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Governor Dayton Signs Twenty Two Bills into Law

5/19/2016 5:23:18 PM

ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton signed twenty two bills into law.
 
  • Chapter 113, HF 3175: This bill requires background checks for driving instructor license applicants.
 
 
  • Chapter 115, HF 1066: This bill establishes a process for certain incumbent telecommunications providers to petition the Public Utilities Commission to be regulated like competitive telecommunications providers. This bill also includes several consumer protections, including rural call completion and an expedited process to resolve inter-carrier disputes.
 
  • Chapter 116, HF 3423: This bill establishes an advisory group on statewide criminal and juvenile justice, including information policy and funding issues.
 
  • Chapter 117, SF 2315: This bill designates a segment of Highway 7 in McLeod County as Patrol Officer Michael Alan Hogan Memorial Highway
 
  • Chapter 118, SF 3262: This bill designates a segment of Highway 28 as Staff Sergeant Kevin Witte Memorial Highway
 
  • Chapter 119, HF 2445: This bill makes technical changes to a licensing requirement for osteopathic physicians and to the composition of the Board of Medical Practice.
 
  • Chapter 120, HF 2803: Relating to civil commitment; prohibiting participation in clinical drug trials by persons subject to emergency admission or apprehend and hold orders; specifying notice requirements for early termination of an emergency admission
 
 
  • Chapter 122, SF 2548: This bill allows pharmacists to dispense a 90-day supply of prescription drugs under certain circumstances.
 
 
  • Chapter 124, SF 1425: This bill clarifies the requirements for the collection and disposal of legend drugs as pharmaceutical waste.
 
  •  Chapter 125, HF 1036: This bill modifies provisions related to physician assistants, midwives, and nurses, as well as provisions related to license suspension and contested case hearings
 
  • Chapter 126, SF 2713: This bill creates civil and criminal penalties for the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, commonly referred to as “revenge porn.”
 
 
  • Chapter 128, SF 2733: This bill makes changes to the A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction (AWAIR) program.
 
  •  Chapter 129, SF 2709: This bill updates references to workforce development boards to conform with federal law.
 
  • Chapter 130, SF 1372: This bill changes laws relating to the Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC), including on legislative contracts for professional and technical services, ethnic councils, and the law governing the chair of the LCC.
 
  • Chapter 131, SF 1075: This bill requires online applications for hunting and fishing licenses to have an option for organ donation.
 
  • Chapter 132, HF 1333: This bill allows for alimony to be terminated when the person receiving it is living with another person.
 
  • Chapter 133, SF 1898: This bill allows for certain progress payments and maximum retainages in building and construction contracts.
 
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