SBAND Legislative Watch List
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Administrative Law
HB 1280
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Relating to denial of authority for administrative agencies to apply standards from other than federal or state law unless those standards are adopted as administrative rules.
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Business/Corporation
HB 1074
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Relating to the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act.
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HB 1184
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Relating to the preparation and filing of identity theft incident reports.
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HB 1298
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Relating to limited liability companies, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit limited liability companies, and partnership fictitious names; relating to commercial registered agent listing, cooperative associations, business corporations, limited liability companies, nonprofit corporations, geophysical exploration companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability limited partnerships; and to provide a penalty.
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HB 1545
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Relating to creation of a new type of limited liability company called a low-profit limited liability company.
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SB 2073
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Relating to payments under the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
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Criminal Law
HB 1185
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Relating to human trafficking; and to provide a penalty.
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HB 1186
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Relating to the possession or distribution of certain photographs or other visual images; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1219
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Relating to the chemical test of a driver in an accident.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1223
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Relating to electronic monitoring of certain offenders.
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HB 1244
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Relating to defrauding a urine test.
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HB 1272
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Relating to a sexual act or conduct through coercion.
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HB 1287
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Relating to the suspension of drivers' licenses.
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HB 1288
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Relating to complaint and summons procedures and administrative hearing appeals; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1306
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Relating to the authority of the parole board to use the twenty-four seven sobriety program as an intermediate sanction or condition of parole, temporary restricted driver's licenses, and establishment of a statewide twenty-four seven sobriety program by the attorney general; relating to supervision of probationers; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
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HB 1336
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Relating to the issuance of an order prohibiting contact; and to provide a penalty.
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HB 1355
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Relating to disorderly conduct.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1393
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Relating to criminal mischief; and to provide a penalty.
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HB 1409
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Relating to fleeing a peace officer; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1431
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Relating to a penalty for failure to submit to testing; relating to fees for traffic offenses; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1534
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Relating to the possession of a substance that is not scheduled; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1535
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Relating to special punishment for causing injury or death while under the influence of alcohol.
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HB 1553
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Relating to county and city restrictions on adult establishments; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2114
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Relating to wireless electronic devices on or within correctional facilities; relating to grades of correctional facilities and the definition of contraband; to provide a penalty; declare an emergency.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2115
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Relating to sentencing alternatives and possession of firearms.
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SB 2116
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Relating to wireless electronic communications devices on or within premises under the control of the department of corrections and rehabilitation and records of offenders; relating to the definition of contraband; relating to contracting with county jails to house female prisoners; to provide a penalty; declare an emergency.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2219
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Relating to fees assessed for criminal violations; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2418
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Relating to contributing alcohol to an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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SB 2439
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Relating to the penalty for unlawful delivery of alcohol to certain persons.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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Contracts
HB 1195
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Relating to indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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Debtor/Creditor Law
HB 1169
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Relating to the applicability of agricultural supplier liens.
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HB 1229
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Relating to a lien on property stored in a portable storage unit.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1319
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Relating to rescission periods for mortgages.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2206
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Relating to the effectiveness of a Uniform Commercial Code termination statement; and to provide for retroactive application.
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SB 2404
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A BILL for an Act to provide for the protection of the payment of proceeds from the sale of oil or gas.
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Employment/Labor
HB 1092
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Relating to the definition of disability under the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1097
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Relating to limitations of withholdings of an employer from compensation due employees.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1181
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Relating to job protections for volunteer emergency responders of the adjutant general's office; relating to public service job protections for volunteer emergency responders.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2143
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Relating to the administrative adjudication of discriminatory practices.
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SB 2185
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Relating to requirements of the labor department regarding discriminatory complaints.
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SB 2258
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Relating to whistleblower protection for private and public employees.
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Family Law
HB 1038
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Relating to restrictions on an individual's operator's license for nonpayment of child support or failure to obey a subpoena.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1175
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Relating to child support enforcement; relating to child support enforcement; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1291
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Relating to the use of electronic monitoring as a condition of release for certain individuals.
SBAND Position: Support
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HB 1329
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Relating to the child support guidelines.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 1252
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Relating to surname options.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2042
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Relating to parental rights and responsibilities and to parenting coordinators; relating to parental rights and responsibilities; relating to child custody and parental custody and visitation rights and duties.
SBAND Position: Support
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SB 2072
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Relating to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; relating to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; relating to proceedings to determine parentage; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2097
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Relating to the definition of a person responsible for a child's welfare and who may receive confidential reports of child abuse and neglect.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2420
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A BILL for an Act to provide for education and services to families in which the parents do not reside in the same household; to provide for a report; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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Government Organization/Operation
HB 1040
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A BILL for an Act to provide for a procedure for missing person investigations.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1073
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Relating to adoption of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; relating to application of the Administrative Agencies Practice Act.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1104
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Relating to exempt records.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1106
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Relating to the award of attorney's fees and court costs in actions brought by the labor department.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1107
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Relating to expenses for indigent defense services in home rule counties; relating to the payment of and reimbursement for indigent defense attorney's fees and expenses.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1220
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Relating to the definition of a meeting.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1224
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Relating to records of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1254
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Relating to the use of state or political subdivision services or property for political purposes; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1283
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Relating to the definition of a meeting.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1347
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Relating to the use of state or political subdivision services or property for political purposes; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1416
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Relating to the power of the attorney general to issue administrative subpoenas for bureau investigations and the duty of criminal justice agencies to enter warrants into the central warrant information system; relating to registration requirements for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1446
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A BILL for an Act to provide for state funding of county office buildings containing court facilities; and to provide an appropriation.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1467
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Relating to fees related to garnishment proceedings.
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HB 1490
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Relating to campaign finance.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1497
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Relating to legal counsel in cases involving the commitment of sexually dangerous individuals.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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SB 2098
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Relating to commitment to a public or private facility of a person requiring treatment due to mental illness or chemical dependency.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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SB 2161
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Relating to lost, missing, or runaway children; relating to lost or missing persons; relating to school enrollment procedures to aid in the identification and location of missing children.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2168
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Relating to the confidentiality of autopsy reports; relating to the powers and duties of the coroner and state forensic examiner; relating to the county coroner and the appointment of an assistant coroner; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2237
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Relating to a health care record registry; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
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SB 2282
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Relating to use of trade names by franchisees; relating to amendments and cancellation of trade name registrations.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2322
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Relating to electronic signatures and discipline of notaries public.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2370
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Relating to mental health commitment costs.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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SB 2421
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Relating to emergency procedures for mental health commitments; and to provide for a legislative council study.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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Insurance
HB 1205
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Relating to the transfer of structured settlements.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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SB 2397
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Relating to health insurance contracting practices; relating to health care provider profiling.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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Judicial System
HB 1146
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Relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents.
SBAND Position: Support
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HB 1148
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Relating to audits conducted by the state auditor at the request of the state court administrator.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1173
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Relating to the authority of the public employees retirement system board to create a trust health care savings plan for all supreme and district court judges participating in the public employees retirement system.
SBAND Position: Support
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HB 1296
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Relating to limits on small claims court actions.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1404
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Relating to appeals from small claims court; relating to small claims court procedure.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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HB 1457
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Relating to the hearing for a traffic violation.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2028
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Relating to repeal of the community service supervision fee.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2069
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Relating to fees collected by the clerk of district court for deposit in the civil legal services fund.
SBAND Position: Support
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SB 2118
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Relating to compensation of jurors.
SBAND Position: Support
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SB 2119
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Relating to selection of prospective jurors; relating to selection of jurors.
SBAND Position: Support
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SB 2120
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Relating to selection of jurors and defendants' rights.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2121
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Relating to the number of district court judges and vacancies in judicial office; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
SBAND Position: Support
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SCR 4013
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Relating to an exception of the right to trial by jury.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance
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Juvenile
HB 1089
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Relating to the powers and duties and files and records of the division of juvenile services; relating to the North Dakota youth correctional center; relating to the North Dakota youth correctional center.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1108
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Relating to the right to counsel under the Juvenile Court Act.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1333
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Relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2159
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Relating to the detention of a child participating in a juvenile drug court program.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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Real Property/Probate
HB 1039
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Relating to exemptions from process; relating to alternative exemptions.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1072
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Relating to the Uniform Probate Code; relating to the Uniform Probate Code.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1187
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Relating to fees for common areas in condominiums.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1207
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Relating to personal representatives of an estate.
SBAND Position:  Technical Assistance
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HB 1232
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Relating to custodianships for property of minors.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1300
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Relating to modification of irrevocable trusts.
SBAND Position:  Support
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HB 1323
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Relating to preparations for disposition at death; relating to duty of burial.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1323
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Relating to preparations for disposition at death; relating to duty of burial.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1325
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Relating to beneficiary deeds.
SBAND Position:  Technical Assistance
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HB 1364
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Relating to covenants and other restrictions on family child care homes.
SBAND Position:  Technical Assistance
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HB 1387
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Relating to the authorization of installation of fixtures on a rental property; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 1458
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Relating to the definition of irrevocable in reference to a trust and a presumption against eligibility for assistance programs for certain transactions; relating to the duty of a trustee to inform beneficiaries and the settlor.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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HB 2235
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Relating to lender approval of amendment of condominium rules.
SBAND Position:  Support
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HCR 3031
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A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study eminent domain laws as they relate to pipeline siting.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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SB 2074
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Relating to the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; relating to the jurisdiction of protective proceedings; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2139
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Relating to ownership of subsurface pore space; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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SB 2141
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Relating to damages to land surface caused by subsurface mineral extraction and related exploration.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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SB 2156
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Relating to appointment of a foreign personal representative.
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SB 2176
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Relating to the termination of a lease by death.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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SB 2232
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Relating to general and summary execution of judgment; relating to execution of judgment.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2233
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Relating to recording of change of name or identity of mortgagee and the assignment, satisfaction, release, or authorization of foreclosure by a mortgagee; and to provide for retroactive application.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2234
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Relating to recording instruments without acknowledgement.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2236
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Relating to the power of a trustee to transfer property.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2246
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Relating to requirements for easements, servitudes, and nonappurtenant restrictions.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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SB 2250
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Relating to attorney's fees under construction liens; relating to mechanic's and construction liens; relating to outdated mechanic's lien provisions.
SBAND Position:  Support
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SB 2299
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Relating to utility easement abstracts.
SBAND Position:  Track Only
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Tax Law
HB 1088
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Relating to the confidentiality of income tax and sales and use tax returns and return information.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1189
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Relating to custodianships for property of minors.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1203
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Relating to the income tax credit for charitable gifts; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2170
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Relating to registration of certain sexually oriented businesses; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2244
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Relating to continuation of the farm residence exemption for the surviving spouse of a deceased farmer; and to provide an effective date.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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Tort
HB 1069
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Relating to exemplary damages.
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HB 1128
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Relating to immunity and exemptions for actions in response to emergency management.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1174
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Relating to the liability of persons working with liquefied petroleum gas; to provide for application; declare an emergency.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1228
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Relating to liability for injury or damage incurred during equine activity.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1302
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Relating to extension of time for serving an expert opinion affidavit in medical liability actions.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1320
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Relating to liability of owners of recreation lands.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1384
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A BILL for an Act to provide limitations on private rights of action; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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HB 1390
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Relating to the definition of noneconomic damages; relating to noneconomic damages in health care malpractice actions.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1430
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Relating to successor corporation asbestos-related liabilities.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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HB 1560
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Relating to the liability of nonmanufacturing sellers.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2151
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Relating to liability of the state, the definition of discretionary acts relating to design of a public project, and claims arising from leased vehicles.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2196
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Relating to host liability for damages caused by an intoxicated individual.
SBAND Position: Track Only

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SB 2326
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Relating to disbursements taxed in judgment when a physician is found negligent in a medical malpractice trial but no autopsy is performed.
SBAND Position: Technical Assistance

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WSI

HB 1061
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Relating to workers' compensation definition of artificial members as it relates to compensable injuries; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1062
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Relating to workers' compensation rehabilitation services pilot programs; relating to expansion of workers' compensation rehabilitation services; and to provide for a report to the legislative council.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1063
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Relating to workers' compensation coverage for preexisting conditions; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1064
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Relating to cost-of-living adjustments for workers' compensation total disability benefits; to provide for application; to provide an effective date; declare an emergency.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1247
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Relating to workers' compensation dependency allowances.
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HB 1455
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Relating to workers' compensation benefits for surviving spouse of permanently and totally disabled injured employee; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1464
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Relating to attorney general representation of workforce safety and insurance, the workforce safety and insurance board, workforce safety and insurance administrative hearings, and workforce safety and insurance personnel; relating to the workforce safety and insurance personnel system and spending authority.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1524
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Relating to workers' compensation fraud; and to provide a penalty.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1542
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Relating to construction of workers' compensation claims.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HB 1561
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Relating to a treating doctor's opinion in workers' compensation decisions and appeals.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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HCR 3013
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A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study the availability of legal representation to assist injured employees in understanding and pursuing Workforce Safety and Insurance decisions.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2055
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Relating to the burden of proof under the workers' compensation firefighter's and law enforcement officer's presumption.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2058
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Relating to a distinction between workers' compensation independent medical examinations and independent medical reviews.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2059
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Relating to workforce safety and insurance payment of an injured employee's attorney's fees for a case review; and to provide for application.
SBAND Position: Support
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SB 2310
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Relating to construction of workers' compensation law.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2386
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Relating to workers' compensation definitions for compensable injury, permanent total disability, and temporary total disability and workers' compensation aggravation awards.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2419
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Relating to workers' compensation vocational rehabilitation awards.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2426
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Relating to a repealed reference to the workers' compensation retirement presumption; relating to reduction of workers' compensation benefits when an injured employee attains retirement age.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2430
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Relating to the duration of workers' compensation temporary partial disability benefits.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2431
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Relating to independent medical examinations required by workforce safety and insurance.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2432
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Relating to preferred providers for work-related injuries.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2433
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Relating to work searches by disabled workers.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2434
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Title: Relating to a repealed reference to the workers' compensation retirement presumption; relating to reduction of workers' compensation benefits when an injured employee attains retirement age.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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SB 2435
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Relating to the exercise of continuing jurisdiction by workforce safety and insurance.
SBAND Position: Track Only
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