Kahn Legislation Now Law
Debating on the House Floor.

These are some of the most important Kahn laws.


Laws Relating to Health

%A5Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act

%A5Law to increase the availability of organ and tissue donations by requiring notification of the option to donate anatomical gifts

Laws Relating to the Environment

%A5Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act

%A5Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act

%A5Increased funding for wildlife, park and recreation facilities

%A5Moratorium on the construction of certain freeways, including I-335

%A5Regulations on genetically engineered organisms

%A5Required frequent testing of mercury and other hazardous material emissions from incinerators, regulating shutdown and repair of facilities with emissions above approved permit levels

%A5Funding of the Great River road on the West Bank, including bicycle and pedestrian paths, from the University campus past downtown Minneapolis

%A5Funding to improve water quality and to separate Minneapolis and St. Paul sewer systems, keeping raw sewage from flowing into the Mississippi River

%A5Maintenance and expansion of community and urban forests

%A5Location and Construction of U of M hazardous waste facility

%A5Establishment of Mississippi River Urban Whitewater Trail for rafters, canoers and kayakers

%A5Facilitation of legalization of industrial hemp as a Minnesota crop

Laws Relating to Women's Rights

%A5Funding for battered women's shelters

%A5Establishment of the Commission on the Economic Status of Women

%A5Funding for displaced homemakers program

%A5Rape Victims assistance program, and laws to facilitate prosecution of sex offenders and to protect the rights of rape victims in court

%A5Women's equality laws including the right of a woman to keep her own name after marriage

%A5Gender equity in funding and treatment for athletics

%A5Women's Suffrage Memorial Garden

Laws Relating to Economic Security and Government Reform

%A5Computer crime and computer virus law

%A5Prohibition of discrimination based on age in employment and education

%A5Prohibition of discrimination against the disabled and handicapped

%A5Funding for training and education to further employment of at-risk targeted youth

%A5Public pension fund investment oversight

%A5Increased stability of funding for Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund (MERF) and Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Association (MTRA)

%A5Commercial validity and security of electronic signatures and messages

%A5Electronic versions of guidebook and state register available on Internet

%A5Establishment of a conservation building code for renewal of older buildings

Laws Relating to Quality of Life

%A5Increased public support for the arts, including dedicating 1% of the costs of new state buildings to purchase art

%A5Prohibition of corporal punishment in the schools

%A5Grant-in-aid program for historic preservation in the St. Anthony Falls historic district

%A5State grant for construction of visitor center at St. Anthony Falls


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