The 2021 Minnesota Legislature is in session right now, and one very important issue in front of them is whether to give Minnesota small businesses liability protection from COVID-19 related lawsuits. Here are the results and how Minnesota small business owners feel about the issue.

Questions:                                                               

1. Should legislation be enacted that would limit the governor’s peacetime emergency authority to 30 days and then require the legislature to approve any emergency executive orders?

2. Should businesses be protected from frivolous and unmerited COVID-related lawsuits?

3. Should any employee that tests positive for COVID-19 be presumptively compensated by workers ’ compensation?

4. Should Minnesota conform its tax law with federal tax law to prevent the taxation of forgiven PPP loan funds?