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Governor Dayton Signs Twenty Eight Bills into Law

5/22/2016 5:54:54 PM

ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton signed twenty eight bills into law. 
  • Chapter 135, HF 1372: This is the omnibus civil law bill.

  • Chapter 136, HF 3370: This bill requires a written statement for a change of information by registered predatory offenders and authorizes access to registration data by child protection workers.

  • Chapter 137, HF 2294: This bill eliminates the waiting period for a marriage license.

  • Chapter 138, HF 3281: This bill makes changes to raffle boards.

  • Chapter 139, HF 3102: This bill makes housekeeping changes to lawful gambling.

  • Chapter 140, HF 2607: This bill modifies some nursing facility requirements.

  • Chapter 141, HF 2552: For orders for protection, this bill eliminates mandatory hearing requirements for subsequent orders and extensions.

  • Chapter 143, SF 2857: This bill modifies the disability waiver rate system.

  • Chapter 144, SF 2881: This bill extends the sunset of an existing exception to the methodology of the consumer-directed community supports budget.

  • Chapter 145, HF 2777: This bill authorizes hearings to determine when an emergency medical service person has a significant exposure to a someone’s bodily fluids, and authorizes peace officers to take that person into temporary custody to collect a blood sample.

  • Chapter 146, HF 2625: This bill extends the response time residency requirement for Richfield firefighters.

  • Chapter 147, HF 3590: This bill requires a study on establishing an earned compliance credit program for people under correctional supervision.

  • Chapter 148, HF 3328: This bill allows for payments under the Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act, and makes other changes regarding claims of patients or inmates of a state institution.

  • Chapter 149, SF 2815: This bill authorizes the Department of Corrections to access employment data to study the effectiveness of employment programming for offenders in the community.

  • Chapter 150, SF 2603: This bill requires closed captioning on televisions in medical facilities.

  • Chapter 151, SF 2764: This bill makes changes to laws regarding central purchasing and energy forward pricing, and establishes job order contracting authority, for Hennepin County.

  • Chapter 152, SF 2649: This bill expands the crime of damaging energy transmission or telecommunications equipment.

  • Chapter 153, SF 2428: This bill continues the legislative task force on child protection.

  • Chapter 154, SF 2760: This is the omnibus lands bill.

  • Chapter 155, SF 3047: This bill allows health carriers to not renew certain conversion individual health plans, and requires notifying affected policyholders.

  • Chapter 156, SF 2665: This bill regulates real estate appraiser fees, investigation costs, and appraisal management companies.

  • Chapter 157, SF 3131: This bill lists the reimbursable costs for a power purchase agreement, authorizes an increase in Hibbing's Public Utility Commission membership, establishes new council member wards for Hibbing, and changes Hibbing’s form of government.

  • Chapter 158, SF 3113: This is the Revisor’s bill. 

  • Chapter 159, HF 2955: This bill establishes requirements for disability discrimination claims related to architectural barriers, and requires certain notices in building inspection reports.

  • Chapter 160, SF 3481: This is the sentencing reform bill.

  • Chapter 161, SF 2381: This is the omnibus elections bill.

  • Chapter 162, SF 2985: This is the presidential primary bill. 

  • Chapter 163, SF 2414: This bill modifies the office of ombudsman for long-term care, mental health treatment services, and other policy provisions.
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