Minnesota Lawyer

The freeway protest bill was reintroduced Tuesday for yet another House floor debate.

A House bill, meant to nudge courts away from a “severe or pervasive” standard for judging whether sexual harassment cases can survive beyond summary judgment, is moving ahead.

The Senate on Monday passed a bill to make it harder for some sex criminals to be fully released from civil commitment.

Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein, DFL-New Brighton, is optimistic that her Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force will come to pass.

A bill that would force more DWI offenders to use ignition interlock devices so their cars will start would also require creation of a new “judge unit.”

A status-check digest on many of the bills we’ve covered so far this session

Rep. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, wants a citizen’s panel to assess sexual harassment complaints at the Capitol and make recommendations for remedying them to the House and Senate Ethics Committees.

A bill aimed at keeping people off freeways and preventing them from blocking railways and airport access points is back.

Proposed legislation would help guide law enforcement on publicly accounting for their use of automated license plate reader technology.

A bill moving through the Senate would prohibit nondisclosure agreements between abusive officials and their victims.