Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Week in Review: April 29 – May 3
By HPIS Staff
There are weeks, and then there are weeks like this one, when the phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” rings especially true.
Long hours of floor debate that frequently neared, or...
Local assistance focus of House-passed elections supplemental funding bill
By Mike Cook
A voting operations, technology, and election resources account that assists local governments with certain election-related expenses would be the largest beneficiary of a suppl...
Supplemental workforce and economic development bill passed by House
By Tim Walker
A conference committee is likely forthcoming for the workforce and economic development supplemental budget bill.
By a 74-52 vote Friday, the House passed HF5205/SF5289*, a...
Tax bill with advance payments of credits passes House
By Rob Hubbard
While the 2024 House tax bill appears modest by comparison with the 2023 edition, it would expand the scope of some of last year’s provisions and call for more transparency...
House, Senate negotiators nix phase-out of subminimum wage in human services bill
By Miranda Bryant
Workers with a disability may continue to work for less than minimum wage.
The human services policy conference committee reached agreement Friday on the committee report to...
Public option amendment joins energy, agriculture and commerce bill
By Rob Hubbard
It’s been an interesting week for HF4975.
Sponsored by Rep. Patty Acomb (DFL-Minnetonka), the bill was created last week in the House Ways and Means Committee, when the supp...
House OK’s bill to increase penalties for ‘swatting’
By Tim Walker
Making a fictitious emergency call that a serious crime is underway is a gross misdemeanor in Minnesota.
House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) wants to make it a...
Tougher penalties for firearm straw purchases pass House overnight
By Tim Walker
A straw purchase occurs when an individual buys a firearm for someone ineligible to purchase or possess it.
Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL-Burnsville) sponsors a bill that would incre...
House passes bill expanding firearm storage requirement following fierce floor debate
By Tim Walker
Acknowledging no single law is going to prevent all tragedies, Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville) nonetheless urged passage of a firearms storage bill she sponsors in the ho...
Human services conference committee testimony centers on subminimum wages, recovery peers
By Miranda Bryant
The human services policy conference committee heard mixed opinions from the public Thursday on proposals that would phase out subminimum wages for workers with disabilities, an...
Transportation, housing and labor package passes House
By Margaret Stevens
Proponents of the transportation, labor and housing supplemental budget bill say it will result in a safer, cleaner, more affordable state with provisions that would mitigate th...
Planting trees, measures to protect state’s helium resources included in environment package that clears House
By Margaret Stevens
More than once Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul) has shared the adage that the best time to plant trees is 20 years ago. The next best time is today.
“It’s another great...
Pension policy modifications receive strong House support
By Mike Cook
Eighteen bills initially approved on a bipartisan vote by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement have been rolled into the pension and retirement supplemental bud...
House passes supplemental children and families budget
By Jonathan Mohr
After voting to table a package of funding and policy provisions meant to address child care and protection, hunger and homelessness late Tuesday evening, the House resumed...
House passes bill to add protections for minors appearing in online media
By Tim Walker
Hollywood is full of stories about childhood actors reaching stardom and then falling hard, often with tragic endings.
That same sad pattern is being replayed on social medi...
