Minnesota State Bar Association has chosen just three bills as priorities for the year. Of those, it really hopes to pass only two.
Read More »In the Hopper: House Judiciary omnibus walkthrough
Our weekly summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.
Read More »In the Hopper: Judiciary budget, exonerated persons, parental rights
Weekly updates on Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.
Read More »In the Hopper: House harassment stand, lawyerly loans
A weekly briefing on legislation of interest to Minnesota's legal community.
Read More »In the Hopper: Judiciary omnibus edition
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.
Read More »In the Hopper: Equal rights; veterans’ stays of adjudication
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.
Read More »In the Hopper: Election cybersecurity money, juvenile justice
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.
Read More »In the Hopper: Wage theft; civil forfeitures; marital rape
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.
Read More »In the Hopper: Judges’ pay; gang data; prison segregation
The Minnesota Judicial Branch and the Minnesota District Judges Association offered lawmakers competing judge pay-raise requests on Feb. 13.
Read More »In the Hopper: DWI omnibus; single-subject amendment; moving on
The Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 6 heard three bills that likely will become part of a larger Senate DWI omnibus package.
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