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Civil Law

27TH MEETING

2013-2014 Regular Session - Monday, March 10, 2014

STATE OF MINNESOTA 27TH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION

COMMITTEE ON CIVIL LAW
Chair, Representative John Lesch

MINUTES

Representative Lesch, Chair of Committee on Civil Law, called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM on Monday, March 10, 2014 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Lesch, Chair
Allen, Vice Chair
Scott, Lead
Anderson, M.
Hilstrom
Holberg
Hortman
Howe
Johnson, B.
Liebling
Newberger
Paymar
Pugh
Rosenthal
Simon
Winkler
Yarusso

Members excused:

A quorum was present

Chair Lesch moved to approve minutes from March 4 and 5, 2014. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.

HF2371 (Kahn) Pregnancy and parenting leave provided, and pregnancy accommodations required

Representative Yarusso moved HF2371 be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.

Representative Yarusso moved to amend HF2371 (See attached H2371A2). THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kahn presented HF2371.

Testifying on HF2371:
Lisa Straton
Melissa Raphan, MN Employment Law Council
Beth Kadoun, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

HF2180 (Murphy) School district employee health coverage provisions amended, and money appropriated

Chair Lech moved to re-refer HF2180 to the Government Operations Committee.

Representative Erin Murphy presented HF2180.

Testifying on HF2180:
Bradon Rettke, Director of Public Affairs at Education Minnesota
Shawn Byrne, Innovo Benefits and Marketing

Chair Lesch renews his motion to re-refer HF2180 to the Government Operations Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2331 (Laine) Technical changes made, board authorized to request reconciliation information, fees authorized, board authorized to establish a system to store electronic records online, and definitions and fee amounts modified

Chair Lesch moved HF2531 be re-referred to the General Register.

Representative Laine presented HF2351.

Testifying on HF2351:
Jeff Sigurdon, Minnesota Campaign Finance Board
Gary Goldsmith

Representative Newberger moved an oral amendment to HF2351 as follows:

Line 4.20, strike “Data from such systems that has been submitted to the board as a filed report”
Line 4.21, strike “government data under chapter 13.”

THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Holberg moved an oral amendment to HF2351 as follows:

Strike lines 4.13 to 4.19,
And on line 4.20, strike “consent.”
And delete Sec. 8, lines 5.28 to 6.9

THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

Chair Lesch moved a new motion to re-refer HF2351 the Committee on Judiciary. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2265 (Laine) Secretary of State authorized to obtain data from the Public Safety Department, to share data, and money provided

Chair Lesch moved to re-refer HF2265 to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

Representative Laine presented HF2265.

Testifying on HF2265:
John Lindback, ED of ERIC
Beth Fraser, Deputy Secretary of State

Chair Lesch renewed his motion to re-refer HF2265 to the Committee on Transportation Policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2300 (Melin) Employment discrimination based on status as a family caregiver prohibited

Chair Lesch moved HF2300, be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.

Representative Melin presented HF2300.

Testifying on HF2300:
De bra Fitzpatrick, Center on Women and Public Policy
Lisa Stratton, Center on Women and Public Policy
Jana Sullivan, Minnesota League of Cities
Melissa Raphan, Minnesota Employment Law Council
Ben Gerber, MN Chamber of Commerce

Chair Lesch renewed his motion to re-refer HF2300 to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.

HF2274 (Masin) Wage disclosure protected, and retaliation prohibited

Chair Lesch moved that HF2274 be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.

Representative Masin presented HF2274.

Testifying on HF2274:
Lisa Stratton, Gender Justice
Ben Gerber, MN Chamber of Commerce

Chair Lesch moved to lay HF2274.

HF2259 (Yarusso) Nursing mothers; unfair employment practices clarified.

Representative Yarusso moved HF2259 be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.

Representative Yarusso presented HF2259.

Testifying on HF2259:
Lisa Stratton, Gender Justice
Melissa Raphan, MN Employment Law Council
Beth Kadoun, MN Chamber of Commerce

Representative Yarusso moved an oral amendment to HF2259 as follow:

Line 1.15, strike “and the public”

Representative Yarusso withdrew her oral amendment.

Representative Liebling moved an oral amendment to HF2259 as follow:

Line 1.14, strike “bathroom or a”
Line 1.15, strike “from coworkers and the public”

THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Yarusso renewed her motion to move HF2259 to be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

At 7:40 PM, Representative Allen took over the gavel.

HF2461 (Lesch) Earned sick and safe time provided

Representative Lesch moved to re-refer HF2461 to the Government Operations Committee.

Representative Lesch moved an amendment to HF2461 (See attached H2461A3). THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Lesch presented HF2461.

Testifying on HF2461:

Peggy Flanagan, Children’s Defense Fund
Kristen Cici, small business owner, OPPONENT
Melissa Raphan, MN Employment Law Council
Ben Gerber, MN Chamber of Commerce

Chair Allen renewed the motion to re-refer HF2461, as amended, to the Government Operations Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.




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Representative John Lesch, Chair



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Jay Xiong, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF2180 (Murphy) - School district employee health coverage provisions amended.
  • HF2265 (Laine) - Secretary of state authorized to obtain data from the Public Safety Department, and to share data.
  • HF2300 (Melin) - Employment discrimination based on status as a family caregiver prohibited.
  • HF2274 (Masin) - Wage disclosure protected, and retaliation prohibited.
  • HF2259 (Yarusso) - Nursing mothers; unfair employment practices clarified.
  • HF2371 (Kahn) - Pregnancy and parenting leave provided, and pregnancy accomodations required.
  • HF2461 (Lesch) - Employee earned sick and safe time provided.
Documents:
  • - 3/7/2014
  • - 3/8/2014

HF2531 (Laine) Technical changes made, board authorized to request reconciliation information, fees authorized, board authorized to establish a system to store electronic records online, and definitions and fee amounts modified
- pending re-referral, this bill will be listed third on the agenda.