10.05 REMOTE HOUSE OPERATIONS.(a) The Minnesota House of Representatives may allow floor and committee procedures related to member debate and voting to occur by means of distance voting, remote electronic voting, or voting by other means designed to allow legislative operations in urgent or pressing situations.
(b) A member may attend and vote during floor sessions or committee meetings via remote means if practicable, for reasons related to the health or safety of the member or the member's family, and with advance permission of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(c) Witnesses may participate in committee hearings via remote means as far as is practicable.
(d) An entirely remote hearing or floor session may not be held without prior approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(e) A member who is ordered to active military service may attend and vote during floor sessions via remote means if practical, if the member submits a copy of the orders compelling the member's military service to the Speaker. If the circumstances of the member's service make it impractical to attend a floor session in real time, the member may submit, in advance, the member's votes, limited to items of business that have been posted for that day's agenda, as practical. Votes submitted in advance must be authenticated and delivered to the Chief Clerk through the member's official House email address, prior to the time the floor session is scheduled to convene, and in a manner that allows the authentication to be verified by all members of the House.