Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Punish organizers for ‘bad actors’? Bill would create felony for ‘vicarious liability’
By Ricky Campbell
The Legislature is moving forward with a proposal intended to crack down on organizations that encourage and train protesters to damage infrastructure like oil pipelines, despite critics’ concerns surrounding unintended violations of First Amendment protections.
House, Senate pass differing versions of bills to fund MNLARS fixes
By Jonathan Avise
The House on Monday OK’d $10 million in emergency funding to fix the state’s malfunctioning motor vehicle license and registration system.
Technical changes for mortgage loan originators’ licensing get House OK
By Ricky Campbell
The House passed a bill Monday that would make technical changes to the statutes governing licensing requirements for mortgage loan originators.
House passes bill allowing towns to donate to local food shelves
By Melissa Turtinen
The House passed a bill Monday that would allow towns to give money to community food shelves.
House OKs bill to close loophole in bidding process for water tower repairs
By Melissa Turtinen
The bidding process cities go through to fix water towers could change under a bill passed 125-1 by the House Monday.
‘Simple fix’ would stop taxing half of veterans’ civil service pensions
By Ricky Campbell
HF3934 would expand the income tax subtraction to cover half of the pension income received through the Federal Employee Retirement System or the Civil Service Retirement System, if it includes military service credit.
Bill approved to prevent Legacy-funded art projects from promoting domestic terrorism, criminal activity
By Melissa Turtinen
A video game where players can destroy oil pipelines was partly funded through a state arts grant, and now a legislator is proposing new rules to prevent this from happening again.
Starting Line: A solution to the state's lieutenant governor conundrum?
By HPIS Staff
This week on Starting Line, Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein (DFL-New Brighton) lays out her proposal to change the way a lieutenant governor is selected.
Week in Review: March 12-16
By Jonathan Mohr
With the release today of Gov. Mark Dayton’s supplemental budget, lawmakers now have the numbers they need to firm up the details of bills that will begin to move during the day...
Dayton’s supplemental budget spends $226 million on MNLARS, school safety, broadband and more
By Ricky Campbell
Republican legislative majority offers mixed reactions to proposed tax system overhauls and DMV fixes.
'Penny a pill' opioid crisis proposal likely done for the session
By Zach Kayser
The initiative contained in a bill from Rep. Dave Baker (R-Willmar) would have charged prescription opioid manufacturers to help fund efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
Open-government bill targeting recordings stalls in civil law committee
By Ricky Campbell
Lawmakers heard a bipartisan-supported bill Thursday designed to give the public access to video, audio and other recordings of government employees previously deemed private, b...
Legislation looks to untangle location-tracking warrants from traditional searches
By Ricky Campbell
HF2309 would further clarify that the court must unseal location-tracking warrants for electronic devices pinging cell phones and keep them separate from traditional warrants.
Republican lawmakers revive effort to overhaul Met Council
By Jonathan Avise
Critics of the 50-year-old planning agency say it has become ‘a monster’; others defend the agency’s role while saying some change is needed.
Tougher penalty sought for killing someone while driving with cell phone
By Mike Cook
HF2932 would expand the criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation crimes to include when someone negligently operates a motor vehicle while operating a cell phone.
