1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying labor policy provisions; modifying building 
1.3 	codes, occupational safety and health, and employment law;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2022, sections 13.43, subdivision 6; 120A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.181, 
1.5 	subdivision 5; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.40, subdivision 5; 122A.41, 
1.6 	subdivision 2; 177.27, subdivision 4; 177.42, subdivision 2; 179A.03, subdivisions 
1.7 	14, 18, 19; 179A.06, subdivision 6; 179A.07, subdivisions 1, 6, by adding 
1.8 	subdivisions; 179A.12, subdivisions 6, 11, by adding a subdivision; 181.03, 
1.9 	subdivision 6; 181.06, subdivision 2; 181.172; 181.275, subdivision 1; 181.932, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; 181.939; 181.940, subdivisions 2, 3; 181.941, subdivision 3; 
1.11 	181.9413; 181.942; 181.9436; 181.945, subdivision 3; 181.9456, subdivision 3; 
1.12 	181.956, subdivision 5; 181.964; 182.659, subdivisions 1, 8; 182.66, by adding a 
1.13 	subdivision; 182.661, by adding a subdivision; 182.676; 326B.093, subdivision 
1.14 	4; 326B.106, by adding a subdivision; 326B.163, subdivision 5, by adding a 
1.15 	subdivision; 326B.164, subdivision 13; 326B.31, subdivision 30; 326B.32, 
1.16 	subdivision 1; 326B.36, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 326B.805, 
1.17 	subdivision 6; 326B.921, subdivision 8; 326B.925, subdivision 1; 326B.988; 
1.18 	572B.17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 181; 
1.19 	327; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 2.
1.20 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.43, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.22 		Subd. 6.Access by labor organizations. (a) Personnel data may must be disseminated 
1.23 	to labor organizations to the extent that the responsible authority determines that the 
1.24 	dissemination is necessary to conduct elections, notify employees of fair share fee 
1.25 	assessments, investigate and process grievances, and implement the provisions of chapters 
1.26 	179 and 179A. Personnel data shall be disseminated to labor organizations and to the Bureau 
1.27 	of Mediation Services to the extent the dissemination is ordered or authorized by the 
1.28 	commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services. Employee Social Security numbers are 
1.29 	not necessary to implement the provisions of chapters 179 and 179A.
2.1 	(b) Personnel data described under section 179A.07, subdivision 8, must be disseminated 
2.2 	to an exclusive representative under the terms of that subdivision.
2.3 	(c) An employer who disseminates personnel data to a labor organization pursuant to 
2.4 	this subdivision shall not be subject to liability under section 13.08.  Nothing in this paragraph 
2.5 	shall impair or limit any remedies available under section 325E.61.
2.6 	(d) The home addresses, nonemployer issued phone numbers and email addresses, dates 
2.7 	of birth, and emails or other communications between exclusive representatives and their 
2.8 	members, prospective members, and nonmembers are private data on individuals.

2.9 	Sec. 2. [16A.1335] EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN EVENT OF STATE 
2.10 	GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
2.11 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "government shutdown" means that, 
2.12 	as of July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation appropriating money for the general 
2.13 	operations of (1) an executive agency, (2) an office or department of the legislature, including 
2.14 	each house of the legislature and the Legislative Coordinating Commission, or (3) a judicial 
2.15 	branch agency or department, including a court, has not been enacted for the biennium 
2.16 	beginning July 1 of that year.
2.17 		Subd. 2.Payment required. Notwithstanding section 16A.17, subdivision 8, state 
2.18 	employees must be provided payment for lost salary and benefits resulting from their absence 
2.19 	from work during a government shutdown. An employee is eligible for a payment under 
2.20 	this section only upon the employee's return to work.
2.21 		Subd. 3.Appropriation; limitation. (a) In the event of a government shutdown, the 
2.22 	amount necessary to pay the salary and benefits of employees of any impacted agency, 
2.23 	office, or department is appropriated beginning on that July 1 to that agency, office, or 
2.24 	department. The appropriation is made from the fund or funds from which an appropriation 
2.25 	was made in the previous fiscal year for salary and benefits paid to each affected employee.
2.26 	(b) Amounts appropriated under this subdivision may not exceed the amount or amounts 
2.27 	appropriated for general operations of the affected agency, office, or department in the 
2.28 	previous fiscal year.
2.29 		Subd. 4.Certification of amount for employees in the legislative and judicial 
2.30 	branches. By June 25 of an odd-numbered year, if a government shutdown appears 
2.31 	imminent, the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the chief clerk of the 
2.32 	house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the supreme court 
2.33 	must each certify to the commissioner of management and budget the amount needed for 
3.1 	salaries and benefits for each fiscal year of the next biennium, and the commissioner of 
3.2 	management and budget shall make the certified amount available on July 1 of that year or 
3.3 	on another schedule that permits payment of all salary and benefit obligations required by 
3.4 	this section in a timely manner.
3.5 		Subd. 5.Subsequent appropriations. A subsequent appropriation to the agency, office, 
3.6 	or department for regular operations for a biennium in which this section has been applied 
3.7 	may only supersede and replace the appropriation provided by subdivision 3 by express 
3.8 	reference to this section.

3.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.10 		Subd. 2.Plan. A school board, including the board of a charter school, may adopt an 
3.11 	e-learning day plan after consulting meeting and negotiating with the exclusive representative 
3.12 	of the teachers. A If a charter school's teachers are not represented by an exclusive 
3.13 	representative, the charter school may adopt an e-learning day plan after consulting with 
3.14 	its teachers. The plan must include accommodations for students without Internet access at 
3.15 	home and for digital device access for families without the technology or an insufficient 
3.16 	amount of technology for the number of children in the household. A school's e-learning 
3.17 	day plan must provide accessible options for students with disabilities under chapter 125A.

3.18 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.181, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.19 		Subd. 5.Limitations on license. (a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter 
3.20 	indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, clause (2), and 
3.21 	limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 1 license.
3.22 	(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for 
3.23 	purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).
3.24 	(c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher under 
3.25 	section 179A.03, subdivision 18.

3.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.27 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. (a) A person who teaches in a community education program 
3.28 	which that qualifies for aid pursuant to section 124D.52 shall continue to meet licensure 
3.29 	requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in an early childhood and family education 
3.30 	program which that is offered through a community education program and which qualifies 
3.31 	for community education aid pursuant to section 124D.20 or early childhood and family 
3.32 	education aid pursuant to section 124D.135 shall continue to meet licensure requirements 
4.1 	as a teacher. A person who teaches in a community education course which that is offered 
4.2 	for credit for graduation to persons under 18 years of age shall continue to meet licensure 
4.3 	requirements as a teacher.
4.4 	(b) A person who teaches a driver training course which that is offered through a 
4.5 	community education program to persons under 18 years of age shall be licensed by the 
4.6 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or be subject to section 171.35. A 
4.7 	license which that is required for an instructor in a community education program pursuant 
4.8 	to this subdivision paragraph shall not be construed to bring an individual within the 
4.9 	definition of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, 
4.10 	subdivision 1, clause paragraph (a).

4.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2023-2024 school year and later.

4.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.13 		Subd. 5.Probationary period. (a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's first 
4.14 	teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary period 
4.15 	of employment, and, the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is thereafter 
4.16 	employed shall be one year. The school board must adopt a plan for written evaluation of 
4.17 	teachers during the probationary period that is consistent with subdivision 8. Evaluation 
4.18 	must occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year for a teacher 
4.19 	performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur within the first 
4.20 	90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, 
4.21 	and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school 
4.22 	must not be included in determining the number of school days on which a teacher performs 
4.23 	services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), during the probationary period any 
4.24 	annual contract with any teacher may or may not be renewed as the school board shall see 
4.25 	fit. However, the board must give any such teacher whose contract it declines to renew for 
4.26 	the following school year written notice to that effect before July 1. If the teacher requests 
4.27 	reasons for any nonrenewal of a teaching contract, the board must give the teacher its reason 
4.28 	in writing, including a statement that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the 
4.29 	nature and the extent of such supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by 
4.30 	the board, within ten days after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing 
4.31 	held upon due notice, discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective 
4.32 	immediately, under section 122A.44.
5.1 	(b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon receipt 
5.2 	of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the teacher's license has 
5.3 	been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.
5.4 	(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are 
5.5 	interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with 
5.6 	federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States Code, 
5.7 	title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes 
5.8 	of paragraph (a).
5.9 	(d) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are 
5.10 	interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12 
5.11 	months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience 
5.12 	for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of 
5.13 	three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.
5.14 	(e) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 90 days of teaching service each 
5.15 	year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' 
5.16 	workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent 
5.17 	from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

5.18 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.19 		Subd. 2.Probationary period; discharge or demotion. (a) All teachers in the public 
5.20 	schools in cities of the first class during the first three years of consecutive employment 
5.21 	shall be deemed to be in a probationary period of employment during which period any 
5.22 	annual contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed as the school board, after 
5.23 	consulting with the peer review committee charged with evaluating the probationary teachers 
5.24 	under subdivision 3, shall see fit. The first three consecutive years of a teacher's first teaching 
5.25 	experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary period of 
5.26 	employment, and the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is thereafter 
5.27 	employed shall be one year. The school site management team or the school board if there 
5.28 	is no school site management team, shall adopt a plan for a written evaluation of teachers 
5.29 	during the probationary period according to subdivisions 3 and 5. Evaluation by the peer 
5.30 	review committee charged with evaluating probationary teachers under subdivision 3 shall 
5.31 	occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year for a teacher performing 
5.32 	services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur within the first 90 days of 
5.33 	teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and 
5.34 	other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent from school 
6.1 	shall not be included in determining the number of school days on which a teacher performs 
6.2 	services. The school board may, during such probationary period, discharge or demote a 
6.3 	teacher for any of the causes as specified in this code. A written statement of the cause of 
6.4 	such discharge or demotion shall be given to the teacher by the school board at least 30 
6.5 	days before such removal or demotion shall become effective, and the teacher so notified 
6.6 	shall have no right of appeal therefrom.
6.7 	(b) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are 
6.8 	interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with 
6.9 	federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States Code, 
6.10 	title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience for purposes 
6.11 	of paragraph (a).
6.12 	(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are 
6.13 	interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12 
6.14 	months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience 
6.15 	for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of 
6.16 	three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.
6.17 	(d) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 90 days of teaching service each 
6.18 	year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' 
6.19 	workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is absent 
6.20 	from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

6.21 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 177.27, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.22 		Subd. 4.Compliance orders. The commissioner may issue an order requiring an 
6.23 	employer to comply with sections 177.21 to 177.435, 181.02, 181.03, 181.031, 181.032, 
6.24 	181.101, 181.11, 181.13, 181.14, 181.145, 181.15, 181.172, paragraph (a) or (d), 181.275, 
6.25 	subdivision 2a, 181.722, 181.79, and 181.939 to 181.943, or 181.991, and with any rule 
6.26 	promulgated under section 177.28. The commissioner shall issue an order requiring an 
6.27 	employer to comply with sections 177.41 to 177.435 if the violation is repeated. For purposes 
6.28 	of this subdivision only, a violation is repeated if at any time during the two years that 
6.29 	preceded the date of violation, the commissioner issued an order to the employer for violation 
6.30 	of sections 177.41 to 177.435 and the order is final or the commissioner and the employer 
6.31 	have entered into a settlement agreement that required the employer to pay back wages that 
6.32 	were required by sections 177.41 to 177.435. The department shall serve the order upon the 
6.33 	employer or the employer's authorized representative in person or by certified mail at the 
6.34 	employer's place of business. An employer who wishes to contest the order must file written 
7.1 	notice of objection to the order with the commissioner within 15 calendar days after being 
7.2 	served with the order. A contested case proceeding must then be held in accordance with 
7.3 	sections 14.57 to 14.69. If, within 15 calendar days after being served with the order, the 
7.4 	employer fails to file a written notice of objection with the commissioner, the order becomes 
7.5 	a final order of the commissioner.

7.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
7.7 	applies to franchise agreements entered into or amended on or after that date.

7.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 177.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.9 		Subd. 2.Project. "Project" means demolition, erection, construction, remodeling, or 
7.10 	repairing of a public building, facility, or other public work financed in whole or part by 
7.11 	state funds. Project also includes demolition, erection, construction, remodeling, or repairing 
7.12 	of a building, facility, or public work when the acquisition of property, predesign, design, 
7.13 	or demolition is financed in whole or part by state funds.

7.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

7.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
7.16 		Subd. 14.Public employee or employee. (a) "Public employee" or "employee" means 
7.17 	any person appointed or employed by a public employer except:
7.18 	(1) elected public officials;
7.19 	(2) election officers;
7.20 	(3) commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Minnesota National Guard;
7.21 	(4) emergency employees who are employed for emergency work caused by natural 
7.22 	disaster;
7.23 	(5) part-time employees whose service does not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per week 
7.24 	or 35 percent of the normal work week in the employee's appropriate unit;
7.25 	(6) employees whose positions are basically temporary or seasonal in character and: (i) 
7.26 	are not for more than 67 working days in any calendar year; or (ii) are not working for a 
7.27 	Minnesota school district or charter school; or (iii) are not for more than 100 working days 
7.28 	in any calendar year and the employees are under the age of 22, are full-time students 
7.29 	enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution prior to being hired by the employer, 
7.30 	and have indicated, either in an application for employment or by being enrolled at an 
8.1 	educational institution for the next academic year or term, an intention to continue as students 
8.2 	during or after their temporary employment;
8.3 	(7) employees providing services for not more than two consecutive quarters to the 
8.4 	Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities under the terms of a 
8.5 	professional or technical services contract as defined in section 16C.08, subdivision 1;
8.6 	(8) employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, except 
8.7 	that employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, are public 
8.8 	employees for purposes of sections 179A.051, 179A.052, and 179A.13;
8.9 	(9) full-time undergraduate students employed by the school which they attend under a 
8.10 	work-study program or in connection with the receipt of financial aid, irrespective of number 
8.11 	of hours of service per week;
8.12 	(10) an individual who is employed for less than 300 hours in a fiscal year as an instructor 
8.13 	in an adult vocational education program;
8.14 	(11) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
8.15 	Universities to teach one course for three or fewer credits for one semester in a year;
8.16 	(12) (11) with respect to court employees:
8.17 	(i) personal secretaries to judges;
8.18 	(ii) law clerks;
8.19 	(iii) managerial employees;
8.20 	(iv) confidential employees; and
8.21 	(v) supervisory employees; or
8.22 	(13) (12) with respect to employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., managerial, 
8.23 	supervisory, and confidential employees.
8.24 	(b) The following individuals are public employees regardless of the exclusions of 
8.25 	paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6) to (7):
8.26 	(1) an employee hired by a school district or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
8.27 	State Colleges and Universities except at the university established in the Twin Cities 
8.28 	metropolitan area under section 136F.10 or for community services or community education 
8.29 	instruction offered on a noncredit basis: (i) to replace an absent teacher or faculty member 
8.30 	who is a public employee, where the replacement employee is employed more than 30 
8.31 	working days as a replacement for that teacher or faculty member; or (ii) to take a teaching 
9.1 	position created due to increased enrollment, curriculum expansion, courses which are a 
9.2 	part of the curriculum whether offered annually or not, or other appropriate reasons;
9.3 	(2) an employee hired for a position under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), if that same 
9.4 	position has already been filled under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), in the same calendar 
9.5 	year and the cumulative number of days worked in that same position by all employees 
9.6 	exceeds 67 calendar days in that year. For the purpose of this paragraph, "same position" 
9.7 	includes a substantially equivalent position if it is not the same position solely due to a 
9.8 	change in the classification or title of the position; and
9.9 	(3) an early childhood family education teacher employed by a school district.; and
9.10 	(4) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
9.11 	Universities as the instructor of record to teach (i) one class for more than three credits in 
9.12 	a fiscal year, or (ii) two or more credit-bearing classes in a fiscal year.

9.13 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
9.14 		Subd. 18.Teacher. "Teacher" means any public employee other than a superintendent 
9.15 	or assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or a supervisory or confidential 
9.16 	employee, employed by a school district:
9.17 	(1) in a position for which the person must be licensed by the Professional Educator 
9.18 	Licensing and Standards Board or the commissioner of education; or
9.19 	(2) in a position as a physical therapist, occupational therapist, art therapist, music 
9.20 	therapist, or audiologist.; or
9.21 	(3) in a position creating and delivering instruction to children in a prekindergarten or 
9.22 	early learning program, except that an employee in a bargaining unit certified before January 
9.23 	1, 2023, may remain in a bargaining unit that does not include teachers unless an exclusive 
9.24 	representative files a petition for a unit clarification or to transfer exclusive representative 
9.25 	status.

9.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

9.27 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
9.28 		Subd. 19.Terms and conditions of employment. "Terms and conditions of employment" 
9.29 	means the hours of employment, the compensation therefor including fringe benefits except 
9.30 	retirement contributions or benefits other than employer payment of, or contributions to, 
9.31 	premiums for group insurance coverage of retired employees or severance pay, staffing 
10.1 	ratios, and the employer's personnel policies affecting the working conditions of the 
10.2 	employees. In the case of professional employees the term does not mean educational 
10.3 	policies of a school district. "Terms and conditions of employment" is subject to section 
10.4 	179A.07. In the case of school employees, "terms and conditions of employment" includes 
10.5 	class sizes, student testing, and student-to-personnel ratios.

10.6 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.06, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
10.7 		Subd. 6.Dues checkoff Payroll deduction, authorization, and remittance. (a) Public 
10.8 	employees have the right to request and be allowed dues checkoff payroll deduction for the 
10.9 	exclusive representative. In the absence of an exclusive representative, public employees 
10.10 	have the right to request and be allowed dues checkoff for the organization of their choice.
10.11 	and the political fund associated with the exclusive representative and registered pursuant 
10.12 	to section 10A.12. A public employer must rely on a certification from any exclusive 
10.13 	representative requesting remittance of a deduction that the organization has and will maintain 
10.14 	an authorization, signed by the public employee from whose salary or wages the deduction 
10.15 	is to be made, which may include an electronic signature by the public employee as defined 
10.16 	in section 325L.02, paragraph (h). An exclusive representative making such certification 
10.17 	must not be required to provide the public employer a copy of the authorization unless a 
10.18 	dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. The exclusive representative 
10.19 	must indemnify the public employer for any successful claims made by the employee for 
10.20 	unauthorized deductions in reliance on the certification.
10.21 	(b) A dues deduction authorization remains in effect until the employer receives notice 
10.22 	from the exclusive representative that a public employee has changed or canceled their 
10.23 	authorization in writing in accordance with the terms of the original authorizing document, 
10.24 	and a public employer must rely on information from the exclusive representative receiving 
10.25 	remittance of the deduction regarding whether the deductions have been properly changed 
10.26 	or canceled. The exclusive representative must indemnify the public employer for any 
10.27 	successful claims made by the employee for unauthorized deductions made in reliance on 
10.28 	such information.
10.29 	(c) Deduction authorization under this section is independent from the public employee's 
10.30 	membership status in the organization to which payment is remitted and is effective regardless 
10.31 	of whether a collective bargaining agreement authorizes the deduction.
10.32 	(d) Employers must commence deductions within 30 days of notice of authorization 
10.33 	from the exclusive representative and must remit the deductions to the exclusive 
10.34 	representative within 30 days of the deduction. The failure of an employer to comply with 
11.1 	the provisions of this paragraph shall be an unfair labor practice under section 179A.13, the 
11.2 	relief for which shall be reimbursement by the employer of deductions that should have 
11.3 	been made or remitted based on a valid authorization given by the employee or employees.
11.4 	(e) In the absence of an exclusive representative, public employees have the right to 
11.5 	request and be allowed payroll deduction for the organization of their choice.
11.6 	(f) Any dispute under this subdivision must be resolved through an unfair labor practice 
11.7 	proceeding under section 179A.13.

11.8 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.9 		Subdivision 1.Inherent managerial policy. A public employer is not required to meet 
11.10 	and negotiate on matters of inherent managerial policy. Matters of inherent managerial 
11.11 	policy include, but are not limited to, such areas of discretion or policy as the functions and 
11.12 	programs of the employer, its overall budget, utilization of technology, the organizational 
11.13 	structure, selection of personnel, and direction and the number of personnel. No public 
11.14 	employer shall sign an agreement which limits its right to select persons to serve as 
11.15 	supervisory employees or state managers under section 43A.18, subdivision 3, or requires 
11.16 	the use of seniority in their selection.

11.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
11.18 		Subd. 6.Time off. A public employer must afford reasonable time off to elected officers 
11.19 	or appointed representatives of the exclusive representative to conduct the duties of the 
11.20 	exclusive representative and must, upon request, provide for leaves of absence to elected 
11.21 	or appointed officials of the exclusive representative, to elected or appointed officials of an 
11.22 	affiliate of an exclusive representative, or to a full-time appointed official of an exclusive 
11.23 	representative of teachers in another Minnesota school district.

11.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
11.25 	to read:
11.26 		Subd. 8.Bargaining unit information. (a) Within ten calendar days from the date of 
11.27 	hire of a bargaining unit employee, a public employer must provide the following contact 
11.28 	information to an exclusive representative in an Excel file format or other format agreed to 
11.29 	by the exclusive representative: name; job title; worksite location, including location within 
11.30 	a facility when appropriate; home address; work telephone number; home and personal cell 
11.31 	phone numbers on file with the public employer; date of hire; and work email address and 
11.32 	personal email address on file with the public employer.
12.1 	(b) Every 120 calendar days beginning on January 1, 2024, a public employer must 
12.2 	provide to an exclusive representative in an Excel file or similar format agreed to by the 
12.3 	exclusive representative the following information for all bargaining unit employees: name; 
12.4 	job title; worksite location, including location within a facility when appropriate; home 
12.5 	address; work telephone number; home and personal cell phone numbers on file with the 
12.6 	public employer; date of hire; and work email address and personal email address on file 
12.7 	with the public employer.
12.8 	(c) A public employer must notify an exclusive representative within ten calendar days 
12.9 	of the separation of employment or transfer out of the bargaining unit of a bargaining unit 
12.10 	employee.

12.11 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
12.12 	to read:
12.13 		Subd. 9.Access. (a) A public employer must allow an exclusive representative to meet 
12.14 	in person with newly hired employees, without charge to the pay or leave time of the 
12.15 	employees, for 30 minutes, within 30 calendar days from the date of hire, during new 
12.16 	employee orientations or, if the employer does not conduct new employee orientations, at 
12.17 	individual or group meetings. An exclusive representative shall receive no less than ten 
12.18 	days' notice in advance of an orientation, except that a shorter notice may be provided where 
12.19 	there is an urgent need critical to the operations of the public employer that was not 
12.20 	reasonably foreseeable. Notice of and attendance at new employee orientations and other 
12.21 	meetings under this paragraph must be limited to the public employer, the employees, the 
12.22 	exclusive representative, and any vendor contracted to provide a service for purposes of the 
12.23 	meeting. Meetings may be held virtually or for longer than 30 minutes only by mutual 
12.24 	agreement of the public employer and exclusive representative.
12.25 	(b) A public employer must allow an exclusive representative to communicate with 
12.26 	bargaining unit members using their employer-issued email addresses regarding collective 
12.27 	bargaining, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, the investigation of 
12.28 	grievances, other workplace-related complaints and issues, and internal matters involving 
12.29 	the governance or business of the exclusive representative, consistent with the employer's 
12.30 	generally applicable technology use policies.
12.31 	(c) A public employer must allow an exclusive representative to meet with bargaining 
12.32 	unit members in facilities owned or leased by the public employer regarding collective 
12.33 	bargaining, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, grievances and other 
12.34 	workplace-related complaints and issues, and internal matters involving the governance or 
13.1 	business of the exclusive representative, provided the use does not interfere with 
13.2 	governmental operations. Meetings conducted in government buildings pursuant to this 
13.3 	paragraph must not be for the purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate for partisan 
13.4 	political office or for the purpose of distributing literature or information regarding partisan 
13.5 	elections. An exclusive representative conducting a meeting in a government building or 
13.6 	other government facility pursuant to this subdivision may be charged for maintenance, 
13.7 	security, and other costs related to the use of the government building or facility that would 
13.8 	not otherwise be incurred by the government entity.

13.9 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
13.10 	to read:
13.11 		Subd. 2a.Majority verification procedure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
13.12 	of this section, an employee organization may file a petition with the commissioner requesting 
13.13 	certification as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit based on a verification 
13.14 	that over 50 percent of the employees in the proposed appropriate unit wish to be represented 
13.15 	by the petitioner. The commissioner shall require dated representation authorization 
13.16 	signatures of affected employees as verification of the employee organization's claim of 
13.17 	majority status.
13.18 	(b) Upon receipt of an employee organization's petition, accompanied by employee 
13.19 	authorization signatures under this subdivision, the commissioner shall investigate the 
13.20 	petition. If the commissioner determines that over 50 percent of the employees in an 
13.21 	appropriate unit have provided authorization signatures designating the employee 
13.22 	organization specified in the petition as their exclusive representative, the commissioner 
13.23 	shall not order an election but shall certify the employee organization.

13.24 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
13.25 		Subd. 6.Authorization signatures. In determining the numerical status of an employee 
13.26 	organization for purposes of this section, the commissioner shall require dated representation 
13.27 	authorization signatures of affected employees as verification of the statements contained 
13.28 	in the joint request or petitions. These authorization signatures shall be privileged and 
13.29 	confidential information available to the commissioner only. Electronic signatures, as defined 
13.30 	in section 325L.02, paragraph (h), shall be valid as authorization signatures. Authorization 
13.31 	signatures shall be valid for a period of one year following the date of signature.

14.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
14.2 		Subd. 11.Unfair labor practices. If the commissioner finds that an unfair labor practice 
14.3 	was committed by an employer or representative candidate or an employee or group of 
14.4 	employees, and that the unfair labor practice affected the result of an election or majority 
14.5 	verification procedure pursuant to subdivision 2a, or that procedural or other irregularities 
14.6 	in the conduct of the election or majority verification procedure may have substantially 
14.7 	affected its results, the commissioner may void the election result and order a new election
14.8 	or majority verification procedure.

14.9 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
14.10 		Subd. 6.Retaliation. An employer must shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere 
14.11 	with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee 
14.12 	for asserting rights or remedies under this section, sections 177.21 to 177.44, 181.01 to 
14.13 	181.723, or 181.79, including, but not limited to, filing a complaint with the department or 
14.14 	telling the employer of the employee's intention to file a complaint. In addition to any other 
14.15 	remedies provided by law, an employer who violates this subdivision is liable for a civil 
14.16 	penalty of not less than $700 nor more than $3,000 per violation.

14.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

14.18 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.19 		Subd. 2.Payroll deductions. A written contract may be entered into between an employer 
14.20 	and an employee wherein the employee authorizes the employer to make payroll deductions 
14.21 	for the purpose of paying union dues, premiums of any life insurance, hospitalization and 
14.22 	surgical insurance, group accident and health insurance, group term life insurance, group 
14.23 	annuities or contributions to credit unions or a community chest fund, a local arts council, 
14.24 	a local science council or a local arts and science council, or Minnesota benefit association, 
14.25 	a federally or state registered political action committee, membership dues of a relief 
14.26 	association governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 or Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 
14.27 	5, sections 31 to 42, contributions to a nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under section 
14.28 	501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or participation in any employee stock purchase plan 
14.29 	or savings plan for periods longer than 60 days, including gopher state bonds established 
14.30 	under section 16A.645. An employer must make payroll deductions to an organization under 
14.31 	this subdivision when requested by five or more employees.

14.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

15.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.172, is amended to read:
15.2 	181.172 WAGE DISCLOSURE PROTECTION.
15.3 	(a) An employer shall not:
15.4 	(1) require nondisclosure by an employee of his or her wages as a condition of 
15.5 	employment;
15.6 	(2) require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an 
15.7 	employee the right to disclose the employee's wages; or
15.8 	(3) take any adverse employment action against an employee for disclosing the employee's 
15.9 	own wages or discussing another employee's wages which have been disclosed voluntarily.
15.10 	(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
15.11 	(1) create an obligation on any employer or employee to disclose wages;
15.12 	(2) permit an employee, without the written consent of the employer, to disclose 
15.13 	proprietary information, trade secret information, or information that is otherwise subject 
15.14 	to a legal privilege or protected by law;
15.15 	(3) diminish any existing rights under the National Labor Relations Act under United 
15.16 	States Code, title 29; or
15.17 	(4) permit the employee to disclose wage information of other employees to a competitor 
15.18 	of their employer.
15.19 	(c) An employer that provides an employee handbook to its employees must include in 
15.20 	the handbook notice of employee rights and remedies under this section.
15.21 	(d) An employer may shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, 
15.22 	restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting 
15.23 	rights or remedies under this section.
15.24 	(e) An employee may bring a civil action against an employer for a violation of paragraph 
15.25 	(a) or (d). If a court finds that an employer has violated paragraph (a) or (d), the court may 
15.26 	order reinstatement, back pay, restoration of lost service credit, if appropriate, and the 
15.27 	expungement of any related adverse records of an employee who was the subject of the 
15.28 	violation.

15.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

16.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.275, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
16.3 	meanings given them:
16.4 	(1) "emergency" means a period when replacement staff are not able to report for duty 
16.5 	for the next shift or increased patient need, because of unusual, unpredictable, or unforeseen 
16.6 	circumstances such as, but not limited to, an act of terrorism, a disease outbreak, adverse 
16.7 	weather conditions, or natural disasters which impact continuity of patient care;
16.8 	(2) "normal work period" means 12 or fewer consecutive hours consistent with a 
16.9 	predetermined work shift;
16.10 	(3) "nurse" has the meaning given in section 148.171, subdivision 9, and includes nurses 
16.11 	employed by the state of Minnesota; and
16.12 	(4) "taking action against" means discharging; disciplining; penalizing; interfering with;
16.13 	threatening; restraining; coercing; reporting to the Board of Nursing; or otherwise retaliating 
16.14 	or discriminating against; or penalizing regarding compensation, terms, conditions, location, 
16.15 	or privileges of employment.

16.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

16.17 	Sec. 25. [181.531] EMPLOYER-SPONSORED MEETINGS OR COMMUNICATION.
16.18 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. An employer or the employer's agent, representative, or 
16.19 	designee must not discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten to discharge, 
16.20 	discipline, or otherwise penalize or take any adverse employment action against an employee:
16.21 	(1) because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored 
16.22 	meeting or declines to receive or listen to communications from the employer or the agent, 
16.23 	representative, or designee of the employer if the meeting or communication is to 
16.24 	communicate the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters;
16.25 	(2) as a means of inducing an employee to attend or participate in meetings or receive 
16.26 	or listen to communications described in  clause (1); or
16.27 	(3) because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, makes a 
16.28 	good-faith report, orally or in writing, of a violation or a suspected violation of this section.
16.29 		Subd. 2.Remedies. An aggrieved employee may bring a civil action to enforce this 
16.30 	section no later than 90 days after the date of the alleged violation in the district court where 
16.31 	the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the principal office of the employer is 
16.32 	located. The court may award a prevailing employee all appropriate relief, including 
17.1 	injunctive relief, reinstatement to the employee's former position or an equivalent position, 
17.2 	back pay and reestablishment of any employee benefits, including seniority, to which the 
17.3 	employee would otherwise have been eligible if the violation had not occurred and any 
17.4 	other appropriate relief as deemed necessary by the court to make the employee whole. The 
17.5 	court shall award a prevailing employee reasonable attorney fees and costs.
17.6 		Subd. 3.Notice. Within 30 days of the effective date of this section, an employer subject 
17.7 	to this section shall post and keep posted, a notice of employee rights under this section 
17.8 	where employee notices are customarily placed.
17.9 		Subd. 4.Scope. This section does not:
17.10 	(1) prohibit communications of information that the employer is required by law to 
17.11 	communicate, but only to the extent of the lawful requirement;
17.12 	(2) limit the rights of an employer or its agent, representative, or designee to conduct 
17.13 	meetings involving religious or political matters so long as attendance is wholly voluntary 
17.14 	or to engage in communications so long as receipt or listening is wholly voluntary; or
17.15 	(3) limit the rights of an employer or its agent, representative, or designee from 
17.16 	communicating to its employees any information that is necessary for the employees to 
17.17 	perform their lawfully required job duties.
17.18 		Subd. 5.Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
17.19 	(1) "political matters" means matters relating to elections for political office, political 
17.20 	parties, proposals to change legislation, proposals to change regulations, proposals to change 
17.21 	public policy, and the decision to join or support any political party or political, civic, 
17.22 	community, fraternal, or labor organization; and
17.23 	(2) "religious matters" means matters relating to religious belief, affiliation, and practice 
17.24 	and the decision to join or support any religious organization or association.

17.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

17.26 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.932, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.27 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited action. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, 
17.28 	interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against, or 
17.29 	penalize an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, 
17.30 	or privileges of employment because:
17.31 	(1) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of an employee, in good faith, reports a 
17.32 	violation, suspected violation, or planned violation of any federal or state law or common 
18.1 	law or rule adopted pursuant to law to an employer or to any governmental body or law 
18.2 	enforcement official;
18.3 	(2) the employee is requested by a public body or office to participate in an investigation, 
18.4 	hearing, inquiry;
18.5 	(3) the employee refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee 
18.6 	has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any state or federal law or rule or regulation 
18.7 	adopted pursuant to law, and the employee informs the employer that the order is being 
18.8 	refused for that reason;
18.9 	(4) the employee, in good faith, reports a situation in which the quality of health care 
18.10 	services provided by a health care facility, organization, or health care provider violates a 
18.11 	standard established by federal or state law or a professionally recognized national clinical 
18.12 	or ethical standard and potentially places the public at risk of harm;
18.13 	(5) a public employee communicates the findings of a scientific or technical study that 
18.14 	the employee, in good faith, believes to be truthful and accurate, including reports to a 
18.15 	governmental body or law enforcement official; or
18.16 	(6) an employee in the classified service of state government communicates information 
18.17 	that the employee, in good faith, believes to be truthful and accurate, and that relates to state 
18.18 	services, including the financing of state services, to:
18.19 	(i) a legislator or the legislative auditor; or
18.20 	(ii) a constitutional officer.
18.21 	The disclosures protected pursuant to this section do not authorize the disclosure of data 
18.22 	otherwise protected by law.

18.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

18.24 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.939, is amended to read:
18.25 	181.939 NURSING MOTHERS, LACTATING EMPLOYEES, AND PREGNANCY 
18.26 	ACCOMMODATIONS.
18.27 		Subdivision 1.Nursing mothers and lactating employees. (a) An employer must 
18.28 	provide reasonable break times each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk 
18.29 	for her infant child during the twelve months following the birth of the child. The break 
18.30 	times must, if possible, may run concurrently with any break times already provided to the 
18.31 	employee. An employer is not required to provide break times under this section if to do so 
19.1 	would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer. An employer shall not reduce an 
19.2 	employee's compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk.
19.3 	(b) The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a clean, private, and secure
19.4 	room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a bathroom or a toilet 
19.5 	stall, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and 
19.6 	that includes access to an electrical outlet, where the employee can express milk in privacy. 
19.7 	The employer would be held harmless if reasonable effort has been made.
19.8 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "employer" means a person or entity that employs 
19.9 	one or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.
19.10 	(d) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, 
19.11 	coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting rights or 
19.12 	remedies under this subdivision.
19.13 		Subd. 2.Pregnancy accommodations. (a) An employer must provide reasonable 
19.14 	accommodations to an employee for health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth 
19.15 	upon request, with the advice of a licensed health care provider or certified doula, unless 
19.16 	the employer demonstrates that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on 
19.17 	the operation of the employer's business. A pregnant employee shall not be required to 
19.18 	obtain the advice of a licensed health care provider or certified doula, nor may an employer 
19.19 	claim undue hardship for the following accommodations: (1) more frequent or longer
19.20 	restroom, food, and water breaks; (2) seating; and (3) limits on lifting over 20 pounds. The 
19.21 	employee and employer shall engage in an interactive process with respect to an employee's 
19.22 	request for a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation may include but is 
19.23 	not limited to temporary transfer to a less strenuous or hazardous position, temporary leave 
19.24 	of absence, modification in work schedule or job assignments, seating, more frequent 
19.25 	restroom breaks or longer break periods, and limits to heavy lifting. Notwithstanding any 
19.26 	other provision of this subdivision, an employer shall not be required to create a new or 
19.27 	additional position in order to accommodate an employee pursuant to this subdivision and 
19.28 	shall not be required to discharge an employee, transfer another employee with greater 
19.29 	seniority, or promote an employee.
19.30 	(b) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to affect any other provision of law 
19.31 	relating to sex discrimination or pregnancy or in any way diminish the coverage of pregnancy, 
19.32 	childbirth, or health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth under any other provisions 
19.33 	of any other law.
20.1 	(c) An employer shall not require an employee to take a leave or accept an 
20.2 	accommodation.
20.3 	(d) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, 
20.4 	coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting rights or 
20.5 	remedies under this subdivision.
20.6 	(e) For the purposes of this subdivision, "employer" means a person or entity that employs 
20.7 	fifteen one or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.
20.8 		Subd. 3.Notice to employees. An employer shall inform employees of their rights under 
20.9 	this section at the time of hire and when an employee makes an inquiry about or requests 
20.10 	parental leave. Information must be provided in English and the primary language of the 
20.11 	employee as identified by the employee. An employer that provides an employee handbook 
20.12 	to its employees must include in the handbook notice of employee rights and remedies under 
20.13 	this section. The commissioner shall make available to employers the text to be included 
20.14 	in the notice required by this section in English and the five most common languages spoken 
20.15 	in Minnesota.

20.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

20.17 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.940, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.18 		Subd. 2.Employee. "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an 
20.19 	employer from whom a leave is requested under sections 181.940 to 181.944for:.
20.20 	(1) at least 12 months preceding the request; and
20.21 	(2) for an average number of hours per week equal to one-half the full-time equivalent 
20.22 	position in the employee's job classification as defined by the employer's personnel policies 
20.23 	or practices or pursuant to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, during the 
20.24 	12-month period immediately preceding the leave.
20.25 	Employee includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by the 
20.26 	employer but does not include an independent contractor.

20.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

20.28 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.940, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.29 		Subd. 3.Employer. "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 21 one or more 
20.30 	employees at at least one site, except that, for purposes of the school leave allowed under 
20.31 	section 181.9412, employer means a person or entity that employs one or more employees 
21.1 	in Minnesota. The term and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
21.2 	business, trust, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school 
21.3 	district, or other governmental subdivision.

21.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

21.5 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.941, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.6 		Subd. 3.No employer retribution. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, 
21.7 	interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an 
21.8 	employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.

21.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

21.10 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.9413, is amended to read:
21.11 	181.9413 SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES.
21.12 	(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for 
21.13 	absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section 181.940, 
21.14 	subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, 
21.15 	grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may 
21.16 	be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits 
21.17 	for the employee's own illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave 
21.18 	benefits payable to the employee from the employer's general assets.
21.19 	(b) An employee may use sick leave as allowed under this section for safety leave, 
21.20 	whether or not the employee's employer allows use of sick leave for that purpose for such 
21.21 	reasonable periods of time as may be necessary. Safety leave may be used for assistance to 
21.22 	the employee or assistance to the relatives described in paragraph (a). For the purpose of 
21.23 	this section, "safety leave" is leave for the purpose of providing or receiving assistance 
21.24 	because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or harassment or stalking. For the purpose of 
21.25 	this paragraph:
21.26 	(1) "domestic abuse" has the meaning given in section 518B.01;
21.27 	(2) "sexual assault" means an act that constitutes a violation under sections 609.342 to 
21.28 	609.3453 or 609.352; and
21.29 	(3) "harass" and "stalking" have the meanings given in section 609.749.
21.30 	(c) An employer may limit the use of safety leave as described in paragraph (b) or 
21.31 	personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or 
22.1 	injury to the employee's adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, 
22.2 	grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than 160 hours in any 12-month period. 
22.3 	This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the illness or injury of a child, as defined 
22.4 	in section 181.940, subdivision 4.
22.5 	(d) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued and 
22.6 	available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal illness 
22.7 	or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary continuation 
22.8 	benefits.
22.9 	(e) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological, adopted, 
22.10 	and foster child.
22.11 	(f) For the purpose of this section, "grandchild" includes a step-grandchild, and a 
22.12 	biological, adopted, and foster grandchild.
22.13 	(g) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave benefits 
22.14 	than are provided for under this section.
22.15 	(h) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, 
22.16 	coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for requesting or obtaining 
22.17 	a leave of absence under this section.

22.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

22.19 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.942, is amended to read:
22.20 	181.942 REINSTATEMENT AFTER LEAVE.
22.21 		Subdivision 1.Comparable position. (a) An employee returning from a leave of absence 
22.22 	under section 181.939 or181.941 is entitled to return to employment in the employee's 
22.23 	former position or in a position of comparable duties, number of hours, and pay. An employee 
22.24 	returning from a leave of absence longer than one month must notify a supervisor at least 
22.25 	two weeks prior to return from leave. An employee returning from a leave under section 
22.26 	181.9412 or 181.9413 is entitled to return to employment in the employee's former position.
22.27 	(b) If, during a leave under sections 181.940 181.939 to 181.944, the employer 
22.28 	experiences a layoff and the employee would have lost a position had the employee not 
22.29 	been on leave, pursuant to the good faith operation of a bona fide layoff and recall system, 
22.30 	including a system under a collective bargaining agreement, the employee is not entitled to 
22.31 	reinstatement in the former or comparable position. In such circumstances, the employee 
23.1 	retains all rights under the layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective 
23.2 	bargaining agreement, as if the employee had not taken the leave.
23.3 		Subd. 2.Pay; benefits; on return. An employee returning from a leave of absence 
23.4 	under sections 181.940 181.939 to 181.944 is entitled to return to employment at the same 
23.5 	rate of pay the employee had been receiving when the leave commenced, plus any automatic 
23.6 	adjustments in the employee's pay scale that occurred during leave period. The employee 
23.7 	returning from a leave is entitled to retain all accrued preleave benefits of employment and 
23.8 	seniority, as if there had been no interruption in service; provided that nothing in sections 
23.9 	181.940 181.939 to 181.944 prevents the accrual of benefits or seniority during the leave 
23.10 	pursuant to a collective bargaining or other agreement between the employer and employees.
23.11 		Subd. 3.Part-time return. An employee, by agreement with the employer, may return 
23.12 	to work part time during the leave period without forfeiting the right to return to employment 
23.13 	at the end of the leave period, as provided in sections 181.940 181.939 to 181.944.

23.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

23.15 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.9436, is amended to read:
23.16 	181.9436 POSTING OF LAW.
23.17 	The Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship shall develop, with the assistance 
23.18 	of interested business and community organizations, an educational poster stating employees' 
23.19 	rights under sections 181.940 181.939 to 181.9436. The department shall make the poster 
23.20 	available, upon request, to employers for posting on the employer's premises.

23.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

23.22 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.945, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.23 		Subd. 3.No employer sanctions. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, 
23.24 	interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an 
23.25 	employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.

23.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

23.27 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.9456, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.28 		Subd. 3.No employer sanctions. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, 
23.29 	interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an 
23.30 	employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.

24.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

24.2 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.956, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
24.3 		Subd. 5.Retaliation prohibited. An employer may shall not discharge, discipline, 
24.4 	penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate
24.5 	against an employee for asserting rights and remedies provided in sections 181.950 to 
24.6 	181.954.

24.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

24.8 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 181.964, is amended to read:
24.9 	181.964 RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
24.10 	An employer may shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, 
24.11 	restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting 
24.12 	rights or remedies provided in sections 181.960 to 181.965.

24.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

24.14 	Sec. 38. [181.991] RESTRICTIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED.
24.15 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
24.16 	the meanings given them.
24.17 	(b) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer and includes independent 
24.18 	contractors.
24.19 	(c) "Employer" has the meaning given in section 177.23, subdivision 6.
24.20 	(d) "Franchise," "franchisee," and "franchisor" have the meanings given in section 
24.21 	80C.01, subdivisions 4 to 6.
24.22 		Subd. 2.Prohibition on restrictive franchise agreements. (a) No franchisor may 
24.23 	restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring an employee 
24.24 	of a franchisee of the same franchisor.
24.25 	(b) No franchisor may restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting 
24.26 	or hiring an employee of the franchisor.
24.27 	(c) Any provision of an existing contract that violates paragraph (a) or (b) is void and 
24.28 	unenforceable.
25.1 		Subd. 3.Franchise agreement amendment. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
25.2 	no later than one year from the effective date of this section, franchisors shall:
25.3 	(1) amend existing franchise agreements to remove any restrictive employment provision 
25.4 	that violates subdivision 2; or
25.5 	(2) sign a memorandum of understanding with each franchisee that provides that any 
25.6 	contract provisions that violate subdivision 2 in any way are void and unenforceable, and 
25.7 	provides notice to the franchisee of their rights and obligations under this section.

25.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.9 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.659, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.10 		Subdivision 1.Authority to inspect. In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, 
25.11 	the commissioner, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent 
25.12 	in charge, is authorized to enter without delay and at reasonable times any place of 
25.13 	employment; and to inspect and investigate during regular working hours and at other 
25.14 	reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, any such place 
25.15 	of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, 
25.16 	equipment, and materials therein, and to question privately any such employer, owner, 
25.17 	operator, agent or employee. An employer or its representatives, including but not limited 
25.18 	to its management, attorneys, or consultants, may not be present for any employee interview.

25.19 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.659, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
25.20 		Subd. 8.Protection from subpoena; data. Neither the commissioner nor any current 
25.21 	or former employee of the department, including those employees of the Department of 
25.22 	Health providing services to the Department of Labor and Industry, pursuant to section 
25.23 	182.67, subdivision 1, is subject to subpoena for purposes of inquiry into any occupational 
25.24 	safety and health inspection except in enforcement proceedings brought under this chapter. 
25.25 	Data that identify individuals who provide data to the department as part of an investigation 
25.26 	conducted under this chapter shall be private.

25.27 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.66, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
25.28 	read:
25.29 		Subd. 4.Classification of citation data. Notwithstanding section 13.39, subdivision 2, 
25.30 	the data in a written citation is classified as public data 20 days after the employer has 
25.31 	received the citation. All data in the citation is public, including but not limited to the 
25.32 	employer's name, the employer's address, and the address of the worksite; the date or dates 
26.1 	of inspection; the date the citation was issued; the provision of the act, standard, rule, or 
26.2 	order alleged to have been violated; the severity level of the citation; the description of the 
26.3 	nature of the violation; the proposed abatement date; the proposed penalty; and any abatement 
26.4 	guidelines. If a notice of contest is filed contesting any part of a citation pursuant to section 
26.5 	182.661, subdivision 3, the date that the notice was filed shall also be classified as public 
26.6 	data 20 days after the employer has received the citation. When citation data is requested, 
26.7 	the department must also provide any final settlement agreement or order amending or 
26.8 	withdrawing the citation.

26.9 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.661, is amended by adding a subdivision 
26.10 	to read:
26.11 		Subd. 3c.Contestation of time for correction of a violation. (a) Where an employer 
26.12 	contests the period of time fixed for correction of a violation that is not a serious, willful, 
26.13 	or repeat violation, the period of time shall not run until the order of the commissioner 
26.14 	becomes final.
26.15 	(b) Where an employer or employee contests the period of time fixed for correction of 
26.16 	a violation that is a serious, willful, or repeat violation, the commissioner may refer the 
26.17 	matter to the office of administrative hearings for an expedited contested case hearing solely 
26.18 	on the reasonableness of the time fixed for correction. The administrative law judge may 
26.19 	order the employer to correct the violation pending final resolution of the cited violations 
26.20 	on the merits.

26.21 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 182.676, is amended to read:
26.22 	182.676 SAFETY COMMITTEES.
26.23 	(a) Every public or private employer of more than 25 employees shall establish and 
26.24 	administer a joint labor-management safety committee.
26.25 	(b) Every public or private employer of 25 or fewer employees shall establish and 
26.26 	administer a safety committee if: it is subject to the requirements of section 182.653, 
26.27 	subdivision 8.
26.28 	(1) the employer has a lost workday cases incidence rate in the top ten percent of all 
26.29 	rates for employers in the same industry; or
26.30 	(2) the workers' compensation premium classification assigned to the greatest portion 
26.31 	of the payroll for the employer has a pure premium rate as reported by the Workers' 
26.32 	Compensation Rating Association in the top 25 percent of premium rates for all classes.
27.1 	(c) A safety committee must hold regularly scheduled meetings unless otherwise provided 
27.2 	in a collective bargaining agreement.
27.3 	(d) Employee safety committee members must be selected by employees. An employer 
27.4 	that fails to establish or administer a safety committee as required by this section may be 
27.5 	cited by the commissioner. A citation is punishable as a serious violation under section 
27.6 	182.666.
27.7 	The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

27.8 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.093, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
27.9 		Subd. 4.Examination results. If the applicant receives a passing score on the 
27.10 	examination and meets all other requirements for licensure, the commissioner must approve 
27.11 	the application and notify the applicant of the approval within 60 days of the date of the 
27.12 	passing score. The applicant must, within 180 days after the notification of approval, pay 
27.13 	the license fee. Upon receipt of the license fee, the commissioner must issue the license. If 
27.14 	the applicant does not pay the license fee within 180 days after the notification of approval, 
27.15 	the commissioner will rescind the approval and must deny the application. If the applicant 
27.16 	does not receive a passing score on the examination, the commissioner must deny the 
27.17 	application. If the application is denied because of the applicant's failure to receive a passing 
27.18 	score on the examination, then the applicant cannot submit a new application for the license 
27.19 	until at least 30 days after the notification date of denial the failed examination.

27.20 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.106, is amended by adding a subdivision 
27.21 	to read:
27.22 		Subd. 16.Refrigerants designated as acceptable for use. No provision of the code or 
27.23 	appendix chapter of the code may prohibit or otherwise limit the use of a refrigerant 
27.24 	designated as acceptable for use in accordance with United States Code, title 42, section 
27.25 	7671k, provided any equipment containing the refrigerant is listed and installed in full 
27.26 	compliance with all applicable requirements, safety standards, and use conditions imposed 
27.27 	pursuant to such a designation or as otherwise required by law.

27.28 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.163, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.29 		Subd. 5.Elevator. As used in this chapter, "elevator" means moving walks and vertical 
27.30 	transportation devices such as escalators, passenger elevators, freight elevators, dumbwaiters, 
27.31 	hand-powered elevators, endless belt lifts, and wheelchair platform lifts. Elevator does not 
28.1 	include external temporary material lifts or temporary construction personnel elevators at 
28.2 	sites of construction of new or remodeled buildings.

28.3 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.163, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.4 	to read:
28.5 		Subd. 5a.Platform lift. As used in this chapter, "platform lift" means a powered hoisting 
28.6 	and lowering device designed to transport mobility-impaired persons on a guided platform.

28.7 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.164, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
28.8 		Subd. 13.Exemption from licensing. (a) Employees of a licensed elevator contractor 
28.9 	or licensed limited elevator contractor are not required to hold or obtain a license under this 
28.10 	section or be provided with direct supervision by a licensed master elevator constructor, 
28.11 	licensed limited master elevator constructor, licensed elevator constructor, or licensed limited 
28.12 	elevator constructor to install, maintain, or repair platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. 
28.13 	Unlicensed employees performing elevator work under this exemption must comply with 
28.14 	subdivision 5. This exemption does not include the installation, maintenance, repair, or 
28.15 	replacement of electrical wiring for elevator equipment.
28.16 	(b) Contractors or individuals shall not be required to hold or obtain a license under this 
28.17 	section when performing work on:
28.18 	(1) conveyors, excluding vertical reciprocating conveyors;
28.19 	(2) platform lifts not covered under section 326B.163, subdivision 5a; or
28.20 	(3) dock levelers.

28.21 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.31, subdivision 30, is amended to read:
28.22 		Subd. 30.Technology system contractor. "Technology system contractor" means a 
28.23 	licensed contractor whose responsible licensed individual is a licensed power limited 
28.24 	technician or licensed master electrician.

28.25 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.26 		Subdivision 1.Composition. (a) The Board of Electricity shall consist of 12 members. 
28.27 	Eleven members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the 
28.28 	senate and shall be voting members. Appointments of members by the governor shall be 
28.29 	made in accordance with section 15.066. If the senate votes to refuse to consent to an 
28.30 	appointment of a member made by the governor, the governor shall appoint a new member 
29.1 	with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be the commissioner of labor 
29.2 	and industry or the commissioner's designee, who shall be a voting member. Of the 11 
29.3 	appointed members, the composition shall be as follows:
29.4 	(1) one member shall be an electrical inspector;
29.5 	(2) two members shall be representatives of the electrical suppliers in rural areas;
29.6 	(3) two members shall be master electricians, who shall be contractors;
29.7 	(4) two members shall be journeyworker electricians;
29.8 	(5) one member shall be a registered consulting electrical engineer;
29.9 	(6) two membersone member shall be a power limited technicians technician, who shall 
29.10 	be a technology system contractors primarily engaged in the business of installing technology 
29.11 	circuits or systems contractor; and
29.12 	(7) one member shall be a power limited technician; and
29.13 	(7) (8) one member shall be a public member as defined by section 214.02.
29.14 	The electrical inspector shall be appointed to a term to end December 31, 2011. One of 
29.15 	the rural electrical suppliers shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. The 
29.16 	other rural electrical supplier shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2010. The 
29.17 	consulting electrical engineer shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. One 
29.18 	of the master electrician contractors shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. 
29.19 	The other master electrician contractor shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 
29.20 	2010. One of the journeyworker electricians shall be appointed for a term to end December 
29.21 	31, 2011. The other journeyworker electrician shall be appointed for a term to end December 
29.22 	31, 2010. One of the power limited technicians shall be appointed for a term to end December 
29.23 	31, 2011. The other power limited technician shall be appointed for a term to end December 
29.24 	31, 2010. The public member shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2010.
29.25 	(b) The consulting electrical engineer must possess a current Minnesota professional 
29.26 	engineering license and maintain the license for the duration of the term on the board. All 
29.27 	other appointed members, except for the public member and the representatives of electrical 
29.28 	suppliers in rural areas, must possess a current electrical license issued by the Department 
29.29 	of Labor and Industry and maintain that license for the duration of their terms. All appointed 
29.30 	members must be residents of Minnesota at the time of and throughout the member's 
29.31 	appointment. The term of any appointed member that does not maintain membership 
29.32 	qualification status shall end on the date of the status change and the governor shall appoint 
30.1 	a new member. It is the responsibility of the member to notify the board of their status 
30.2 	change.
30.3 	(c) For appointed members, except the initial terms designated in paragraph (a), each 
30.4 	term shall be three years with the terms ending on December 31. Members appointed by 
30.5 	the governor shall be limited to three consecutive terms. The governor shall, all or in part, 
30.6 	reappoint the current members or appoint replacement members with the advice and consent 
30.7 	of the senate. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the term. 
30.8 	Vacancies occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be filled for 
30.9 	the existing term and the following three-year term. Members may serve until their successors 
30.10 	are appointed but in no case later than July 1 in a year in which the term expires unless 
30.11 	reappointed.

30.12 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.36, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
30.13 		Subd. 7.Exemptions from inspections. Installations, materials, or equipment shall not 
30.14 	be subject to inspection under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399:
30.15 	(1) when owned or leased, operated and maintained by any employer whose maintenance 
30.16 	electricians are exempt from licensing under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399, while performing 
30.17 	electrical maintenance work only as defined by rule;
30.18 	(2) when owned or leased, and operated and maintained by any electrical, 
30.19 	communications, or railway utility, cable communications company as defined in section 
30.20 	238.02, or telephone company as defined under section 237.01, in the exercise of its utility, 
30.21 	antenna, or telephone function; and
30.22 	(i) are used exclusively for the generations, transformation, distribution, transmission, 
30.23 	load control, or metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the 
30.24 	transmission of intelligence, and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use 
30.25 	of electric current by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable 
30.26 	communications company, or telephone company; and
30.27 	(ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications 
30.28 	company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction; and
30.29 	(iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for communication 
30.30 	systems;
30.31 	(3) when used in the street lighting operations of an electrical utility;
31.1 	(4) when used as outdoor area lights which are owned and operated by an electrical 
31.2 	utility and which are connected directly to its distribution system and located upon the 
31.3 	utility's distribution poles, and which are generally accessible only to employees of such 
31.4 	utility or persons acting under its control or direction;
31.5 	(5) when the installation, material, and equipment are in facilities subject to the 
31.6 	jurisdiction of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act; or
31.7 	(6) when the installation, material, and equipment is part of an elevator installation for 
31.8 	which the elevator contractor, licensed under section 326B.164, is required to obtain a permit 
31.9 	from the authority having jurisdiction as provided by section 326B.184, and the inspection 
31.10 	has been or will be performed by an elevator inspector certified and licensed by the 
31.11 	department. This exemption shall apply only to installations, material, and equipment 
31.12 	permitted or required to be connected on the load side of the disconnecting means required 
31.13 	for elevator equipment under National Electrical Code Article 620, and elevator 
31.14 	communications and alarm systems within the machine room, car, hoistway, or elevator 
31.15 	lobby.

31.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.17 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.36, is amended by adding a subdivision 
31.18 	to read:
31.19 		Subd. 8.Electric utility exemptions; additional requirements. For exemptions to 
31.20 	inspections exclusively for load control allowed for electrical utilities under subdivision 7, 
31.21 	clause (2), item (i), the exempted work must be:
31.22 	(1) performed by a licensed electrician employed by a class A electrical contractor 
31.23 	licensed under section 326B.33;
31.24 	(2) for replacement or repair of existing equipment for an electric utility other than a 
31.25 	public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, only; and
31.26 	(3) completed on or before December 31, 2028.

31.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.28 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.805, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
31.29 		Subd. 6.Exemptions. The license requirement does not apply to:
31.30 	(1) an employee of a licensee performing work for the licensee;
32.1 	(2) a material person, manufacturer, or retailer furnishing finished products, materials, 
32.2 	or articles of merchandise who does not install or attach the items;
32.3 	(3) an owner of residential real estate who builds or improves any structure on residential 
32.4 	real estate, if the building or improving is performed by the owner's bona fide employees 
32.5 	or by individual owners personally. owner occupies or will occupy the residential real estate 
32.6 	for residential purposes, or will retain ownership for rental purposes upon completion of 
32.7 	the building or improvement. This exemption does not apply to an owner who constructs 
32.8 	or improves property residential real estate for purposes of resale or speculation if the 
32.9 	building or improving is performed by the owner's bona fide employees or by individual 
32.10 	owners personally. A. An owner of residential building contractor or residential remodeler
32.11 	real estate will be presumed to be building or improving for purposes of speculation if the 
32.12 	contractor or remodeler owner constructs or improves more than one property within any 
32.13 	24-month period, unless the properties will be retained by the owner for rental purposes;
32.14 	(4) an architect or professional engineer engaging in professional practice as defined by 
32.15 	section 326.02, subdivisions 2 and 3;
32.16 	(5) a person whose total gross annual receipts for performing specialty skills for which 
32.17 	licensure would be required under this section do not exceed $15,000;
32.18 	(6) a mechanical contractor;
32.19 	(7) a plumber, electrician, or other person whose profession is otherwise subject to 
32.20 	statewide licensing, when engaged in the activity which is the subject of that licensure;
32.21 	(8) specialty contractors who provide only one special skill as defined in section 
32.22 	326B.802;
32.23 	(9) a school district, or a technical college governed under chapter 136F; and
32.24 	(10) Habitat for Humanity and Builders Outreach Foundation, and their individual 
32.25 	volunteers when engaged in activities on their behalf.
32.26 	To qualify for the exemption in clause (5), a person must obtain a certificate of exemption 
32.27 	from licensure from the commissioner. A certificate of exemption will be issued upon the 
32.28 	applicant's filing with the commissioner, an affidavit stating that the applicant does not 
32.29 	expect to exceed $15,000 in gross annual receipts derived from performing services which 
32.30 	require licensure under this section during the calendar year in which the affidavit is received. 
32.31 	For the purposes of calculating fees under section 326B.092, a certificate of exemption is 
32.32 	an entry level license. To renew the exemption in clause (5), the applicant must file an 
32.33 	affidavit stating that the applicant did not exceed $15,000 in gross annual receipts during 
33.1 	the past calendar year. If a person, operating under the exemption in clause (5), exceeds 
33.2 	$15,000 in gross receipts during any calendar year, the person must immediately surrender 
33.3 	the certificate of exemption and apply for the appropriate license. The person must remain 
33.4 	licensed until such time as the person's gross annual receipts during a calendar year fall 
33.5 	below $15,000. The person may then apply for an exemption for the next calendar year.

33.6 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.921, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
33.7 		Subd. 8.Reciprocity with other states. The commissioner may issue a temporary license 
33.8 	without examination, upon payment of the required fee, to nonresident applicants who are 
33.9 	licensed under the laws of a state having standards for licensing which the commissioner 
33.10 	determines are substantially equivalent to the standards of this state if the other state grants 
33.11 	similar privileges to Minnesota residents duly licensed in this state. Applicants who receive 
33.12 	a temporary license under this section may acquire an aggregate of 24 months of experience 
33.13 	before they have to apply and pass the licensing examination. Applicants must register with 
33.14 	the commissioner of labor and industry and the commissioner shall set a fee for a temporary 
33.15 	license. Applicants have five years in which to comply with this section.
33.16 	(a) The commissioner may enter into reciprocity agreements for personal licenses with 
33.17 	another state if approved by the board. Once approved by the board, the commissioner may 
33.18 	issue a personal license without requiring the applicant to pass an examination provided the 
33.19 	applicant:
33.20 	(1) submits an application under this section;
33.21 	(2) pays the application and examination fee and license fee required under section 
33.22 	326B.092; and
33.23 	(3) holds a valid comparable license in the state participating in the agreement.
33.24 	(b) Reciprocity agreements are subject to the following:
33.25 	(1) the parties to the agreement must administer a statewide licensing program that 
33.26 	includes examination and qualifying experience or training comparable to Minnesota's 
33.27 	licensing program;
33.28 	(2) the experience and training requirements under which an individual applicant qualified 
33.29 	for examination in the qualifying state must be deemed equal to or greater than required for 
33.30 	an applicant making application in Minnesota at the time the applicant acquired the license 
33.31 	in the qualifying state;
34.1 	(3) the applicant must have acquired the license in the qualifying state through an 
34.2 	examination deemed equivalent to the same class of license examination in Minnesota;
34.3 	(4) at the time of application, the applicant must hold a valid license in the qualifying 
34.4 	state and have held the license continuously for at least one year before making application 
34.5 	in Minnesota;
34.6 	(5) an applicant is not eligible for a license under this subdivision if the applicant has 
34.7 	failed the same or greater class of license examination in Minnesota, or if the applicant's 
34.8 	license of the same or greater class has been revoked or suspended; and
34.9 	(6) an applicant who has failed to renew a personal license for two years or more after 
34.10 	its expiration is not eligible for a license under this subdivision.

34.11 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.12 		Subdivision 1.Composition. (a) The Board of High Pressure Piping Systems shall 
34.13 	consist of 13 members. Twelve members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice 
34.14 	and consent of the senate and shall be voting members. Appointments of members by the 
34.15 	governor shall be made in accordance with section 15.066. If the senate votes to refuse to 
34.16 	consent to an appointment of a member made by the governor, the governor shall appoint 
34.17 	a new member with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be the 
34.18 	commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner of labor and industry's designee, 
34.19 	who shall be a voting member. Of the 12 appointed members, the composition shall be as 
34.20 	follows:
34.21 	(1) one member shall be a high pressure piping inspector;
34.22 	(2) one member shall be a licensed mechanical engineer;
34.23 	(3) one member shall be a representative of the high pressure piping industry;
34.24 	(4) four members shall be master high pressure pipefitters engaged in the business of 
34.25 	high pressure piping, two from the metropolitan area and two from greater Minnesota;
34.26 	(5) two members shall be journeyworker high pressure pipefitters engaged in the business 
34.27 	of high pressure piping systems installation, one from the metropolitan area and one from 
34.28 	greater Minnesota;
34.29 	(6) one member shall be a representative of industrial companies that use high pressure 
34.30 	piping systems in their industrial process;
34.31 	(7) one member shall be a representative from utility companies in Minnesota; and
35.1 	(8) one member shall be a public member as defined by section 214.02.
35.2 	The high pressure piping inspector shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 
35.3 	2011. The professional mechanical engineer shall be appointed for a term to end December 
35.4 	31, 2010. The representative of the high pressure piping industry shall be appointed for a 
35.5 	term to end December 31, 2011. Two of the master high pressure pipefitters shall be 
35.6 	appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. The other two master high pressure 
35.7 	pipefitters shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2010. One of the journeyworker 
35.8 	high pressure pipefitters shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. The other 
35.9 	journeyworker high pressure pipefitter shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 
35.10 	2010. The one representative of industrial companies that use high pressure piping systems 
35.11 	in their industrial process shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2010. The one 
35.12 	representative of a utility company in Minnesota shall be appointed for a term to end 
35.13 	December 31, 2010. The public member shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 
35.14 	2010.
35.15 	(b) The licensed professional mechanical engineer must possess a current Minnesota 
35.16 	professional engineering license and maintain the license for the duration of their term. All 
35.17 	other appointed members, except for the representative of the piping industry, the 
35.18 	representative of industrial companies that use high pressure piping systems, the public 
35.19 	member, and the representative of public utility companies in Minnesota, must possess a 
35.20 	current high pressure piping license issued by the Department of Labor and Industry and 
35.21 	maintain that license for the duration of their term. All appointed members must be residents 
35.22 	of Minnesota at the time of and throughout the member's appointment. The term of any 
35.23 	appointed member that does not maintain membership qualification status shall end on the 
35.24 	date of status change and the governor shall appoint a new member. It is the responsibility 
35.25 	of the member to notify the board of the member's status change.
35.26 	(c) For appointed members, except the initial terms designated in paragraph (a), each 
35.27 	term shall be three years with the terms ending on December 31. Members appointed by 
35.28 	the governor shall be limited to three consecutive terms. The governor shall, all or in part, 
35.29 	reappoint the current members or appoint replacement members with the advice and consent 
35.30 	of the senate. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the term. 
35.31 	Vacancies occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be filled for 
35.32 	the existing term and the following three-year term. Members may serve until their successors 
35.33 	are appointed but in no case later than July 1 in a year in which the term expires unless 
35.34 	reappointed.

36.1 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.988, is amended to read:
36.2 	326B.988 EXCEPTIONS.
36.3 	(a) The provisions of sections 326B.95 to 326B.998 shall not apply to:
36.4 	(1) boilers and pressure vessels in buildings occupied solely for residence purposes with 
36.5 	accommodations for not more than five families;
36.6 	(2) railroad locomotives operated by railroad companies for transportation purposes;
36.7 	(3) air tanks installed on the right-of-way of railroads and used directly in the operation 
36.8 	of trains;
36.9 	(4) boilers and pressure vessels under the direct jurisdiction of the United States;
36.10 	(5) unfired pressure vessels having an internal or external working pressure not exceeding 
36.11 	15 psig with no limit on size;
36.12 	(6) pressure vessels used for storage of compressed air not exceeding five cubic feet in 
36.13 	volume and equipped with an ASME code stamped safety valve set at a maximum of 100 
36.14 	psig;
36.15 	(7) pressure vessels having an inside diameter not exceeding six inches;
36.16 	(8) every vessel that contains water under pressure, including those containing air that 
36.17 	serves only as a cushion, whose design pressure does not exceed 300 psig and whose design 
36.18 	temperature does not exceed 210 degrees Fahrenheit;
36.19 	(9) boiler or pressure vessels located on farms used solely for agricultural or horticultural 
36.20 	purposes; for purposes of this section, boilers used for mint oil extraction are considered 
36.21 	used for agricultural or horticultural purposes, provided that the owner or lessee complies 
36.22 	with the inspection requirements contained in section 326B.958;
36.23 	(10) tanks or cylinders used for storage or transfer of liquefied petroleum gases;
36.24 	(11) unfired pressure vessels in petroleum refineries;
36.25 	(12) an air tank or pressure vessel which is an integral part of a passenger motor bus, 
36.26 	truck, or trailer;
36.27 	(13) hot water heating and other hot liquid boilers not exceeding a heat input of 750,000 
36.28 	BTU per hour;
36.29 	(14) hot water supply boilers (water heaters) not exceeding a heat input of 500,000
36.30 	200,000 BTU per hour, a water temperature of 210 degrees Fahrenheit, or potable water 
37.1 	heaters not exceeding a heat input of 200,000 BTU per hour or a nominal water capacity 
37.2 	of 120 gallons, or a pressure of 160 psig;
37.3 	(15) a laundry and dry cleaning press not exceeding five cubic feet of steam volume;
37.4 	(16) pressure vessels operated full of water or other liquid not materially more hazardous 
37.5 	than water, if the vessel's contents' temperature does not exceed 210 degrees Fahrenheit or 
37.6 	a pressure of 200 psig;
37.7 	(17) steam-powered turbines at papermaking facilities which are powered by steam 
37.8 	generated by steam facilities at a remote location;
37.9 	(18) manually fired boilers for model locomotive, boat, tractor, stationary engine, or 
37.10 	antique motor vehicles constructed or maintained only as a hobby for exhibition, educational 
37.11 	or historical purposes and not for commercial use, if the boilers have an inside diameter of 
37.12 	12 inches or less, or a grate area of two square feet or less, and are equipped with an ASME 
37.13 	stamped safety valve of adequate size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge;
37.14 	(19) any pressure vessel used as an integral part of an electrical circuit breaker;
37.15 	(20) pressure vessels used for the storage of refrigerant if they are built to ASME code 
37.16 	specifications, registered with the national board, and equipped with an ASME code-stamped 
37.17 	pressure-relieving device set no higher than the maximum allowable working pressure of 
37.18 	the vessel. This does not include pressure vessels used in ammonia refrigeration systems;
37.19 	(21) pressure vessels used for the storage of oxygen, nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, 
37.20 	argon, nitrous oxide, or other medical gas, provided the vessel is constructed to ASME or 
37.21 	Minnesota Department of Transportation specifications and equipped with an ASME 
37.22 	code-stamped pressure-relieving device. The owner of the vessels shall perform annual 
37.23 	visual inspections and planned maintenance on these vessels to ensure vessel integrity;
37.24 	(22) pressure vessels used for the storage of compressed air for self-contained breathing 
37.25 	apparatuses;
37.26 	(23) hot water heating or other hot liquid boilers vented directly to the atmosphere; and
37.27 	(24) pressure vessels used for the storage of compressed air not exceeding 1.5 cubic feet 
37.28 	(11.22 gallons) in volume with a maximum allowable working pressure of 600 psi or less.
37.29 	(b) An engineer's license is not required for hot water supply boilers.
37.30 	(c) An engineer's license and annual inspection by the department is not required for 
37.31 	boilers, steam cookers, steam kettles, steam sterilizers or other steam generators not exceeding 
37.32 	100,000 BTU per hour input, 25 kilowatt, and a pressure of 15 psig.
38.1 	(d) Electric boilers not exceeding a maximum working pressure of 50 psig, maximum 
38.2 	of 30 kilowatt input or three horsepower rating shall be inspected as pressure vessels and 
38.3 	shall not require an engineer license to operate.

38.4 	Sec. 57. [327.30] SACRED COMMUNITIES AND MICRO-UNIT DWELLINGS.
38.5 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
38.6 	the meanings given.
38.7 	(b) Chronically homeless" means an individual who:
38.8 	(1) is homeless and lives or resides in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe 
38.9 	haven, or in an emergency shelter;
38.10 	(2) has been homeless and living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, 
38.11 	a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least one year or on at least 
38.12 	four separate occasions in the last three years; and
38.13 	(3) has an adult head of household, or a minor head-of-household if no adult is present 
38.14 	in the household, with a diagnosable substance use disorder, serious mental illness, 
38.15 	developmental disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive impairments resulting 
38.16 	from a brain injury, or chronic physical illness or disability, including the co-occurrence of 
38.17 	two or more of those conditions.
38.18 	(c) "Designated volunteers" means persons who have not experienced homelessness and 
38.19 	have been approved by the religious institution to live in a sacred community as their sole 
38.20 	form of housing.
38.21 	(d) "Extremely low income" means an income that is equal to or less than 30 percent of 
38.22 	the area median income, adjusted for family size, as estimated by the Department of Housing 
38.23 	and Urban Development.
38.24 	(e) "Micro unit" means a mobile residential dwelling providing permanent housing 
38.25 	within a sacred community that meets the requirements of subdivision 4.
38.26 	(f) "Religious institution" means a church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious 
38.27 	organization organized under chapter 315.
38.28 	(g) "Sacred community" means a residential settlement established on or contiguous to 
38.29 	the grounds of a religious institution's primary worship location primarily for the purpose 
38.30 	of providing permanent housing for chronically homeless persons, extremely low-income 
38.31 	persons, and designated volunteers that meets the requirements of subdivision 3.
39.1 		Subd. 2.Dwelling in micro units in sacred communities authorized. Religious 
39.2 	institutions are authorized to provide permanent housing to people who are chronically 
39.3 	homeless, extremely low-income, or designated volunteers, in sacred communities composed 
39.4 	of micro units subject to the provisions of this section. Each religious institution that has 
39.5 	sited a sacred community must annually certify to the local unit of government that it has 
39.6 	complied with the eligibility requirements for residents of a sacred community in this section.
39.7 		Subd. 3.Sacred community requirements. (a) A sacred community must provide 
39.8 	residents of micro units access to water and electric utilities either by connecting the micro 
39.9 	units to the utilities that are serving the principal building on the lot or by other comparable 
39.10 	means, or by providing the residents access to permanent common kitchen facilities and 
39.11 	common facilities for toilet, bathing, and laundry with the number and type of fixtures 
39.12 	required for an R-2 boarding house under Minnesota Rules, part 1305.2902. Any units that 
39.13 	are plumbed shall not be included in determining the minimum number of fixtures required 
39.14 	for the common facilities.
39.15 	(b) A sacred community under this section must:
39.16 	(1) be appropriately insured;
39.17 	(2) have between one-third and 40 percent of the micro units occupied by designated 
39.18 	volunteers; and
39.19 	(3) provide the municipality with a written plan approved by the religious institution's 
39.20 	governing board that outlines:
39.21 	(i) disposal of water and sewage from micro units if not plumbed;
39.22 	(ii) septic tank drainage if plumbed units are not hooked up to the primary worship 
39.23 	location's system;
39.24 	(iii) adequate parking, lighting, and access to units by emergency vehicles;
39.25 	(iv) protocols for security and addressing conduct within the settlement; and
39.26 	(v) safety protocols for severe weather.
39.27 	(c) A sacred community meeting the requirements of this section shall be approved and 
39.28 	regulated as a permitted use, conditional use, or planned unit development, as determined 
39.29 	by the municipality. When approved, additional permitting is not required for individual 
39.30 	micro units.
39.31 	(d) Sacred communities are subject to the laws governing landlords and tenants under 
39.32 	chapter 504B.
40.1 		Subd. 4.Micro unit requirements. (a) In order to be eligible to be placed within a 
40.2 	sacred community, a micro unit must be built to the requirements of the American National 
40.3 	Standards Institute (ANSI) Code 119.5, which includes standards for heating, electrical 
40.4 	systems, and fire and life safety. A micro unit must also meet the following technical 
40.5 	requirements:
40.6 	(1) be no more than 400 gross square feet;
40.7 	(2) be built on a permanent chassis and anchored to pin foundations with engineered 
40.8 	fasteners;
40.9 	(3) have exterior materials that are compatible in composition, appearance, and durability 
40.10 	to the exterior materials used in standard residential construction;
40.11 	(4) have a minimum insulation rating of R-20 in walls, R-30 in floors, and R-38 in 
40.12 	ceilings, as well as residential grade insulated doors and windows;
40.13 	(5) have a dry, compostable, or plumbed toilet or other system meeting the requirements 
40.14 	of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Chapters 7035, 7040, 7049, and 7080, or other 
40.15 	applicable rules;
40.16 	(6) have either an electrical system that meets NFPA 70 NEC, section 551 or 552 as 
40.17 	applicable or a low voltage electrical system that meets ANSI/RVIA Low Voltage Standard, 
40.18 	current edition;
40.19 	(7) have minimum wall framing with two inch by four inch wood or metal studs with 
40.20 	framing of 16 inches to 24 inches on center, or the equivalent in structural insulated panels, 
40.21 	with a floor load of 40 pounds per square foot and a roof live load of 42 pounds per square 
40.22 	foot; and
40.23 	(8) have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors installed.
40.24 	(b) All micro units, including their anchoring, must be inspected and certified for 
40.25 	compliance with these requirements by a licensed Minnesota professional engineer or 
40.26 	qualified third-party inspector for ANSI compliance accredited pursuant to either the 
40.27 	American Society for Testing and Materials Appendix E541 or ISO/IEC 17020.
40.28 	(c) Micro units that connect to utilities such as water, sewer, gas, or electric, must obtain 
40.29 	any permits or inspections required by the municipality or utility company for that connection.
40.30 	(d) Micro units must comply with municipal setback requirements established by 
40.31 	ordinance for manufactured homes. If a municipality does not have such an ordinance, micro 
40.32 	units must be set back on all sides by at least ten feet.

41.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

41.2 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 572B.17, is amended to read:
41.3 	572B.17 WITNESSES; SUBPOENAS; DEPOSITIONS; DISCOVERY.
41.4 	(a) An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the 
41.5 	production of records and other evidence at any hearing and may administer oaths. A 
41.6 	subpoena must be served in the manner for service of subpoenas in a civil action and, upon 
41.7 	motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the 
41.8 	manner for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
41.9 	(b) On request of a party to or a witness in an arbitration proceeding, an arbitrator may 
41.10 	permit a deposition of any witness to provide testimony at the arbitration hearing, including 
41.11 	a witness who cannot be subpoenaed for or is unable to attend a hearing, to be taken under 
41.12 	conditions determined by the arbitrator for use as evidence in order to make the proceeding 
41.13 	fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.
41.14 	(c) An arbitrator may permit such discovery as the arbitrator decides is appropriate in 
41.15 	the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties to the arbitration proceeding 
41.16 	and other affected persons and the desirability of making the proceeding fair, expeditious, 
41.17 	and cost-effective.
41.18 	(d) If an arbitrator permits discovery under subsection (c), the arbitrator may order a 
41.19 	party to the arbitration proceeding to comply with the arbitrator's discovery-related orders, 
41.20 	including the issuance of a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production 
41.21 	of records and other evidence at a discovery proceeding, and may take action against a party 
41.22 	to the arbitration proceeding who does not comply to the extent permitted by law as if the 
41.23 	controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.
41.24 	(e) An arbitrator may issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of privileged 
41.25 	information, confidential information, trade secrets, data classified as nonpublic or private 
41.26 	pursuant to chapter 13, and other information protected from disclosure as if the controversy 
41.27 	were the subject of a civil action in this state.
41.28 	(f) All laws compelling a person under subpoena to testify and all fees for attending a 
41.29 	judicial proceeding, a deposition, or a discovery proceeding as a witness apply to an 
41.30 	arbitration proceeding as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action under the laws 
41.31 	and rules of civil procedure of this state.
41.32 	(g) The court may enforce a subpoena or discovery-related order for the attendance of 
41.33 	a witness within this state and for the production of records and other evidence issued by 
42.1 	an arbitrator in connection with an arbitration proceeding in another state upon conditions 
42.2 	determined by the court in order to make the arbitration proceeding fair, expeditious, and 
42.3 	cost-effective. A subpoena or discovery-related order issued by an arbitrator must be served 
42.4 	in the manner provided by law for service of subpoenas in a civil action in this state and, 
42.5 	upon motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced 
42.6 	in the manner provided by law for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action in this state.

42.7 	Sec. 59. REPEALER.
 42.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.12, subdivision 2, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S1384-1 

179A.12 EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION; ELECTIONS; DECERTIFICATION.
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