Minnesota Legislature
Week in Review: April 22-26
By HPIS Staff
Members got back to work after a Passover break this week that meant official House business didn’t begin until Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a floor session to continue passing bills off the floor.
Conference committees also ramped up their work and the House Ways and Means Committee began merging bills to better align them with their Senate counterparts as this year’s legislative session closes in on its final phase.
Marathon floor sessions may soon await — perhaps as early as Monday. Eight bills are on the days' Calendar for the Day, including three — HF4300, HF601 and HF2609 — that involve firearms. Another bill, HF4444, concerns misclassification of employees and has provoked lengthy discussions on its path to the floor.
Have a good weekend and here’s a look back at what happened over the last few days.
Recent Dailies
Child mental health services could be covered by medical assistance
By Miranda Bryant Children amid a mental health crisis who need care at a residential treatment facility have too often been left behind when it comes to medical benefits. Sponsored by Rep. K...Cities, counties could impose local sales taxes to fund certain infrastructure projects
By Mike Cook
Approving a potential local sales tax bump may no longer need legislative approval.
Sponsored by Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL-Mpls), HF5336 would let cities and counties impose loc...
Education policy bill — including proposed student cell phone policy — passes House; conference committee expected
By Brian Basham
After nearly four hours of House debate Thursday evening, the education policy bill is headed back to the Senate.
“This wide-ranging policy bill … picks up where last year’s...
House passes bill that calls for added protections for online ticket buyers
By Tim Walker
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) certainly doesn’t like Ticketmaster.
She got burned by the ticket conglomerate when a promised code to ensure she could buy Taylor Swift ti...
State tax preparation would be free for most filers under bill heard in House
By Rob Hubbard
Individual income tax returns are due Monday, so perhaps you’ve recently used such tax preparation software as TurboTax or H&R Block.
What if the state did the same thing fo...
Bill proposes creation of Office of Homelessness and Housing Supports
By Miranda Bryant
Homelessness in Minnesota is not new, but a possible new way to prevent and respond to it is.
Sponsored by Rep. Heather Keeler (DFL-Moorhead), HF5200, as amended, would esta...
Improved soil, water and climate health goal of proposed farm payment program
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In her third time before the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee to talk about nitrate contamination, Carrie Jennings likened soil and water health in southeast Minne...
Electric vehicle charging stations could be required in new residential projects
By Brian Basham More and more electric vehicles are being driven on Minnesota roads each day, a trend that is only growing. Looking into the electrified future, the state will need more EV char...Proposal would use state bonds to boost manufactured home development parks
By Miranda Bryant
(CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: Corrects attribution from Chris Sherman, president of Sherman Associates, to Rice County Commissioner Galen Malecha; clarifies that cooperatives do no...
MinnesotaCare expansion unlikely in 2024, key lawmaker says
By Miranda Bryant
The idea to expand MinnesotaCare with a “public option” so that more low-income Minnesotans could have affordable health coverage may be dead in the water this Legislative sessi...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs proposed $512 million supplemental budget on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months.
On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...
