Prohibits cancellation, non-renewal or conditioning renewal of automobile insurance of a policyholder solely as a result of a dispute or a complaint pending against the insurer. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to military service credit for members of the armed forces who received a Kosovo Campaign Metal. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Regulates heavy metals, magnets and batteries in children's jewelry; prohibits the manufacture, sale and distribution of children's jewelry which does not meet certain standards. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plant to deputy sheriffs Jason Hendel, Christopher Fay, Gregory Prokop and Carl Zimmerman. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Relates to the commercial display of human remains; requires the department of health to implement a permit process for anyone displaying human remains for payment or other consideration; exempts remains more than 100 years old, consisting solely of human hair or teeth, part of the ordinary display at a funeral establishment or memorial, an object of religious veneration, consisting solely of bodies transported into and remaining in the state for display prior to the effective date of this section, or in the possession of a museum facility. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CODES

Makes provisions regarding environmental benefit projects in lieu of civil penalties including establishing conditions for their acceptance and criteria for such projects; authorizes the attorney general to review and approve the settlement or administrative order. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Authorizes the St. Paul fire district to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to firefighters Robert J. Anderson, Edmond Kaspar, Timothy J. Kohlmeier, Kevin Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John Semmler and Timothy Warth. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Prohibits the use, purchase and storage of mercury and mercury instruments in schools; provides that mercury instruments may continue to be used if no reasonably acceptable mercury-free alternative is available, so long as the mercury instrument used has the lowest mercury content available; directs the commissioner of health to compile, produce and distribute material advising schools of the hazards of elemental mercury and how to reduce such hazards. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: EDUCATION

Requires deferred payment plan in installments over a period of up to one year be offered to small businesses for telephone installation, service initiation and nonrecurring maintenance charges; defines "small business" as a business which is resident in the state, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, employs one hundred or fewer persons and has installed no more than four telephone lines. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Provides that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains at least thirty parts per million and a maximum of fifty parts per million of denatonium benzoate as a bittering agent to render it unpalatable. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE