Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House approves measure allowing per diems for Hennepin County advisory board, commission members
By Mike Cook
All counties, except the state’s most populous, are permitted to set reasonable allowances for expenses or per diems for members of advisory boards or committees.
Sponsored ...
House Ok’s cleanup of Bloomington’s HRA statutory authority
By Mike Cook
Deleting references to sections of law repealed in 1987 and making it clear Bloomington is governed by the general statute that covers all housing and redevelopment authorities ...
Mental health the focus of first education conference committee meeting
By Pratik Joshi
The conference committee working to resolve differences in the omnibus education finance and policy bill kicked off proceedings Monday, not with a side-by-side walkthrough of the House and Senate versions, but with testimony on the importance of mental health of students and staff.
Environment committee approves changes to distribution of lottery sales funds, LCCMR composition
By Brian Hall
During recent House floor debates, it was suggested reform was needed of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.
Two Monday committee votes have begun the...
Week in Review: May 2-6
By HPIS Staff
While much of last week’s focus was on the work of the House Ways and Means Committee, much of the work this week involved the full House debating, amending and, ultimately, pas...
Omnibus veterans and military affairs bill heads to the governor after passing House
By Brian Hall
A late move to separate veterans and military affairs appropriations and policies from a larger omnibus package has been met with overwhelming support.
The House passed HF44...
House OKs bill to distribute opioid settlement funds, sends it to governor
By Tim Walker
The House passed a bill on Friday to distribute the $300 million Minnesota is expected to receive from the national opioid settlement, which collected $26 billion in fines resul...
House passes beefed-up protections against ‘abusive’ insurance settlements
By Tim Walker
People suffering a traumatic injury can be tempted to trade an insurance company settlement giving them a series of benefits over a lifetime for an immediate lump-sum cash payme...
Proposed Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson gets strong House support
By Mike Cook
Resources, advocacy and visibility are some of the plusses to a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting children, some who’ve already experienced hard times.
Children in foster ...
Capitol security committee would continue under bill that clears House
By Mike Cook
First enacted in 2012, the Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security is directed to assess safety and security risks in the Capitol area and discuss developments that might af...
House passes new process for optional online county-owned land sales
By Mike Cook
Folks wanting to acquire some public land may need to do it in a more modern way.
Sponsored by Rep. Julie Sandstede (DFL-Hibbing), HF3285 would allow counties, in addition t...
Paid family leave in omnibus climate, jobs, economic development bill passed by House
By Margaret Stevens
By a 69-62 vote late Wednesday, the House passed its omnibus workforce, business development, climate and energy supplemental finance and policy bill.
House passes omnibus tax bill; battle over cuts, credits now heads to Senate
By Rob Hubbard
To supporters, the House omnibus tax bill looks like the largest tax cut the state has offered residents in decades. To detractors, it doesn’t cut taxes nearly enough.
Yet, ...
House passes $768 million omnibus health and human services bill
By Tim Walker
A House was once again divided along party lines in passing an omnibus bill.
This time it was the omnibus health and human services bill that passed, as amended, 69-64 Tuesd...
Week in Review: April 24-29
By HPIS Staff
From Sunday’s State of the State address by Gov. Tim Walz, to today’s sixth floor session of the week, it has been a busy and eventful last few days.
All of that time was ne...
