Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Designated support person for pregnant patients finds bipartisan support
By Tessa Pieper
HF52 would amend the Health Care Bill of Rights by establishing the right for pregnant patients to have a designated support person present during health care services.
Judiciary panel OKs bill allowing notaries to perform civil marriages
By Tim Walker
Rep. John Huot (DFL-Rosemount) said Tuesday that a bill he sponsors to allow notary publics to perform marriages is very personal.
AG’s office seeks funding boost to aid prosecution efforts in Greater MN
By Mike Cook
Outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, a large percentage of the other 80 county attorney’s offices are little more than mom-and-pop-type operations with the nu...
Week in Review: Jan. 9-13
By HPIS Staff
Whether you celebrate, are superstitious, or don’t care: Happy Friday the 13th.
The legislative session’s second week wraps up today with no hearings scheduled. But the past...
Labor committee delivers warehouse worker safety bill to its next destination
By Steve Abrams
Approved Thursday by the House Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committee on an 8-4 party-line vote, HF36 now heads to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee.
Legislative leaders set 2023 committee deadlines
By HPIS Staff
Legislators and the public now officially know the timeline for getting bills through the committee process during the 2023 session.
Proposed office would address ‘disturbing trend’ of missing, murdered Black women and girls
By Tim Walker
Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) says there is an “unacceptable crisis” in the state’s Black population.
Second abortion rights bill gains House committee approval
By Tessa Pieper
The DFL’s second bill aimed at reproductive rights received its first approval.
Sponsored by Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL-Rochester), HF91, as amended, would repeal certain abort...
Bill to simplify marriage dissolution name change headed to House Floor
By Tim Walker
A divorce is both an ending and a beginning.
That new path forward can include a name change, something Rep. Jessica Hanson (DFL-Burnsville) wants to simplify.
Currently...
More than $30 million could be available to address child care crisis
By Jonathan Mohr
Child care access and affordability were challenges for families long before the COVID-19 pandemic, as were workforce shortages and profitability for providers.
But for many...
Testifiers urge MN lawmakers to act fast on federal funds for road construction
By Margaret Stevens
Though winter seems firmly entrenched, Minnesota’s second season of road construction is fast approaching.
No-cost school meals for all students clears first committee
By Steve Abrams
Many students are going hungry in Minnesota schools. HF5, a proposal heard Wednesday in the House Education Policy Committee, is an attempt to rectify that pressing concern by i...
House environment panel advances ‘Lawns to Legumes’ pollinator program
By Margaret Stevens
Legislators are seeking to continue a groundbreaking program to grow bee habitats.
Minnesota’s Lawns to Legumes program offers grants and technical assistance to establish p...
House passes CROWN Act prohibiting discrimination based on hair
By Tim Walker
Hair discrimination is a proxy for racial discrimination, Rep. Esther Agbaje (DFL-Mpls) said on the House Floor Wednesday.
She spoke about the many times she has felt pressu...
House lawmakers begin path toward MN marijuana legalization with first committee approval
By Tim Walker
HF100 cleared the first of what may be up to a dozen committee hurdles when the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee approved HF100, as amended, by a voice vote Wednesday and sent it to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee.
