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Today?s Bill Introductions Highlight Inquiries and Debates at the Legislature

By E.L. Lipman

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Among the bills that were introduced today in the Minnesota House of Representatives were:

H. F. 2911 (Atkins), A bill for an act relating to crime; establishing offenses involving the sale and purchase of event tickets.

H. F. 2934 (Winkler), A bill for an act relating to courts; providing for a deferral from jury service for certain nursing mothers.

H. F. 2959 (Johnson, Juhnke, Hoppe, Sailer and Beard), A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; requiring the commissioner of commerce to contract for a statewide inventory and mapping of broadband service; appropriating money.

H. F. 2965 (Gottwalt, Wardlow, Berns and Severson), A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring that full head and face be shown on driver's license photograph.

H. F. 2996 (Paymar and Eastlund), A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain drug offenses; repealing the sunset on early release of nonviolent controlled substance offenders; granting the Department of Corrections access to DEED preconfinement data on inmates; providing a tax credit to employers that employ persons with criminal records; requiring the commissioner of corrections to study re-entry facilities and programming; increasing funding for chemical and mental health treatment for inmates and probationers; creating a certificate of rehabilitation; establishing a task force to study and recommend approaches for developing a re-entry court pilot program; establishing a controlled substance law working group; requiring the commissioner of corrections to conduct an internal review of parole and supervised release procedures and sanctions; appropriating money.

H. F. 2997 (Buesgens), A bill for an act relating to public employment; establishing financial parameters for public employment contracts.

Full post as published by Within the Scope on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).