SF 4255
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/09/2026 04:48 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing that emergency managers are essential
employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Essential employee.
"Essential employee" means firefighters, peace officers
subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire
department public safety dispatchers, new text begin emergency managers, new text end guards at correctional facilities,
confidential employees, supervisory employees, assistant county attorneys, assistant city
attorneys, principals, and assistant principals. However, for state employees, "essential
employee" means all employees in law enforcement, public safety radio communications
operators, health care professionals, correctional guards, professional engineering, and
supervisory collective bargaining units, irrespective of severance, and no other employees.
For University of Minnesota employees, "essential employee" means all employees in law
enforcement, nursing professional and supervisory units, irrespective of severance, and no
other employees. "Firefighters" means salaried employees of a fire department whose duties
include, directly or indirectly, controlling, extinguishing, preventing, detecting, or
investigating fires. Employees for whom the state court administrator is the negotiating
employer are not essential employees. For Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. employees,
"essential employees" means all employees.