Minnesota Lawyer

Our weekly summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.

Weekly updates on Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.

A weekly briefing on legislation of interest to Minnesota's legal community.

Beating the first non-finance bill deadline by a day, the House Judiciary and Civil Law committee last week passed a 32-page data practices and civil law omnibus policy package that covered a lot of ground.

In a historic 72-55 vote March 7, the Minnesota House approved an Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that would bar gender discrimination.

Three juvenile justice bills got hearings before the House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform committee on Feb. 28. One was passed and handed over to the Judiciary committee with no GOP support.

A bill that creates a gross misdemeanor for employers who steal or wrongfully withhold workers’ wages likely will make a stop in the House Judiciary committee next week.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch and the Minnesota District Judges Association offered lawmakers competing judge pay-raise requests on Feb. 13.

The Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 6 heard three bills that likely will become part of a larger Senate DWI omnibus package.

The Minnesota House unanimously voted to allow homeowners with restrictive covenants written into their properties’ historical abstracts to attach an affidavit forswearing that antiquated segregationist practice.