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The tables below provide bill and act summaries, as well as related information, for the 2021 regular and special sessions. Generally, bill summaries are only prepared for bills that have been scheduled for public hearings.

Bill Summaries

Summary	Subject	Bill	Notes
2021 Regular Session – House Files
HF 4	School assistance related to COVID-19	HF 4
HF 5	Funding for child care providers	HF 5
HF 12	Landlord and tenant laws; COVID-19 peacetime emergency	HF 12
HF 39	Emergency Rehire and Retention Law	HF 39
HF 41	Emergency paid sick leave for essential workers	HF 41
HF 42	Emergency services, isolation spaces, and housing support appropriations	HF 42
HF 114	Suspending the expiration of civil deadlines	HF 114	See Chapter 3
HF 135	Temporary experience rating	HF 135	See Chapter 2
HF 604	Face coverings required in certain settings	HF 604
HF 604	Face coverings required in certain settings	HF 604
HF 1175	COVID-19-related grants for home and community-based service providers	HF 1175
HF 1269	Garnishments; COVID-19 government relief	HF 1269
HF 1438	MA reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccinations	HF 1438
HF 1514	COVID-19 business restrictions	HF 1514
HF 1786	COVID-19 food relief grant program	HF 1786
HF 1822	COVID-19 modifications to human services programs	HF 1822
HF 2113	COVID-19 vaccine distribution and equity initiatives	HF 2113
2021 Regular Session – Senate Files
SF 475	Dentist authority to administer vaccines	SF 475	See Chapter 4
SF 1470	Landlord and tenant laws; COVID-19 peacetime emergency	SF 1470

Act Summaries

Summary	Subject	Law
2021 1st Special Session
Chapter 10	Workforce and Labor	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 10
Chapter 12	State Government Finance and Elections Omnibus	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 12
2021 Regular Session
Chapter 2	Unemployment experience rating	Ch. 2
Chapter 3	Suspending the expiration of civil deadlines	Ch. 3
Chapter 14	Open Meeting Law technological and pandemic updates	Ch. 14

The tables below provide bill and act summaries as well as related information for each of the 2020 special sessions. Generally, bill summaries are only prepared for bills that have been scheduled for public hearings.

Bill Summaries

Summary	Subject	Bill	Notes
2020 7th Special Session
HF 45	Business assistance, unemployment insurance extension, and miscellaneous provisions	HF 45
2020 3rd Special Session
SF 2	Customized Living Grants, DHS Program Waivers and Modifications, and COVID-19-Related Retention and Public Health Grants for Certain Providers	SF 2	Fiscal tracking; Enacted - see Ch. 1
2020 2nd Special Session
HF 14	State government	HF 14	Fiscal tracking; See provisions in Art. 2
HF 28	Economic development exceptions during COVID-19	HF 28
HF 33	Customized Living Grants, DHS Program Waivers and Modifications, and COVID-19-Related Retention and Public Health Grants	HF 33	Fiscal tracking
HF 34	DHS Program Waivers and Modifications	HF 34
HF 35	Dental Payments for Personal Protective Equipment	HF 35	Fiscal tracking
2020 1st Special Session
HF 37	Environment	HF 37	Enacted - see Ch. 4
HF 105	DHS and MDH COVID-19-Related Waiver Extensions	HF 105	Enacted - see Ch. 7
HF 108	Extension of certain grants and appropriations	HF 108
SF 47	State government	SF 47	Substituted for HF 128; Fiscal tracking; Fiscal tracking - aid to local gov't; County aid; City aid; Town aid

Act Summaries

Summary	Subject	Law
2020 7th Special Session
Chapter 2	COVID-19 Relief	7th Spec. Sess., Ch. 2
2020 3rd Special Session
Chapter 1	Customized Living Grants, DHS Program Waivers and Modifications, and COVID-19-Related Retention and Public Health Grants for Certain Providers	3rd Spec. Sess., Ch. 1
2020 1st Special Session
Chapter 1	COVID-19 economic development	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 1
Chapter 4	Environment	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 4
Chapter 6	Relief for certain organizations that offer lawful gambling	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 6
Chapter 7	DHS and MDH COVID-19-Related Waiver Extensions	1st Spec. Sess., Ch. 7

The tables below provide bill and act summaries as well as related information for the 2020 regular session. Generally, bill summaries are only prepared for bills that have been scheduled for public hearings.

Bill Summaries

Summary	Subject	Bill	Notes	Ending Status
2020 Regular Session – House Files
HF 168	Personal care assistance modifications and temporary rate increase	HF 168		On General Register
HF 1197, as amended by H1197DE1	Suspending civil deadlines	HF 1197		In Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
HF 1447	Transportation-related COVID-19 response	HF 1447	Also see Ch. 74	In Ways and Means
HF 1507	Economic response to COVID-19 peacetime emergency	HF 1507	Fiscal tracking	Passed House
HF 3156	Public safety COVID-19 response	HF 3156		Passed House
HF 3429	2020 Election procedure; HAVA appropriations	HF 3429	Fiscal tracking	Enacted - see Ch. 77
HF 3876, as amended by H3876A2	Tax increment financing; five-year pooling rule	HF 3876		In Property and Local Tax
HF 3980	Transfer to public health response contingency account	HF 3980	Also see Ch. 66	In Ways and Means
HF 4415	COVID-19 education related closures	HF 4415	Fiscal tracking	Enacted - see Ch. 116
HF 4500	State grants	HF 4500		Passed House
HF 4531	COVID-19 response efforts	HF 4531	Fiscal tracking	Enacted - see Ch. 71
HF 4541	Housing-related COVID-19 response; emergency housing funding	HF 4541		On General Register
HF 4556	COVID-19 response efforts	HF 4556	Fiscal tracking	Enacted - see Ch. 74
HF 4582	MFIP supplemental payment	HF 4582	Fiscal tracking	Passed House
HF 4607	Live well at home grants	HF 4607		In Health and Human Services Finance
HF 4611	COVID-19 emergency community relief grants	HF 4611	Fiscal tracking	On General Register
HF 4673	Coronavirus aid and grant distributions to local governments	HF 4673	County aid; City aid; Town aid; Fiscal tracking	On General Register
HF 4684	Federal aid, COVID-19	HF 4684		In Ways and Means
2020 Regular Session – Senate Files					2020 Regular Session – Senate Files
SF 3322	Human services policy omnibus	SF 3322	See Art. 9	On General Register
SF 4489	Special limited off-sale; restaurants	SF 4489		Enacted - see Ch. 75
SF 4563, as amended by S4563A1	State COVID-19 expenditures	SF 4563		In Ways and Means

Act Summaries

Summary	Subject	Law	Notes
Chapter 66	Transfer to public health response contingency account; appropriation of federal funds; COVID-19 preparedness and response	Ch. 66
Chapter 70	COVID-19 response activities; grants for eligible providers and telemedicine coverage	Ch. 70	Fiscal tracking
Chapter 71	COVID-19 response efforts	Ch. 71	Fiscal tracking
Chapter 72	COVID-19 workers' compensation	Ch. 72
Chapter 74	COVID-19 response efforts	Ch. 74	Fiscal tracking
Chapter 75	Liquor – special limited off-sale	Ch. 75
Chapter 81	COVID-19 Minnesota Fund	Ch. 81
Chapter 97	Farmer-lender mediation	Ch. 97
Chapter 116	COVID-19 K12 finance	Ch. 116

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