Bill > SF2236

This bill primarily renames the Office of Administrative Hearings to the Court of Administrative Hearings and introduces a new provision for agency requests for remand in administrative proceedings. The bill modifies several sections of Minnesota Statutes to update terminology from "office" to "court" and establishes a formal process for agencies to request remands of administrative law judge findings. Specifically, the bill allows agencies to request a remand within 45 days after the hearing record closes, requiring them to provide specific reasons for the request, particularly if additional fact-finding is needed. The chief administrative law judge (or designee) must accept remand requests under certain conditions, such as when an agency rejects a summary disposition recommendation, a previously defaulted party seeks to participate, or after appellate court remand. The bill also provides the chief judge discretion to accept remand requests for other reasons that serve justice. Additionally, the bill instructs the revisor of statutes to systematically update references to the administrative hearings entity throughout Minnesota Statutes. As a technical note, the bill also repeals two sections of law related to political and campaign material solicitation (sections 211B.06 and 211B.08), though the direct connection to the administrative hearings rename is not immediately clear from the provided text.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2236&ssn=0&y=2025