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Legislative Update
The crucial deadline for bills with fiscal notes to be heard in both the House and the Senate was April 19. The Minnesota Legislature is very busy debating and refining important bills. Bills that have any costs to the state must have cleared this hurdle to stay viable for final passage in the remaining weeks of the 2024 Legislative Session.
Post-deadline week, the legislative focus will shift to the final passage of finance and policy omnibus bills in both chambers. Omnibus bills are a compilation of the many bills that were heard and passed out of committee throughout session. The next significant phase involves conference committees, where differences in the policy and finance omnibus bills will be reconciled before they can be enacted into law. Legislative Update
MCD50: Help Us Mark 50 Years of Disability Advocacy
The Minnesota Council on Disability is gathering stories and the history of the agency for our 50th Anniversary activities. Your experiences and stories have shaped the disability rights movement and are instrumental in how MCD works. Our history is not possible without you. Do you have photographs or cool items that would help us tell the story of our last fifty years? We want to know your stories and memories. MCD50: Help Us Mark 50 Years of Disability Advocacy
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We support and promote public policy goals that positively impact the lives of people with disabilities. MCD helps policymakers understand how their decisions affect the disability community and brings together members of the government and the public to comment on legislation.
Each session, lawmakers introduce dozens of bills that will impact the disability community. The amount of legislation introduced each session makes it a daunting task to follow the ones you might be interested in. We compile a list of disability-related legislation to make it easier for you to stay informed.
There are over half a million valid disability parking certificates and plates in Minnesota. We provide the “Do’s and Don’ts” of disability parking, as well as information on disability parking laws and regulations.
A service animal is a dog, or in some cases a miniature horse, individually trained to do work or perform tasks for someone with a disability. Service animals are different from Emotional Support Animals (ESA) and can go almost anywhere with their owners. MCD works to inform the public about service animals and protect the rights of people with disabilities.