Week in Review: April 21-25

Coming back from a weeklong Easter/Passover break, work picked up in the House this week as the May 19 constitutional deadline to finish session inches closer.

The House Ways and Means Committee reviewed omnibus finance bills throughout the week. Deals were reached on several outstanding budgets, and the committee amended the vehicle bill for energy with its budget this week. The House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee amended its vehicle bill with a budget deal and that bill is now on its way to the House Ways and Means Committee for review. On Friday, legislators were still negotiating budgets for education, health and workforce.

The omnibus agriculture finance bill was the first to pass the House Thursday. The legacy and judiciary/public safety bills passed Friday, as did the omnibus public safety policy bill.

But to start the week, the House paid tribute to the late Rep. Mary Murphy that included stories about the House’s longest-serving woman at 23 terms and passed a bill to rename the library grant program in her honor.

Enjoy your weekend. Here’s a look at what happened this week: 

AGRICULTURE

House OKs $172 million ‘people-focused’ agriculture finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18743

BUDGET

House speaker sees sticking points in budget negotiations, remains optimistic

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18740

ENERGY

Omnibus energy bill grows in House Ways and Means Committee

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18742

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

House passes $777 million omnibus legacy finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18744

HIGHER EDUCATION

Higher education panel approves finance and policy bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18738

PUBLIC SAFETY

Combined public safety, judiciary budget bill heads to House Floor

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18739

House lawmakers OK $3.7 billion public safety, judiciary budget bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18745

Bipartisan public safety policy package clears House

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18746

STATE GOVERNMENT

House remembers former Rep. Mary Murphy, votes to rename library grant program in her honor

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18737

Walz’s State of the State address lays out priorities, slams D.C. ‘chaos’

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18741