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With all our proposals off the House floor, our focus now turns to conference committees, where House and Senate members will work to craft consensus legislation on a final budget bill for their assigned area. I’m honored to share that I’ve been appointed to the Agriculture Conference Committee, and even though this is typically one of the most bipartisan components of the budget, there are still some important differences to work on to ensure we’re delivering a bill that adequately meets the needs of Minnesotans.
With session ending on May 17, we’ll be spending the next few weeks in negotiations, culminating in us passing our final budget bills off the House floor one last time. As one of the only divided state legislatures in the nation, it’s up to us to prove that governing can still get done through hard work and compromise.
REAL ID
In a recent announcement from the Federal Government, the deadline to obtain a REAL ID has been extended by an additional 18 months to May 3, 2023. This will help relieve some of the pressure on our local Driver and Vehicle Services offices, which have been overwhelmed with requests to renew expired drivers licenses and vehicle registration tabs, and give Minnesotans more time to obtain this updated form of identification.
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