All Telecommunications and Information Technology Legislation - Minnesota
SF2216 - Cable communication systems regulations modifications; state authorized video service providers regulation
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying cable communications regulations; requiring cable communications system providers to make efforts to interconnect systems with state authorized video service provider systems; prohibiting cable communications systems logos or marketing materials placement appearing to favor certain cable communications, regulating advertising; prohibiting cable communications systems program content or public programs access limitations, clarifying liability; requiring persons seeking to provide video service to apply and register with the public utilities commission (PUC) after a certain date, providing for certificate issuance, application fee, service area, final determination and termination; requiring public access capacity equal to public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels as provided by existing cable communications system providers, specifying content format and PEG fees; requiring provider fees, specifying [...] show full description Comment on Bill SF2261 - Business telecommunications services uniform regulatory treatment
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for uniform regulatory treatment of business customers telecommunications services; repealing the reduced rate competitive area provision (rt) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Modifying provisions relating to the online learning act; defining supplemental online learning; modifying application and notification procedures and certain online learning parameters; authorizing supplemental online learning enrollment into the school district term, allowing a waiver; requiring course syllabus and materials availability for online learners; specifying a maximum credit for supplemental online learning, requiring application and approval for additional credits (rt) SF2011 - School performance report cards summary information reporting requirements
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of education to make data available on students failing to pass graduation required assessement for diploma (GRAD) tests (ra) Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to open meetings; defining certain terms; requiring any meeting of a public body for decision or deliberation including executive sessions to be open to the public and to comply with certain notice requirements, providing for certain exceptions; providing for any rapid and successive (serial) meetings held with the intent of avoiding a public or open meeting requirements is a violation of the open meeting law; providing for meetings performed by electronic means be subject to the open meeting law, specifying exceptions; providing meetings governed by the open meeting law to be expanded to include conference calls and video conferences (me) SF2914 - Foreclosure data practices requirements; statewide foreclosure data collection and reporting system study
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - HF substituted on Calendar HF3516 Bill Text 3E Relating to data practices; providing for certain data practices relating to foreclosure; defining transaction agent; specifying certain foreclosure data content requirements for notice of pendency, notice of sale and the certificate of sale; requiring the secretary of state to convene a statewide foreclosure data collection working group to study, develop and implement an electronic system for the submission, collection, entry, retrieval, management and assessment of statewide foreclosure data; specifying certain membership requirements; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; sunset provision (ra) SF3374 - Elections campaigning communications captioning for deaf and hard of hearing viewers requirements
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to elections; requiring candidates or political parties to agree to provide captioning for deaf and hard of hearing viewers on certain campaign communications for required public subsidty eligibility purposes (je) SF3398 - Office of enterprise technology state agencies registration requirements and legislative report requirements
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring state agencies with certain information and telecommunications technology projects to register with the office of enterprise technology and requiring the office to monitor progress on the projects; requiring the office of enterprise technology to report to the legislature regarding the approval process for state agency technology requests and assistance provided to state agencies in developing agency and intergovernmental information and technology systems plans; specifying certain report requirements (ra) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring commissioner of commerce to seek recommendations on standards to establish a uniform claim form and uniform billing and claim codes from a council of representatives from the health care industry; requiring commissioner to adopt rules requiring all payers and providers to use a uniform claim form and uniform billing and claim codes by a certain date; requiring all payers and all providers to use compatible systems of electronic billing by a certain date (me) Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Author added Wiger Bill Text Providing wireless services contract termination without penalty upon customer death (rt) SF2244 - Tax increment financing, JOBZ and business subsidies web sites with searchable databases requirements
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to state government; requiring the state auditor to develop and maintain a web site with a searchable database to provide to the public information on the uses of tax increment financing (TIF) by political subdivisions; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a web site with a searchable database to provide to the public information on business subsidies including the use of job opportunity building zones (JOBZ), appropriating money to the commissioner (ra) SF3382 - School districts and charter schools internet2 connections and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of education to contract with Internet2 to provide school districts and charter schools with access to the Internet2 network for advanced research and education application; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (je) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Author added Rest Bill Text "Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007"; providing for the protection of railroad property from terrorism and other criminal activities; specifying legislative findings and purpose; requiring common carriers to provide law enforcement personnel, emergency personnel, transportation officials and other first responders a risk assessment of railroads in the state; requiring common carriers to have a program in place to protect railroad infrastructure from acts of sabotage, terrorism and other criminal acts (infrastructure protection program), requiring the infrastructure protection program to provide specifically for the security of the infrastructure and include regular inspections, requiring compliance and prescribing penalties, requiring annual updates of the program; specifying requirements for common carriers to protect community facilities, prescribing a penalty; requiring common carriers to provide certain communications [...] show full description 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) 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) 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) SF1575 - Election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements modifications; internet campaign reporting and public subsidy payment study work group
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying certain election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements; reducing the time limit for first registrations of political or principal campaign committees, political funds or party units; regulating coordinated electioneering communication contributions and expenditures, defining electioneering communication and specifying certain reporting requirements; requiring reporting of independent expenditures in excess of certain amounts, time limits; establishing a work group to study the feasibility of creating an online campaign finance reporting and public subsidy payment system and report to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain work group membership requirements and requiring the board and the department of revenue to provide staff resources to the work group (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) SF0162 - Customer sales or service call center requirements imposition
Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF116 Bill Text 1E Imposing certain customer sales and service call center requirements; defining certain terms; ensuring customers right to customer sales or customer service call center information, providing for nonapplicability for business to business calls; prescribing certain penalties (ra) SF1628 - Commerce department electronic licensing system; long term care partnership program insurance products producer training requirements
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Authorizing the commissioner of commerce to establish and maintain an electronic licensing database system for license origination, renewal and tracking the completion of continuing education requirements of individual insurance agent licensees, requiring the commissioner to pay for database costs through imposition of a continuing education technology surcharge, specifying a maximum surcharge fee, establishing the commerce department technology account, permitting commissioner surcharge reduction or suspension upon reaching a certain account balance; prohibiting an individual from selling, soliciting and negotiating long term care insurance unless licensed as an insurance producer for accident and health or sickness insurance or life insurance and has completed an initial training course and ongoing training, specifying training requirements (me) SF3030 - Human services department statewide mental health crisis telephone line feasibility study
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to convene and staff a work group to determine the feasibility and cost of establishing a single statewide toll-free (toll free) telephone number for mental health crisis calls (ra) Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Requiring a school media center, public library, state government agency library and public or private college or university library to be given access to the electronic library for Minnesota databases regardless of memberships in a regional library system (ra) Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing certain homeless management information system (HMIS) data requirements for organizations providing homeless services; prohibiting the withholding of state funding under certain conditions (je) SF1842 - Income tax credit for senior independent living personal technology
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing an income tax credit for senior independent living personal technology; specifying the maximum credit allowance and certain limitations (je) SF0797 - Jobs and economic development appropriations; construction codes and licensing provisions recodification and modification
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 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,[...] show full description Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for a small business technology income tax credit (ra) SF0643 - Crime of internet use to solicit children to engage in sexual conduct and to communicate sexually explicit material to children
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Providing for the crime of internet use to solicit children to engage in sexual conduct and to communicate sexually explicit material to children; specifying jurisdiction; providing for involvement of undercover operative or law enforcement officer is not a defense to prosecution; prescribing penalties (me) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to insurance; requiring the commissioner of public safety and the office of enterprise technology to develop in consultation with the advisory committee an electronic recording of vehicle insurance and present to the legislature by a certain date a written proposal to create, implement and administer an electronic database system to provide monitoring of the insurance status of each motor vehicle required by law to be insured; specifying goals and features of the database system; creating the advisory committee on electronic recoding of vehicle insurance (ra) Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring and providing for the commissioner of administration to coordinate state executive agency grants management, requiring financial oversight, training, agency coordination, a standardized grant contract, a statewide electronic grants managment system and financial reconciliation of grant expenditures; appropriating money to the commissioner of administration (rt) Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring and providing for the commissioner of finance to coordinate state executive agency grants management, requiring financial oversight, training, agency coordination, a standardized grant contract, a statewide electronic grants managment system and financial reconciliation of grant expenditures; appropriating money to the commissioner of finance (rt) SF1381 - Commission serving deaf and hard of hearing people appropriation
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services to supplement the ongoing operational expenses of the Minnesota commission serving deaf and hard of hearing people (rt) Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for the collection and recycling or reuse of video display devices; defining certain terms; establishing a registration program under the pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying certain manufacturer labeling and registration requirements for the sale of new household video display devices, specifying collector and recycler registration requirements, requiring PCA web site information maintenance; establishing the electronic waste account in the environmental fund, requiring annual manufacturer registration fee payment to the department of revenue, requiring manufacturer annual reporting and recycling, specifying recycler and retailer responsibilities; specifying PCA and department of revenue duties and state agencies purchasing requirements; prohibiting local government units and public agencies from requiring household to use public facilities to the exclusion of other lawful available programs to recycle [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for grants to enable local law enforcement agencies to make squad car camera technology upgrades (me) SF0925 - Predatory offenders email and electronic addresses registration requirement
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring predatory offenders registering with the department of corrections (DOC) to provide electronic mail (email) and instant message addresses and internet identifiers to corrections agents or law enforcement authorities (rt) SF0671 - Cable and satellite television customers choice requirements
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for customer choice for cable and satellite television customers (ra) SF0501 - Public safety radio communications system portable radios and related equipment grants
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for grants to local government units participating in the statewide public safety radio communications system to purchase portable radios and related equipment (ra) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Specifying criteria for prescriptions or drug orders for legend drugs issued for a legitimate medical purpose arising from a prescriber patient relationship to include a documented patient evaluation to establish diagnoses and to identify underlying conditions; specifying as invalid and without legitimate medical purpose online (web, internet) questionnaires or consultations for prescriptions (medications) (rt) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to education; providing for statewide health and physical education requirements; requiring schools and school districts to annually transmit locally approved school wellness policies to the department of education and department web site posting of policies; establishing a grant program to assist local schools and school districts to implement wellness policies in conformance with federal law, specifying grant requirements; requiring commissioner of education to adopt rules (rt) Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - 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; requiring the commissioner of commerce 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 (me) SF0409 - Military service personnel utilities, telecommunications and club, service and travel membership contracts regulations provisions modification
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Commerce and Consumer Protection Bill Text 1E Relating to consumer protection; regulating utility disconnections and wireless, rental, club and service contracts and membership travel contracts cancellations for military service personnel; specifying requirements for disconnection, notification and appeal process; providing for enforcement (rt) Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Business, Industry and Jobs Bill Text 3E "Minnesota Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act"; requiring wireless telecommunications services carriers to make certain disclosures to customers; requiring a listing of government taxes and fees on bills; prohibiting billing for certain third party goods and services; requiring disclosure of extensions in contract length; prohibiting wireless carriers from limiting consumer remedies by contract; specifying remedies, penalties and enforcement; repealing consumer protections for wireless customers (ra) Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Specifying a statute of limitations for the crime of identity theft (rt) SF3562 - Motor vehicles wireless communication devices use limitations
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to traffic regulations; defining wireless communication device and electronic message; prohibiting use of wireless communication devices (cell phones) while operating a motor vehicle; specifying certain exceptions (me) SF0885 - Drivers education internet based theory driven option for instruction permits
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to drivers education; providing for an internet based theory driven education program option for instruction permits (je) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries and public or private college or university libraries to have access to selected databases of the electronic library for Minnesota (me) SF3431 - Statewide public safety radio system financing technical correction
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Correcting the name of the entity responsible for the approval of the statewide public safety radio system from the public safety radio system planning committee to the statewide radio board (me) Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Author stricken Moua Bill Text 1E Relating to judicial vacancies ARTICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article VI, section 7 and 8 requiring the appointment of judges by the governor from a list of names submitted by a selection commission, evaluated based on performance before standing for a retention election to the office and retained or removed regularly based on a decision by the voters ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY PROVISIONS Establishing and modifying procedures for filling judicial vacancies; modifying certain definitions; providing for judicial retention elections; requiring the filing of an affidavit of candidacy with the secretary of state for judges seeking to retain judicial office and specifying certain eligibility requirements; modifying judicial vacancy determination provisions; creating a commission on appellate judicial selection, specifying membership [...] show full description SF0235 - Video display devices collection and recycling; electronic waste account
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF854 Bill Text 4E Providing for the collection and recycling or reuse of video display devices; providing for commissioner of revenue data collected under the video display device recycling program and registration fees, authorizing certain disclosures; defining certain terms; establishing a registration program under the pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying certain manufacturer labeling and registration requirements for the sale of new household video display devices, specifying collector and recycler registration requirements, requiring PCA web site information maintenance; establishing the electronic waste account in the environmental fund, requiring annual manufacturer registration fee payment to the department of revenue, appropriating money annually until a certain date from the account to the PCA for administration purposes and for distribution of competitive grants to counties and private entities outside the metropolitan show full description Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Making the crime of theft of a computer containing identity information a felony (ra) Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing an income tax credit for telecommuting equipment expenses; specifying the maximum credit allowance (ra) Latest Action: 04/13/2007 - Author added Bonoff Bill Text 2E Requiring and providing an appropriation for the commissioner of administration to maintain a web site with a searchable database providing public information on state contracts and grants, specifying database information requirements (me) SF0478 - Regional library and equity in telecommunications internet access aid appropriations
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the department of education for regional library telecommunications aid and equity in telecommunications internet access (rt) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Wiger Bill Text Relating to education ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying the alternative teacher compensation revenue formula, charter school general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements; 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; setting the limited English proficiency (LEP) allowance; modifying the average daily membership number of pupil units, learning year pupil units, basic revenue, extended time revenue, LEP concentration allowance, operating capital levy, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, transition revenue and equity allowance, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, charter school payments and certain abatement [...] show full description SF1624 - Motor vehicles registration, title transaction and drivers licenses fees increases; vehicle related payments by credit or debit card
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing motor vehicle registration taxes for passenger automobiles, hearses, motorcycles, farm trucks, trailers, truck tractor and semitrailer combinations, buses and commuter vans, recreational vehicles, motorized bicycles and school buses; requiring the commissioner of public safety to establish by a certain date a credit debit card transaction system for fees acceptance; increasing vehicle title, drivers license, permit and identification card fees (rt) SF0593 - Income tax credit for telecommuting conversion and ongoing expenses
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes Bill Text 1E Providing an income tax credit for telecommuting conversion expenses for persons performing at a workplace (business or office) to telecommuting from home (residence), specifying a limit and allocation for nonresidents and part time residents; providing a credit for ongoing telecommuting expenses, specifying a limit; requiring the commissioner of revenue to report to the legislature (me) SF1143 - Schools unified technology funding stream, school district technology plan and task force
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing a school technology task force, specifying membership, application and eligibility; providing for school technology grants; establishing and providing for a program for online learning expansion grants, specifying outcomes and application procedures, requiring annual reports; appropriating money to the commissioner of education for school technology grants, online learning grants, per pupil technology and task force expenses (me) Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of education, the education technology task force and representatives of school districts to enter into a technology partnership to identify for school districts the robust technology tools and systems to improve the educational achievement of students; requiring the periodic publishing of state and school district technology standards and accompanying guidelines; requiring the commissioner to report to the legislature by a certain date on efforts to add a computer adaptive assessment to include formative analytics to the comprehensive assessment (ra) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing online learning provider charter schools to conduct school board meetings by telephone or other electronic means (me) SF0131 - Chief information officer electronic data preservation study
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the chief information officer to study how electronic data, hardware, software and media can be created, maintained, exchanged and preserved by the state, specifying evaluation considerations; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date (rt) SF0645 - Internet and computer systems restraining orders authorization
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to harassment; expanding the definition of harassment to include a single incident of posing as another person or persons without authorization with intent to harass or defam |
