A Few Bills To Keep An Eye On

Submitted by owings64 on March 11, 2010 - 11:20

March 10, 2010
State Capitol - Marty Owings

Here are just a few bills moving through the Capitol that have gotten our attention that you may find interesting. Here is the list, including the bills author and a note about what is interesting and or controversial about the Legislation:

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HF891 (Champion) - Expungement law expanded and modified, courts authorized to modify or suspend collateral sanctions under certain circumstances, and situations limited in which juvenile delinquency criminal record is publicly available.

A small piece of this bill contains a significant change. The law currently requires a law enforcement or government entity to obtain a Judges permission before opening up expunged records. This bill would eliminate the requirement to get a Judges permission.

Status: Bill will be heard on the house floor.

Here are Rep.Champions audio comments regarding this bill:
Click Here For The Audio.

Status: Bill will likely be heard on the house floor this week.
Bill Link: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/getbill.php?number=HF891&session=ls86&ver...

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HF2609 (Thissen) - Disclosure of disciplinary records limited.

This would make any disciplinary records of employees who work in a correctional facility non-public records.

Status: Rep. Thissen pulled this bill from Civil Justice Committee today.
Bil Link: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2609.0.html&session=ls86

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HF3135 (Simon) - Wrongful death actions by domestic partners provided, and witness privilege and crime victim rights for domestic partners established.

This bill would make it possible for domestic partners to receive victims rights.

Status: Passed committee.
Bill Link: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/getbill.php?number=HF3135&session=ls86&ve...

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HF3086 (Thissen) - Access to health records provided to surviving domestic partners, and domestic partners included in provisions governing health care rights, consent to autopsies, and anatomical gifts.

This bill would grant some rights to domestic partners as a survivor.

Status: Passed committee.
Bill Link: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/getbill.php?number=HF3086&session=ls86&ve...

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More on these bills as they develop or as their status changes. There are additional House and Senate bills we're tracking. More on those in future stories. Let us know if there are any bills you think need our attention and we will do our best to cover them.

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