Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Gender-neutral marriage laws provided and Marriage and Family Protection Act
enacted.

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Marriage and Family Protection Act"; specifying legislative findings; providing
for gender neutral marriage laws; specifying instructions to the revisor of
statutes
(ra)

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

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Relating to marriage; establishing a marriage dissolution prevention process for
couples with minor children, specifying required content of a dissolution
prevention notice; establishing length of prevention period, exception for
uncontested dissolutions; providing for notice forms and the option to file a
copy of the notice with district court; requiring certain couples having
participated in the marriage dissolution process to seek counseling before being
granted a marriage dissolution, specifying certain exceptions; requiring
application for federal grant to support counseling
(me)

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

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Modifying the custody designation for certain parenting plans substituting other
terms for legal and physical custody.
(me)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Committee report: To pass as amended

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1E Establishing a marriage and family therapist duty to warn potential victims
of violent threats by patients, allowing exceptions and limiting liabiltiy
(ra)

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

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Modifying eligibility for educational benefits for certain surviving military
spouses and children under the War Orphans Act
(je)

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

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Relating to child support; requiring consideration of the residence of the child
in a foreign county upon deviation from the presumptive child support amount
(me)

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

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Removing the social security number disclosure requirement from the marriage
license application
(rt)

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

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Removing the waiting period for marriage license issuance
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XIII recognizing
marriage as a union between one man and one woman; limiting recognition of other
domestic unions
(me)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XIII recognizing
marriage as a union between one man and one woman; limiting recognition of other
domestic unions
(me)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XIII recognizing
marriage as a union between one man and one woman; limiting recognition of other
domestic unions
(me)

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

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Regulating international marriage brokers; defining certain terms; requiring the
commissioner of public safety to prepare a form providing basic rights
information; specifying international marriage brokers information requirements;
specifying certain release of recruit contact information consent requirements
and certain application, filing and retention of records requirements; providing
for enforcement
(me)

Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Modifying eligibility for educational benefits for certain surviving military
spouses and children under the War Orphans Act, extending educational assistance
to eligible spouses
(rt)

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

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1E Increasing the medical assistance (MA) asset limit for aged, blind and
disabled persons and specifying a disregard for certain recipient and spousal
earned incomes; phasing in an increase in the excess income standard for aged,
blind and disabled persons; extending the time for expansion of the Minnesota
disablity health options (MnDHO) grants; requiring the commissioner of human
services to seek federal approval to allow certain MA eligible employed persons
with disabilities (MA-EPD) to continue using the MA-EPD eligiblity rules as long
as the qualification continues
(rt)

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

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Prohibiting insurance companies from rejecting, denying, canceling or increasing
rates of motor vehicle private passenger insurance or homeowner insurance due to
loss of spouse credit information due to spousal death or divorce
(rt)

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

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety to provide grants to
organizations providing supervised parenting time services to parents and
children; requiring the comissioner to establish grant evaluation and award
criteria
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Author added Scheid

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Relating to family law; creating a presumption of joint physical custody of
children in marriage dissolution proceedings; requiring the court to make
detailed findings regarding the rationale for a deviation from the rebuttable
presumptions in child custody disputes; requiring the use of parenting plans in
certain cases; modifying custody designations for parenting plans using
alternative terminology
(je)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary

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2E Relating to marriage; tranferring certain administrative responsibilities
from court administrators to local registrars; requiring ministers to pay a
filing fee; clarifying state applicability of license requirements; modifying
social security number requirements for marrige license applications; clarifying
name change restrictions for convicted felons; modifying marriage certificate
requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Author stricken Rest

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Relating to retirement; modifying legislator retirement allowance accrual start date; clarifying the definitions of state employee and removing obsolete references under Minnesota state retirement system coverage (MSRS) definitions; modifying the definition of allowable service; providing an authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure under MSRS; removing certain restrictions on surviving spouse coverage; including state fire marshal employees under MSRS provisions; providing an exemption from process for MSRS health care savings plan account assets, exception for marriage dissolution and child support; including agricultural utilization research institute, Minnesota technology incorporated and certain Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) faculty and employees in the MSRS unclassified program; making transfer from the unclassified program to the general plan irrevocable; modifying the [...]

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

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Allowing a bounce back annuity after marriage dissolution under the public
employees retirement association (PERA); authorizing the court to order the
revocation of the designation of an optional annuity beneficiary under certain
marriage dissolution conditions
(je)

Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - Returned from House with amendment

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Child support laws clarified and modified, enforcement provisions modified, and
time periods extended for enforcing child support judgments.

Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to family law; imposing additional civil penalties for failure to
comply with parenting time orders; specifying fund use requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Received from Senate

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Social Security number requirement eliminated in marriage dissolution petitions.

Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF6]

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3E Relating to education; ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition, general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements, operating capital levy and aid, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, equity levy and aid, transition revenue, equity allowance, levy and aid, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, alternative teacher compensation levy and aid, general education aid; permitting district and charter school grade level acceleration instructional programming; requiring charter schools and area learning centers to inform students and parents of learning year option; requiring a consolidated tax rate establishment and permitting district consolidated levy, limit; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing [...]

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Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Eliminating surcharges on the marriage dissolution filing fee and the marriage
license fee for the displaced homemaker program; appropriating money to the
commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for the displaced
homemaker program
(rt)

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

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Relating to legislators retirement plan; providing an option for payment of a
partial benefit amount to alternative payees under a marriage dissolution
decree; providing for election of division; providing for calculation of
subsequent portion of the retirement allowance; providing a bounce back
provision; providing for no optional annuity
(me)

Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

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Retirement bounce-back annuity authorized when provided for by a marriage
dissolution decree.

Latest Action: 04/07/2010 - House concurred and repassed bill

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HF 3708 THIRD ENGROSSMENT Health profession licensing requirements changed and unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner provision changed, and county standards provided for transporting a dead body. Section 1: Prohibited conduct language is modified. Section 2: Scope language is modified. Section 3: Endorsement; reciprocity language is modified. Section 4: Requirements language is modified. Section 5: Supervisor language is modified. Section 6: Master's or doctoral degree required for speech-language pathology applicants language is modified. Section 7: Procedures language is modified. Section 8: Supervision required language is modified. Section 9: Temporary licensure language is modified. Section 10: Change of name, employment, and addresses language is modified. Section 11: Audiologist [...]

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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Marriage license five-day waiting requirement removed.

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Marriage application Social Security number requirement removed.

Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Referred by Chair to Licensing Subcommittee

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Violent patient behavior warning duty imposed and liability limited.

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Social Security number requirement eliminated in marriage dissolution petitions.

Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Author added Olson

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Marriage recognized as a union between one man and one woman, and constitutional
amendment proposed.

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Author added Drazkowski

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Marriage dissolution grounds modified, and prevention notice and waiting period
required.

Latest Action: 04/13/2007 - Author added Erickson

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Marriage recognized as a union between one man and one woman, and constitutional
amendment proposed.

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Marriage recognized as a union between one man and one woman, and constitutional
amendment proposed.

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Author added Bigham

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International marriage brokers regulated.

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Credit scoring regulated in cases of death of a spouse or divorce.

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Marriage terms and procedures changed and clarified, and certain fees required.