Rulemaking docket for Minnesota Rules Chapter 1341

Expedited permanent rules regulating adult changing stations; Minnesota Rules chapter 1341

Pursuant to amendments to Minnesota Statutes § 326B.106, subdivision 4 (n), the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) is required to adopt rules requiring adult changing stations as part of the Minnesota State Building Code. Laws of Minnesota 2023, chapter 53, article 11, section 33, directs the commissioner to adopt the rules under the expedited rulemaking process in Minn. Stat. § 14.389.

Published notices and comment periods

Under the expedited rule process in Minn. Stat. § 14.389, no Request for Comments was published.

• View the Notice of Adoption that was published in the State Register on Nov. 18, 2024.

• A Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules to Adopt Proposed Expedited Permanent Rules Without A Public Hearing, which was published in the State Register on May 13, 2024.

Availability of rule draft(s) and Statement of Need and Reasonableness

• View Minnesota Rules, parts 1341.0011, 1341.0603, 1341.0613, and 1341.0902, as adopted.

• View the proposed rules.

Under the expedited rule process in Minn. Stat. § 14.389, there is no requirement for a Statement of Need and Reasonableness.

• View the Proposed Rule Memorandum, which provides background and information and context for the proposed rule amendments. 

Requests for hearing

DLI is not accepting requests for hearing because the law authorizing rules to be adopted under the expedited rulemaking process did not make specific reference to in Minn. Stat. § 14.389, subd. 5.

Orders

View the order issued on Sept. 12, 2024, by Administrative Law Judge Kimberly Middendorf, which approved the proposed rules.

Timetable/status of the rule proceeding; agency determinations

• This is a completed rulemaking.

• The Order Adopting Rules was signed Sept. 16, 2024.

Date the rule was filed with the Secretary of State and the effective date of the rule as adopted

• The effective date of the rule as adopted is Aug. 15, 2025.

• The rule was filed with the Secretary of State on Oct. 3, 2024.

Written comments, questions and requests

Contact person for procedural questions and to submit comments:  
Amanda Spuckler
Email:  dli.rules@state.mn.us
Phone:  651-284-5006

Contact the person above for additional information about the planned rule, to receive rule notices, to receive rule drafts if available, to provide comments, or to view comments or requests for hearing that have been submitted.

Comments and questions may also be submitted by U.S. mail, to the contact person listed above, at:  Department of Labor and Industry, 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN  55155.

Comments received after 4:30 p.m. will be considered received on the next state business day the Department of Labor and Industry is open.