SF2261

This Minnesota Senate bill, S.F. No. 2261, proposes an amendment to Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7, which defines "essential employees." The bill expands the list of workers classified as essential employees to include:

• Firefighters
  
• Peace officers
  
• 911 system and police/fire department public safety dispatchers
  
• Medical examiners, coroners, medical death technicians, and medical death investigators
  
• Correctional facility guards
  
• Confidential and supervisory employees
  
• Assistant county and city attorneys
  
• Principals and assistant principals
  

For state employees, the bill designates all workers in law enforcement, public safety radio communications, health care, correctional guard positions, and professional engineering and supervisory roles as essential employees.

For University of Minnesota employees, the definition includes those in law enforcement, nursing, and supervisory roles.

For Hennepin Healthcare System Inc., all employees are considered essential under this bill.

The bill clarifies that employees under the state court administrator are not considered essential employees.