Minnesota SF 2985: Right to Try Act

Status: Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing (as of 2014-05-13)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2013-2014 · Bill: SF 2985

Subjects: Drugs and Medicine, Health and Health Department, Popular Names

Sponsors: Petersen, B.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to retirement; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic
1.3 development to disclose information; making administrative and technical changes
1.4 to the Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program Act; amending Minnesota
1.5 Statutes 2024, sections 116J.401, by adding a subdivision; 187.03, subdivisions
1.6 5, 7, by adding a subdivision; 187.05, subdivisions 4, 6, by adding a subdivision;
1.7 187.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6; 187.08, subdivisions 3, 7; 187.11.
1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.401, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.10 to read:
1.11 Subd. 4.Disclosure to Secure Choice board.(a) Within 30 days of receiving a request
1.12 from the executive director or interim executive director of the Minnesota Secure Choice
1.13 retirement program, the commissioner must disclose to the executive director or interim
1.14 executive director, as applicable, information regarding employers engaged in a business,
1.15 industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in the state, whether for profit or not for profit.
1.16 Information requested may include but is not limited to:
1.17 (1) for each employer:
1.18 (i) the employer's business name, federal employer identification number, mailing and
1.19 street addresses, and telephone number; and
1.20 (ii) the names of one or more individuals who will serve as a point of contact for the
1.21 executive director or interim executive director and each individual's email address and
1.22 telephone number; and
1Section 1.
S2985-1 1st EngrossmentSF2985 REVISOR VH
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2985NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: PAPPAS)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading109103/27/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government1238a04/01/2025

2.1 (2) any other information that the executive director or interim executive director has
2.2 determined is needed to provide notice to employers about the program or to monitor
2.3 compliance with and enforce the requirements of chapter 187.
2.4 (b) The executive director or interim executive director must use information obtained
2.5 under this section for purposes consistent with this chapter and must maintain the privacy
2.6 of the information if required under chapter 13.
2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 187.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.8 Subd. 5.Covered employee.(a) "Covered employee" means a person who is employed
2.9 by a covered employer and who satisfies any other criteria established by the board.
2.10 (b) Covered employee does not include:
2.11 (1) a person who, on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, was younger than 18
2.12 years of age;
2.13 (2) a person covered under the federal Railway Labor Act, as amended, United States
2.14 Code, title 45, sections 151 et seq.;
2.15 (3) a person on whose behalf an employer makes contributions to a Taft-Hartley
2.16 multiemployer pension trust fund; or
2.17 (4) a person employed by the government of the United States, another country, the state
2.18 of Minnesota, another state, or any subdivision thereof.; or
2.19 (5) a person employed on a temporary or seasonal basis for a limited duration, which
2.20 the employer determines at the time the person is hired will not extend beyond 180 days.
2.21 (c) A person described in paragraph (b), clause (5), may elect to have contributions
2.22 deducted from the person's paycheck for remittance to the program, but only if the employer
2.23 would otherwise be considered a covered employer.
2.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 187.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to
2.25 read:
2.26 Subd. 6a.Enrollment window. "Enrollment window" means the period established by
2.27 the board, according to a phase-in schedule approved under Laws 2023, chapter 46, section
2.28 10, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that is applicable to each covered employer and during
2.29 which the covered employer is first required to provide information to covered employees
2.30 and enroll covered employees who do not elect to opt out of the program.
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3.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 187.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 7.Executive director."Executive director" means the chief executive and
3.3 administrative head of the program or, if an executive director has not been appointed,
3.4 executive director means the interim executive director, if one has been appointed.
3.5 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 187.05, is amended by adding a subdivision to
3.6 read:
3.7 Subd. 1a.Certification by employers that are not covered employers.(a) Any entity
3.8 or person may file a certification with the executive director on a form prescribed by the
3.9

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