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