Week in Review: April 15-19

Many committees held their final meetings this week with members marking up, debating and voting on comprehensive supplemental budget bills in advance of Friday’s final deadline for those bills to have had favorable action taken on them in order to proceed.

That deadline does not apply to the taxes, bonding or ways and means committees, however, so they will take center stage in the weeks to come as tweaks and procedural moves are made and, of course, a capital investment bill is likely assembled and debated.

A reminder that their will be no House activity Monday and Tuesday of next week in observance of Passover. Legislative happenings will resume April 24 at noon.

Have a good weekend, stay warm, and here’s a look back at what happened over the last few days.

AGRICULTURE

Committee OKs agriculture bill funding nitrate treatment, allowing fertilizer research council to sunset

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18321

Nitrate treatment represents bulk of spending proposed in ag finance, policy bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18302

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

From fish to forests, House panel approves $239.4 million Legacy fund budget

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18307

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
House passes cannabis legislation aiming to speed up retail sales

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18324

Commerce finance bill focuses on cannabis, insurance fraud

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18310

House passes commerce policy bill packed with proposed consumer protections

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18293

CIVIL LAW

Judiciary panel advances $36 million bill to boost pay, expand restorative justice programs

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18317

Family courts shouldn’t disregard the abilities of parents with a disability, bill supporters say

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18296

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

House panel OK’s finance bill that sponsor says aims to tackle a Minnesota ‘workforce in crisis’

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18325

Economic panel approves $10.22 million supplemental finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18314

House workforce panel begins work on supplemental finance bill; vote expected Friday

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18306

EDUCATION

Education finance bill gets passing grade in committee

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18308

Supplemental education finance bill would provide $33 million for READ Act

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18289

ELECTIONS
Ranked choice voting, local assistance highlight elections supplemental funding bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18305

EMPLOYMENT

Labor committee advances supplemental finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18320

House labor finance bill would increase spending by $9.5 million

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18298

ENERGY

Climate and energy committee bill surges forward

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18311

House’s final climate, energy bill explores more carbon-free options

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18300

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Split vote sends budget, policy bill out of environment committee

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18312

Environment panel to consider a budget, policy bill with ‘spice,’ sponsor says

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18301

Local control over wetlands roils waters as House passes environment policy bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18291

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health panel approves supplemental budget bill; next stop, ways and means

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18326

Wide-ranging human services supplemental budget bill clears house panel

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18323

Health supplemental budget bill grows to $43 million through reappropriations, additional resources

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18322

Children and families budget bill gets go-ahead from House panel

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18315

Addiction recovery facility threatened with closure spared under proposed human services supplemental spending bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18303

Children and families budget bill takes steps to fund tech fixes, fight food insecurity

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18295

House passes human services policy bill that would end subminimum wage program

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18292

HIGHER EDUCATION

Panel approves higher education finance bill with help for students who’ve experienced foster care

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18316

HOUSING
Housing panel approves supplemental finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18313

Supplemental housing bill proposes $10 million in new funding

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18304

MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Bonding boost, bridge rededication part of military and veterans affairs bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18299

PUBLIC SAFETY

Supplemental public safety spending ‘a Band-Aid,’ committee chair warns

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18297

STATE GOVERNMENT
Repeal of ban on plastic bag ordinances, limited spending included in state and local government bill that clears committee

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18318

Capitol Mall improvements, repeal of ban on plastic bag restrictions part of state and local government bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18294

TAXES
House Taxes Committee sends its final bill onward

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18327

Panel takes up 2024 edition of House tax bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18309

House Property Tax Division completes its work

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18290

TRANSPORTATION

Committee OK’s transportation policy, budget bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18319