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This was the first legislature to be fully DFL-controlled since the 88th Minnesota Legislature in 2013–15. During the first session (2023), the body passed a number of major reforms to Minnesota law, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental protection, modernizing the state's tax code ...
Last year's legislative session, with the DFL in control of both houses of the Minnesota Legislature and the governorship for the first time in a decade, saw a huge wave of new laws in Minnesota ...
The Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) amendment was the only statewide ballot measure in Minnesota for 2024. The measure, which passed with over 77% support, extended a 1988 law directing 40% of state lottery proceeds to environmental projects. [18]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Minnesota have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Minnesota became the first U.S. state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in 1993, protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in the fields of employment, housing, and public accommodations.
The Minnesota Legislature passed numerous election bills in 2023. Here's how they'll affect voters in the 2024 general election. All the election legislation that passed this year in Minnesota ...
The state officially became the first Republican-controlled state to abolish the gay and trans panic defense, and went into effect on midnight January 1, 2024. [130] Effective from August 1, 2024, Minnesota implemented a law explicitly banning the gay and trans panic defense within an omnibus justice bill passed and signed into law in May 2024 ...
Must not be prohibited from possessing a firearm under Minnesota Statute 624.714 (Criminal background & mental health history check) Must not be listed in the criminal gang investigation system; If a Minnesota resident, must reside in the county in which the application for a permit is made; non-residents may apply to any Minnesota county sheriff.
Minnesota: All stages Legislature: Died in legislature Equal Under the Law Enshrines abortion [40] — >50% [d] N/A: Missouri: Banned Citizens On ballot Amendment 3: Enshrines abortion until fetal viability [41] Nov 5 >50% TBD: Montana: Fetal viability: Citizens On ballot CI-128: Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of ...