare content of notice forms to advise consumer of rights of redemption and reinstatement to be served with any foreclosure notice; exempting rulemaking authority (je) SF3487 - Class actions interlocutory appeal authority on the question of class certification
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to civil actions; providing for interlocutory appeal on the question of class certification (je) Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding the crime of theft to include the taking of copper or aluminum wire, cable or tubing and used as a conduit for supplying or transporting electricity or gas and removed in a manner creating a risk of death or bodily harm or serious property damage (je) SF3637 - Plastic bag or container regulation and violations penalties
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the sale of plastic bags or containers labeled compostable, biodegradable or degradable without the bag or container meeting ASTM standard specification for compostable plastics, prescribing civil penalties for violations and authorizing attorney general actions for civil penalties or injunctive relief (rt) Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - HF substituted on Consent Calendar HF1441 Bill Text Relating to limited purpose companies; making certain technical changes (me) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the custody designation for certain parenting plans substituting other terms for legal and physical custody. (me) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to civil actions; providing for district court civil actions for neglect, abuse, injury, endangerment or exploitation of vulnerable or incapacitated adults; defining terms; extending liability to misuse of assets and real and personal property, allowing interested persons to file actions in district or probate court; specifying exclusion for adults dependent on religious healing methods; specifying statute of limitations and remedies; criminal conviction preclusion for subsequent denial of criminal conviction (rt) SF3172 - Predatory offenders social networking web sites access and use prohibition
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting predatory offenders required to register with the department of corrections from accessing, creating or maintaining a personal web page or profile on a social networking web site; defining social networking web site; modifying certain intensive supervised release term requirements (je) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Author added Sheran Bill Text Defining and regulating the crime of loitering near schools or public places where children congregate after being asked to leave by an authorized person; providing for imposition of certain penalties for violation; specifying certain penalties for registered predatory offenders; defining certain terms (je) SF3309 - Business screening services regulation and data practices requirements
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Regulating business screening services; defining certain terms; specifying certain notification requirements to an individual subject to a request for a search on criminal records; restricting business screening services from disseminating criminal records except under certain conditions; providing for correction and deletion of records; requiring business screening services disseminating criminal records to include notice and date information was collected; providing civil remedies; providing service of process and jurisdiction of courts for actions involving violations (je) Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to crime; modifying criminal record expungement provisions; defining crime of violence; providing an automatic expungement for nonviolent crimes and for certain conditions of dismissals, stays, diversion, probation and juveniles; providing eligibility to petition for expungement; requiring petitioners to attach complaint copies; requiring court order to open records; requiring expungement order copies to be sent to criminal justice agencies; providing for application, dissemination and retention of expunged records; regulating district court authority relating to state agency records expungement; limiting liability for inadvertent disclosure of expunged criminal convictions; repealing grounds for expungement order (rt) SF3607 - Mortgage foreclosures emergency declaration and foreclosure proceedings postponement
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to mortgage foreclosures; stating the findings and purpose of the legislature relating to mortgage foreclosure conditions; declaring a public economic emergency; authorizing a mortgagee to apply to district court for relief under certain conditions; authorizing courts to order resale; allowing an extension for a period of redemption, limitations; allowing courts to revise and alter extended period of redemption terms; requiring trials of any action, hearing or proceeding to be held within a certain period of time; temporarily suspending inconsistent laws; providing for application of act; severability clause (je) SF3611 - Predatory offenders registration provisions modifications and clarifications
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to crime; providing a registration procedure for predatory offenders being released from a correctional facility and not going to a new primary address; clarifying certain registration verification form notice requirements; requiring registration of persons convicted of a comparable offense in another state; requiring predatory offender registration checks against the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) database upon intake into a jail facility; imposing penalties for violations (je) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Reforming no-fault auto insurance; prohibiting an injured person from collecting noneconomic damages under certain conditions; modifying certain arbitration procedures; prohibiting balance billing by health care providers; clarifying civil liability relating to recovery of medial and health care expenses (me) SF1330 - Insurance electronic records and signatures use legal recognition requirement
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to insurance; requiring the use of electronic records and signatures by an insurer at the request of an applicant, insured or claimant under certain conditions; defining certain terms (je) Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"; defining certain terms; providing for the validity of electronic documents; providing for recording of documents; establishing an electronic recording commission and providing for membership and governance, requiring the commission to adopt standards for implementation; providing uniformity of application and construction; providing for the relation to federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act (rt) Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Author added Rummel Bill Text Relating to civil actions; requiring the award of costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney fees to prevailing parties in actions for breach of statutory housing warranties (je) SF2950 - Video lottery terminals
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the director of the state lottery to enter into contracts with certain on-sale alcoholic beverage retailers for the placement and maintenance of video lottery terminals on the premises, specifying certain procedures, restrictions and authorizing inspections without notice; defining or redefining certain terms; providing for the payment of investigation and background check costs relating to owning and operating the terminals and for retention of a certain percentage of net terminal income by lottery retailers as commission, requiring transmission of a portion to the licensed organizations conducting lawful gambling on the premises, restricting the expenditure of money received by licensed organizations from, net video lottery terminal income to lawful purposes; prohibiting local regulation; specifying certain lottery terminal specification requirements, limiting the amount allowed to be played show full description SF3685 - Boxing commission name change to combative sports commission and provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to boxing; changing the name of the Minnesota boxing commission to the combative sports commission; providing for classified service coverage for the executive director; defining and redefining certain terms; modifying certain tough person contest regulations; extending the jurisdiction of the commission to combative sports contests; modifying combative sports commission membership requirements; modifying certain provisions relating to rulemaking, meetings, duties of the commissioner, combative sports contests regulations, licensure and prelicensure requirements, fee schedules for professional and amateur licenses, physical examination requirements and insurance requirements; authorizing the commission to accept gifts under certain conditions; imposing penalties for violations; appropriating money to the commission; making certain conforming amendments; repealing the simulcast licenses provision (je) show full description SF3469 - Workers compensation civil remedy for employer willful safety law violation
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Allowing injured employees, legal representatives or heirs a civil remedy for employer safety law willful violations under workers compensation (rt) SF2209 - Human services program integrity improvements; MFIP and child care assistance provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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 [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to child protection; requiring court findings regarding independent living goals for certain children in an out-of-home placement (me) SF2283 - Revisor's bill
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 1E Revisor's bill; correcting miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results and technical errors relating to fiduciary transactions power of attorney forms; correcting section number references to a law relating to an appropriation from the forest management investment account, making a technical correction to a certain prior appropriation to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR); making certain technical corrections to the omnibus energy, natural resources, energy and commerce appropriations bill; modifying a certain provision relating to the review of heating and cooling systems in state funded buildings; modifying a certain provision permitting the return of certain unused drugs and medical devices from county jails; clarify the availability of an appropriation for the agricultural best management practices loan program; changing the date for the commissioner of agriculture to [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to crimes; modifying the definition of sexual contact to include intentional touching of the body or clothing with seminal fluid or sperm; modifying limitations on actions by underage victims (je) SF1403 - Civil actions verdicts, awards and judgements interest regulation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Withdrawn and returned to author Bill Text Relating to civil actions; regulating interest on verdicts, awards and judgements; modifying the method used to calculate interest; specifying certain duties of the state court administrator relating to monthly notice distribution of rates and changes to district courts (je) SF1339 - Workers compensation injured workers continued health coverage and attorney fees payment requirements
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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) SF3514 - Equal Access to Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Author added Latz Bill Text "Equal Access to Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act"; requiring postsecondary instructional materials in an accessible format to blind and other eligible students to be simultaneously available with print instructional materials to other students, specifying publisher requirements, requiring office of higher education guidelines adoption, providing a private right of action in court (rt) SF0733 - Administrative law judge orders finality; human services disqualification reconsideration response and records provisions clarification; child neglect definition clarification
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Author stricken Robling Bill Text Relating to human services; making administrative law judge orders final and conclusive; specifying comissioner of human services (DHS) reconsideration request response time frame upon background studies disqualifiactions; clarifying child neglect definition to not include injuries due to accidents, excepting child endangerment; making technical and clarifying changes regarding investigation records maintenance and use (rt) Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Controlled Substance Reform Act of 2007"; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain first time drug offenses; making certain affirmative defenses available for driving while impaired offenses; requiring appointment of a conditional release screen committee by the commissioner of corrections, specifying certain membership requirements and duties; requiring the commissioners of human services and corrections to develop best practice standards for publicly funded prison based substance abuse treatment programs and to publish and implement the standards by a certain date; requiring the sentencing guidelines commission to report to the legislature on controlled substance sentencing proportionality recommendations by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of health to develop the best practice standards (je) SF1598 - Public defense board public defenders and support staff compensation increase appropriation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of public defense to fund salary increases for public defenders and support staff (rt) Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of public safety to conduct an ignition interlock device pilot project for a certain period of time; commissioner to select one metropolitan county and one rural county to participate in project; requiring commissioner to submit a preliminary report and a final report by certain dates; commissioner to determine appropriate performance standards and certification process for pilot project on ignition interlock devices; specifying components; authorizing judges to provide temporary exception to the mandatory sentencing law for offenders required to use ignition interlock devices (me) Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for application of certain old sex offender provisions for crimes committed prior to enactment of newer sex offender provisions (rt) SF1091 - Civil actions involving illegal sale of an alcoholic beverage
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for joint and several liability in civil actions for violations involving the illegal sale of an alcoholic beverage (je) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing sanctions for property tax petitioners contesting the valuation of income producing property; specifying submittal of certain required information to the county assessor (je) SF1096 - Civil actions for damages due to sexual abuse against an adult or minor action limitation modification
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 1E Modifying the statute of limitations period for civil actions on personal injury based on sexual abuse committed against an adult or minor, providing an application exception; defining certain terms; repealing a certain provision relating to actions for damages due to sexual abuse special provisions (je) SF2761 - Snow removal standards on trunk highways provisions modifications
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to follow certain snow removal standards for trunk highways; eliminating the use of signs with flashing lights to signify the closure of a trunk highway; authorizing a civil action to be maintained by a state agency or political subdivision for rescue costs following a snowstorm under certain conditions; prescribing a penalty for driving over, through or around a barricade, fence or obstruction on a closed trunk highway following a snowstorm (me) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health; providing for antitrust immunity provisions for health care cooperatives; requiring the commissioner of health to establish criteria and procedures to review and authorize contracts and business and financial arrangements; specifying application procedures (ra) SF1412 - Precommitment detention of persons under civil commitment law appropriation
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to state court administrator for the state share of costs of precommitment detention of persons under the civil commitment law (me) SF3020 - Public defenders law school loan repayment assistance program and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary Bill Text Relating to higher education; establishing a public defender law school loan repayment assistance program; requiring the state board of public defense to establish application procedures; appropriating money to the state board of public defense for the program (rt) Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the director of the state lottery to enter into contracts with certain on-sale alcoholic beverage retailers for the placement and maintenance of video lottery terminals on the premises, specifying certain procedures, restrictions and authorizing inspections without notice; defining or redefining certain terms; providing for the payment of investigation and background check costs relating to owning and operating the terminals and for retention of a certain percentage of net terminal income by lottery retailers as commission, requiring transmission of a portion to the licensed organizations conducting lawful gambling on the premises, restricting the expenditure of money received by licensed organizations from, net video lottery terminal income to lawful purposes; prohibiting local regulation; specifying certain lottery terminal specification requirements, limiting the amount allowed to be played show full description SF2168 - Criminal sexual conduct victims mandatory polygraph prohibition
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting mandatory polygraphs for criminal sexual conduct victims (rt) Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing a statutory presumption for private actions alleging unfair or discriminatory violations in business, commerce or trade is in the public interest and benefits the public (rt) Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to public defense; updating and clarifying certain public defense provisions; eliminating the defendant representation copayment requirement; making certain technical changes; eliminating state public defender right to decline to represent indigent petitioners in postconviction remedy cases; requiring the state public defender to supervise the public defender system and allowing the state public defender to assist districts, appointed counsel and organizations; providing for the appointment of a chief appellate public defender by the board of public defense, specifying term limit and qualifications; requiring compensation to be set by the board; prohibiting chief public defenders from engaging in the general practice of law; requiring county payment of advisory and standby counsel, allowing chief appellate public defenders to use certain transcripts of testimony in certain situations; clarifying appointed [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1004 Bill Text 2E Regulating predatory lending practices; defining "fully indexed rate;" providing certain additional requirements for residential mortgage originators and servicers to discourage predatory lending including determining reasonable ability to pay; prohibiting the practice of churning; requiring lenders to inform borrowers of additional money due for taxes and insurance; modifying the definition of lender fee; implementing certain requirements for residential mortgage brokers relating to the relationship with borrowers; applying the duty of agency between a mortgage broker and a borrower under certain conditions (me) SF2911 - District court fees exemption for landlord tenant actions during property redemption period
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Eliminating district court administrator fees for certain landlord actions initiated during the redemption period (rt) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Removing the waiting period for marriage license issuance (rt) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to public safety; expanding the crime of false 911 emergency telephone calls to include making or initiating false emergency calls with the intent to disrupt, interfere with or reduce the provision of emergency services; providing for misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor and felony offenses penalties; defining call and emergency call (je) Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act"; granting immunity from civil liability to producers, growers, manufacturers, packers, distributors, carriers, holders, marketers or sellers of food or nonalcoholic beverages for actions based on weight gain, obesity or health conditions associated with weight gain or obesity and resulting from long term purchase or consumption of the food or nonalcoholic beverages, exceptions (je) SF2117 - Jury service postponement and supplemental juror compensation
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing persons scheduled to appear for jury service to request a postponement of the date of initial appearance for jury service under certain conditions; providing for subsequent postponements; providing for small business protection; specifying grounds for excuses from jury service; defining undue or extreme physical or financial hardship, requiring documentation and providing for excused persons return to the jury pool after a certain period of time; prescribing maximum terms of service; authorizing the supreme court to grant an exemption from maximum terms of service under certain conditions; requiring an alternative plan upon requesting an exemption; limiting the supreme court exemptions; prescribing penalties for failure to appear for jury service without a showing of good cause, providing for being held in contempt; modifying juror compensation, requiring the supreme court to establish a lengthy trial fund for show full description SF3424 - Unlawful trade practices, deceptive trade practices, consumer fraud and false statements in advertising regulations modifications
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to commerce; modifying private remedies under the unlawful trade practices act, prevention of consumer fraud act, the false statement in advertisement act or other provisions relating to false or fraudulent advertising; specifying certain intent, application and construction requirements; severability clause; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes (je) SF2681 - Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibition; immigration related data use authority
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to law enforcement; prohibiting immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies; providing for use of immigration related data; defining certain terms; prescribing remedies for violation (je) Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Designating English as the official language of the state and as the language for use by state and local governments, exceptions, providing for the payment of costs for documents or informational materials in languages other than English due to the exceptions; restricting state or local government unit employment denial due to lack of facility in a foreign language; providing for citizen right to bring an action against the state; providing for district court jurisdiction (je) SF1547 - Residential mortgage originator and servicer licensing requirements modifications; predatory lending practices prohibition
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Judiciary Bill Text 1E Relating to residential mortgage lending; modifying certain residential mortgage originator and servicer licensing and education requirements; modifying certificate of exemption requirements; modifying certain license application content requirements and specifying certain waiver authority of the commissioner of commerce; increasing certain fees; s |
