Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
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...
Could more of Minnesota’s city councils be elected by wards?
By Mike Cook
Furthering local control is a key component to a potential change in how residents elect their city leaders.
Sponsored by Rep. Emma Greenman (DFL-Mpls), HF4904 would permit ...
Public safety panel considers bill toughening penalties on straw gun purchases
By Tim Walker
With halting breath, Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL-Burnsville) spoke about the Feb. 18 shooting in her hometown when a man used two AR-15-style firearms to kill three local first respond...
A smooth trip through committee for transportation policy bill
By Margaret Stevens
Planes, trains and automobiles all fall under the jurisdiction of the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee. And so could flying cars.
Provisions that would allo...
Higher education policy bill matriculates to House Floor
By Rob Hubbard
Higher education policy is going through an adjustment period. Changes put forth in the higher education policy bill are primarily about revising policies already in place, with...
New protections for judges, other civil law changes head to House Floor
By Tim Walker
A judiciary policy bill receiving committee approval Thursday would have a very wide reach, ranging from making court-appointed guardians personally liable for acts or omissions...
House lawmaker hopes to lower temperature of traffic stops with change in law
By Tim Walker
What causes a routine traffic stop to become anything but routine, turning dangerous and even deadly?
Rep. Cedrick Frazier (DFL-New Hope) says a determining factor is often ...
Elections committee approves wide-ranging policy bill along party lines
By Mike Cook
School board appointments, lobbying reporting, deepfakes and the “Minnesota Voting Rights Act” are all part of a bill receiving enough favorable votes Wednesday night.
