Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House passes protections for renters embroiled in utility disputes
By Rob Hubbard
If you’re a renter, how you pay for your power, heat and water can be problematic if your landlord does the billing instead of the utilities.
There have been instances in wh...
Education policy conference committee lays out differences in House, Senate bills
By Brian Basham
With a laundry list of differences, the education policy conference committee met Wednesday to walk-through the differences between the House and Senate bills.
Largely, the ...
Northern MN helium discovery prompts proposed regulatory framework for gas, oil production
By Margaret Stevens
Perhaps best known for filling party balloons and causing Mickey Mouse voices, helium is a critical element for many industries ranging from semiconductors to fiber optic cables...
Week in Review: April 15-19
By HPIS Staff
A look back at what happened in the Minnesota House of Representatives the week of April 15-19.
House Taxes Committee sends its final bill onward
By Rob Hubbard
While the 2023 tax law was mostly about targeted tax relief for lower earners and higher tax rates for those at the other end of the income spectrum, the product of this year’s ...
Health panel approves supplemental budget bill; next stop, ways and means
By Miranda Bryant
The House Health Finance and Policy Committee passed a $43 million supplemental health budget bill Friday on a party-line vote.
Sponsored by Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL-Rocheste...
House panel OK’s finance bill that sponsor says aims to tackle a Minnesota ‘workforce in crisis’
By Tim Walker
Legislation to distribute $16.75 million in onetime fiscal year 2025 funding among more than 40 organizations and municipalities for job training programs and other workforce de...
House passes cannabis legislation aiming to speed up retail sales
By Tim Walker
Last summer, it became legal for adults to possess cannabis and grow cannabis plants for personal, recreational use.
But buying cannabis legally at a licensed retail busines...
Wide-ranging human services supplemental budget bill clears House panel
By Miranda Bryant
People experiencing or facing imminent homelessness. Prisoners preparing to re-enter the community. The elderly.
All would benefit from the human services supplemental budge...
Health supplemental budget bill grows to $43 million through reappropriations, additional resources
By Miranda Bryant
Mental health service provisions, pharmacy service expansion, and insurance reimbursements for prosthetics and orthotics are coming out on top despite a relatively small health ...
Committee OKs agriculture bill funding nitrate treatment, allowing fertilizer research council to sunset
By Margaret Stevens
When session ended last year, House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee Chair Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center) had a goal: keep whole the Agricultural Growth, Resea...
Labor committee advances supplemental finance bill
By Brian Basham
A supplemental budget bill that would appropriate more than $9.57 million from the General Fund in fiscal year 2025, was approved by the House Labor and Industry Finance and Pol...
Committee OK’s transportation policy, budget bill
By Margaret Stevens
The respect Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) has garnered literally filled a room Thursday as the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee took a short break to honor th...
Repeal of ban on plastic bag ordinances, limited spending included in state and local government bill that clears committee
By Mike Cook
Paper or plastic may not be a bagging option. Healthier food choices at the seat of state government may be forthcoming. And local capital investment requests may need to come w...
Judiciary panel advances $36 million bill to boost pay, expand restorative justice programs
By Tim Walker
Courthouse security, both physical and in cyberspace, plus pay boosts for courtroom interpreters and those who do mental health examinations in civil commitment and criminal pro...
