Audio/Video Archives - 2007-2008 Regular Session

HF2906 (Paymar) Regulation of dangerous dogs;
HF2469 (Hornstein) Dog and Cat Breeders Act adopted providing standards of care for dog and cat breeders, authorizing rulemaking, and appropriating money;
HF3132 (Mullery) Animal fighting provisions changed;

HF2906 (Paymar) Regulation of dangerous dogs;
HF3132 (Mullery) Animal fighting provisions changed.

The committee will continue discussion from Tuesday afternoon's meeting.

HF2553 (Winkler) Catastrophe survivor compensation fund established, and money appropriated.

*SF100 (Cohen) Establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing criminal penalties;
*HF117 (Thissen) Personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations and nonresident individuals modified;
*HF1130 (Nelson) Making it a crime to falsely report police misconduct to an attorney or other person whose responsibilities include investigating or reporting police misconduct; prescribing penalties;
*HF1306 (Holberg) Regulating business screening agencies; providing civil penalties;
*HF1595 (Swails) Statutory housing warranties recovery for breaches regulated;
HF1825 (Kahn) Increasing the penalty for smoking in a nonsmoking hotel room; providing for civil and criminal penalties;
*HF1948 (Hilstrom) Public defender representation provided for juveniles, children in need of protection, and other persons;
HF2717 (Kalin) Authorizing disbursement of minimum fines for controlled substance offenses to juvenile substance abuse court programs.

* Bills marked were passed after full hearings in the 2007 session and returned to the committee at the end of session. The committee intends to limit itself to taking procedural action to return these bills to the General Register.

*HF999 (Mahoney) and *HF1230 (Nelson) have been removed from the agenda.

HF1053 (Olin) Making it a felony to commit theft of a computer that has identity information in its memory about the owner or any other person;
HF1119 (Dill) Modifying definitions; providing for and modifying certain fees; modifying provisions for taking animals causing damage; modifying license and stamp provisions; modifying certain possession and taking restrictions; providing for an apprentice hunter validation; providing criminal and civil penalties
HF1609 (Clark) Protecting certain employee statements from employer retaliation; establishing complaint procedures; establishing investigative jurisdiction for the commissioner of labor and industry; creating civil penalties;
HF584 (Mullery) Omnibus Crime Bill; Increasing penalties for metal theft. *Continued discussion, if necessary, of amendments from Thursday night.*
HF1225 (Olin) Omnibus Real Property Bill; Modifying the limitation on actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property for certain actions.
HF2290 (Sailer) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; providing penalties for gaining improper access to medical records;

Copies of these bills will be available Thursday March 22 outside of Room 367, State Office Building.

HF1360 (Simon) Omnibus Data Practices Bill. Clarifying duties and classifications; making technical changes.
Copies of this bill are available outside 367 State Office Building.

HF1225 (Olin) Construction; limitation on actions modified for damages based on services or construction to improve real property;
HF211 (Zellers) Mortgage application information sale prohibited.
HF1209 (Mullery) Regulating certain transactions with homeowners whose homes are in foreclosure;
HF931 (Mullery) Prohibiting certain predatory lending practices; prescribing criminal penalties; providing remedies;
HF1004 (Davnie) Prohibiting predatory lending practices;
HF1919 (Marquart) Providing for plats of land;
HF1841 (Simon) Permitting victims of domestic abuse to terminate a lease in certain circumstances;
HF1595 (Swails) Statutory housing warranties recovery for breaches regulated;
HF1058 (Thissen) Authorizing automatic enforcement of official traffic-control devices;
HF49 (Lesch) Providing that certain criminal gang behavior is a public nuisance; authorizing injunctive relief and other remedies;
HF1704 (Tillberry) Requiring motor vehicle collision repair to include air bag repair or replacement; providing criminal penalties;
HF1074 (Ruud) Adopting the Darlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; imposing penalties;
HF1758 (Davnie) Regulating access devices; establishing liability for security breaches; providing enforcement powers;
HF1824 (Faust) Amusement ride regulation provisions modified.
HF931 (Mullery) Prohibiting certain predatory lending practices; prescribing criminal penalties; providing remedies;
HF1004 (Davnie) Prohibiting predatory lending practices.
HF1948 (Hilstrom) Public defender representation provided for certain minors and other persons, and certain mandatory representation by public defender provisions removed;
HF2318 (Bigham) Modifying sentences for repeat sex offenders;

HF1274 (Hilstrom) authorizing integrated search service inquiries; restricting use of drivers' license photographs for criminal justice use; authorizing the Department of Public Safety to establish a secure subscription service to enhance officer safety during tactical operations by and between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; updating and clarifying membership on the CriMNet Task Force;
HF584 (Mullery) Omnibus Crime Bill; Increasing penalties for metal theft.

Other bills TBA

HF698 (Garafolo) Has been removed from the agenda.