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Governor Dayton Signs Eighteen Bills into Law

5/14/2015 10:14:43 AM

ST. PAUL, MN - Today, Governor Mark Dayton signed eighteen bills into law.

Chapter 25, SF 1408: This bill authorizes sales of state lands that require legislative approval. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 26, HF 1438: The bill authorizes the chief administrative law judge to contract with a retired workers' compensation judge, when regularly appointed judges are not available. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 27, HF 1770: This bill allows counties to pursue debts owed by nonresidents in conciliation court. This bill passed 124-1 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
Chapter 28, SF 462: This is the Prenatal Trisomy Diagnosis Awareness Act. This bill requires health care practitioners who perform genetic tests on pregnant women for Patua syndrome, Edwards syndrome, or Downs syndrome, to provide information if the results are positive. This bill passed unanimously in the House and 58-1 in the Senate.
Chapter 29, HF 1127: This bill allows banks and credit unions to hold savings promotion raffles, where a participant who deposits money into a savings account has an opportunity to win prizes. This bill passed 125-2 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
Chapter 30, SF 1191: This is the omnibus family law bill. This bill passed unanimously in the House and 61-3 in the Senate.
Chapter 31, HF 417: This bill allows members of the county economic development authority in Houston County to serve staggered, three-year terms. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 32, HF 262: This bill makes technical changes to plat approval law, and the law governing the modification of a cancellation of a contract for deed. The bill also makes conforming changes to state law to mirror federal default real property in certain situations. This bill passed 94-32 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
Chapter 33, HF 1427: This bill reduces the minimum number of meetings that the board of the District One Hospital District must hold. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 34, HF 177: This bill allows self-storage facilities in Minnesota to sell insurance products to customers who store personal property at the facility. This bill passed unanimously in in the House and 63-1 in the Senate.
Chapter 35, SF 1478: This bill repeals outdated language governing how the Department of Corrections transfers juveniles between states. This bill passed 127-2 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
Chapter 36, SF 857: This bill creates a working group to develop a "Silver Alert" system to provide the public with information on missing persons who are senior citizens suffering from dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or other impairments. This bill passed unanimously in the House and 59-4 in the Senate.
Chapter 37, HF 1193: This bill provides an exemption from licensure requirements for afterschool programs that serve children from kindergarten through grade 12, and are operated by nonprofit organizations. The bill also repeals a moratorium on school-age child care licensing that was passed in 2012 and expires in July 2015. This bill passed 79-50 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
Chapter 38, HF 916: This bill allows Crow Wing County to make the offices of auditor-treasurer and recorder appointed positions, subject to an 80 percent vote of the county board and reverse referendum. This bill passed 92-34 in the House and 45-21 in the Senate.
Chapter 39, HF 385: The bill makes technical changes to the statute that allows corporations to convert Limited Liability Corporations that passed during the last biennium. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 40, HF 1556: This bill changes "Hire a Veteran Month" from May to July in Minnesota. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 41, HF 450: This bill designates the Sunday before Memorial Day as "Military Spouses and Families Day". The bill passed unanimously in both chambers.
Chapter 42, SF 1504: This bill extends the expiration date of the e-health advisory committee to June 30, 2021. The bill also removes the expiration date for the Trauma Advisory Task Force and Maternal Child Health Advisory Task Force. This bill passed 113-18 in the House and 61-3 in the Senate.

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