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In the Hopper: Marriage licenses; Jensen settlement; no go, governor
In the Hopper is a summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.
In the Hopper: Early bills offer clues to 2021’s direction
With the first volley of 2021 legislative bills now introduced at the Minnesota Capitol, we’re getting some sense of the legislative session’s early priorities.
In the Hopper: Privacy mini-omnibus legislation advances
If it gets signed into law, its author says, a bill passed unanimously by the Senate on Monday would be the state’s first major data-privacy legislation in about six years.
In the Hopper: Public Safety request; hemp hurdle in the House
In the Hopper is a summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.
In the Hopper: Workers’ comp; remote marriage; supplemental budget
First responders infected with COVID-19 need not prove that their illness resulted from the job, now that a bill naming the conditional as presumptively work-related has passed into law.
In the Hopper: What’s in the $331 million COVID-19 aid bill
With only four dissenters in the entire Capitol, lawmakers last week passed a $331 million COVID-19 relief package that, from the perspective of lawyers, may be as notable for what is missing as for what is present.
In the Hopper: Emergency powers for DHS commissioner
A Senate bill that gives extraordinary powers to the Department of Human Services commissioner during the COVID-19 crisis moved through one committee last week.
In the Hopper: Post-conviction relief; voter ID; reverse mortgages
House and Senate caucus leaders announced that they effectively are shutting down the Legislature for almost a month.
In the Hopper: Deadly encounters; civil commitments; temptress law
In the Hopper is a summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.
In the Hopper: High-tech policing; minor trusts; Data Practices revival
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
In the Hopper: Child brides; insulin suit; guidelines recommendations
If a bill becomes law, Minnesota parents and judges would no longer be able to sign off on kids getting married.
In the Hopper: Published v. unpublished; matter of trust; renter’s rights
Minnesota State Bar Association has chosen just three bills as priorities for the year. Of those, it really hopes to pass only two.
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