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Labor and Industry Policy

2023-2024 Regular Session

Report Date: August 22, 2023 2:50:27 PM

Bill # Senate Author Description Date Received Hearing Date Action Taken Senate Last Action
SF62 Housley New buildings with pitched roofs exemption from state building code requirement for dedicated anchorages for window cleaning 01/14/2021
SF105 Clausen Workers' compensation presumption of eligibility creation for certain school employees who contract COVID-19 01/14/2021
SF122 Utke Workers compensation relating to data services organizations modifications 01/14/2021 See SF1846, Sec. 15, 29
SF134 Draheim Paid Youth Trades Employment Opportunity Act 01/14/2021
SF155 Dziedzic Automatic sprinkler system installation requirement in certain existing public housing buildings requirement 01/19/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 5
SF181 Rarick Load control allowed for electrical utilities inspection exemptions clarification 01/19/2021
SF183 Rarick Backflow prevention tester and rebuilder designations modification 01/19/2021
SF187 Champion Credit information as an employment condition prospective employer use prohibition 01/19/2021
SF226 Rarick Plumbing code provisions definitions establishment; plumbing licensing provisions modifications 01/21/2021
SF288 Mathews Large and small employer definitions modifications for minimum wage determination 01/25/2021
SF295 Draheim Radon licensing activities regulation transfer to the commissioner of labor and industry; appropriation 01/25/2021
SF331 Murphy Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act establishment 01/25/2021 See HF41
SF417 Fateh Wage deductions for credit card charges modification 01/28/2021
SF419 Eichorn Contractor recovery fund transfer of funds outside the stated purpose prohibition 01/28/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 16
SF419 Eichorn Contractor recovery fund transfer of funds outside the stated purpose prohibition See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 16
SF445 Koran Uniform State Labor Standards Act 01/28/2021
SF524 Housley State building code applicability and fire sprinkler requirements modifications for public places of accommodation 02/01/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 8-10
SF610 Howe Paid Youth Trades Employment Opportunity Act 02/04/2021
SF634 Bakk Outside contractors apprenticeship level training to perform work at high-hazard facilities requirement 02/04/2021
SF658 Fateh Subminimum wage elimination, task force creation, and wage statute and rules repeal 02/04/2021
SF659 Draheim Manufactured home installers internet continuing education approval specification 02/04/2021
SF719 Bakk Workers compensation for school employees contracting COVID-19; unemployment insurance social security and disability offsets removal; Emergency Rehire and Retention Law; essential workers paid sick leave; reports; rulemaking 02/08/2021
SF797 Abeler Aspiring Minnesota Teachers of Color Scholarship Program establishment; student teacher grants and teacher shortage loan forgiveness provisions modifications; appropriating money 02/11/2021 See First Special Session 2021, HF7
SF801 Koran Municipalities basing of construction permit fees on a cost per square foot requirement 02/11/2021
SF802 Koran One and two-family dwellings and townhomes exemption from the window fall prevention device code authorization 02/11/2021 See First Special Session 2021, HF4
SF841 Champion Laid-off workers during a declared emergency rehire and retention; civil penalties; rulemaking and reporting 02/11/2021 See HF39
SF910 Draheim Building code adoption without prior legislative approval prohibition; new or amended building codes adoption moratorium establishment; energy code changes offset by savings requirement 02/11/2021
SF910 Draheim Building code adoption without prior legislative approval prohibition; new or amended building codes adoption moratorium establishment; energy code changes offset by savings requirement 03/08/2021
SF913 Draheim Designated building officials use for inspections municipal requirement prohibition and opt out by ordinance authorization; civil action against municipalities for negligent construction code inspection 02/11/2021
SF919 Pratt Employee notice requirements by employers 02/11/2021
SF1006 Port Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act excluded health care employees emergency paid sick leave provision 02/15/2021
SF1025 Mathews Building and construction contracts requirements modification and clarification 02/15/2021
SF1035 Clausen Firefighters with certain forms of cancer presumption of occupational disease establishment 02/15/2021
SF1087 Lang State Building Code and Fire Code members of recognized tribes waiver process establishment 02/17/2021
SF1114 Eken State building code frost footing depth changes adoption by border cities authorization 02/17/2021
SF1145 Housley Sacred settlements micro unit dwellings authorization and requirements 02/18/2021
SF1180 Coleman Pregnancy accommodations in employment settings expansion 02/18/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 3, 22
SF1200 Howe Business restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic timeline for termination creation 02/18/2021
SF1203 Howe Workers compensation claim based on COVID-19 presumption extension 02/18/2021 See HF1203
SF1205 Kent Paid family leave and medical leave benefits and appropriations 02/18/2021
SF1230 Mathews Public employees whistleblower protections modifications 02/22/2021
SF1275 Champion Medical examiner investigators determination as essential employees establishment 02/22/2021
SF1295 Howe 2020 National Electric Code enforcement prohibition relating to exterior disconnects and arc fault receptacles for homes 02/22/2021
SF1347 Utke Remote recreational businesses forgivable loan program establishment and appropriation 02/22/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 2, Sec. 24
SF1439 Marty Phased-in minimum wage increase for low-income workers 02/25/2021
SF1440 Marty Phased-in minimum wage increase; low-income workers basic needs fulfillment; working family credit, low-income workers child care assistance and reimbursement rates, and Minnesota family investment program grants increases; high-income individuals social security tax loophole closure; sliding fee child care assistance program forecast; appropriation 02/25/2021
SF1518 Isaacson Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act establishment 02/25/2021
SF1547 Jasinski Department of Labor and Industry study of the adequacy of benefits for disabled or injured police officers requirement 03/01/2021 See SF3540
SF1598 Putnam Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act 03/01/2021
SF1629 McEwen Covenants not to compete are void and unenforceable establishment; protection of substantive provisions of Minnesota law to apply to matters arising in Minnesota authorization 03/01/2021
SF1756 Howe Continuing education requirements for building officials modification 03/04/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 11
SF1756 Howe Continuing education requirements for building officials modification See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 11
SF1887 Pappas Organ or partial organ donation paid or unpaid employment leave requirement 03/08/2021
SF1911 Anderson Minimum wage for certain employees receiving gratuities modification 03/10/2021
SF1968 Pratt Private business exemption from a requirement provided by executive order that workers who can work from home must do so establishment 03/10/2021
SF1972 Rarick Plumbing Code scope modification 03/10/2021
SF2031 McEwen Minimum wage increase 03/11/2021
SF2077 Senjem State building code energy code adoption modification for new commercial buildings 03/15/2021
SF2116 Rarick Chemical dispensing system and dishwashing machine definitions establishment; installation requirements modification 03/15/2021 See First Special Session 2021, SF9, Art. 3, Sec. 12-14
SF2143 Utke Workers' compensation advisory council recommendations adoption 03/17/2021 See HF2253
SF2197 Utke Limitations on requirements to wear a face mask in the workplace establishment 03/18/2021
SF2222 Abeler Hotels and lodging houses carbon monoxide alarm requirements modification 03/22/2021
SF2333 Tomassoni Occupational safety and health nonserious violation finding written warning requirement 04/06/2021
SF2424 Abeler Employment discrimination based on vaccination status prohibition 04/15/2021
SF2442 Rarick Elevator code requirements modifications 04/20/2021
SF2536 Johnson Stewart Adult-size changing facilities in restrooms accessible to the public requirement 05/14/2021
SF2594 Bigham Use of skilled and trained contractor workforces at petroleum refineries requirement 01/31/2022
SF2633 Howe Presumption for a workers compensation claim, based on COVID-19, extension 01/31/2022
SF2698 Cwodzinski Safety nets installation requirement in certain stadiums 02/03/2022
SF2955 Isaacson Workers' compensation COVID-19 presumption reimbursement establishment and appropriation 02/07/2022
SF3168 Marty Injured employees permission for civil remedy if an employer willfully or repeatedly violated safety laws 02/17/2022
SF3413 Rarick Licensed residential building contractor permission to receive an installation seal for the installation of used manufactured homes; used manufactured home may bear a label or a data plate clarification 03/02/2022
SF3428 Utke Employment Choice First Task force establishment 02/24/2022
SF3635 McEwen Weekly hours worked required for overtime compensation modification 03/02/2022
SF3881 Rarick Department of Labor and Industry provisions modifications and appropriation 03/09/2022
SF3942 Rarick Legislative auditor direction to conduct a contract electrical inspectors' salary survey 03/14/2022
SF3943 Howe Duty disability timeline determinations modifications; treatment as part of workers' compensation benefits requirement; preservice and in-service wellness training for police officers and firefighters requirement; appropriating money 03/14/2022
SF3957 Dziedzic Worker safety requirements establishment 03/14/2022 See HF2774
SF3965 Frentz Infrastructure requirement to support the charging of electric vehicles 03/14/2022
SF4015 Putnam Restrictive franchise agreements prohibition 03/16/2022
SF4057 Rarick Amount of hours per day a minor under the age is allowed to work extension 03/16/2022
SF4105 Draheim Noncode enforced municipalities adoption of State Building Code requirement 03/17/2022
SF4235 Howe Building permit fees modification for certain types of work 03/23/2022
SF4255 Draheim Threshold increase for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections 03/23/2022
SF4311 Chamberlain Signed safety disclosure requirement for minors employed at a workplace where employees are exposed to a hazardous substance, harmful physical agent or other recognized hazard 03/28/2022
SF4342 Torres Ray Fair labor standards provisions modification for agricultural and food processing 03/28/2022
SF4343 Johnson Agriculture employees wage calculation modification 03/28/2022
SF4420 Hoffman Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board Act 04/04/2022
SF4450 Fateh Payment of wages requirement for employees of staffing services for cancelled assignments 04/04/2022
SF4479 Duckworth Combative sports regulations and licensing provisions modification 04/07/2022
SF4517 Senjem Recently published new model commercial energy code municipality adoption authorization 04/21/2022
HF7 Pappas Earned sick and safe time authorization and appropriation 04/06/2021
HF39 Champion Laid-off workers during a declared emergency rehire and retention; civil penalties; rulemaking and reporting 04/06/2021
HF41 Murphy Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act establishment 03/29/2022
HF1203 Howe Workers compensation claim based on COVID-19 presumption extension 04/06/2021
HF2774 Dziedzic Worker safety requirements establishment 03/29/2022