Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Committee sends labor policy bill to the House Floor
By Brian Basham
Provisions that address issues ranging from drug testing and surgical smoke to job postings and credit card tipping are headed to the full House.
Each are part of the labor ...
Bill to promote more prison visitors could lead to better post-release outcomes, advocates say
By Tim Walker
Can something as simple as having more visitors from the outside help inmates avoid returning to the inside after they are released?
Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-St. Paul) says yes...
Bill aims to help seasonal, recreational property-heavy school districts manage low tax bases
By Brian Basham
There are 92 school districts in mostly rural Minnesota that have been unable pass an operating tax levy and are being forced to cut services, programs, teachers and sports to c...
Paper or plastic? House bill proposes to bin ban on local bag laws
By Mike Cook
Maybe an hour after many committee members had likely enjoyed breakfast or an early-morning cup of caffeine, Rep. Sydney Jordan (DFL-Mpls) may have made some stomachs a bit quea...
Rumble strip requirement gets hearing in House transportation committee
By Margaret Stevens
Kadin Huntley was riding with his brother on an unfamiliar road in Renville County in August 2022 when they missed a stop sign, went through an intersection, and their vehicle w...
Lawmaker seeks to boost program that delivers small grants with a big impact to child care facilities
By Jonathan Mohr
A child care provider in Mountain Iron needs $600 to repair a refrigerator that’s a few degrees too warm. A provider in Duluth seeks a little help to add tile flooring as a heal...
Medicinal cannabis users could benefit from increased home-grow limits
By Tim Walker
No doubt Minnesota’s medical cannabis program provides relief for many people, but it can also sometimes be too expensive for the people who use it to treat or cope with debilit...
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...
Week in Review: March 18-22
By HPIS Staff
It wasn’t a mad rush, but the pace of activity certainly picked up this week with several committees adding extra time, or extra meetings, as they worked to beat the session’s f...
Package of proposed consumer protections heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
The Department of Commerce oversees more than 40 industry areas in Minnesota and licenses more than 250,000 professionals and businesses to ensure their services and products ar...
Public safety committee policy bill heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
A public safety policy bill receiving committee approval Friday would have a very wide reach, from requiring private companies transporting prisoners to be licensed to prohibiti...
House environment panel approves ‘minor’ policy bill with least controversial provisions
By Margaret Stevens
Bottle deposits and plastic waste reduction programs are not advancing to the House Floor. At least not yet.
House members may end up voting on those issues this year, but t...
Education policy bill headed to full House with several changes
By Brian Basham
Some things changed; some things stayed the same in the education policy bill.
The House Education Policy Committee approved HF3782, as replaced by a delete-all amendment an...
Health licensing bill moves to House Ways and Means Committee
By Miranda Bryant
A major health policy bill was met with approval Thursday.
Sponsored by Rep. Tina Liebling, (DFL-Rochester), HF4247, as amended, speaks to the scope of practice and licensin...
Legislation would fund program for paying Minnesota’s student teachers
By Brian Basham
Many aspiring teachers say the biggest barrier to attaining their license is the student teaching experience, which can mean relocating to a new community for 12 weeks with no p...
