All State Government Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Removing the limit on the total liability on any number of tort claims arising out of a single occurrence; defining uncompensated medical expenses; eliminating the limit on the total liability for uncompensated medical expenses (me) Comment on Bill SF3885 - Constitutional amendment to require the legislature to provide by law for quality education, comprehensive health care, living wage jobs, safe and reliable transportation and a clean and safe environment
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XIII, to require the legislature to provide by law for quality education,comprehensive health care, living wage jobs, safe and reliable transportation and a clean and safe environment (me) 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 Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing wetland bank credit under certain conditions for state held conservation easements (rt) SF2816 - School districts state employee health insurance plan participation study
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Judiciary Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of finance in consultation with certain other state agencies to conduct a study related to the inclusion of school district employees in the state employee group health insurance plan (SEGIP) (me) SF0169 - Special districts governance documents filing and audit requirements
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Author added Rest Bill Text Relating to state government; defining special districts; requiring special districts to file adopted governance documents with the state auditor; specifying certain audit requirements (me) Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author stricken Dibble Bill Text Authorizing the legislative auditor to retain metropolitan sports facilities, airports and mosquito control commissions and state agricultural society audit fees (rt) 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) Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Author added Sieben Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of administration to design and construct a workers memorial on the Capitol grounds (ra) SF0472 - Judiciary branch employees political activities restriction prohibition
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the judicial branch of state government from imposing restrictions on employee political activities outside the workplace under certain conditions (rt) Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Capital Investment Bill Text 1E Appropriating money to the legislative coordinating commission (LCC) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a facilitated planning process relating to the capitol building and capitol complex conducted in cooperation with the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) commission; appropriating money to the commissioner of administration for architectural and engineering services related to the exploration and development of an acceptable plan to restore, renovate and expand the capitol building (ra) Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for a presidential primary; specifying candidate ballot provisions; providing for conduct of primary; specifying auditor furnished information by the secretary of state, prescribing ballot preparation procedures; providing for the apportionment of delegates to national convention, providing for the choosing of delegates and delegate voting; providing for the use of voting machines; requiring party choice; requiring the secretary of state to adopt certain rules; providing for the reimbursement of election expenses; providing for precinct caucuses and the presidential primary (me) Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to local government aid (LGA); defining pre-1970 housing percentage and changing city revenue need formula for metropolitan area to include pre-1970 housing percentage in the formula for purposes of LGA calculation; adding a city aid base to be increased in the future by a certain amount (rt) Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing the legislative task force on the design of the state flag to study the form, style and design of the state flag and to suggest desired changes, specifying membership requirements and requiring a report with recommendations to the legislature by a certain date (rt) Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for a presidential primary as determined by each major political party; permitting each party to determine the date of precinct caucuses in nonresidential election years; requiring precinct caucuses to be held on the first date another state in the region conducts a caucus or primary in a presidential election year; specifying candidate ballot provisions; providing for conduct of primary; specifying auditor furnished information by the secretary of state, prescribing ballot preparation procedures; providing for the apportionment of delegates to national convention, providing for the choosing of delegates and delegate voting; providing for the use of voting machines; requiring the secretary of state to adopt certain rules; providing for the reimbursement of election expenses (ra) SF0540 - Minnesota False Claims Act
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Minnesota False Claims Act"; prohibiting the intentional submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment or approval to state officers or employees, defining claim, imposing a civil penalty and liability for damages for violation, exceptions; authorizing and providing for investigation of violations by the attorney general, providing for private remedies, prohibiting actions against certain public officials; requiring action by the attorney general within a certain number of days following a complaint and disclosure, requiring complaints to be unsealed following action by the attorney general, findings or conclusions of law to be final; providing for the serving of unsealed complaints and response by the defendant and for certain additional actions to be taken by the attorney general; providing for stay of discovery and court imposed limits on participation of private plaintiffs; imposing a statute of limitations for show full description SF0253 - Minnesota GI bill program
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to veterans; establishing the Minnesota GI bill program, providing for postsecondary educational assistance to eligible state veterans and to the children and spouses of deceased and severely disabled veterans, specifying eligibility and benefit entitlement amount, designating the office of higher education as responsible agency (rt) SF2256 - State employee group insurance plan (SEGIP) provider classifications condition and data release requirements
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the commissioner of employee relations (DOER) and insurance carriers under contract with the state employees group insurance plan (SEGIP) from considering costs of medical services not under provider control for classification of primary medical care providers for purposes of establishing copayment amounts; requiring data used by the commissioner and carriers to be public and available to SEGIP providers (rt) SF2113 - Petition for rule adoption state agency requirements modification
Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Author added Wergin Bill Text Relating to state government; modifying the requirements of state agencies relating to rule adoption petitions; specifying certain agency requirements upon failure to respond to a petition for adoption of a rule within a certain period of time (me) Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring state employee donated vacation hours to other employee sick leave accounts under the leave donation program to serve as a basis for severance pay (rt) Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the office of enterprise technology for grants to counties participating in the development of the integrated financial system; specifying enhancement and distribution requirements (rt) Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Designating the poem Minnesota Blue written by Cordell Keith Haugen as the state poem; requiring a copy of the poem to be maintained in the office of the secretary of state (je) Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Committee report: To pass Bill Text Designating ice hockey as the official sport of the state (je) SF2656 - Executive branch employees emergency management training requirement
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3099 Bill Text 2E Requiring the division of emergency management to maintain and administer an emergency management training curriculum and requiring the division to make courses available to state employees with essential job duties involving emergency management, requiring state agencies with assigned emergency response roles to staff an employee with an entire completed emergency management training curriculum, providing for noncompliance and staff absence, requiring the commissioner of public safety to annually report to the legislature (me) Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Regulating sober houses; defining sober houses under treatment for alcohol and drug use, housing and zoning and landlord tenant statutory provisions for regulatory purposes, requiring counseling services and alternative living arrangement notice for residents, restricting residence to persons with chemical dependency and requiring certain financial interest disclosure to prospective residents; prohibiting landlord waiver of tenant rights, specifying attorney general prosecutorial authority; creating a sober house working group, requiring membership to include the commissioners of human services, health and public safety departments and the housing finance agency (HFA) director (rt) 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) 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) SF0193 - State agency fees moratorium
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting state agencies from imposing new fees or increasing existing fees (rt) SF0194 - Sales tax exemption expansion for sales to local government units
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding the sales tax exemption for sales to local government units (rt) SF0233 - Judiciary branch employees political activities restriction prohibition
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the judicial branch of state government from imposing restrictions on employee political activities outside the workplace (rt) SF3109 - Strategic entrepreneurial economic development initiatives implementation and appropriations
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing the rural enterprise microloan program under the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to provide rural enterprise grants to nonprofit corporations to encourage private investment, create jobs for persons in rural areas and promote economic development, specifying eligibility, providing for revolving loan funds, specifying loan criteria, requiring annual reports to the commissioner and the legislature; requiring and providing for the commissioner to establish and implement an office of technology and commercialization, an office of entrepreneurship and small business development, an office of business information and professional services and a small business product development program; creating the main street revitalization grant program, specifying eligibility and providing for an application process; establishing the community leadership and planning program; requiring the job show full description SF2324 - Minnesota Health Act
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Commerce and Consumer Protection Bill Text 1E Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Minnesota Health Act"; establishing the Minnesota health plan to provide residents all medically necessary health care services; specifying health plan requirements; defining certain terms; providing for ethics and conflict of interest; requiring certain data sharing ARTICLE 2 - ELIGIBILITY Providing for eligibility to all state residents; requiring the Minnesota health board to establish a procedure to enroll residents and provide enrollees with appropriate identification, allowing health care coverage for residents temporarily residing out of state, visitors, nonresident persons working in the state and retiree benefits; providing for presumptive eligibility ARTICLE 3 - BENEFITS Authorizing eligible persons to receive services under the Minnesota health plan from any licensed participating providers; prohibiting [...] show full description SF0819 - Veteran owned small businesses designation as targeted group for state contracts
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to state government; requiring the commssioner of administration to designate veteran majority owned businesses as targeted group businesses for the purpose of awarding state and metro agency procurement contracts (me) SF1897 - Health care delivery under MA, GAMC and MinnesotaCare state direct provider contracting expansion
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to deliver health care services to state health care program enrollees through the expansion of direct contacting with providers under medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare; prohibiting contracts with prepaid health plans to provide health care services; prohibiting the commissioner from using prior authorization or other utilization controls for health care services by direct contracting, providing an exemption for county based purchasing; requiring the commissioner to present to the legislature by a certain date recommendations and draft legislation; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing commissioner of human services prepaid health plans, a MA dental access grant prepayment demonstration project and MinnesotaCare managed care (rt Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Taxpayer's Transportation Accountability Act"; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) prior to entering into privatization contracts to compare the cost of state employee performance with the cost of privatization; specifying certain applicability provisions; specifying contract review requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide annual written reports to the legislature by a certain date on transportation privatization contracts (rt) SF1046 - Cities local government aid (LGA) distribution modification and appropriation increase
Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Referred to Taxes Bill Text Modifying the distribution of local government aid (LGA) for cities in the seven county metropolitan area; defining metropolitan city net capacity per capita; providing for a 1940-1969 housing factor; providing for a rental housing factor; modifying city revenue need provisions; modifying city aid base provisions; modifying city formula aid and city aid distribution provisions; modifying the appropriation to cities; providing for an annual inflation adjustment (me) SF1206 - Sales tax exemption expansion for sales to local government units
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding the sales tax exemption for sales to local government units (rt) Latest Action: 04/13/2007 - Author added Sieben Bill Text Restricting the installation, replacement, maintenance or operation of outdoor lighting fixtures using public funds for energy conservation and outdoor artificial light pollution reduction purposes, specifying certain standards for publicly funded outdoor lighting fixtures; specifying certain special events or situations requiring additional illumination, requiring installation of illumination for the events or situations to shield the fixtures from direct view and to minimize upward lighting and light pollution (rt) Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to illegal immigration; requiring the attorney general to annually compile data collected and submitted by law enforcement agencies regarding the federal response to illegal immigration requests from law enforcement officers; requiring the attorney general to prepare certain reports relating to monitoring federal response to illegal immigration requests and costs incurred by state and local units of government and hospitals because of the presence of and contact with illegal immigrants; requiring the attorney general to annually charge back the costs to the federal government and specifying certain reporting requirements to the legislature and the governor; specifying certain reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies relating to requests to federal immigration authorities (je) Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for the tilt a whirl as the official state amusement ride (rt) Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing a moratorium on unfunded local government unit mandates by state government (rt) Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Rules and Administration Bill Text 1E Creating a sustainable growth working group to identify strategies, recommendations and process for implementing state level coordination of state and local policies, programs and regulations in areas of housing, transportation, natural resources preservation, capital development, economic development, sustainability and preservation of the environment; specifying membership requirements; providing for certain administrative provisions; requiring report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying a deadline for appointments and designations (je) Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Author stricken Limmer Bill Text Modifying the crime of second degree burglary to include unlawful entrance to government buildings, religious establishments and school buildings (rt) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Expanding the crime of burglary in the second degree to entering a government building, religious establishment or school building without consent; prescribing penalties; defining government building and religious establishment (je) 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) SF1375 - Capitol area architectural and planning board decennial comprehensive planning and zoning review expenses appropriation
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board for the decennial comprehensive planning and zoning review expenses; specifying certain deposit requirements (je) SF2512 - Minnesota sesquicentennial commission appropriation for statehood anniversary
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Authors added Olson, G.; Betzold; Pariseau Bill Text Appropriating money to the Minnesota sesquicentennial commission for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Minnesota statehood (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) SF2715 - State retirement plans actuarial and financial reporting and actuarial assumptions modifications, amortization target dates reset, alternative amortization contribution calculation
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation by the state board of investment to determine payment availability and amount for the Minnesota post retirement investment fund; modifying persons responsible for public pension fund annual financial reporting; removing certain financial annual report content requirements; removing the definition of current assets and providing a definition of actuarial value of assets for actuarial valuation purposes; modifying the general and correctional state employees, state patrol, legislators, elective state officers, judges, general public employees, public employees police and fire, local government correctional service and teachers postretirement interest rate assumptions; requiring use of certain salary assumptions and actuarial valuations prior to a certain date; modifying the correctional state employees retirement plan future salary increase assumption;[...] show full description SF2969 - Postretirement investment fund dissolution and other provisions modification
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIRMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets; modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation; requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value; limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage; specifying procedure to be used in determining Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) increases and not specifying a limit; providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions; requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule; providing for postretirement adjustments; requiring a legislative report on [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to human services ARTICLE 1 - SELF-SUFFICIENTY PROVISIONS Establishing family stabilization services under the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) to serve families failing to make significant progress within MFIP due to certain barriers to employment and to stabilize and improve the lives of families at risk of long term welfare dependency; specifying certain eligibility requirements for MFIP or diversionary work program (DWP) participants; prohibiting the commissioner of human services from moving programs or activities funded with MFIP or temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) funds to other funding sources without legislative approval; requiring participation in family stabilization services by all caregivers; requiring county agencies to provide the services through a case management model, requiring the assignment of case managers to participating families within [...] show full description SF3867 - Northwest Airlines and state agreements default declaration
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to certain state contracts; requiring the state to declare certain agreements with airline companies in default under certain conditions; requiring the state to purse contractual, legal and equitable remedies for default; prohibiting the metropolitan airports commission from amending the agreements or settling any claims arising out of the agreements without prior approval (ra) SF0998 - Construction codes and licensing provisions recodification and modification
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 3E Relating to construction codes ARTICLE 1 - REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION Providing an instruction to the revisor of statutes for certain Minnesota rules ARTICLE 2 - CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LICENSING Transferring the responsibilities of the commissioner of administration relating to the state building code, construction of low cost manufactured home park storm shelters, manufactured homes and statutory warranties of dwelling and home improvements to the commissioner of labor and industry, the responsibilities of the commissioner of health relating to the state plumbing code and licensing and water conditioning contractors and installers to the commissioner of labor and industry, the responsibilities of the commissioner of commerce relating to residential contractors, remodelers, residential roofers, manufactured home installers and the contractors recovery fund to the commissioner of labor and show full description Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the distribution of local government aid to cities to decrease volatility from year to year (me) SF2634 - Environment and natural resources bond issue and appropriations
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for habitat and natural areas including acquiring working forest legacy easements, land for wildlife management areas, native prairie bank easements, land for scientific and natural areas, land for shoreline and aquatic habitat, stream protection and restoration projects, RIM critical habitat match, metro greenways and for parks and outdoor recreation areas and natural and scenic areas, for outdoor recreation including state park land acquisition and resource management, state park recreational facility improvements, state park north shore development, Cuyuna country recreation area enhancement, state trail acquisition and development, state trail rehabilitation, Springbrook nature center interpretive center and natural area, to the city of Bloomington for removal and replacement of the Cedar avenue trail crossing [...] show full description SF0538 - Heating and cooling policy established for building projects funded with state appropriations.
Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/17/07 Bill Text Heating and cooling policy established for building projects funded with state appropriations. SF2511 - Health Care Peer Review Committee reestablished relating to quality of care and treatment of offenders, and Minnesota Breeders fund advisory committees reestablished.
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/30/08 Bill Text Health Care Peer Review Committee reestablished relating to quality of care and treatment of offenders, and Minnesota Breeders fund advisory committees reestablished. SF2390 - Social Security number collection and use restrictions modified.
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/15/08 Bill Text Social Security number collection and use restrictions modified. SF3190 - State government administration and operations policy provisions modifications
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - HF substituted by motion HF3494 Bill Text 2E Relating to state government ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT Relating to state government; modifying equitable compensation limits; modifying limits on state commissioner salaries; incorporating Minnesota Miles |
