EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION 1999
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THIRD DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, January 11, 1999
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The House of Representatives convened at 2:30 p.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Bruce Talso, Tree of Life Church, Circle Pines, Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The Speaker announced that Representative Tom Osthoff, District 66A, was administered the oath of office on Monday, January 11, 1999. His certificate of election and a signed and sworn statement of the oath of office are on file.
The roll was called and the following members were present:
| Abeler | Dorman | Holberg | Luther | Ozment | Stang | |
| Abrams | Dorn | Howes | Mahoney | Paulsen | Storm | |
| Anderson, B. | Entenza | Huntley | Mares | Pawlenty | Swenson | |
| Anderson, I. | Erhardt | Jaros | Mariani | Paymar | Sykora | |
| Bakk | Erickson | Johnson | Marko | Pelowski | Tingelstad | |
| Biernat | Finseth | Juhnke | McCollum | Peterson | Tomassoni | |
| Bishop | Folliard | Kahn | McElroy | Pugh | Trimble | |
| Boudreau | Fuller | Kalis | McGuire | Rest | Tuma | |
| Bradley | Gerlach | Kelliher | Milbert | Reuter | Tunheim | |
| Broecker | Gleason | Kielkucki | Molnau | Rhodes | Van Dellen | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Knoblach | Mulder | Rifenberg | Vandeveer | |
| Carlson | Gray | Koskinen | Mullery | Rostberg | Wagenius | |
| Carruthers | Greenfield | Krinkie | Munger | Rukavina | Wejcman | |
| Cassell | Greiling | Kubly | Murphy | Schumacher | Wenzel | |
| Chaudhary | Gunther | Kuisle | Ness | Seagren | Westerberg | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Larsen, P. | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Westfall | |
| Clark, K. | Haas | Larson, D. | Olson | Seifert, M. | Westrom | |
| Daggett | Hackbarth | Leighton | Opatz | Skoe | Wilkin | |
| Davids | Harder | Lenczewski | Orfield | Skoglund | Winter | |
| Dawkins | Hasskamp | Leppik | Osskopp | Smith | Wolf | |
| Dehler | Hausman | Lieder | Osthoff | Solberg | Workman | |
| Dempsey | Hilty | Lindner | Otremba | Stanek | Spk. Sviggum | |
Jennings was excused.
Holsten was excused until 3:15 p.m.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Rifenberg moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
The following House Files were introduced:
Wolf, Jennings, Davids and Kahn introduced:
H. F. No. 48, A bill for an act relating to utilities; abolishing sunset provision repealing performance-based gas purchasing plans; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 216B.167, subdivisions 7 and 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Ozment, Pawlenty, Sviggum, Pugh and Stanek introduced:
H. F. No. 49, A bill for an act relating to public employees; making certain changes relating to health coverage for survivors of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 299A.46; and 299A.465, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Dempsey, Ozment, Sviggum, Osskopp and Milbert introduced:
H. F. No. 50, A bill for an act relating to the county of Goodhue; allowing a 1998 levy limit adjustment for certain payments in lieu of tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Finseth, Westrom, Swenson and Ness introduced:
H. F. No. 51, A bill for an act relating to agricultural assistance; providing payments to certain farmers and property tax relief to certain livestock producers; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Haas, Dawkins, Mares, Nornes and Larsen, P., introduced:
H. F. No. 52, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Biernat, Smith, Bishop and Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 53, A bill for an act relating to family law; enacting the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; proposing coding for new law as chapter 518D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 518A.01; 518A.02; 518A.03; 518A.04; 518A.05; 518A.06; 518A.07; 518A.08; 518A.09; 518A.10; 518A.11; 518A.12; 518A.13; 518A.14; 518A.15; 518A.16; 518A.17; 518A.18; 518A.19; 518A.20; 518A.21; 518A.22; 518A.23; 518A.24; and 518A.25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Finseth, Fuller, Tunheim, Hackbarth and Ozment introduced:
H. F. No. 54, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; removing surcharge for personal watercraft; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 86B.415, subdivision 7a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Tomassoni; Anderson, I., and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. No. 55, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to maintain a trained force of firefighters; modifying the definition of public employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 88.12, by adding a subdivision; and 179A.03, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Van Dellen, Sviggum, Pugh, Smith and Folliard introduced:
H. F. No. 56, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; modifying the limitations provision governing health provider actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 541.07; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 541.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Paymar introduced:
H. F. No. 57, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring disclosure of and a vote by local governing bodies on increases in property taxes due to reduced market value; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 275.065, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. No. 58, A bill for an act relating to education; retroactively authorizing independent school district No. 912, Milaca, to start its school year prior to Labor Day.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Bakk; Anderson, I.; Finseth; Hackbarth and Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 59, A bill for an act relating to recreational vehicles; modifying provisions of snowmobile grants-in-aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.83, subdivisions 3 and 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Haas introduced:
H. F. No. 60, A bill for an act relating to health; allowing reimbursement for supplemental private duty nursing services provided by spouses of recipients and other individuals who meet criteria related to financial hardship; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.0625, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Haas, Luther, Tingelstad and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. No. 61, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to construct segment of marked trunk highway No. 252 to provide three lanes in each direction.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Rukavina and Davids introduced:
H. F. No. 62, A bill for an act relating to insurance; auto; regulating nonrenewals of the physical damage portion of policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 65B.17, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Marko; Larsen, P.; Milbert; Lenczewski and Mares introduced:
H. F. No. 63, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kahn, Peterson, Otremba, Winter and Dehler introduced:
H. F. No. 64, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; classifying industrial hemp as an agricultural crop subject to regulation and registration by the commissioner of agriculture; requiring growers of industrial hemp to be registered by the commissioner; imposing a criminal penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Huntley, Bishop, Greenfield, Paymar and Greiling introduced:
H. F. No. 65, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the protection of conscience and religious liberty in health care; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; and 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Johnson introduced:
H. F. No. 66, A bill for an act relating to civil service; providing for the abolition of the Spring Lake Park police civil service commission.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Luther; Carruthers; Leighton; Larsen, P., and Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 67, A bill for an act relating to crime; imposing penalties for killing or injuring a search and rescue dog; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.596.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention.
Rukavina, Mares, Tomassoni, Kielkucki and Krinkie introduced:
H. F. No. 68, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing benefit increases for the Eveleth police and fire trust fund.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Rest, Carlson, Carruthers, Luther, Stanek and Leppik introduced:
H. F. No. 69, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the general education basic formula allowance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.10, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.
Daggett, Nornes, Boudreau, Tomassoni and Cassell introduced:
H. F. No. 70, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing law enforcement agencies to sell forfeited firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories to persons eligible to possess a firearm lawfully; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.5315, subdivisions 1 and 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention.
Rest, Tomassoni, Lenczewski and Leighton introduced:
H. F. No. 71, A bill for an act relating to taxes; reducing the general sales and use tax rate and eliminating June accelerated payments for sales, liquor, and tobacco taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 289A.18, subdivision 4; 289A.20, subdivision 4; 297A.02, subdivision 1; and 297F.09, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 289A.60, subdivision 15; 297F.09, subdivision 6; and 297G.09, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Rukavina and Abrams introduced:
H. F. No. 72, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use taxes; exempting the purchase of construction materials used in building a community pavilion; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilty; Larsen, P.; Ozment; Kahn; McElroy and Hausman introduced:
H. F. No. 73, A bill for an act relating to the year 2000 problem; providing immunity for certain activities; clarifying the mutual aid authority of local government units; requiring the department of health to collect and disseminate certain information; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 12.331, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Luther, Haas, McCollum, Greenfield and Nornes introduced:
H. F. No. 74, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the suggested health care directive form, amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 145C.16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Wenzel, Schumacher, Finseth and Otremba introduced:
H. F. No. 75, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use tax; reducing the rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.02, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Seagren introduced:
H. F. No. 76, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for technical and other changes to kindergarten through grade 12 education provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 120B.05; 120B.11, subdivision 5; 121A.25, subdivision 1; 123A.22, subdivisions 6 and 7; 123A.27; 123A.48, subdivision 19; 123A.485, subdivision 1; 123B.14, subdivision 5; 123B.31; 123B.70, subdivision 1; 123B.86, subdivision 1; 123B.88, subdivisions 1, 13, and 22; 123B.95, subdivision 2; 124D.11, subdivision 5; 124D.114; 124D.21; 124D.38, subdivision 9; 124D.40; 124D.41; 124D.42, subdivisions 4, 6, and 7; 124D.43; 124D.45, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124D.454, subdivision 8; 124D.53, subdivision 2; 124D.61; 124D.70; 124D.81, subdivision 1; 124D.83, subdivision 2; 124D.895; 125A.62, subdivision 1; 125A.77, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 126C.05, subdivisions 4 and 5; 126C.10, subdivision 9; 126C.14; 126C.15, subdivision 3; 126C.16, subdivisions 1 and 2; 126C.22, subdivision 4; 126C.41, subdivision 1; 126C.44; 126C.48, subdivisions 2 and 5; 127A.41, subdivision 1; 127A.45, subdivision 13; and 127A.49, subdivisions 2 and 3; Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 5, section 50, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 123B.92, subdivision 10; 124D.128, subdivision 4; 124D.38, subdivision 10; and 124D.45, subdivision 3; Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 9; Laws 1997, chapter 192, section 19.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Stang introduced:
H. F. No. 77, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; allowing surviving spouses to continue to purchase special license plates issued to veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.123, by adding a subdivision; and 168.124, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
McCollum; Larson, D.; Gray; Mahoney and Tuma introduced:
H. F. No. 78, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use tax; reducing the rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.02, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 79, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Solberg and Rest introduced:
H. F. No. 80, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; reducing rate of additional registration tax on passenger automobiles and hearses; providing for distribution of revenue from motor vehicle sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 168.013, subdivision 1a; and 297B.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
McCollum; Larson, D.; Gray; Tuma and Otremba introduced:
H. F. No. 81, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution, herewith transmitted:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 14, 1999.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
SUSPENSION OF RULES
Pawlenty moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 be now considered and be placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.
A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 14, 1999.
Be it Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that upon adjournment on January 14, 1999, the Senate and House of Representatives may each adjourn for more than three days.
Pawlenty moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 be now adopted. The motion prevailed and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 was adopted.
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
Pawlenty, for the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, offered the following report and moved its adoption:
The Permanent Rules of the House of Representatives for the 81st Session shall read as follows:
PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ARTICLE I - DAILY BUSINESS
1.01 CONVENING OF THE HOUSE. Unless otherwise ordered, regular sessions of the House shall
convene convenes at two-thirty 2:30 p.m. The Speaker shall take the chair at the
appointed hour at which the House convenes and the House shall then be called and call the
House to order.
The call to order is followed by a prayer shall be said by the Chaplain or time allowed
for a brief meditation., then, on the first legislative day in any calendar week, it shall be
followed by the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America., and then
by a call of the roll of members shall be called and. The names of members
present and members excused shall must be entered in the Journal of the House.
1.02 READING OF THE JOURNAL. If a quorum being is present, the Chief Clerk
shall read the Journal of the preceding day shall be read by the Chief Clerk, unless otherwise
ordered. The House may correct any errors in the Journal of the preceding day.
1.03 ORDER OF BUSINESS. After the reading of the Journal is read, the order of business of
the day shall be is:
(1) Presentation of petitions or other communications.
(2) Reports of standing committees.
(3) Second reading of House bills.
(4) Second reading of Senate bills.
(5) Reports of select committees.
(6) Introduction and first reading of House bills.
(7) Consideration of messages from the Senate.
(8) First reading of Senate bills.
(9) Consent Calendar.
(10) Calendar for the day.
(11) General Orders.
(12) (11) Motions and resolutions.
Conference committees on House bills and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may report
at any time except when the House is in the Committee of the Whole.
1.04 SECOND READING REPORTING OF BILLS. Every bill shall require a second
reading.
Except as otherwise ordered, every bill requiring the approval of the Governor shall, after a second reading,
be considered in a Committee of the Whole before it shall be finally acted upon by the House.
A bill must be reported to the House on three different days before its passage. The first report, called the first reading, occurs when it is introduced; the second report, called the second reading, occurs when it has been reported by the appropriate standing committees for consideration by the House; the third report, called the third reading, occurs when it is ready for the vote on passage.
1.05 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. The Committee of the Whole is a committee of the entire membership
of the House. The Speaker may appoint another member as chair to preside over the Committee of the Whole.
When the House arrives at the General Orders of the Day, it shall resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole
to consider bills on General Orders.
A bill considered in the Committee of the Whole shall be reported and then debated by sections, with the title
considered last. All amendments shall be typewritten and five copies shall be submitted to the Chair who shall report
them to the House.
1.06 RULES TO APPLY TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. The Rules of the House shall be observed in
the Committee of the Whole so far as may be applicable except that the previous question shall not be forced or
speaking limited.
Upon demand of 15 members, the yeas and nays shall be called, the question voted on, and the yeas and nays
recorded in the Journal of the House.
In the Committee of the Whole no amendment increasing the amount of any appropriation shall be passed
without the yeas and nays recorded in the Journal of the House.
A motion that the Committee arise shall always be in order and shall be decided without debate.
1.07 GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY. The Chief Clerk at the direction of the Speaker shall prepare the
General Orders of the Day, which is a list of all bills which have not been made Special Orders or placed on the
Consent Calendar, numbered according to their order at second reading. Unless otherwise ordered by a majority of
the Committee, items on General Orders shall be taken up in numerical order.
The Chief Clerk shall see that a copy of each bill printed under the Rules or Orders of the House is placed in
each member's file, which is to be kept at the member's desk in the chamber, at least 24 hours before the bill shall
be considered in the Committee of the Whole.
If a bill is progressed three times it shall be placed at the end of General Orders.
Except during the last five days in any year on which a bill may be passed, a bill amended in the Committee
of the Whole shall not be given its third reading until it is engrossed and reproduced as amended.
GENERAL REGISTER. The General Register consists of all bills that have received a second reading, except those placed on the Consent Calendar under Rule 1.11. Bills must be placed on the General Register in the order that they receive their second reading. A bill must be on the General Register, be given to each member, and be available to the public before it may be considered by the House on the Calendar for the Day or the Fiscal Calendar. Each day that the House meets in session, the Chief Clerk shall publish a list of the bills on the General Register.
1.08 THIRD READING OF BILLS. No An amendment shall may not be
received after the third reading of a bill without the unanimous consent of the House, except
to fill blanks or to amend titles the title.
At any time prior to its passage any before it is passed, a bill or resolution may be referred or
re-referred by a majority vote of the whole House. If the committee, other than the Committee of the Whole,
to which it was is referred or re-referred reports an amendment on it, it shall be to it,
the bill or resolution must again be given its second reading, considered in Committee of the Whole, given
its third reading and placed upon its final passage and placed on the General Register.
1.09 SPECIAL ORDERS. A bill may be made the Order of the Day for a special time and be placed upon a
separate list known as "Special Orders."
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may by committee report designate as a Special
Order any bill which has had its second reading.
Any member may move to make a bill a Special Order by giving notice at least two legislative days in advance
of and specifying the day on which the member will so move. The notice shall include the number and title of the
bill and the day and time certain for the Special Order. Only the member giving such notice, or another member
designated in writing by the member who originally gave notice of the Special Order to the Speaker, may make the
motion for the Special Order. A two-thirds vote of the whole House on such motion is required to make a bill a
Special Order.
The time set for the motion may not be extended, and failure to make the motion on the specified day forfeits
the right to make the motion.
A motion to make a bill a Special Order, when made according to the procedures herein prescribed, shall be
a privileged motion, shall take precedence over all other motions except a motion to adjourn or to set the time to
adjourn and questions of personal privilege, and may be made at any time on the day designated in the notice. A
three-fourths vote of the whole House is required to suspend the motion.
Any Special Order, or any part of it, may be continued or postponed by two-thirds vote of the whole House
at the time of such Special Order; however, a Special Order designated by the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may be continued or postponed by a majority vote of the whole House at the time of such Special
Order. If a bill on Special Orders has been continued three times by the author or coauthor a motion for continuance
shall not be in order and the bill shall be returned to General Orders.
When the time arrives for the consideration of any Special Order, the House shall consider each bill upon the
Special Order in the order in which it is listed. After consideration it shall immediately be read the third time and
placed upon final passage.
#.##. CALENDAR FOR THE DAY. The Calendar for the Day is a list of bills and resolutions that are to be considered that day by the House. The House shall consider each item on the Calendar for the Day in the order in which it is listed on the Calendar. After consideration by the House, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill or resolution must immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its passage.
A bill or resolution that has received its second reading may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or by order of the House upon the motion of a member as provided in this Rule.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration shall designate the bills that are to be on the Calendar for the Day. During regular session, the Committee shall designate the bills by 5:00 p.m. the day before the day that the bills are to be on the Calendar, except that the Committee may designate the bills at any time in an odd-numbered year after the first Monday following the third Saturday in April, and in an even-numbered year after a day specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. After the Committee designates the bills, the Chief Clerk shall publish the Calendar for the Day.
A bill that is on the General Register for more than ten legislative days may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by a three-fifths vote of the whole House, acting on the motion of a member. A bill placed on the Calendar for the Day in this manner must be considered first the next time that the House reaches the order of business "Calendar for the Day." A member shall give notice to the Speaker three legislative days before making a motion to place a bill on the Calendar for the Day. The notice must specify the number and title of the bill. Only the member who gave notice to the Speaker, or another member designated in writing by the member who gave notice, may make the motion to place the bill on the Calendar for the Day. After the third legislative day following the day of notice, the motion must be made the first time that the House reaches the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the motion is not made at that time, the member who gave notice forfeits the right to make that motion.
A bill or resolution may be continued on the Calendar for the Day by a majority vote of the whole House. A third motion by the author of a bill or resolution to continue it on the Calendar for the Day is not in order; upon such a motion, the bill must be stricken from the Calendar. The Calendar for the Day expires when the House adjourns for the day, unless the House, by a majority vote of the whole House, continues items remaining on the Calendar to the next day.
1.10 FINANCE AND REVENUE BILLS GIVEN PRECEDENCE FISCAL CALENDAR.
Any A bill relating to taxes or raising revenue and any finance bill, which
that has had its second reading, shall be acted upon whenever must be considered by the House
when requested by the Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or by a designee of the Chair or, for
any. A bill relating to taxes or raising revenue, that has had its second reading must be
considered by the House when requested by the Chair of the Committee on Taxes or a designee of the Chair.
During regular session, a chair shall announce the intention to make the request by 5:00 p.m. the legislative day before the day that the request for consideration is to be made, except in an odd-numbered year after the first Monday following the third Saturday in April, and in an even-numbered year after a day specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. During periods when the 5:00 p.m. requirement does not apply, the chair shall announce the intention at least two hours before making the request.
After consideration by the House on the Fiscal Calendar, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill shall immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its passage.
1.11 CONSENT CALENDAR. Any bill of a non-controversial nature for which the committee report
recommends placement upon If a committee determines that a bill it recommends to pass is not
controversial, the committee may in its report recommend that the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar
shall be given its second reading after the
report is adopted and placed upon the Consent Calendar. The bill shall be printed and placed. After the
report is adopted and the bill has received its second reading, the bill must be placed on the Consent Calendar
and in the members' files given to each member at least one day before it can
may be considered by the House. The bill shall be placed upon the Consent Calendar in the
order in which it is given its second reading. Bills must be placed on the Consent Calendar in the order that
they receive their second reading.
The Consent Calendar shall immediately precede the order of business known as "Calendar for the Day."
Every After consideration by the House, a bill on the Consent Calendar shall be debated,
must immediately be given its third reading and voted upon, provided, however, that at any time prior
to placed upon its passage. But if, before its third reading, ten members may object to
any the bill as being controversial. Any bill so objected to shall, the bill must be
stricken from the Consent Calendar and be immediately placed upon General Orders, taking its place
in the usual order on the General Register in the order of second reading.
1.12 SUSPENSION OF RULES TO ADVANCE A BILL. Every bill shall A bill must be reported
on three different days as provided in Rule 1.04, except that in case of urgency, a two-thirds majority of the
whole House may suspend this Rule requirement. A motion for suspension of to
suspend the Rules to advance a bill for consideration out of its regular order is in order under the order of
business "Motions and Resolutions" or at any time the bill is before the House. The motion must be presented to the
Speaker in writing and must state the present position describe the status of the bill.
1.13 MINORITY REPORTS. Any A minority report shall must be made
separately from the majority report and shall must be considered before the majority report. If the
minority report is adopted the majority report shall may not be considered. If the minority report
is not adopted the majority report shall must then be considered.
1.14 COMMITTEE REPORT LAID OVER. The report of any committee may be laid over one day and printed in the Journal, if so ordered by the House.
1.15 RECALLING BILL FROM COMMITTEE OR DIVISION. In regular session, except after the deadline
for committee reports on bills originating in the House, any A bill or resolution may be recalled from
any a committee or division at any time by majority vote of the whole House, be given a second
reading and be advanced to General Orders placed on the General Register. A motion to recall a
bill or resolution shall be is in order only under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions."
This Rule does not apply in a special session or after the deadline for committee reports on House files.
1.16 TIME LIMIT FOR CONSIDERATION OF TO CONSIDER BILLS. If 20 legislative days
after a bill has been referred to a committee or division (other than a bill in the Committee on Ways
and Means, the Committee on Taxes or a division of the Committee on Taxes, a finance committee, or a finance
division of a standing committee, a finance committee, or a division of one of those committees)
no a report has not been made upon on it by the committee or division,
its chief author may request that it be returned to the House and. The request shall be entered in
the Journal for the day.
The committee or division shall have ten calendar days thereafter in which to must vote
upon on the bill requested within ten calendar days after the day of the request.
If the committee or division fails to vote upon on it within the ten days, the chief author
may, at any time within five calendar days thereafter, present a written demand to the Speaker for its
immediate return to the House. The demand shall must be presented within five calendar days after the
day that the committee or division is required to vote. If the demand is presented in the time allowed, it must
be entered in the Journal for that day and shall constitute is the demand of the House. The
bill shall is then be considered to be in the possession of the House, and must
be given its second reading and placed at the end of General Orders on the General Register.
The bill is subject to re-reference may be re-referred by a majority vote of the whole House. If
the motion to re-refer is made on the day of the demand or within one legislative day thereafter on the
next House legislative day, the motion shall take takes precedence over all other motions except
privileged motions and shall be is in order at any time.
1.17 DISPOSITION OF SENATE BILLS FILES. Any A Senate File received
by the House, that is accompanied by a message announcing its passage by the Senate, shall
must be referred to the appropriate standing committee in accordance with under Rule
5.05. However, But if a Senate File is received which is stated by that a member
declares to be identical to a House File already reported by a standing committee of the House and placed
on on the General Orders, Register or on the Calendar, for the Day
or the Consent Calendar, or Special Orders, the Senate File shall must be referred to
the Chief Clerk for comparison. If the Chief Clerk reports that the Senate File is identical with to
the House File, the Senate File may, by majority vote, be substituted for the House File and take
its place. The fact that the bills are identical shall must be entered in the Journal and the House
File is then considered withdrawn.
Any A Senate File which has been that is amended on the floor of the House,
except at the time of final passage, and any a Senate File which that has
been reported to the House with amendments by a House standing committee, shall must be
unofficially engrossed and reprinted by the Chief Clerk. Amendments An amendment may be
offered to an unofficial engrossments engrossment of a Senate File may be
offered.
1.18 RECORDED FLOOR PROCEEDINGS. All Proceedings on the floor of the House shall
must be recorded on magnetic tape or similar recording device medium under the direction
of the Chief Clerk. All taped proceedings of the House floor sessions shall be delivered The Chief Clerk
shall deliver the tapes to the Director of the Legislative Reference Library and there maintained on file for
use by any member of the public in accordance with the rules of. The Legislative Reference Library
shall keep the tapes on file for public use under its rules. Tapes delivered to the Legislative Reference
Library shall be kept by the library for eight years after which they shall be delivered after the end
of the legislative biennium during which the tapes were created and then shall deliver them to the Director of
the Minnesota Historical Society.
Any A person may obtain a copy of any such a tape during the biennium in
which it is recorded upon payment of by paying a fee determined by the Chief Clerk to be
adequate to cover the cost of preparing the copy.
Discussion preserved under this rule is not intended to be admissible in any a court or
administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent.
1.19 QUESTION SESSIONS. The House, by resolution, may reserve time at occasions during the legislative
session for the Governor to appear to answer questions from House members. Before each question session, the House
shall notify the Governor of issues to be covered at that session. The Governor may bring staff to a question session
to assist in answering questions.
ARTICLE II - VOTING
2.01 AUTHORIZING ELECTRIC ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM. An electronic voting
system under the control of the Speaker may be used to take any vote except for a vote upon
elections, any vote may be taken by means of the electric voting system which shall be under the control of the
Speaker of the House on an election. No A member may not vote on a
question except at the member's own seat in the chamber.
2.02 CALL OF THE HOUSE. Ten members may demand a call of the House at any time except after voting
has commenced until voting begins.
When such a call is demanded, the doors shall of the chamber must be closed,
the roll shall be called, and the absent members shall be sent for,; and no
member may be permitted is allowed to leave the chamber until the roll call is suspended
or completed. During the roll call, no motion shall be is in order except a motion pertaining to
matters incidental to the call.
Proceedings under the roll call may be suspended by a majority vote of the whole House. After the roll call is
suspended or completed the Sergeant at Arms shall not permit any a member to leave the Chamber
unless the member is excused by the Speaker.
A call of the House may be lifted by a majority vote of the whole House.
2.03 DEMANDING YEAS AND NAYS ROLL CALL VOTE. Yeas and nays shall be
ordered without demand upon final passage of bills and upon adoption of resolutions or motions A roll call
vote is required to pass a bill or to adopt a resolution or motion directing the payment of money. In all other
cases the yeas and nays shall be a roll call vote may be ordered only upon demand of
if 15 members demand it.
2.04 EXPLAINING OR CHANGING VOTE. No member shall be allowed to A member may not
explain a vote or discuss the question while the yeas and nays are being taken, nor be allowed to during
a roll call vote. A member may not change a vote or move for the record an intention to have voted
differently after the yeas and nays have been result of the roll call vote is announced from the
chair by the Speaker.
2.05 EVERY UNEXCUSED MEMBER TO VOTE. Any A member who is immediately
interested has an immediate interest in a question being voted on shall may not vote
on it.
Every other member present before the result of a vote is declared from the chair by the
presiding officer shall vote for or against the matter before the House, unless the House excuses the member
from voting. However, no member is But a member is not required to vote on any matter
concerning a memorial resolution, except for a resolution relating to the internal business of the House
or the Legislature.
A member who declines to does not vote on a call of when the member's name
shall be required to is called must state reasons for so declining for not voting.
After the vote has been taken but before the chair presiding officer has announced the result
of the vote, the chair presiding officer shall submit to the House the question,:
"Shall the member, for the reasons stated, be excused from voting?" which shall The question must
be decided without debate. After the question is decided, the presiding officer shall announce the result of the
vote, after which any other proceedings in reference thereto shall take place after announcement
of the vote proceedings about the nonvoting member may take place.
ARTICLE III - MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
3.01 AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MOTIONS. No An amendment or other motion
shall may not be debated until after it is stated by the Speaker.
After an amendment or other motion has been is stated by the Speaker it is in possession of the
House, but the mover may withdraw it at any time before amendment or decision it is amended or
decided. Unless a motion, resolution, or amendment is withdrawn on the day it is made, it
shall must be entered in the Journal, together with the name of the member offering it.
The Speaker may require any amendment or other motion be typewritten and that five copies be given to the
Chief Clerk. Except as otherwise permitted by the Speaker, an amendment or other motion must be in
writing, and five copies of it must be given to the Chief Clerk.
3.02 PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. When While a question is under consideration, no
motion shall only the following motions may be received except the following, the first four of
which shall be decided without debate:
(1) To fix the time of adjournment.
(2) To adjourn.
(3) To lay on the table.
(4) For the previous question.
(6) To postpone to a day certain.
(7) To amend.
(8) To postpone indefinitely.
(9) To pass.
The first four motions must be decided without debate.
The motions shall have precedence in the order listed. However, except that if the motion
for the previous question has been properly made, and if necessary seconded, and the main question
ordered, the motion to lay on the table shall is not be in order.
3.03 MOTION TO ADJOURN. A motion to adjourn shall is always be in order except
during a roll call.
When After a motion to adjourn is made it shall be in order for the Speaker, before
putting the question, to the Speaker may permit any member to state reasons which would seem
to render why adjournment might be improper at that time. Such A statement
shall is not be debatable and shall must be limited to not over two
minutes.
3.04 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION TO RECONSIDER. When After
a question has been is decided either in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for
any a member who voted with the prevailing side to may move its reconsideration,
provided that to reconsider it. The motion is must be made either on the same
day the vote was taken or within the following on either of the next two days of actual session
of that the House meets in session and has possession of the matter. A motion for
reconsideration can The motion may be made at any time in the Order of Business and shall
take. It takes precedence over all any other questions question except
the a motion to adjourn and the a notice of intention intent to
move reconsideration to reconsider. The motion to reconsider, or notice shall not be
in order of intent to make it, may not be made if the document, bill, resolution, message, report or other
subject of official action on which the vote was taken has left the possession of the House.
When a member gives notice of intention intent to move reconsideration of to
reconsider the final action of the House on any a bill, resolution, message, report or other
subject of official action, the Chief Clerk shall retain the same keep it until after
the matter is disposed of or the time has expired during which for the motion for reconsideration
can be made. Notice of intention to move reconsideration is subject to the deadline in Rule 9.03. In
regular session, notice of intent to move to reconsider may not be made in an odd-numbered year after the fifth
Monday preceding the last Monday that the House may meet in regular session and in an even-numbered year after
a date specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
On the last day allowed for the motion to reconsider, it shall be in order for any a member who
voted on the prevailing side to may make the motion, unless the matter has been already disposed
of.
If a motion for reconsideration having been voted upon and lost shall to reconsider fails, it
may not be renewed.
3.05 ORDER OF PUTTING QUESTION; FILLING BLANKS. Except in the case of for
a privileged questions question, all questions , whether in committee or in
before the House, shall or a committee must be put in the order in which they are
moved. When In filling blanks a blank, a motion for the largest sum or the longest
time shall must be put first.
3.06 DIVISION OF A QUESTION. Any A member may request the division of a question
which that contains several more than one separate and distinct points. A motion
to strike out and insert shall not be is not divisible. If The failure of a
motion to strike out is lost it shall does not preclude another motion to amend or to strike
out and insert.
3.07 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. The motion calling for the previous question must
may be moved under the following circumstances: (a) on a major finance or revenue bill specified in
Rule 5.12, after the House has considered the bill for at least two hours after third reading or for at least two hours
after the failure of an earlier motion for the previous question on the bill; (b) on any other bill or resolution, after
the House has considered the bill or resolution for at least one hour after third reading or for at least one hour after
the failure of an earlier motion for the previous question on the bill or resolution; and (c) on an amendment, motion,
or other question pertaining to a bill or resolution, after the House has considered the amendment, motion, or
question for at least 20 minutes or for at least 20 minutes after the failure of a motion for the previous question on
the same matter.
The previous question may be moved by the majority leader, or by the minority leader, or by a designee of either the majority or minority leader; or it may be moved by another member who is seconded by 15 members.
If the motion for the previous question is ordered by a majority of members present, it shall have the effect
of cutting off its effect is to put an end to all debate and bringing bring the House to
direct vote upon the question or questions., except that a motion for the previous question that affects
more than a single motion, amendment, or question allowed by the Rules may be addressed for up to one minute by
the first author of each motion, amendment, or question affected.
The previous question may be moved and ordered upon on a single motion, on a series
of motions allowable under allowed by the Rules, or an amendment or on one or
more amendments; or it may include all authorized motions or amendments, including a vote on final passage
of a bill.
On Before the presiding officer submits a motion for the previous question, but prior to its
being ordered to the House, a call of the House shall be is in order. After a majority
has ordered the previous question, no call shall be in order prior to a call of the House is not in order
before the decision on the main question.
When the previous question is decided in the negative, the main question remains under debate until it is
disposed of by taking a vote either on the question, by a subsequent motion calling for the
previous question under this rule, or in some other manner.
All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and prior to
before the vote on the main question shall must be decided without debate.
3.08 AMENDMENTS TO AMENDMENTS. An amendment may be amended, but an amendment to an amendment may not be amended.
3.09 MOTIONS AND PROPOSITIONS TO MUST BE GERMANE. No A
motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall may not be admitted
under guise of its being an amendment. A motion, amendment, or other proposition offered to the House or a
committee is out of order if it is not germane to the matter under consideration. Whether a proposition is germane
to the matter under consideration is a question to be decided by the presiding officer, who may put the question to
the House or the committee.
3.10 AMENDMENT NOT TO ANNEX ANOTHER BILL. Except in a standing committee no bill or
resolution shall at any time be amended by annexing or incorporating any other bill or resolution.
3.11 RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS INVOLVING EXPENDITURE OF MONEY HOUSE
FUNDS. Any The concurrence of a majority of the whole House, determined by a roll call vote, is
required for favorable action on a resolution or motion involving the expenditure of money out of the
legislative expense fund shall appropriated by the Legislature to the House. The resolution or motion
must be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before being acted upon
on by the House. A majority vote of the whole House, determined by a roll call, is required to pass any
such resolution or motion.
3.12 AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT TO INCREASE AN APPROPRIATION
AND OR TAX BILLS. No The concurrence of a majority of the whole House,
determined by a roll call vote, is required to adopt an amendment increasing an appropriation and no
amendment increasing or a tax shall be declared passed until voted for by a majority of the whole
House determined by a roll call vote.
3.13 MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. A motion to lay on the table shall is not be
in order on a motion to amend, except that a motion to amend the Rules may be tabled.
3.14 MOTION TO RESCIND. The A motion to rescind shall is not be
in order at any time in any proceeding in the House or in any committee of the House.
3.15 SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES. The concurrence of two-thirds of the whole House
is required to suspend, alter, or amend any a Rule of the House, except that any amendment
to the Rules reported by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may be adopted by a majority of
the whole House.
Except as provided in Rule 1.12, a motion to suspend, alter, or amend any Rule of the House must be
made under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the motion is made at any other
another time, unanimous consent is required before the Speaker can may entertain the
motion.
A motion to suspend the Rules, together with the subject matter to which it pertains, is debatable, but the previous question may be applied to the motion under Rule 3.07.
ARTICLE IV - DEBATE AND DECORUM
4.01 ABSENCE OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS. Unless illness or other sufficient cause prevents attendance,
no a member or officer of the House shall may not be absent from any
a session of the House without first having obtained from the Speaker the prior permission
to be absent of the Speaker.
4.02 DUTIES OF MEMBERS. Members shall keep their seats until the Speaker announces adjournment.
Every A member, before speaking, shall rise and respectfully address the Speaker and
shall may not speak further until recognized by the Speaker. When two or more members
rise If more than one member rises at the same time, the Speaker shall designate select
the member to speak first.
4.03 QUESTIONS OF ORDER. If any a member of the House transgresses
violates the Rules, either in speaking or in any other way, the Speaker shall, or any
another member may, call the member to order. A The member so called to order
shall immediately sit down unless another member moves to permit the member who was called to order to explain.
In either case, the House, if appealed to, shall decide the question without debate. Only if the decision is
in favor of the member called to order shall may that member be at liberty to proceed.
The House may censure or punish a member called to order shall be liable to censure or such other
punishment as the House may deem proper.
4.04 ORDER IN DEBATE. No Except for the member who offered the motion, amendment, or
proposition under consideration, a member shall may not speak more than twice on the
same subject, without leave of the House, nor more than once until every other member wishing
to speak on the pending question subject has had an opportunity to do so.
4.05 NOTICE OF INTENTION INTENT TO DEBATE A RESOLUTION. Any
A member may give notice of intention intent to debate a resolution, except one
a memorial resolution introduced as a house file or a senate file under Rule 5.02 or one a
resolution offered by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or the Committee on Ethics.
The notice may be given at any time before the vote is taken on the resolution. If the notice is given, the resolution
shall must be laid over one day without debate or any other action.
4.06 OFFENSIVE WORDS IN DEBATE. If any a member is called to order for offensive words
in debate, the member calling for order shall report the words to which exception is taken and the Clerk shall record
them. No A member shall may not be held to answer, or be subject to
censure of the House, for any language used in debate if unless exception is
not taken before any other another member has spoken speaks or
any other business has taken takes place.
4.07 ORDER DURING SESSION. No A member shall may not walk out of or
across the Chamber when while the Speaker is putting the question. No A member
shall may not engage in private conversation while another member is speaking or pass between
the a speaking member and the Chair.
4.08 NO ONE TO REMAIN PERSONS BY THE CHIEF CLERK'S DESK DURING
VOTE. No member or other person shall may remain by the Chief Clerk's desk
while the yeas and nays are being called during a roll call vote.
4.09 WHO MAY BE ADMITTED ADMITTANCE TO THE FLOOR. No person
shall other than a member may be admitted within to the House Chamber, except
members themselves,: properly authorized employees,; the Chief Executive and
ex-governors of the State of Minnesota,; members of the Senate,; heads of
departments of the state government,; judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District
Courts,; members of Congress,; and properly accredited representatives of radio
and television stations, newspapers and press associations, as herein provided for, and none other
in these Rules.
When a former member of Congress or the Minnesota Legislature or Any other person is may
be issued a permit by the Speaker good for the day, but that person shall be provided with a seat
seated near the Speaker's rostrum, and at no time shall a may not engage in conversation
be carried on so as to disturb that disturbs the business of the House. Before issuing the
a permit, the Speaker shall make certain that the person does not seek the floor of the House for the
purpose of influencing to influence decisions of the House.
The alcoves shall be kept in the Chambers are for the use of members only, and the Sergeant at
Arms shall keep them cleared clear of others.
It shall not be in order for Unless an extraordinary condition exists the Speaker to
may not entertain a request for the suspension of to suspend this Rule, or
to present from the Chair the request of any a member for unanimous consent
unless an extraordinary condition exists, in which event the Speaker may consent to entertain a motion for its
suspension to suspend this Rule.
During the period extending From one hour prior to before the time the House is
scheduled to convene until one hour after the House adjourns for the day, the retiring room shall be
is reserved for the exclusive use of the members and employees of the House. No A
committee meetings shall meeting may not be held therein there except for
emergency meetings authorized by the Speaker of the House. The Sergeant at Arms is charged with the
duty of strict enforcement of shall strictly enforce this provision.
4.10 PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. Any petition, memorial or other paper presented to the House shall
include the name of the member introducing it and a brief description of its contents and shall be presented by the
Speaker, who shall state briefly its contents.
4.11 NO SMOKING IN HOUSE CAPITOL AREA AREAS. Smoking is prohibited in
the areas of the Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House of
Representatives, including the House Chamber and Retiring Room and galleries, hearing rooms, minor corridors
and offices, private offices, and lounges.
4.12 CODE OF CONDUCT. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, upon after
receiving the recommendation from of the Committee on Ethics, shall establish and maintain
a code of conduct for members, officers and employees of the House.
ARTICLE V - BILLS
5.01 BILL AND RESOLUTION FORM. No A bill or resolution shall may not
be introduced until it has been examined and approved by the Revisor of Statutes as to form and compliance with
these Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and Senate and the Rules of the House. The
Revisor's approval as to form shall must be endorsed on the bill or resolution by the Revisor
of Statutes.
A bill that is divided into articles may include or be accompanied by a table of contents.
5.02 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. A bill, advisory bill or resolution offered for
introduction shall be placed in the hands of the Speaker at least 24 hours prior to the convening of the daily session.
Every bill, advisory bill and resolution shall be introduced in quadruplicate and each copy shall contain the signature
of the member or name of the committee introducing it. A statement of facts being forwarded for action to a
governmental official, agency, or body or other similar proposal is a memorial and shall be introduced in the same
form as a bill and take the same course as a bill. No resolution shall authorize the expenditure of monies from any
source other than the legislative expense fund. Department and agency bills are subject to the deadlines in Rule
9.03. A bill or resolution must be submitted to the Speaker at least 24 hours before the convening of the
daily session at which it is to be introduced.
A bill or resolution must be introduced in quadruplicate and each copy must bear the signature of the member or the name of the committee introducing it.
A bill, memorial, or resolution may not have more than 35 authors. After a bill or resolution is introduced and given its first reading: (a) a member may be removed as an author, by motion of the member; and (b) a member wishing to be an author may be added as an author, by motion of the author of the bill or resolution. A motion under clause (b) must be made within seven calendar days after the day of first reading or on the second day that the House meets in session after the day of first reading, whichever is later.
A statement of facts being forwarded for action to a governmental official, agency, or body or other similar proposal is a memorial and must be introduced in the same form and take the same course as a bill.
A resolution may not authorize expenditure from any source other than the money appropriated by the Legislature to the House.
In regular session, a bill prepared by a department or agency of state government must be introduced and given its first reading at least ten days before the date of the first committee deadline.
5.03 RECESS BILL INTRODUCTIONS. During the period between the last day of the regular session
in the an odd-numbered year and the first day of the regular session in the following
even-numbered next year, any a bill filed with the Speaker for introduction
shall must be given a file number and may be unofficially referred by the Speaker to an
appropriate standing committee of the House of Representatives.
5.04 ADVISORY BILLS. An advisory bill may be introduced by any member in the same manner as a bill
except that the requirements of Rule 5.01 shall not apply.
Each advisory bill shall be typewritten on a form provided by the Chief Clerk. It shall have a title not
exceeding 12 words in length and shall contain a specific proposal for the initiation, termination or alteration of a
law or program of the state or any of its subdivisions. It need not be drafted in a form appropriate for enactment into
law.
An advisory bill may be considered only in committee and shall not be given a second reading or be otherwise
considered by the House, except that the committee may report its recommendation for re-referral to another
committee.
5.05 FIRST READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS. Each A bill, advisory bill and
or resolution shall must be reported and given its first reading upon its
introduction when it is introduced. No A bill, advisory bill or resolution
shall may not be objected to upon its introduction when it is introduced.
Except as provided in Rule 1.17 and Rule 5.06 each After its first reading, the Speaker shall refer
a bill, advisory bill or resolution shall, after first reading, be referred by the Speaker to the
appropriate standing committee or division thereof, except as provided in Rule 1.17 and Rule 5.06.
Congratulatory resolutions are exempt from this Rule and may be adopted by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration without further consideration by the House.
Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, after the Speaker refers a bill, advisory bill or
resolution has been referred by the Speaker, a majority vote of the whole House shall be is
required for a re-referral of the House to re-refer the bill, advisory bill or resolution by
the House.
5.06 INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE BILLS. When a committee bill shall be
is introduced and read for the first time and may be referred by, the Speaker may refer
it to any a standing committee. If the Speaker does not refer it is not so referred,
it shall, the bill must be laid over one day. It shall Then it must be read for the second
time and placed upon General Orders, on the General Register or, if recommended by the
Committee, upon on the Consent Calendar.
5.07 PRINTING OF BILLS. Every bill shall be printed after it has been given its second reading. A bill may
be printed at any other time a majority of the House so orders. PUBLICATION OF BILLS FOR THE
HOUSE. After a bill receives its second reading, the bill must be prepared and published for consideration by the
House. A majority of the House may order the publication of a bill at any time.
5.08 FINANCE AND REVENUE BILLS. Any bill, whether originating in the House or Senate
which A House or Senate bill that directly and specifically affects any present or future financial
obligation on the part of the State or which directly and specifically affects state revenues, after being reported
to the House, shall be referred, or re-referred to the appropriate finance committee, standing committee with a
finance division for consideration by the finance division, or the Committee on Taxes, for action must be
referred to the appropriate finance committee before it receives its second reading, except as provided in Rule 1.17.
When reporting a finance bill, a standing committee (other than a finance committee, the Committee on Taxes, and
the Committee on Ways and Means) shall recommend re-referral of the bill to a finance committee.
A bill reported by a finance committee Once action has been taken by that committee, the bill
shall must be thereafter re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill, other than a Except for the major revenue or finance bill bills referred
to in Rule 5.12, which a bill that carries an appropriation shall include must have
an appropriation section.
This rule does not apply to a bill recommended for passage by the Committee on Capital Investment under Rule 5.09.
5.09 BILLS AFFECTING DEBT. The Committee on Capital Investment shall have has
jurisdiction over debt obligations issued by the State. A bill which that authorizes the issuance of
debt of the State shall must be referred or re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
The Chair of the Committee on Capital Investment Speaker, by announcement, shall assign to
each finance committee or finance division of a standing committee the responsibility to develop a bill
the appropriate jurisdiction for recommendations on state public debt within its jurisdiction. The
bill shall be referred finance committee shall submit recommendations within its jurisdiction to the
committee on Capital Investment by Friday, March 6, 1998, for further disposition. The Committee on
Capital Investment shall enter in the committee record the recommendations of each finance committee that submits
recommendations.
A bill recommended for passage by the Committee on Capital Investment shall must be
accompanied by a statement of its fiscal impact effect and shall must be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means for review and action by that committee.
5.10 BILLS AFFECTING STATE GOVERNMENT POWERS AND STRUCTURE. The Committee on
Governmental Operations has jurisdiction over any a House or Senate bill, whether
originating in the House or the Senate, which creates that:
(a) establishes or reestablishes any new a department, agency, commission, board, task
force, advisory committee or council, or bureau, or any other such like entity, or
which;
(b) substantially changes or alters the organization of or delegates rulemaking authority
to, or exempts from rulemaking any, a department or agency thereof of state
government,; or
(c) substantially changes the organization of a department or agency of state government or
substantially changes, alters, vests or divests the official rights, powers, or duties of any
an official, department or agency of the state government or any an institution
under its control., after being reported to the House, shall be referred, or re-referred, as the case may
be, to the Committee on Governmental Operations for action by that committee. Prior to the deadline set by Rule
9.03, any committee other than the Committee on Governmental Operations to which such bill is referred shall, in
its report, recommend re-referral to the Committee on Governmental Operations. After the deadline set by Rule 9.03,
a report shall recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
This rule does not apply to the major finance and revenue bills referred to in Rule 5.12. But, if those bills
contain provisions that would create, abolish, or reestablish a department, agency, commission, board, task force,
advisory committee or council, or other such entity, then the chair of the Committee on Taxes or the chair of the
appropriate finance committee or standing committee with a finance division, must communicate the inclusion of
the provision to the chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration prior to consideration of the
matter on the floor.
All other bills in finance committees or referred out of finance divisions of standing committees and bills in
the Committee on Taxes are also exempt from this rule except for bills to create, abolish, or reestablish a department,
agency, commission, board, task force, advisory committee or council, or other such entity. Prior to the deadline set
by Rule 9.03, those bills shall be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations. After that deadline, the
bills shall be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and Rule 1.17, a bill that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental Operations must be referred to that Committee before it receives its second reading. A committee (other than the Committee on Governmental Operations) reporting such a bill shall recommend its re-referral to the Committee on Governmental Operations if reporting before the deadline for action on the bill by the Committee on Governmental Operations; if reporting after the deadline, the committee shall recommend referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to the major finance and revenue bills identified in Rule 5.12. If a major finance or revenue bill contains a provision specified in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition in this Rule, the chair of the finance or tax committee reporting the bill shall notify the chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before the bill is considered by the House.
The re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to other bills reported by a finance committee or the tax committee, except bills that contain a provision specified in clause (b) of the definition in this Rule.
5.11 BILLS AFFECTING TAXES. Any A House or Senate bill whether originating in the
House or Senate, which that directly and specifically affects state tax revenues or substantially affects
state tax policy or the administration of state tax policy, after being reported to the House, shall be referred, or
re-referred to the Committee on Taxes for action by that committee. Any must be referred to the Committee
on Taxes before it receives its second reading, except as provided in Rule 1.17. A standing committee other
than the Committee on Taxes to which such a bill is referred shall, in its report, or the Committee on
Ways and Means, when reporting a bill affecting taxes as defined by this Rule, shall recommend re-referral to
the Committee on Taxes.
A bill with a fiscal effect reported by the Committee on Taxes must be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
5.12 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; BUDGET RESOLUTION; EFFECT ON
EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE BILLS. The Committee on Ways and Means
shall hold hearings as necessary to determine state expenditures and revenues for the coming next
fiscal biennium.
In regular session, not later than Within 15 days following after the last
available state general fund revenue and expenditure forecast for the coming next fiscal
biennium prepared becomes available during the regular session, the Committee on Ways
and Means shall adopt and report a budget resolution, in the form of a House resolution. The
budget resolution shall must set: (a) the maximum limitation limit on
expenditures and revenues for the coming next fiscal biennium for the general fund; and
(b) an amount or amounts to be set aside as a budget reserve and a cash flow account.
The House budget resolution may not specify, limit, or prescribe revenues or expenditures by any category other
than those specified in clauses (a) and (b).
After the House adopts the budget resolution, the limitation is limits in the resolution are
effective for the fiscal biennium to which they apply, if adopted, unless the House, acting upon
a subsequent report of the Committee on Ways and Means, adopts a different limitation in a
subsequent budget resolution that accounts for increases or decreases in general fund revenues and expenditures
anticipated for the current fiscal biennium limit or limits for the same fiscal biennium.
Within 14 days after the House adopts a budget resolution, the Committee on Ways and Means shall adopt, by resolution, limits for each major finance and revenue bill identified in this Rule. After the Committee adopts the resolution, the limits in the resolution are effective for the fiscal biennium to which they apply, unless the Committee subsequently adopts different or amended limits for the same fiscal biennium. If the Committee on Ways and Means or the House combines two or more major finance bills into one bill, the limits in the Committee resolution pertaining to those bills are also combined, and the sum of the combined limits applies to the combined bill.
Major finance and revenue bills are:
the agriculture and rural development finance bill;
the higher education finance bill;
the K-12 education finance bill;
the family and early childhood education finance bill;
the environment and natural resources finance bill;
the health and human services finance bill;
the state government finance bill;
the jobs and economic development finance bill;
the transportation finance bill;
the judiciary finance bill;
the omnibus capital investment bill; and
the omnibus tax bill.
After the adoption of a resolution by the House or by the Committee on Ways and Means, each finance committee, the Committee on Capital Investment, and the Committee on Taxes shall reconcile each finance and revenue bill described in Rule 5.08 with the resolution or resolutions. When reporting a bill, the committee shall provide to the Committee on Ways and Means a fiscal statement on the bill and a written statement certifying that the committee has reconciled the fiscal effect of the bill with the resolution or resolutions and that the bill, as reported by the committee, together with other bills reported and expected to be reported by the committee, does not and will not exceed the limits specified in either resolution.
Upon adoption of the budget resolution After the adoption of a resolution by the House or the
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Ways and Means shall reconcile finance and revenue bills
and upon request with the resolution or resolutions. When reporting a bill, the chair of the
Committee shall certify to the House that such bills do the Committee has reconciled the bill with
the resolution or resolutions and that the bill, as reported by the Committee, together with other bills reported and
expected to be reported by the Committee, does not and will not exceed the limitation
limits specified in the budget either resolution.
A bill described in Rule 5.08 other than a major revenue or finance bill shall not be given its second reading
until each major finance and revenue bill has received its second reading. However, a bill other than a major finance
or revenue bill may be given its second reading after the House has received from the Committee on Ways and Means
a statement certifying that the fiscal impact of the bill is or will be reconciled and within the guidelines of the budget
resolution. All statements and certifications required by this rule may be reported orally by the Chair of the
Committee on Ways and Means or a designee of the Chair.
Major finance and revenue bills are:
the higher education finance bill;
the K-12 education finance bill;
the family and early childhood education finance bill;
the environment, natural resources and agriculture finance bill;
the health and human services finance bill;
the state government finance bill;
the economic development and housing finance bill;
the transportation and transit finance bill;
the judiciary finance bill;
the omnibus capital investment bill; and
Each finance committee, finance division of a standing committee, the Committee on Capital Investment, or
the Committee on Taxes, upon recommending passage of any bill described in Rule 5.08, shall provide to the
Committee on Ways and Means a fiscal statement on the bill.
After the adoption of a resolution by the House or the Committee on Ways and Means, an amendment to a bill is out of order if it would cause any of the limits specified in either resolution to be exceeded. Whether an amendment is out of order under this Rule is a question to be decided on the Floor by the Speaker or other presiding officer and in committee by the person chairing the committee meeting. In making the determination, the Speaker or other presiding officer or the committee chair may consider: (1) the limits in a resolution; (2) the effect of existing laws on revenues and expenditures; (3) the effect of amendments previously adopted to the bill under consideration; (4) the effect of bills previously recommended by a committee or bills previously passed in the legislative session by the House or by the legislature; (5) whether expenditure increases or revenue decreases that would result from the amendment are offset by decreases in other expenditures or increases in other revenue specified by the amendment; and (6) other information reasonably related to expenditure and revenue amounts.
To assist the House and committees in making the determinations required by this Rule, after a resolution is adopted by the House or the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee shall cause to be published a summary of the estimated fiscal effect on the general fund of each bill that has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means by a finance committee, the Capital Investment Committee, or the Committee on Taxes and of each bill that has been reported by the Committee on Ways and Means.
5.13 BILLS PROPOSING MEMORIALS. Any A bill or amendment that proposes to have a
memorial erected placed in the Capitol area shall must be referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
5.14 BILLS PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Any A House or Senate
bill, whether originating in the House or Senate, which that proposes a constitutional
amendment, after being reported to the House, shall must be referred, or re-referred, as the case
may be, to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for action by that committee
before it receives its second reading. Any When reporting such a bill, a committee, other
than the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, to which such bill has been referred, shall,
in its report, recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
ARTICLE VI - COMMITTEES - POWERS AND DUTIES
6.01 COMMITTEES. Standing committees of the House shall be appointed by the Speaker as follows:
Agriculture Policy
Civil Law
Commerce
Crime Prevention
Education Policy
Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Ethics
Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Health and Human Services Policy
Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transportation Policy
Agriculture and Rural Development Finance
Capital Investment
Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Family and Early Childhood Education Finance
Health and Human Services Finance
Higher Education Finance
Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Judiciary Finance
K-12 Education Finance
State Government Finance
Taxes
Property Tax Division
Transportation Finance
Ways and Means
6.02 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. No less than At least 30 days prior to
before the opening start of a regular session of the Legislature, the Speaker-designate shall
provide the minority group political party caucuses with a list of the standing committees proposed
for the session. The Speaker-designate shall also designate prescribe the number of minority
caucus members to be appointed to each committee and may require general membership guidelines to be
followed in the selection of committee members.
If the minority leader submits to the Speaker-designate, at least 15 days prior to the opening before
the start of the session, a list of proposed committee assignments for the minority group, which
caucus that complies with the numbers and guidelines provided, the Speaker shall make such
the proposed assignments with the purpose of attaining proportionate representation on the committees for
the minority group caucus.
No A committee of the House shall may not have exclusive membership from
any one profession, occupation or vocation.
A member may not serve as the chair of the same standing committee, or a standing committee with substantially
the same jurisdiction, during more than three consecutive regular biennial sessions. Service as the chair before
the 79th legislature does not count in applying this limitation. Service during a biennial session for less than three
months does not count in applying this limitation. This rule does not apply to service as chair of the Committee
on Rules and Legislative Administration or the Committee on Ways and Means.
6.03 COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE. The Speaker shall prepare and publish a schedule of
committee meetings, fixing as far as practicable the day of the week and the hour for the regular meeting
day and time of each committee. The schedule of committee meetings shall officially be made available
to the news media.
The chair of any a committee holding shall give written notice of a special
meeting or making a change in the regular schedule of meetings shall give written notice which.
The notice may be announced from the desk and shall must be posted on the bulletin
board in public notice locations maintained by the House. The notice must be posted at least one day
in advance of the change.
As far as practicable, the chair of each a committee, division, or subcommittee
shall as far as practicable give three days notice of any meeting. The notice shall include the date,
time, place and agenda for the each meeting.
No A committee may not meet between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 in the morning
a.m.
Only the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may meet during a daily session of the House without leave.
6.04 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES. Meetings of all committees of the House shall
committees must be open to the public except for any executive sessions which that
the committee on ethics deems considers necessary under Rule 6.10. For purposes of this
requirement, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and action is taken regarding a matter within the
jurisdiction of the committee, except that. This requirement does not apply to a meeting of a
caucus of members of a committee from the same political party caucus.
A majority of members of any a committee shall constitute is a quorum.
The Rules of the House shall must be observed in all committees wherever committee
if they are applicable.
Any A member of any a committee may demand a roll call vote on any
bill, resolution, report, motion or amendment before the committee. Only upon such If a demand
being is made shall, the roll must be called and. The name
of the member demanding the roll call and the vote of each member on the bill, resolution, report, motion
or amendment must be recorded in the committee minutes, together with the name of the member
demanding the roll call.
A committee may reconsider any an action so long as while the matter remains
in the possession of the committee. A committee member need not have voted with the prevailing side in
order to move reconsideration to reconsider the action.
The chair of a committee, after consultation with the Speaker, may establish written procedures for the submission of amendments to the committee, the setting of committee agendas, and other matters pertaining to the conduct of the committee's business. Before implementing the written procedures, the chair shall provide a copy of them to the Speaker and to each member of the House and shall make copies available to others upon request.
6.05 SUBCOMMITTEES. The chair of a committee shall appoint the chair and members of each subcommittee
with the advice and consent of the Speaker. The chair or the committee may refer bills to a subcommittee.
Any A subcommittee may make such investigation or exercise such the
authority as is delegated to it by the chair or by the committee.
6.06 COMMITTEE RECORDS. The chair of a standing committee shall cause a committee record to
be kept, in the form prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, which shall.
The record must include the record of committee proceedings on each bill referred to the committee
and the minutes of the committee and any subcommittees.
The committee and subcommittee minutes shall must include:
a. the time and place of each hearing or meeting of the committee;
b. the names of committee or subcommittee members who are present;
c. the name and address of each person appearing before the committee or subcommittee, together with the name and address of the person, association, firm or corporation in whose behalf the appearance is made;
d. the language of each motion, the name of the committee member making the motion, and the
result of any a vote taken upon on the motion, including the yeas and nays
whenever and, on a roll call is demanded vote, the names of those in favor and those
opposed;
e. the date on which any a subcommittee is created established, the names of
its members and the file number of bills referred to it and reported by it;
f. The record of each subcommittee meeting, including the time and place of the meeting; members present;
the name of each person appearing before the subcommittee, together with the name of the person, association, firm
or corporation in whose behalf the appearance is made; and the language of each motion, together with the name
of the member making the motion, and the result of any vote taken upon the motion, including the yeas and nays
whenever a roll call is demanded;
g. other important matters related to the work of the committee or subcommittee.
The minutes shall must be approved at the next regular meeting of the committee or
subcommittee.
Copies of the minutes, After approval by the committee or subcommittee, shall
copies of the minutes must be filed with the Chief Clerk and shall be open to public inspection in
the Chief Clerk's office.
At the end of the legislative biennium they shall be delivered, together with the other committee
minutes and other records, must be delivered to the Director of the Legislative Reference
Library, where they shall remain who shall keep them open for public inspection during regular
office hours. A copy of any a page of any committee minutes may be obtained upon
payment of for a fee determined by the Chief Clerk Library to be adequate to
cover the cost of preparing the copy.
The chair of the committee shall keep the magnetic tape recording of any a committee
meetings shall be retained by the chair meeting until the minutes of that the
meeting have been are approved by the committee. and then shall file the recording
shall then be filed with the Director of the Legislative Reference Library. A copy of the committee
a recording shall must be filed within 24 hours if after a written request
for it is made to the committee. Tapes filed with the Legislative Reference Library shall be kept by the
library for eight years after which they shall be delivered to the Director of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Any A person may obtain a copy of such a tape during the period in
which while it is maintained kept in the Legislative Reference Library
upon payment of by paying a fee determined by the Chief Clerk Library to be
sufficient to cover the cost of the copy. Testimony and discussion preserved under this Rule is
are not intended to be admissible in any a court or administrative proceeding on an issue
of legislative intent.
The Legislative Reference Library shall keep committee records and tapes for eight years after the end of the legislative biennium during which the materials were created and then shall deliver them to the Director of the Minnesota Historical Society.
6.07 COMMITTEE REPORTS. The House must adopt or reject a committee report on a bill or resolution without amendment.
The chair of a standing committee reporting to the House the action taken by the committee upon any
on a bill or resolution referred to it shall do so upon use the form provided for
such committee reports. Each bill or resolution shall must be reported separately
and the report shall be adopted or rejected without amendment. The report shall contain must
state the action taken by the committee and the date of such the action and shall.
The report must be authenticated by the signature of the chair.
Before a committee reports favorably upon on a bill or resolution, the chair shall see that the form
of the bill or resolution conforms to these Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and Senate and these
Rules.
Except during the last seven legislative days in any a year, the committee report and any minority
report shall must be placed in the hands of submitted to the Chief Clerk at least
four hours prior to before the convening of the daily session. But the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration may report at any time.
If a majority of the members of a standing committee finds a bill referred to the committee to be of a
non-controversial nature, the report to the House may recommend that the bill be placed upon a separate calendar
to be known as the Consent Calendar.
6.08 COMMITTEE BILLS. Any A standing or special committee of the House may introduce
a bill as a committee bill on any subject within its purview.
6.09 SUBSTITUTION OF BILLS. No A standing or special committee nor any of
or its members shall may not report a substitute for any a bill referred
to the committee if the substitute relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, or
would require requires a title essentially different from that of the original bill
referred. Whenever If the House is advised that a substitute bill reported to the House is
in violation of violates this Rule, the report shall may not be adopted.
6.10 THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS. The Speaker shall appoint a Committee on Ethics consisting of four
members.: two members from the majority group political party caucus,
and two from the minority group and caucus. One alternate from each group shall
caucus must also be appointed to the Ethics Committee. The committee shall adopt written
procedures, which shall must include due process requirements, for handling complaints and
issuing guidelines.
A complaint may be brought for about conduct by a member that violates a rule or administrative
policy of the House, that violates accepted norms of House behavior, that betrays the public trust, or that tends to
bring the House into dishonor or disrepute.
A complaint regarding about a member's conduct must present with specificity the factual
evidence supporting the complaint. A complaint must be in writing, under oath and signed by two or more members
of the House, and submitted to the Speaker. Before submitting the complaint to the Speaker, the complainants shall
cause a copy of it and any supporting materials to be delivered to any member named in the complaint. Not later
than Within seven days after receiving a complaint, the Speaker shall refer the complaint to the Ethics
Committee for processing by the committee according to its rules of procedure.
The existence and substance of a complaint, including any supporting materials, and all proceedings, meetings, hearings, and records of the Ethics Committee are public; except that the committee, upon a majority vote of the whole committee, may meet in executive session to consider or determine the question of probable cause, to consider a member's medical or other health records, or to protect the privacy of a victim or a third party.
A complaint of a breach of confidentiality by a member or employee of the House shall must be
immediately referred by the Speaker to the Ethics Committee for disciplinary action.
The committee shall act in an investigatory capacity and may make recommendations regarding complaints
submitted to the Speaker prior to before adjournment sine die. With the approval of the
Speaker, the committee may, with approval of the Speaker, retain a retired judge or other nonpartisan
legal advisor to advise and assist the committee, as the committee deems considers appropriate and
necessary in the circumstances of the case, in conducting the proceedings and obtaining a complete and accurate
understanding of the information relevant to the conduct in question.
Ethics Committee recommendations for disciplinary action must be supported by clear and convincing evidence
and shall must be reported to the House for final disposition.
6.11 REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. A conference committee may report at any
time. No committee except a conference committee or the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration
shall sit and may meet during any a daily session of the House without leave.
A conference committee report shall must include only subject matter contained in the House
or Senate versions of the bill for which that conference committee was appointed, or like subject matter contained
in a bill passed by the House or Senate. The member presenting the conference committee report to the House shall
disclose all substantive changes from the House version of the bill.
6.12 COMMITTEE BUDGETS AND EXPENSES. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration shall
establish a budget for each standing committee of the House for expenses incurred by the committee, its members,
or and its staff in conducting its legislative business. Per diem expense allowances paid to members
during sessions or at times set by the Speaker shall or the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may not be charged against the budget. No A committee shall may
not incur expenses in excess of its authorized budget.
Employees shall be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state employees.
During sessions, for travel away from the Capitol, members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses in the
same manner as state employees in addition to per diem expense allowances.
All charges against the committee budget must be approved by the chair before payment is made.
6.13 PUBLIC TESTIMONY. Public testimony from proponents and opponents shall must be
allowed on every bill or resolution before a standing committee, division or subcommittee of the House.
6.14 OPEN MEETING ENFORCEMENT. Any A person may submit to the Speaker a complaint
that alleging a violation of the open meeting requirements of Rule 6.04 has occurred. The
complaint must be submitted in writing. Upon On receiving a complaint, the Speaker, or
a person designated by the Speaker, shall investigate the complaint promptly. If the Speaker concludes, following
investigation, that a violation of the open meeting rule may have occurred, the Speaker shall refer the complaint to
the Committee on Ethics for further proceedings.
6.15 APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Upon the convening of the biennial session, the
Speaker shall notify all the members of the House of each board or commission to which a member
of the House may be appointed by the Speaker. The Speaker shall request advice from the minority leader
regarding on these appointments.
ARTICLE VII - OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE
7.01 DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE SPEAKER. The Speaker shall preside over the House and shall
have has all the powers and be charged with all the duties of the presiding officer.
The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum. The Speaker or the chair of the Committee of the Whole
may order the lobby or galleries cleared in the case of disorderly conduct or other disturbance.
Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker shall have has general control
of the Chamber of the House and of the corridors, passages and rooms assigned to the use in the Capitol
and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House.
The Speaker shall sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions, writs, warrants and subpoenas of the House or issued
by order of the House. The Speaker shall sign all abstracts for the payment of money out of the legislative
expense fund of from funds appropriated by the Legislature to the House; but no money
shall may not be paid out of the fund unless the abstract is also signed by the Controller
of the House. Abstracts for compensation for of members shall must be signed
by the Chief Clerk pursuant to law.
The Speaker shall appoint the Chief Sergeant at Arms or shall designate that officer from among the Sergeants at Arms elected by the House or appointed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
When an elected office of the House becomes vacant, the Speaker shall designate a person to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary until a successor is elected by the House.
7.02 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE. The Speaker shall appoint a member to preside, whenever the Speaker is
absent, one or two members as Speaker pro tempore. A Speaker pro tempore shall preside in the
Speaker's absence. In the absence of the Speaker and a Speaker pro tempore, a member selected by
the Speaker shall preside until the return of the Speaker or Speaker pro tempore returns. If
desired, the Speaker may appoint cospeakers pro tempore.
7.03 DUTIES OF CHIEF CLERK. The Chief Clerk shall have has general supervision of all
clerical duties pertaining to the business of the House. The Chief Clerk shall perform, under the direction
of the Speaker, all the duties pertaining to of the office of Chief Clerk and.
The Chief Clerk shall keep records showing the status and progress of all bills, memorials and resolutions.
During a temporary absence of the Chief Clerk, the First Assistant Chief Clerk shall be delegated
has all the usual responsibilities of the Chief Clerk and is authorized to may sign the daily
journal, enrollments, abstracts and other legislative documents.
7.04 ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT. The Chief Clerk of the House shall have supervision over
shall supervise the engrossment and enrollment of bills. The Chief Clerk shall cause to be kept
see that a record is kept, by file number, of the bills introduced in the House which
have that passed both houses and been are enrolled.
7.05 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. The House Controller shall prepare a biennial budget for the House
which. The budget must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration
before it is submitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations for consideration by the State
Government Finance Division Committee. By the 15th day of April, July, October, and January
of each year, the House Controller shall submit a detailed report of House expenditures during the previous
quarter to the Speaker and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The House Controller shall arrange for the purchase of goods and services for the House. The Controller
shall seek the lowest possible prices consistent with satisfactory quality and dependability. A contract of the House,
or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure in excess of more than $500 must be
signed by the Speaker or the Controller. A contract, or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure of
up to $500 may be executed by an employee authorized and directed in writing by the Controller to act for the
Controller with respect to on the contract or contracts of its type of contract. A
contract or amendment to a contract entered into in violation of this Rule is not binding on the House.
Employees of the House must be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state employees.
During session, for travel away from the Capitol, members must be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state employees, in addition to per diem expense allowances.
7.06 BULLETIN BOARD. The Chief Clerk shall prepare a bulletin board upon which shall be posted
ensure that locations accessible to the public are available to post a list of committee and subcommittee
meetings and any other announcements or notices the House may require.
7.07 INDEX. The Index Clerk, under the supervision of supervised by the Chief Clerk, shall
prepare an index in which bills may be indexed by topic, number, author, subject, section of the code
statutes amended, committees, and any other subject method that will make it a complete
and comprehensive index.
The index shall must be open for public inspection at all times during the
legislative session and shall must be printed in the permanent Journal of the
House.
7.08 DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. It shall be the duty of The Sergeant at Arms to
shall carry out all orders of the House or the Speaker and to perform all other services pertaining
to the office of Sergeant at Arms, including: maintaining order in the Chamber and other areas used for the
business of the House and its committees and members and; supervising the entering and
exiting from the Chamber and the other areas; and the prompt delivery of promptly
delivering messages.
7.09 SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE OF SPEAKER. When the office of Speaker becomes vacant, the Chair of the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration shall exercise has the powers and shall
discharge the duties of the office as necessary, until a Speaker is elected by the House or until a speaker-designate
is selected as provided in this Rule. The House shall elect a Speaker when the House is next called to order. If the
Legislature is not in session, within 30 days after the office of Speaker becomes vacant the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration shall meet and select a speaker-designate to exercise the powers and discharge the duties
of the office as necessary until a Speaker is elected by the House.
ARTICLE VIII - EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE
8.01 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration shall
designate the position of and appoint each employee of the House and set the compensation of each officer and
employee. A record of all such the appointments, including positions and compensation,
shall must be kept in the office of the House Controller and shall be open must be
available for inspection by the public.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, by resolution, shall establish the procedure for
filling employment vacancies when the Legislature is not in session.
Any An employee of the House may be assigned to other duties, suspended or discharged at any
time by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
8.02 CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. An employee of the House may not participate in campaign activity during
working hours. No An employee may not be obliged to participate in campaign activities
as a condition of employment. A member is not an employee of the House for purposes of this Rule. House
equipment may not be used for campaign activities. The committee on rules and legislative administration shall
define and implement the terms of these provisions and implement this Rule.
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.01 RULE AS TO CONSTRUCTION DEFINITIONS. As used In these Rules the terms
"majority vote" and "vote of the House" shall mean a majority of members present at the particular
time for the vote. The term "vote of the whole House" shall mean means a majority
vote of all the members elected to the House for that particular session of the Legislature.
Singular words used in these Rules shall include the plural, unless the context indicates a contrary
intention.
9.02 MEDIA NEWS REPORTERS. Accredited representatives of the press, press associations, and radio and
television stations shall be accorded must be given equal press privileges by the House. Any
A person wishing to report proceedings of the House may apply to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration for a press media pass and assignment to suitable available space.
Television stations shall must be permitted to televise sessions of the House. Media
representatives shall must be allowed access to both wells in the gallery of the House chambers.
9.03 DEADLINES. A bill prepared by a department or agency of state government shall be introduced and
given its first reading in regular session no later than ten days before the date of the first committee deadline
specified in this rule.
In regular session in 1997, committee reports on House files favorably acted upon by a committee after
Wednesday, March 26, and committee reports on Senate files favorably acted upon by a committee after Wednesday,
April 9, shall be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for disposition. In regular
session in 1998, committee reports on House files favorably acted upon by a committee after Friday, February 13,
committee reports on Senate files favorably acted upon by a committee after Friday, February 20; shall be referred
to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for disposition. However, referral is not required after
the first deadline when, by the second deadline, a committee acts on a bill that is a companion to a bill that has then
been acted upon by the first deadline in the Senate. A finance or revenue bill referred to in Rule 5.08 is exempt from
the first and second deadlines.
A finance bill other than a major finance or revenue bill referred to in Rule 5.12 in finance committees and
standing committees with finance divisions and the Committee on Taxes, that includes provisions that create or
reestablish a commission, board, task force, advisory committee or council, or other entity, shall be re-referred to
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration if it remains in committee after the deadlines set by this
rule.
In regular session in 1997, notice of intention to move reconsideration shall not be in order after Monday,
April 14. In regular session in 1998, notice of intention to move reconsideration shall not be in order after Monday,
March 2.
Committee reports on finance bills that are favorably acted upon by a committee after Friday, April 18, in
regular session in 1997, and after Friday, February 27, in regular session in 1998, shall be referred to the Committee
on Rules and Legislative Administration for disposition. This deadline does not apply to the House Committees on
Capital Investment, Taxes, and Ways and Means.
In regular session in 1997 after Friday, May 2, and in regular session in 1998 after Friday, March 20, the
House shall not act on bills other than those recommended by conference committee reports, the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration, or the Committee on Ways and Means, and those bills contained in messages from
the Senate or from the Governor.
In regular session in 1997 except after Monday, May 12, and in regular session in 1998 except after Monday,
March 23, a written copy of a report of a conference committee shall be placed on the desk of each member of the
House 24 hours before action on the report by the House. If the report has been reprinted in the Journal of the House
for a preceding day and is available to the members, the Journal copy shall serve as the written report.
9.04 DISPOSITION OF BILLS DURING INTERIM. Adjournment of the regular session in the
an odd-numbered year to a day certain in the following even-numbered next year shall
be equivalent to is the same as daily adjournment except that any a bill on the Consent
Calendar, Calendar, Special Orders or General Orders shall for the Day, Fiscal Calendar, or General
Register must be returned to the standing committee that last acting acted on the bill.
9.05 AUTHORIZED MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. The rules of parliamentary
procedure contained in "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure" shall govern governs the
House in all applicable cases in which they are if it is not inconsistent with these Rules, the Joint
Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, or established custom and usage.
ARTICLE X - ETHICS
10.01 SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. No During regular session, a
member of the House, nor the member's principal campaign committee, nor any other a
political committee with the member's name or title, nor any or a committee authorized by the
member which would benefit that benefits the member, shall may not solicit or
accept a contribution on behalf of the member's principal campaign committee, any other political committee
with the member's name or title, or any political committee authorized by the member which would benefit the
member, from a registered lobbyist, political committee, or political fund during the regular session of the
House.
No A member may not accept compensation for lobbying.
10.02 ACCEPTANCE OF AN HONORARIUM BY A MEMBER. No A member may
not accept an honorarium for any a service performed for an individual or organization
which that has a direct interest in the business of the House, including, but not limited to, a
registered lobbyists or any organizations they represent lobbyist or an organization a lobbyist
represents. The term "honorarium" does not include reimbursement for expenses incurred and actually paid by
a member in performing any a service.
Alleged violations of this Rule shall must be referred to the Committee on Ethics under Rule
6.10. Upon finding that If the Committee on Ethics finds that an honorarium was accepted in
violation of this Rule, the Committee on Ethics shall direct the its return of the
funds. If the funds are it is not returned, the committee may recommend disciplinary action
under Rule 6.10.
10.03 ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL AND LODGING BY A MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE. A member or
employee of the House shall may not accept travel and or lodging from any foreign
government, private for-profit business, labor union, registered lobbyist, or any an association
thereof, except for expenses that relate to the member's or employee's participation as a legislator or legislative
employee in a meeting or conference. This Rule does not apply to travel and or lodging provided
to a member in the regular course of the member's employment or business.
10.04 DENIAL OF COMPENSATION WHILE DETAINED. A member of the House may not
receive compensation, mileage, or living expenses while the member is incarcerated or on home detention due to
a criminal conviction.
Pawlenty moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session as follows:
Page 5, line 31, delete "and resolutions"
Page 5, line 35, delete "or resolution"
Page 6, line 1, delete "or resolution"
Page 6, line 32, delete "or resolution"
Page 6, line 34, delete "or resolution"
Page 6, line 36, before the period, insert "and returned to the General Register in the order of its second reading"
Page 10, line 6, delete "declares" and strike "to be identical" and insert "requests be compared"
Page 12, line 15, after "voted" insert "or voted"
Page 25, line 17, after "Operations" insert "and Veterans Affairs Policy"
Page 26, line 26, after "Operations" insert "and Veterans Affairs Policy"
Page 26, line 28, after "Operations" insert "and Veterans Affairs Policy"
Page 26, line 30, after "Operations" insert "and Veterans Affairs Policy,"
Page 26, line 31, delete "the Committee on Governmental Operations" and insert "that Committee"
Page 26, line 32, delete "referral" and insert "re-referral"
Page 29, line 7, after "5.08" insert "and Rule 5.11"
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Tuma moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 16, line 8, strike "or questions" and restore the period
Page 16, lines 8 to 12, delete the new language
Page 16, lines 13 to 17, delete the new language and strike the remaining language
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Kahn moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Except on page 12, line 33, strike or delete "shall" wherever it appears and insert "must" and strike or delete "may" wherever it appears before "not" and insert "must"
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Opatz, Greiling, Koskinen, Entenza, Biernat and Otremba moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 33, line 6, before the period, insert "that the member's caucus is in the majority, even if the sessions are not otherwise consecutive"
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Entenza; Leighton; Skoglund; Anderson, I.; Greenfield; Munger; Solberg and Carruthers moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 15, line 22, to page 16, line 31, delete the new language and restore the stricken language
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Entenza et al amendment and the roll was called. There were 61 yeas and 70 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Gleason | Kahn | Mariani | Paymar | Trimble | |
| Bakk | Gray | Kalis | Marko | Pelowski | Tunheim | |
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kelliher | McCollum | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Carlson | Greiling | Koskinen | McGuire | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Carruthers | Hasskamp | Kubly | Milbert | Rest | Wenzel | |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Larson, D. | Mullery | Rukavina | Winter | |
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Leighton | Munger | Schumacher | ||
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lenczewski | Murphy | Skoe | ||
| Dorn | Jaros | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | ||
| Entenza | Johnson | Luther | Osthoff | Solberg | ||
| Folliard | Juhnke | Mahoney | Otremba | Tomassoni | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Hackbarth | Mares | Rhodes | Tuma | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Harder | McElroy | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Bishop | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Seagren | Westerberg | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Seifert, J. | Westfall | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, M. | Westrom | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Knoblach | Opatz | Smith | Wilkin | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Stanek | Wolf | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Kuisle | Ozment | Stang | Workman | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Storm | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Daggett | Haake | Leppik | Pawlenty | Swenson | ||
| Davids | Haas | Lindner | Reuter | Tingelstad | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Skoglund moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 15, line 28, after the semicolon, insert "and"
Page 15, line 32, delete everything after "resolution" and insert a period
Page 15, delete lines 33 to 36
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Skoglund amendment and the roll was called. There were 60 yeas and 71 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Juhnke | Luther | Opatz | Schumacher | |
| Bakk | Gray | Kahn | Mahoney | Orfield | Skoe | |
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kalis | Mariani | Osthoff | Skoglund | |
| Carlson | Greiling | Kelliher | Marko | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Carruthers | Hasskamp | Koskinen | McCollum | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Kubly | McGuire | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Larson, D. | Milbert | Peterson | Tunheim | |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Leighton | Mullery | Pugh | Wagenius | |
| Dorn | Jaros | Lenczewski | Munger | Rest | Wejcman | |
| Entenza | Johnson | Lieder | Murphy | Rukavina | Winter | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Hackbarth | Mares | Rifenberg | Tuma | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Harder | McElroy | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Bishop | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Seifert, J. | Wenzel | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Seifert, M. | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Smith | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Knoblach | Osskopp | Stanek | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Krinkie | Ozment | Stang | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Kuisle | Paulsen | Storm | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Pawlenty | Swenson | Workman | |
| Daggett | Haake | Leppik | Reuter | Sykora | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Davids | Haas | Lindner | Rhodes | Tingelstad | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Leppik; Paymar; McCollum; Kahn; Rhodes; Erhardt; Leighton; Hausman; Wagenius; Wejcman; Otremba; Kubly; Chaudhary; Mariani; Osthoff; Orfield; Tomassoni; Greiling; Abrams; Folliard; Hasskamp; Entenza; Larson, D.; Juhnke and Marko offered an amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended.
Dehler requested a division of the Leppik et al amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended.
The first portion of the Leppik et al amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, reads as follows:
Page 1, line 18, before "prayer" insert "nondenominational"
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the first portion of the Leppik et al amendment and the roll was called. There were 72 yeas and 60 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Erhardt | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Skoe | |
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson | Luther | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Bakk | Gleason | Juhnke | Mahoney | Osthoff | Solberg | |
| Biernat | Goodno | Kahn | Mariani | Otremba | Storm | |
| Bishop | Gray | Kalis | Marko | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kelliher | McCollum | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Carruthers | Greiling | Koskinen | McElroy | Peterson | Tuma | |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kubly | McGuire | Pugh | Tunheim | |
| Clark, K. | Hausman | Larson, D. | Milbert | Rest | Wagenius | |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Leighton | Mullery | Rhodes | Wejcman | |
| Dorn | Howes | Lenczewski | Munger | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Entenza | Huntley | Leppik | Murphy | Schumacher | Winter | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Harder | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Anderson, B. | Dempsey | Holberg | Mulder | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Holsten | Ness | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Knoblach | Olson | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Smith | Westrom | |
| Cassell | Gunther | Kuisle | Ozment | Stanek | Wilkin | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Stang | Wolf | |
| Daggett | Haas | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson | Workman | |
| Davids | Hackbarth | Mares | Reuter | Sykora | Spk. Sviggum | |
The motion prevailed and the first portion of the Leppik et al amendment was adopted.
The second portion of the Leppik et al amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, reads as follows:
Page 1, line 19, after "Chaplain" insert "that respects the religious diversity of the House,"
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
Clark, K., moved to amend the second portion of the Leppik et al amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 1, line 5, delete "House" and insert "people of Minnesota"
The motion did not prevail and the Clark, K., amendment to the second portion of the Leppik et al amendment was not adopted.
The question recurred on the second portion of the Leppik et al amendment and the roll was called. There were 89 yeas and 44 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Erhardt | Johnson | Marko | Paulsen | Storm | |
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Juhnke | McCollum | Pawlenty | Tingelstad | |
| Bakk | Folliard | Kahn | McElroy | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
| Biernat | Gleason | Kalis | McGuire | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Bishop | Goodno | Kelliher | Milbert | Peterson | Tuma | |
| Carlson | Gray | Koskinen | Molnau | Pugh | Tunheim | |
| Carruthers | Greenfield | Kubly | Mullery | Rest | Wagenius | |
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Larson, D. | Munger | Rhodes | Wejcman | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Leighton | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Lenczewski | Olson | Schumacher | Westerberg | |
| Daggett | Hausman | Leppik | Opatz | Seifert, J. | Westfall | |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Lieder | Orfield | Seifert, M. | Winter | |
| Dempsey | Howes | Luther | Osthoff | Skoe | Workman | |
| Dorn | Huntley | Mahoney | Otremba | Skoglund | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Mariani | Ozment | Solberg | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Harder | Lindner | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Mares | Seagren | Westrom | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Holsten | Mulder | Smith | Wilkin | |
| Bradley | Fuller | Kielkucki | Ness | Stanek | Wolf | |
| Broecker | Gerlach | Knoblach | Nornes | Stang | ||
| Buesgens | Gunther | Krinkie | Osskopp | Swenson | ||
| Cassell | Haas | Kuisle | Reuter | Sykora | ||
| Davids | Hackbarth | Larsen, P. | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | ||
The motion prevailed and the second portion of the Leppik et al amendment was adopted.
The Speaker called Abrams to the Chair.
Kahn; Wenzel; Kalis; Munger; Osthoff; Greenfield; Anderson, I.; Solberg and Carlson moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 46, line 31, strike the comma and insert "or"
Page 46, line 32, strike ", or established custom and usage"
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Olson moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 6, line 17, delete "three-fifths" and insert "majority"
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Olson amendment and the roll was called. There were 61 yeas and 71 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, B. | Entenza | Juhnke | Mahoney | Osthoff | Tomassoni | |
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Kahn | Mariani | Otremba | Trimble | |
| Bakk | Gleason | Kalis | Marko | Pelowski | Tunheim | |
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kelliher | McCollum | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Carlson | Greiling | Koskinen | McGuire | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Carruthers | Hasskamp | Kubly | Milbert | Rest | Winter | |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Larson, D. | Mullery | Rukavina | ||
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Leighton | Munger | Schumacher | ||
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lenczewski | Murphy | Skoe | ||
| Dehler | Jaros | Lieder | Olson | Skoglund | ||
| Dorn | Johnson | Luther | Orfield | Solberg | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tuma | |
| Abrams | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Bishop | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Boudreau | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Wenzel | |
| Bradley | Fuller | Knoblach | Opatz | Seifert, M. | Westerberg | |
| Broecker | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Smith | Westfall | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Kuisle | Ozment | Stanek | Westrom | |
| Cassell | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Stang | Wilkin | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Leppik | Pawlenty | Storm | Wolf | |
| Daggett | Haas | Lindner | Paymar | Swenson | Workman | |
| Davids | Hackbarth | Mares | Reuter | Sykora | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Dempsey | Harder | McElroy | Rhodes | Tingelstad | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Olson moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 24, after line 8, insert:
"5.071 PRIVILEGED BILLS. Each member may be an author of one bill in regular session each biennium that the member designates as a privileged bill. To be designated as a privileged bill, a bill must have at least 10 authors. The following may not be designated privileged bills: a major finance or revenue bill under Rule 5.12 or a committee bill under Rule 6.08.
To be treated as a privileged bill during the session in the odd-numbered year, the bill must be introduced at least 30 days before the first committee deadline. A privileged bill must be introduced by the last day of regular session in the odd-numbered year.
A privileged bill must be given a hearing, acted upon, and reported by each committee with jurisdiction of the bill by the committee deadlines applying to the bill. If a privileged bill is not reported by each committee within the time permitted by this rule, the bill must be considered to be in the possession of the House and must be given its second reading and placed on the privileged bill list of the General Register.
The privileged bill list of the General Register is a list of privileged bills that have been given a second reading, numbered according to their order at second reading. Before the Calendar of the Day, the bills on the privileged bill must be considered and acted on by the House in numerical order."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
Pawlenty moved that the Olson amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Pawlenty motion and the roll was called. There were 77 yeas and 56 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Hackbarth | McElroy | Rest | Sykora | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Harder | McGuire | Reuter | Tingelstad | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Rhodes | Tuma | |
| Biernat | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | |
| Bishop | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Boudreau | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seagren | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Fuller | Knoblach | Olson | Seifert, J. | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Gerlach | Krinkie | Opatz | Seifert, M. | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Kuisle | Osskopp | Smith | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Greiling | Larsen, P. | Ozment | Stanek | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Leppik | Paulsen | Stang | Workman | |
| Daggett | Haake | Lindner | Pawlenty | Storm | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Davids | Haas | Mares | Paymar | Swenson | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Gleason | Kahn | Mahoney | Otremba | Trimble | |
| Bakk | Gray | Kalis | Mariani | Pelowski | Tunheim | |
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kelliher | Marko | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Carruthers | Hasskamp | Koskinen | McCollum | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Kubly | Milbert | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Larson, D. | Mullery | Schumacher | Winter | |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Leighton | Munger | Skoe | ||
| Dorn | Jaros | Lenczewski | Murphy | Skoglund | ||
| Entenza | Johnson | Lieder | Orfield | Solberg | ||
| Folliard | Juhnke | Luther | Osthoff | Tomassoni | ||
The motion prevailed and the Olson amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The Speaker resumed the Chair.
Olson moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 11, line 23, after the period, insert "Until the roll is closed, a member, including the presiding officer, may not have access to a record of the vote totals. The presiding officer may not, during the vote on a question, close the electronic voting system and then reopen it."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Olson amendment and the roll was called. There were 21 yeas and 112 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Biernat | Greenfield | Koskinen | McGuire | Otremba | Winter | |
| Dawkins | Greiling | Krinkie | Mullery | Skoe | ||
| Entenza | Hasskamp | Leighton | Munger | Wejcman | ||
| Gleason | Jaros | McCollum | Olson | Westrom | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dempsey | Holsten | Mahoney | Pelowski | Swenson | |
| Abrams | Dorman | Howes | Mares | Peterson | Sykora | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorn | Huntley | Mariani | Pugh | Tingelstad | |
| Anderson, I. | Erhardt | Johnson | Marko | Rest | Tomassoni | |
| Bakk | Erickson | Juhnke | McElroy | Reuter | Trimble | |
| Bishop | Finseth | Kahn | Milbert | Rhodes | Tuma | |
| Boudreau | Folliard | Kalis | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tunheim | |
| Bradley | Fuller | Kelliher | Mulder | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Broecker | Gerlach | Kielkucki | Murphy | Rukavina | Vandeveer | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Knoblach | Ness | Schumacher | Wagenius | |
| Carlson | Gray | Kubly | Nornes | Seagren | Wenzel | |
| Carruthers | Gunther | Kuisle | Opatz | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Cassell | Haake | Larsen, P. | Orfield | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Larson, D. | Osskopp | Skoglund | Wilkin | |
| Clark, J. | Hackbarth | Lenczewski | Osthoff | Smith | Wolf | |
| Clark, K. | Harder | Leppik | Ozment | Solberg | Workman | |
| Daggett | Hausman | Lieder | Paulsen | Stanek | Spk. Sviggum | |
| Davids | Hilty | Lindner | Pawlenty | Stang | ||
| Dehler | Holberg | Luther | Paymar | Storm | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Olson moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 18, after line 9, insert:
"3.16 MAJOR FINANCE AND REVENUE BILLS; MOTION TO SEPARATE PROVISIONS. When a major finance or revenue bill identified in Rule 5.12 is considered by the House, a member may move to separate from the bill provisions dealing with a single subject or independent subjects. The request must state with specificity the provisions in the bill that are to be separated. If the motion to separate the provisions from the bill does not prevail, the provisions remain in the bill. If the motion prevails, the effect is to remove the provisions from the bill for separate consideration by the House. If a member thereafter introduces a bill containing the separated provisions and none other, the bill must be laid over one day after its first reading, as for a committee bill under rule 5.06, and then given its second reading and placed on the Calendar for the Day at the next daily session of the House."
Page 21, after line 23, insert:
"5.011 SINGLE SUBJECT. A bill may not embrace more than one subject, which must be expressed in its title."
Olson requested a division of his amendment.
Pawlenty moved that the Olson amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. The motion prevailed and the Olson amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The Speaker called Abrams to the Chair.
Sviggum was excused for the remainder of today's session.
Pawlenty moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 17, line 2, delete "or a committee"
Page 17, line 6, delete "or the committee"
Page 34, after line 9, insert:
"An amendment offered in committee must be on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of the committee. Whether an amendment is on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of the committee is a question to be decided by the person chairing the meeting, who may put the question to the committee."
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Trimble and McElroy moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 20, line 29, after the period, insert "As long as the Senate prohibits entry of House members into its retiring room, no Senators may enter the House retiring room during the time it is reserved for exclusive use of members and employees."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Trimble and McElroy amendment and the roll was called. There were 95 yeas and 37 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Erhardt | Juhnke | McElroy | Peterson | Tingelstad | |
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Kelliher | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni | |
| Bakk | Folliard | Kielkucki | Molnau | Rest | Trimble | |
| Biernat | Fuller | Knoblach | Mulder | Reuter | Tuma | |
| Bishop | Gerlach | Koskinen | Mullery | Rhodes | Tunheim | |
| Broecker | Gleason | Krinkie | Munger | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Kubly | Ness | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Carlson | Gray | Kuisle | Nornes | Schumacher | Wagenius | |
| Carruthers | Greiling | Larson, D. | Opatz | Seifert, M. | Wejcman | |
| Chaudhary | Gunther | Lenczewski | Orfield | Skoe | Wenzel | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Leppik | Osskopp | Skoglund | Westerberg | |
| Daggett | Haas | Lieder | Ozment | Smith | Westfall | |
| Davids | Hasskamp | Luther | Paulsen | Solberg | Westrom | |
| Dempsey | Hausman | Mahoney | Pawlenty | Stanek | Winter | |
| Dorman | Jaros | Mares | Paymar | Stang | Workman | |
| Entenza | Johnson | Marko | Pelowski | Swenson | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Holberg | Leighton | Osthoff | Wilkin | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorn | Holsten | Lindner | Otremba | Wolf | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Howes | Mariani | Rukavina | ||
| Bradley | Greenfield | Huntley | McCollum | Seagren | ||
| Cassell | Hackbarth | Kahn | Milbert | Seifert, J. | ||
| Clark, K. | Harder | Kalis | Murphy | Storm | ||
| Dawkins | Hilty | Larsen, P. | Olson | Sykora | ||
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Pugh moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 16, line 2, delete "or by the minority leader," and delete "either"
Page 16, line 3, delete "or minority"
Pawlenty moved to amend the Pugh amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 1, after line 2, insert:
"Page 16, line 1, delete everything after "by""
Page 1, delete lines 3 to 5, and insert:
"Page 16, delete lines 2 and 3
Page 16, line 4, before "member" insert "a""
The motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment was adopted.
The question recurred on the Pugh amendment, as amended, to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended. The motion prevailed and the amendment, as amended, was adopted.
Carlson; Anderson, I.; Entenza; Tomassoni; Skoglund and Kahn moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 16, line 20, after the period, insert "A motion for the previous question based on the 20 minute limitations in paragraph (c) requires the affirmative votes of a two-thirds majority of the whole House."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Carlson et al amendment and the roll was called. There were 62 yeas and 70 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Gleason | Kahn | Mariani | Otremba | Tomassoni | |
| Bakk | Gray | Kalis | Marko | Paymar | Trimble | |
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kelliher | McCollum | Pelowski | Tunheim | |
| Carlson | Greiling | Koskinen | McGuire | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Carruthers | Hasskamp | Kubly | Milbert | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Larson, D. | Mullery | Rest | Wenzel | |
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Leighton | Munger | Rukavina | Winter | |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lenczewski | Murphy | Schumacher | ||
| Dorn | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Skoe | ||
| Entenza | Johnson | Luther | Orfield | Skoglund | ||
| Folliard | Juhnke | Mahoney | Osthoff | Solberg | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Hackbarth | Mares | Rhodes | Tingelstad | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Harder | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tuma | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Bishop | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Knoblach | Olson | Smith | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Stanek | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Kuisle | Ozment | Stang | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Storm | Workman | |
| Daggett | Haake | Leppik | Pawlenty | Swenson | ||
| Davids | Haas | Lindner | Reuter | Sykora | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
McCollum moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 34, line 9, after the period insert:
"A bipartisan group of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration shall develop and report to the House a proposal for standardized committee rules."
Page 34, lines 22 to 29, delete the new language
Seifert, M., moved that the McCollum amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Seifert, M., motion and the roll was called. There were 124 yeas and 7 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abeler | Erhardt | Howes | Mahoney | Ozment | Storm | |
| Anderson, B. | Erickson | Huntley | Mares | Paulsen | Swenson | |
| Biernat | Finseth | Johnson | Mariani | Pawlenty | Sykora | |
| Bishop | Folliard | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Tingelstad | |
| Boudreau | Fuller | Kahn | McCollum | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Bradley | Gerlach | Kalis | McElroy | Peterson | Tuma | |
| Broecker | Gleason | Kelliher | McGuire | Pugh | Tunheim | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Kielkucki | Milbert | Rest | Van Dellen | |
| Carlson | Gray | Knoblach | Molnau | Reuter | Vandeveer | |
| Cassell | Greenfield | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Wagenius | |
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Krinkie | Mullery | Rifenberg | Wejcman | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Kubly | Munger | Rostberg | Wenzel | |
| Clark, K. | Haake | Kuisle | Murphy | Schumacher | Westerberg | |
| Daggett | Haas | Larsen, P. | Ness | Seagren | Westfall | |
| Davids | Hackbarth | Larson, D. | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Westrom | |
| Dawkins | Harder | Leighton | Olson | Seifert, M. | Wilkin | |
| Dehler | Hasskamp | Lenczewski | Opatz | Skoe | Winter | |
| Dempsey | Hausman | Leppik | Orfield | Skoglund | Wolf | |
| Dorman | Hilty | Lieder | Osskopp | Smith | Workman | |
| Dorn | Holberg | Lindner | Osthoff | Stanek | ||
| Entenza | Holsten | Luther | Otremba | Stang | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Bakk | Carruthers | Jaros | Rukavina | Solberg | |
| Tomassoni | ||||||
The motion prevailed and the McCollum amendment to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Leighton moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 34, after line 35, insert:
"6.051 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. At least one member who is a member of a minority political party caucus must be appointed to each conference committee of three members, and at least two members, each of whom is a member of a minority caucus, must be appointed to each conference committee of five members. The minority leader must appoint the members of the conference committee from the minority caucus."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Leighton amendment and the roll was called. There were 55 yeas and 76 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Bakk | Greenfield | Kalis | Mariani | Paymar | Trimble | |
| Biernat | Greiling | Kelliher | Marko | Pelowski | Tunheim | |
| Carlson | Hasskamp | Koskinen | McCollum | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Carruthers | Hausman | Kubly | McGuire | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Chaudhary | Hilty | Larson, D. | Milbert | Rukavina | Winter | |
| Clark, K. | Huntley | Leighton | Mullery | Schumacher | ||
| Dawkins | Jaros | Lenczewski | Munger | Skoe | ||
| Entenza | Johnson | Lieder | Murphy | Skoglund | ||
| Folliard | Juhnke | Luther | Osthoff | Solberg | ||
| Gleason | Kahn | Mahoney | Otremba | Tomassoni | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Haas | McElroy | Reuter | Tingelstad | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Hackbarth | Molnau | Rhodes | Tuma | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Harder | Mulder | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | |
| Anderson, I. | Dorn | Holberg | Ness | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Bishop | Erhardt | Howes | Nornes | Seagren | Wenzel | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Kielkucki | Olson | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Knoblach | Opatz | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Krinkie | Orfield | Smith | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stanek | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Larsen, P. | Ozment | Stang | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Gray | Leppik | Paulsen | Storm | Workman | |
| Daggett | Gunther | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson | ||
| Davids | Haake | Mares | Rest | Sykora | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Kahn moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 27, line 1, after the comma, insert "before the bill is considered by the House"
Page 27, line 4, delete everything after "Administration" and insert "and send the chair of the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy a copy of the provisions in the bill that cause the bill to come within the jurisdiction of the Committee."
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Kahn amendment and the roll was called. There were 65 yeas and 65 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Juhnke | Leppik | Murphy | Schumacher | |
| Bakk | Gleason | Kahn | Lieder | Opatz | Skoe | |
| Biernat | Gray | Kalis | Luther | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kelliher | Mahoney | Osthoff | Solberg | |
| Carruthers | Greiling | Koskinen | Mariani | Otremba | Tomassoni | |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Krinkie | Marko | Paymar | Trimble | |
| Clark, K. | Hausman | Kubly | McCollum | Peterson | Tunheim | |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Larsen, P. | McGuire | Pugh | Wagenius | |
| Dehler | Huntley | Larson, D. | Milbert | Rest | Wejcman | |
| Dorn | Jaros | Leighton | Mullery | Rhodes | Winter | |
| Entenza | Johnson | Lenczewski | Munger | Rukavina | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Dempsey | Hackbarth | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Abrams | Dorman | Harder | Mulder | Rostberg | Tuma | |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Holberg | Ness | Seagren | Van Dellen | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Holsten | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Vandeveer | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Howes | Olson | Seifert, M. | Westerberg | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Kielkucki | Osskopp | Smith | Westfall | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Knoblach | Ozment | Stanek | Westrom | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Kuisle | Paulsen | Stang | Wilkin | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Lindner | Pawlenty | Storm | Wolf | |
| Daggett | Haake | Mares | Pelowski | Swenson | Workman | |
| Davids | Haas | McElroy | Reuter | Sykora | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Kahn moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 27, line 8, delete "clause" and insert "clauses (a) and"
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Kahn moved to amend the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 11, lines 9 to 15, reinstate the stricken language
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Kahn amendment and the roll was called. There were 54 yeas and 77 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Gleason | Juhnke | Lieder | Olson | Skoe | |
| Carlson | Gray | Kahn | Luther | Orfield | Solberg | |
| Carruthers | Greenfield | Kalis | Mariani | Osthoff | Tomassoni | |
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kelliher | Marko | Otremba | Trimble | |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Koskinen | McCollum | Paymar | Tunheim | |
| Dawkins | Hausman | Kubly | McGuire | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Dorn | Hilty | Larson, D. | Milbert | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Leighton | Mullery | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Folliard | Johnson | Lenczewski | Murphy | Schumacher | Winter | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abeler | Davids | Hackbarth | Mahoney | Rest | Swenson | |
| Abrams | Dehler | Harder | Mares | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Anderson, B. | Dempsey | Holberg | McElroy | Rhodes | Tingelstad | |
| Bakk | Dorman | Holsten | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tuma | |
| Biernat | Erhardt | Howes | Mulder | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Bishop | Erickson | Huntley | Ness | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Boudreau | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Fuller | Knoblach | Opatz | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Skoglund | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Goodno | Kuisle | Ozment | Smith | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Stanek | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Haake | Leppik | Pawlenty | Stang | Workman | |
| Daggett | Haas | Lindner | Pelowski | Storm | ||
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Pawlenty moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to reorganize and recodify the Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, in the manner shown in the document labeled "NEWHRULES" that the members have on their desks. The motion prevailed.
The question recurred on the Pawlenty motion that the Report of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration and the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, be now adopted and the roll was called. There were 79 yeas and 52 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abeler | Dempsey | Holberg | McElroy | Rhodes | Tuma | |
| Abrams | Dorman | Holsten | McGuire | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Howes | Molnau | Rostberg | Vandeveer | |
| Biernat | Erickson | Kielkucki | Mulder | Seagren | Westerberg | |
| Bishop | Finseth | Knoblach | Ness | Seifert, J. | Westfall | |
| Boudreau | Fuller | Krinkie | Nornes | Seifert, M. | Westrom | |
| Bradley | Gerlach | Kubly | Opatz | Skoe | Wilkin | |
| Broecker | Goodno | Kuisle | Osskopp | Smith | Wolf | |
| Buesgens | Greiling | Larsen, P. | Ozment | Stanek | Workman | |
| Cassell | Gunther | Larson, D. | Paulsen | Stang | ||
| Clark, J. | Haake | Lenczewski | Pawlenty | Storm | ||
| Daggett | Haas | Leppik | Pelowski | Swenson | ||
| Davids | Hackbarth | Lindner | Rest | Sykora | ||
| Dehler | Harder | Mares | Reuter | Tingelstad | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson | Mahoney | Osthoff | Tomassoni | |
| Bakk | Gleason | Juhnke | Mariani | Otremba | Trimble | |
| Carlson | Gray | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Tunheim | |
| Carruthers | Greenfield | Kalis | McCollum | Peterson | Wagenius | |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kelliher | Milbert | Pugh | Wejcman | |
| Clark, K. | Hausman | Koskinen | Mullery | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | Winter | |
| Dorn | Huntley | Lieder | Olson | Skoglund | ||
| Entenza | Jaros | Luther | Orfield | Solberg | ||
The motion prevailed and the Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session, as amended, were adopted.
So the report of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration and the Permanent Rules of the House for the 81st Session were adopted as follows:
PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ARTICLE 1 - DAILY BUSINESS
1.01 CONVENING OF THE HOUSE. Unless otherwise ordered, the House convenes at 2:30 p.m. The Speaker must take the chair at the appointed hour and call the House to order.
The call to order is followed by a nondenominational prayer by the Chaplain that respects the religious diversity of the House, or time for a brief meditation, then by the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and then by a call of the roll of members. The names of members present and members excused must be entered in the Journal of the House.
1.02 READING OF THE JOURNAL. If a quorum is present, the Chief Clerk must read the Journal of the preceding day, unless otherwise ordered. The House may correct errors in the Journal of the preceding day.
1.03 ORDER OF BUSINESS. After the Journal is read, the order of business of the day is:
(1) Presentation of petitions or other communications
(2) Reports of standing committees
(3) Second reading of House bills
(4) Second reading of Senate bills
(5) Reports of select committees
(6) Introduction and first reading of House bills
(7) Consideration of messages from the Senate
(8) First reading of Senate bills
(9) Consent Calendar
(10) Calendar for the day
(11) Motions and resolutions
Conference committees on House bills and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may report at any time.
1.04 REPORTING OF BILLS. A bill must be reported to the House on three different days before its passage. The first report, called the first reading, occurs when it is introduced; the second report, called the second reading, occurs when it has been reported by the appropriate standing committees for consideration by the House; the third report, called the third reading, occurs when it is ready for the vote on passage.
1.10 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. A bill or resolution must be submitted to the Speaker at least 24 hours before the convening of the daily session at which it is to be introduced.
A bill or resolution must be introduced in quadruplicate and each copy must bear the signature of the member or the name of the committee introducing it.
In regular session, a bill prepared by a department or agency of state government must be introduced and given its first reading at least ten days before the date of the first committee deadline.
1.11 FIRST READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS. A bill or resolution must be reported and given its first reading when it is introduced. A bill or resolution must not be objected to when it is introduced.
After its first reading, the Speaker must refer a bill or resolution to the appropriate standing committee or division, except as provided in Rule 1.15 and Rule 1.13.
Congratulatory resolutions are exempt from this Rule and may be adopted by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration without further consideration by the House.
Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, after the Speaker refers a bill or resolution, a majority vote of the whole House is required for the House to re-refer the bill or resolution.
1.12 AUTHORS OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. A bill, memorial, or resolution must not have more than 35 authors. After a bill or resolution is introduced and given its first reading: (a) a member may be removed as an author, by motion of the member; and (b) a member wishing to be an author may be added as an author, by motion of the author of the bill or resolution. A motion under clause (b) must be made within seven calendar days after the day of first reading or on the second day that the House meets in session after the day of first reading, whichever is later.
1.13 INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE BILLS. A standing or special committee of the House may introduce a bill as a committee bill on any subject within its purview. When a committee bill is introduced and read for the first time, the Speaker may refer it to a standing committee. If the Speaker does not refer it, the bill must be laid over one day. Then it must be read for the second time and placed on the General Register or, if recommended by the Committee, on the Consent Calendar.
1.14 RECESS BILL INTRODUCTIONS. During the period between the last day of the regular session in an odd-numbered year and the first day of the regular session in the next year, a bill filed with the Speaker for introduction must be given a file number and may be unofficially referred by the Speaker to an appropriate standing committee.
1.15 DISPOSITION OF SENATE FILES. A Senate File received by the House that is accompanied by a message announcing its passage by the Senate must be referred to the appropriate standing committee under Rule 1.11. But if a Senate File is received that a member requests be compared to a House File already reported by a standing committee of the House and placed on the General Register or on the Calendar for the Day or the Consent Calendar, the Senate File must be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. If the Chief Clerk reports that the Senate File is identical to the House File, the Senate File may, by majority vote, be substituted for the House File and take its place. The fact that the bills are identical must be entered in the Journal and the House File is then considered withdrawn.
A Senate File that is amended on the floor of the House, except at the time of final passage, and a Senate File that has been reported to the House with amendments by a House standing committee, must be unofficially engrossed and reprinted by the Chief Clerk. An amendment may be offered to an unofficial engrossment of a Senate File.
1.20 GENERAL REGISTER. The General Register consists of all bills that have received a second reading, except those placed on the Consent Calendar under Rule 1.23. Bills must be placed on the General Register in the order that they receive their second reading. A bill must be on the General Register, be given to each member, and be available to the public before it may be considered by the House on the Calendar for the Day or the Fiscal Calendar. Each day that the House meets in session, the Chief Clerk must publish a list of the bills on the General Register.
1.21 CALENDAR FOR THE DAY. The Calendar for the Day is a list of bills that are to be considered that day by the House. The House must consider each item on the Calendar for the Day in the order in which it is listed on the Calendar. After consideration by the House, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill must immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its passage.
A bill that has received its second reading may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or by order of the House upon the motion of a member as provided in this Rule.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must designate the bills that are to be on the Calendar for the Day. During regular session, the Committee must designate the bills by 5:00 p.m. the day before the day that the bills are to be on the Calendar, except that the Committee may designate the bills at any time in an odd-numbered year after the first Monday following the third Saturday in April, and in an even-numbered year after a day specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. After the Committee designates the bills, the Chief Clerk must publish the Calendar for the Day.
A bill that is on the General Register for more than ten legislative days may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by a three-fifths vote of the whole House, acting on the motion of a member. A bill placed on the Calendar for the Day in this manner must be considered first the next time that the House reaches the order of business "Calendar for the Day." A member must give notice to the Speaker three legislative days before making a motion to place a bill on the Calendar for the Day. The notice must specify the number and title of the bill. Only the member who gave notice to the Speaker, or another member designated in writing by the member who gave notice, may make the motion to place the bill on the Calendar for the Day. After the third legislative day following the day of notice, the motion must be made the first time that the House reaches the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the motion is not made at that time, the member who gave notice forfeits the right to make that motion.
A bill may be continued on the Calendar for the Day by a majority vote of the whole House. A third motion by the author of a bill to continue it on the Calendar for the Day is not in order; upon such a motion, the bill must be stricken from the Calendar and returned to the General Register in the order of its second reading. The Calendar for the Day expires when the House adjourns for the day, unless the House, by a majority vote of the whole House, continues items remaining on the Calendar to the next day.
1.22 FISCAL CALENDAR. A finance bill that has had its second reading must be considered by the House when requested by the Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or by a designee of the Chair. A bill relating to taxes or raising revenue that has had its second reading must be considered by the House when requested by the Chair of the Committee on Taxes or a designee of the Chair.
During regular session, a chair must announce the intention to make the request by 5:00 p.m. the legislative day before the day that the request for consideration is to be made, except in an odd-numbered year after the first Monday following the third Saturday in April, and in an even-numbered year after a day specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. During periods when the 5:00 p.m. requirement does not apply, the chair must announce the intention at least two hours before making the request.
After consideration by the House on the Fiscal Calendar, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill must immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its passage.
1.23 CONSENT CALENDAR. If a committee determines that a bill it recommends to pass is not controversial, the committee may in its report recommend that the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar. After the report is adopted and the bill has received its second reading, the bill must be placed on the Consent Calendar and given to each member at least one day before it may be considered by the House. Bills must be placed on the Consent Calendar in the order that they receive their second reading.
After consideration by the House, a bill on the Consent Calendar must immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its passage. But if, before its third reading, ten members object to the bill as being controversial, the bill must be stricken from the Consent Calendar and be placed on the General Register in the order of second reading.
1.30 THIRD READING OF BILLS. An amendment must not be received after the third reading of a bill without unanimous consent, except to fill blanks or to amend the title.
At any time before it is passed, a bill or resolution may be referred or re-referred by a majority vote of the whole House. If the committee to which it is referred or re-referred reports an amendment to it, the bill or resolution must again be given its second reading and placed on the General Register.
1.40 PUBLICATION OF BILLS FOR THE HOUSE. After a bill receives its second reading, the bill must be prepared and published for consideration by the House. A majority of the House may order the publication of a bill at any time.
ARTICLE 2 - FLOOR PROCEEDINGS, VOTING, DECORUM
2.01 ABSENCE OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS. Unless illness or other sufficient cause prevents attendance, a member or officer of the House must not be absent from a session of the House without the prior permission of the Speaker.
2.02 CALL OF THE HOUSE. Ten members may demand a call of the House at any time until voting begins.
When a call is demanded, the doors of the chamber must be closed, the roll called, and the absent members sent for; and no member is allowed to leave the chamber until the roll call is suspended or completed. During the roll call, no motion is in order except a motion pertaining to matters incidental to the call.
Proceedings under the roll call may be suspended by a majority vote of the whole House. After the roll call is suspended or completed the Sergeant at Arms must not permit a member to leave the Chamber unless the member is excused by the Speaker.
A call of the House may be lifted by a majority vote of the whole House.
2.03 ROLL CALL VOTE. A roll call vote is required to pass a bill or to adopt a resolution or motion directing the payment of money. In all other cases a roll call vote may be ordered only if 15 members demand it.
2.04 EXPLAINING OR CHANGING VOTE. A member must not explain a vote or discuss the question during a roll call vote. A member must not change a vote or move for the record an intention to have voted or voted differently after the result of the roll call vote is announced from the chair by the Speaker.
2.05 EVERY UNEXCUSED MEMBER TO VOTE. A member who has an immediate interest in a question must not vote on it.
Every other member present before the result of a vote is declared by the presiding officer must vote for or against the matter before the House, unless the House excuses the member from voting. But a member is not required to vote on any matter concerning a memorial resolution.
A member who does not vote when the member's name is called must state reasons for not voting. After the vote has been taken but before the presiding officer has announced the result of the vote, the presiding officer must submit to the House the question: "Shall the member, for the reasons stated, be excused from voting?" The question must be decided without debate. After the question is decided, the presiding officer must announce the result of the vote, after which other proceedings about the nonvoting member may take place.
2.10 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM. An electronic voting system under the control of the Speaker may be used to take any vote except a vote on an election. A member must not vote on a question except at the member's own seat in the chamber.
2.15 RECORDED FLOOR PROCEEDINGS. Proceedings on the floor of the House must be recorded on magnetic tape or similar recording medium under the direction of the Chief Clerk. The Chief Clerk must deliver the tapes to the Director of the Legislative Reference Library. The Legislative Reference Library must keep the tapes on file for public use under its rules for eight years after the end of the legislative biennium during which the tapes were created and then must deliver them to the Director of the Minnesota Historical Society.
A person may obtain a copy of a tape during the biennium in which it is recorded by paying a fee determined by the Chief Clerk to cover the cost of preparing the copy.
Discussion preserved under this rule is not intended to be admissible in a court or administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent.
2.20 DUTIES OF MEMBERS. Members must keep their seats until the Speaker announces adjournment.
A member, before speaking, must rise and respectfully address the Speaker and must not speak further until recognized by the Speaker. If more than one member rises at the same time, the Speaker must select the member to speak first.
2.21 NOTICE OF INTENT TO DEBATE A RESOLUTION. A member may give notice of intent to debate a resolution, except a memorial resolution introduced as a house file or a senate file under Rule 4.02 or a resolution offered by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or the Committee on Ethics.
The notice may be given at any time before the vote is taken on the resolution. If the notice is given, the resolution must be laid over one day without debate or any other action.
2.30 QUESTIONS OF ORDER. If a member violates the Rules in any way, the Speaker must, or another member may, call the member to order. The member called to order must immediately sit down unless another member moves to permit the member who was called to order to explain. In either case, the House, if appealed to, must decide the question without debate. Only if the decision is in favor of the member called to order may that member proceed. The House may censure or punish a member called to order.
2.31 OFFENSIVE WORDS IN DEBATE. If a member is called to order for offensive words in debate, the member calling for order must report the words to which exception is taken and the Clerk must record them. A member must not be held to answer, or be subject to censure of the House, for language used in debate unless exception is taken before another member speaks or other business takes place.
2.32 ORDER IN DEBATE. Except for the member who offered the motion, amendment, or proposition under consideration, a member must not speak more than twice on the subject, without leave of the House, nor more than once until every other member wishing to speak on the subject has had an opportunity to do so.
2.33 ORDER DURING SESSION. A member must not walk out of or across the Chamber while the Speaker is putting the question. A member must not engage in private conversation while another member is speaking or pass between a speaking member and the Chair.
2.34 PERSONS BY THE CHIEF CLERK'S DESK DURING VOTE. No person may remain by the Chief Clerk's desk during a roll call vote.
2.40 ADMITTANCE TO FLOOR. No person other than a member may be admitted to the House Chamber, except: properly authorized employees; the Chief Executive and ex-governors of the State of Minnesota; members of the Senate; heads of departments of the state government; judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts; members of Congress; and properly accredited representatives of radio and television stations, newspapers and press associations, as provided for in these Rules.
Any other person may be issued a permit by the Speaker good for the day, but that person must be seated near the Speaker's rostrum, and must not engage in conversation that disturbs the business of the House. Before issuing a permit, the Speaker must make certain that the person does not seek the floor of the House to influence decisions of the House.
The alcoves in the Chambers are for the use of members only, and the Sergeant at Arms must keep them clear of others.
From one hour before the time the House is scheduled to convene until one hour after the House adjourns for the day, the retiring room is reserved for the exclusive use of the members and employees of the House. As long as the Senate prohibits entry of House members into its retiring room, no Senators may enter the House retiring room during the time it is reserved for exclusive use of members and employees. A committee meeting must not be held there except emergency meetings authorized by the Speaker. The Sergeant at Arms must strictly enforce this provision.
Unless an extraordinary condition exists the Speaker must not entertain a request to suspend this Rule or present the request of a member for unanimous consent to suspend this Rule.
2.41 MEDIA NEWS REPORTERS. Accredited representatives of the press, press associations, and radio and television stations must be given equal press privileges by the House. A person wishing to report proceedings of the House may apply to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for a media pass and assignment to suitable available space.
Television stations must be permitted to televise sessions of the House. Media representatives must be allowed access to both wells in the gallery of the House chambers.
ARTICLE 3 - MOTIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND OTHER PROPOSITIONS
3.01 AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MOTIONS. An amendment or other motion must not be debated until after it is stated by the Speaker.
After an amendment or other motion is stated by the Speaker it is in possession of the House, but the mover may withdraw it at any time before it is amended or decided. Unless a motion, resolution, or amendment is withdrawn on the day it is made, it must be entered in the Journal, with the name of the member offering it.
Except as otherwise permitted by the Speaker, an amendment or other motion must be in writing, and five copies of it must be given to the Chief Clerk.
3.02 ORDER OF PUTTING QUESTION; FILLING BLANKS. Except for a privileged question, questions before the House or a committee must be put in the order they are moved. In filling a blank, a motion for the largest sum or the longest time must be put first.
3.03 DIVISION OF A QUESTION. A member may request the division of a question that contains more than one separate and distinct point. A motion to strike and insert is not divisible. The failure of a motion to strike does not preclude another motion to amend or to strike and insert.
3.10 PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. While a question is under consideration, only the following motions may be received:
(1) To fix the time of adjournment
(2) To adjourn
(3) To lay on the table
(4) For the previous question
(5) To refer
(6) To postpone to a day certain
(7) To amend
(8) To postpone indefinitely
(9) To pass
The first four motions must be decided without debate.
The motions have precedence in the order listed, except that if the motion for the previous question has been properly made, and if necessary seconded, and the main question ordered, the motion to lay on the table is not in order.
3.11 MOTION TO ADJOURN. A motion to adjourn is always in order except during a roll call.
After a motion to adjourn is made, before putting the question, the Speaker may permit any member to state reasons why adjournment might be improper at that time. A statement is not debatable and must be limited to two minutes.
3.12 MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. A motion to lay on the table is not in order on a motion to amend, except that a motion to amend the Rules may be tabled.
3.13 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. The previous question may be moved under the following circumstances: (a) on a major finance or revenue bill specified in Rule 4.03, after the House has considered the bill for at least two hours after third reading or for at least two hours after the failure of an earlier motion for the previous question on the bill; (b) on any other bill or resolution, after the House has considered the bill or resolution for at least one hour after third reading or for at least one hour after the failure of an earlier motion for the previous question on the bill or resolution; and (c) on an amendment, motion, or other question pertaining to a bill or resolution, after the House has considered the amendment, motion, or question for at least 20 minutes or for at least 20 minutes after the failure of a motion for the previous question on the same matter.
The previous question may be moved by a member who is seconded by 15 members.
If the motion for the previous question is ordered by a majority of members present, its effect is to put an end to all debate and bring the House to direct vote upon the question.
Before the presiding officer submits a motion for the previous question to the House, a call of the House is in order. After a majority has ordered the previous question, a call of the House is not in order before the decision on the main question.
When the previous question is decided in the negative, the main question remains under debate until it is disposed of by a vote on the question, by a subsequent motion calling for the previous question under this rule, or in some other manner.
All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and before the vote on the main question must be decided without debate.
3.14 MOTION TO RECONSIDER. After a question is decided either in the affirmative or negative, a member who voted with the prevailing side may move to reconsider it. The motion must be made on the same day the vote was taken or on either of the next two days that the House meets in session and has possession of the matter. The motion may be made at any time in the Order of Business. It takes precedence over any other question except a motion to adjourn and a notice of intent to move to reconsider. The motion to reconsider, or notice of intent to make it, must not be made if the document, bill, resolution, message, report or other subject of official action on which the vote was taken has left the possession of the House.
When a member gives notice of intent to move to reconsider the final action of the House on a bill, resolution, message, report or other subject of official action, the Chief Clerk must keep it until the matter is disposed of or the time has expired for the motion. In regular session, notice of intent to move to reconsider must not be made in an odd-numbered year after the fifth Monday preceding the last Monday that the House may meet in regular session and in an even-numbered year after a date specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
On the last day allowed for the motion to reconsider, a member who voted on the prevailing side may make the motion, unless the matter has been already disposed of.
If a motion to reconsider fails, it must not be renewed.
3.15 MOTION TO RESCIND. A motion to rescind is not in order at any time in any proceeding in the House or in any committee of the House.
3.20 AMENDMENTS TO AMENDMENTS. An amendment may be amended, but an amendment to an amendment must not be amended.
3.21 MOTIONS AND PROPOSITIONS MUST BE GERMANE. A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration must not be admitted under guise of its being an amendment. A motion, amendment, or other proposition offered to the House is out of order if it is not germane to the matter under consideration. Whether a proposition is germane to the matter under consideration is a question to be decided by the presiding officer, who may put the question to the House.
3.22 AMENDMENT TO INCREASE AN APPROPRIATION OR TAX. The concurrence of a majority of the whole House, determined by a roll call vote, is required to adopt an amendment increasing an appropriation or a tax.
3.30 EXPENDITURE OF HOUSE FUNDS. The concurrence of a majority of the whole House, determined by a roll call vote, is required for favorable action on a resolution or motion involving the expenditure of money appropriated by the Legislature to the House. The resolution or motion must be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before being acted on by the House.
ARTICLE 4 - BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
4.01 BILL AND RESOLUTION FORM. A bill or resolution must not be introduced until it has been examined and approved by the Revisor of Statutes as to form and compliance with these Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and Senate. The Revisor's approval must be endorsed on the bill or resolution.
A bill that is divided into articles may include or be accompanied by a table of contents.
4.02 RESOLUTIONS. A statement of facts being forwarded for action to a governmental official, agency, or body or other similar proposal is a memorial and must be introduced in the same form and take the same course as a bill.
A resolution must not authorize expenditure from any source other than the money appropriated by the Legislature to the House.
4.03 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; BUDGET RESOLUTION; EFFECT ON EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE BILLS. The Committee on Ways and Means must hold hearings as necessary to determine state expenditures and revenues for the next fiscal biennium.
Within 15 days after the last state general fund revenue and expenditure forecast for the next fiscal biennium becomes available during the regular session, the Committee on Ways and Means must adopt and report a budget resolution, in the form of a House resolution. The budget resolution must set: (a) the maximum limit on expenditures and revenues for the next fiscal biennium for the general fund; and (b) an amount or amounts to be set aside as a budget reserve and a cash flow account. The House budget resolution must not specify, limit, or prescribe revenues or expenditures by any category other than those specified in clauses (a) and (b).
After the House adopts the budget resolution, the limits in the resolution are effective for the fiscal biennium to which they apply, unless the House, acting upon a subsequent report of the Committee on Ways and Means, adopts a different limit or limits for the same fiscal biennium.
Within 14 days after the House adopts a budget resolution, the Committee on Ways and Means must adopt, by resolution, limits for each major finance and revenue bill identified in this Rule. After the Committee adopts the resolution, the limits in the resolution are effective for the fiscal biennium to which they apply, unless the Committee subsequently adopts different or amended limits for the same fiscal biennium. If the Committee on Ways and Means or the House combines two or more major finance bills into one bill, the limits in the Committee resolution pertaining to those bills are also combined, and the sum of the combined limits applies to the combined bill.
Major finance and revenue bills are:
the agriculture and rural development finance bill;
the higher education finance bill;
the K-12 education finance bill;
the family and early childhood education finance bill;
the environment and natural resources finance bill;
the health and human services finance bill;
the state government finance bill;
the jobs and economic development finance bill;
the transportation finance bill;
the judiciary finance bill;
the omnibus capital investment bill; and
the omnibus tax bill.
After the adoption of a resolution by the House or by the Committee on Ways and Means, each finance committee, the Committee on Capital Investment, and the Committee on Taxes must reconcile each finance and revenue bill described in Rule 4.10 and Rule 4.11 with the resolution or resolutions. When reporting a bill, the committee must provide to the Committee on Ways and Means a fiscal statement on the bill and a written statement certifying that the committee has reconciled the fiscal effect of the bill with the resolution or resolutions and that the bill, as reported by the committee, together with other bills reported and expected to be reported by the committee, does not and will not exceed the limits specified in either resolution.
After the adoption of a resolution by the House or the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Ways and Means must reconcile finance and revenue bills with the resolution or resolutions. When reporting a bill, the chair of the Committee must certify to the House that the Committee has reconciled the bill with the resolution or resolutions and that the bill, as reported by the Committee, together with other bills reported and expected to be reported by the Committee, does not and will not exceed the limits specified in either resolution.
After the adoption of a resolution by the House or the Committee on Ways and Means, an amendment to a bill is out of order if it would cause any of the limits specified in either resolution to be exceeded. Whether an amendment is out of order under this Rule is a question to be decided on the Floor by the Speaker or other presiding officer and in committee by the person chairing the committee meeting. In making the determination, the Speaker or other presiding officer or the committee chair may consider: (1) the limits in a resolution; (2) the effect of existing laws on revenues and expenditures; (3) the effect of amendments previously adopted to the bill under consideration; (4) the effect of bills previously recommended by a committee or bills previously passed in the legislative session by the House or by the legislature; (5) whether expenditure increases or revenue decreases that would result from the amendment are offset by decreases in other expenditures or increases in other revenue specified by the amendment; and (6) other information reasonably related to expenditure and revenue amounts.
To assist the House and committees in making the determinations required by this Rule, after a resolution is adopted by the House or the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee must cause to be published a summary of the estimated fiscal effect on the general fund of each bill that has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means by a finance committee, the Capital Investment Committee, or the Committee on Taxes and of each bill that has been reported by the Committee on Ways and Means.
4.10 FINANCE BILLS. A House or Senate bill that directly and specifically affects any present or future financial obligation on the part of the State must be referred to the appropriate finance committee before it receives its second reading, except as provided in Rule 1.15. When reporting a finance bill, a standing committee (other than a finance committee, the Committee on Taxes, and the Committee on Ways and Means) must recommend re-referral of the bill to a finance committee.
A bill reported by a finance committee must be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Except for the major revenue or finance bills referred to in Rule 4.03, a bill that carries an appropriation must have an appropriation section.
This rule does not apply to a bill recommended for passage by the Committee on Capital Investment under Rule 4.12.
4.11 BILLS AFFECTING TAXES. A House or Senate bill that directly and specifically affects state tax revenues or substantially affects state tax policy or the administration of state tax policy must be referred to the Committee on Taxes before it receives its second reading, except as provided in Rule 1.15. A standing committee other than the Committee on Taxes or the Committee on Ways and Means, when reporting a bill affecting taxes as defined by this Rule, must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Taxes.
A bill with a fiscal effect reported by the Committee on Taxes must be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
4.12 BILLS AFFECTING DEBT. The Committee on Capital Investment has jurisdiction over debt obligations issued by the State. A bill that authorizes the issuance of debt of the State must be referred or re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
The Speaker, by announcement, must assign to each finance committee the appropriate jurisdiction for recommendations on state public debt. The finance committee must submit recommendations within its jurisdiction to the committee on Capital Investment for further disposition. The Committee on Capital Investment must enter in the committee record the recommendations of each finance committee that submits recommendations.
A bill recommended for passage by the Committee on Capital Investment must be accompanied by a statement of its fiscal effect and must be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
4.13 BILLS AFFECTING STATE GOVERNMENT POWERS AND STRUCTURE. The Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy has jurisdiction over a House or Senate bill that:
(a) establishes or reestablishes a department, agency, commission, board, task force, advisory committee or council, or bureau, or other like entity;
(b) delegates rulemaking authority to, or exempts from rulemaking, a department or agency of state government; or
(c) substantially changes the organization of a department or agency of state government or substantially changes, vests or divests the official rights, powers, or duties of an official, department or agency of state government or an institution under its control.
Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and Rule 1.15, a bill that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy must be referred to that Committee before it receives its second reading. A committee (other than the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy) reporting such a bill must recommend its re-referral to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy if reporting before the deadline for action on the bill by that Committee; if reporting after the deadline, the committee must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to the major finance and revenue bills identified in Rule 4.03. If a major finance or revenue bill contains a provision specified in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition in this Rule, the chair of the finance or tax committee reporting the bill must notify the chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before the bill is considered by the House.
The re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to other bills reported by a finance committee or the tax committee, except bills that contain a provision specified in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition in this Rule.
4.14 BILLS PROPOSING MEMORIALS. A bill or amendment that proposes to have a memorial placed in the Capitol area must be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
4.15 BILLS PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. A House or Senate bill that proposes a constitutional amendment must be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before it receives its second reading. When reporting such a bill, a committee, other than the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
4.20 DISPOSITION OF BILLS DURING INTERIM. Adjournment of the regular session in an odd-numbered year to a day certain in the next year is the same as daily adjournment except that a bill on the Consent Calendar, Calendar for the Day, Fiscal Calendar, or General Register must be returned to the standing committee that last acted on the bill.
4.30 RECALLING BILL FROM COMMITTEE OR DIVISION. A bill or resolution may be recalled from a committee or division at any time by majority vote of the whole House, be given a second reading and be placed on the General Register. A motion to recall a bill or resolution is in order only under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." This Rule does not apply in a special session or after the deadline for committee reports on House files.
4.31 TIME LIMIT TO CONSIDER BILLS. If 20 legislative days after a bill has been referred to a committee or division (other than the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Taxes, a finance committee, or a division of one of those committees) a report has not been made on it by the committee or division, its chief author may request that it be returned to the House. The request must be entered in the Journal.
The committee or division must vote on the bill requested within ten calendar days after the day of the request.
If the committee or division fails to vote on it within ten days, the chief author may present a written demand to the Speaker for its immediate return to the House. The demand must be presented within five calendar days after the day that the committee or division is required to vote. If the demand is presented in the time allowed, it must be entered in the Journal and is the demand of the House. The bill is then considered to be in the possession of the House and must be given its second reading and placed on the General Register.
The bill may be re-referred by a majority vote of the whole House. If the motion to re-refer is made on the day of the demand or on the next House legislative day, the motion takes precedence over all other motions except privileged motions and is in order at any time.
ARTICLE 5 - PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
5.01 SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES. The concurrence of two-thirds of the whole House is required to suspend or amend a Rule of the House, except that any amendment to the Rules reported by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may be adopted by a majority of the whole House.
Except as provided in Rule 5.02, a motion to suspend or amend any Rule of the House must be made under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the motion is made at another time, unanimous consent is required before the Speaker may entertain the motion.
A motion to suspend the Rules, together with the subject matter to which it pertains, is debatable, but the previous question may be applied to the motion under Rule 3.13.
5.02 SUSPENSION OF RULES TO ADVANCE A BILL. A bill must be reported on three different days as provided in Rule 1.04, except that in case of urgency, a two-thirds majority of the whole House may suspend this requirement. A motion to suspend the Rules to advance a bill for consideration out of its regular order is in order under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions" or at any time the bill is before the House. The motion must be presented to the Speaker in writing and must describe the status of the bill.
5.03 DEFINITIONS. In these Rules the terms "majority vote" and "vote of the House" mean a majority of members present for the vote. The term "vote of the whole House" means a majority of all the members elected to the House.
Singular words used in these Rules include the plural, unless the context indicates a contrary intention.
5.04 AUTHORIZED MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure" governs the House in all applicable cases if it is not inconsistent with these Rules, the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, or established custom and usage.
ARTICLE 6 - COMMITTEES AND REPORTS
6.01 COMMITTEES. Standing committees of the House must be appointed by the Speaker as follows:
Agriculture Policy
Civil Law
Commerce
Crime Prevention
Education Policy
Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Ethics
Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Health and Human Services Policy
Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transportation Policy
Agriculture and Rural Development Finance
Capital Investment
Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Family and Early Childhood Education Finance
Health and Human Services Finance
Higher Education Finance
Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Judiciary Finance
K-12 Education Finance
State Government Finance
Taxes
Property Tax Division
Transportation Finance
Ways and Means
6.02 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. At least 30 days before the start of a regular session of the Legislature, the Speaker-designate must provide the minority political party caucuses with a list of the standing committees proposed for the session. The Speaker-designate must prescribe the number of minority caucus members to be appointed to each committee and may require general membership guidelines to be followed in the selection of committee members.
If the minority leader submits to the Speaker-designate, at least 15 days before the start of the session, a list of proposed committee assignments for the minority caucus that complies with the numbers and guidelines provided, the Speaker must make the proposed assignments with the purpose of attaining proportionate representation on the committees for the minority caucus.
A committee of the House must not have exclusive membership from one profession, occupation or vocation.
A member must not serve as the chair of the same standing committee, or a standing committee with substantially the same jurisdiction, during more than three consecutive regular biennial sessions that the member's caucus is in the majority, even if the sessions are not otherwise consecutive. This rule does not apply to service as chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
6.03 APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Upon the convening of the biennial session, the Speaker must notify the members of the House of each board or commission to which a member of the House may be appointed by the Speaker. The Speaker must request advice from the minority leader on these appointments.
6.04 SUBCOMMITTEES. The chair of a committee must appoint the chair and members of each subcommittee with the advice and consent of the Speaker. The chair or the committee may refer bills to a subcommittee. A subcommittee may exercise the authority delegated to it by the chair or by the committee.
6.10 THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS. The Speaker must appoint a Committee on Ethics consisting of four members: two members from the majority political party caucus, and two from the minority caucus. One alternate from each caucus must also be appointed. The committee must adopt written procedures, which must include due process requirements, for handling complaints and issuing guidelines.
A complaint may be brought about conduct by a member that violates a rule or administrative policy of the House, that violates accepted norms of House behavior, that betrays the public trust, or that tends to bring the House into dishonor or disrepute.
A complaint about a member's conduct must present with specificity the factual evidence supporting the complaint. A complaint must be in writing, under oath and signed by two or more members of the House, and submitted to the Speaker. Before submitting the complaint to the Speaker, the complainants must cause a copy of it and any supporting materials to be delivered to any member named in the complaint. Within seven days after receiving a complaint, the Speaker must refer the complaint to the Ethics Committee for processing by the committee according to its rules of procedure.
The existence and substance of a complaint, including any supporting materials, and all proceedings, meetings, hearings, and records of the Ethics Committee are public; except that the committee, upon a majority vote of the whole committee, may meet in executive session to consider or determine the question of probable cause, to consider a member's medical or other health records, or to protect the privacy of a victim or a third party.
A complaint of a breach of confidentiality by a member or employee of the House must be immediately referred by the Speaker to the Ethics Committee for disciplinary action.
The committee must act in an investigatory capacity and may make recommendations regarding complaints submitted to the Speaker before adjournment sine die. With the approval of the Speaker, the committee may retain a retired judge or other nonpartisan legal advisor to advise and assist the committee, as the committee considers appropriate and necessary in the circumstances of the case, in conducting the proceedings and obtaining a complete and accurate understanding of the information relevant to the conduct in question.
Ethics Committee recommendations for disciplinary action must be supported by clear and convincing evidence and must be reported to the House for final disposition.
6.20 COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE. The Speaker must prepare and publish a schedule of committee meetings, fixing as far as practicable the regular meeting day and time of each committee.
The chair of a committee must give written notice of a special meeting or a change in the regular schedule of meetings. The notice may be announced from the desk and must be posted in public notice locations maintained by the House. The notice must be posted at least one day in advance of the change.
As far as practicable, the chair of a committee must give three days notice of the date, time, place and agenda for each meeting.
A committee must not meet between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m.
Only the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may meet during a daily session of the House without leave.
6.21 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES. Meetings of House committees must be open to the public except for executive sessions that the committee on ethics considers necessary under Rule 6.10. For purposes of this requirement, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the committee. This requirement does not apply to a meeting of members of a committee from the same political party caucus.
A majority of members of a committee is a quorum.
The Rules of the House must be observed in committee if they are applicable.
An amendment offered in committee must be on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of the committee. Whether an amendment is on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of the committee is a question to be decided by the person chairing the meeting, who may put the question to the committee.
A member of a committee may demand a roll call vote on any bill, resolution, report, motion or amendment before the committee. If a demand is made, the roll must be called. The name of the member demanding the roll call and the vote of each member must be recorded in the committee minutes.
A committee may reconsider an action while the matter remains in the possession of the committee. A committee member need not have voted with the prevailing side to move to reconsider the action.
The chair of a committee, after consultation with the Speaker, may establish written procedures for the submission of amendments to the committee, the setting of committee agendas, and other matters pertaining to the conduct of the committee's business. Before implementing the written procedures, the chair must provide a copy of them to the Speaker and to each member of the House and must make copies available to others upon request.
6.22 PUBLIC TESTIMONY. Public testimony from proponents and opponents must be allowed on every bill or resolution before a standing committee, division or subcommittee of the House.
6.23 OPEN MEETING ENFORCEMENT. A person may submit to the Speaker a complaint alleging a violation of the open meeting requirements of Rule 6.21. The complaint must be in writing. On receiving a complaint, the Speaker, or a person designated by the Speaker, must investigate the complaint promptly. If the Speaker concludes, following investigation, that a violation of the open meeting rule may have occurred, the Speaker must refer the complaint to the Committee on Ethics for further proceedings.
6.24 COMMITTEE RECORDS. The chair of a standing committee must cause a committee record to be kept, in the form prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. The record must include the record of committee proceedings on each bill referred to the committee and the minutes of the committee and any subcommittees.
The committee and subcommittee minutes must include:
a. the time and place of each hearing or meeting;
b. the names of committee or subcommittee members who are present;
c. the name and address of each person appearing before the committee or subcommittee, together with the name and address of the person, association, firm or corporation in whose behalf the appearance is made;
d. the language of each motion, the name of the member making the motion, the result of a vote on the motion, and, on a roll call vote, the names of those in favor and those opposed;
e. the date on which a subcommittee is established, the names of its members and the file number of bills referred to it and reported by it;
f. other important matters related to the work of the committee or subcommittee.
The minutes must be approved at the next regular meeting of the committee or subcommittee.
After approval by the committee or subcommittee, copies of the minutes must be filed with the Chief Clerk and be open to public inspection in the Chief Clerk's office.
At the end of the legislative biennium minutes and other records must be delivered to the Director of the Legislative Reference Library, who must keep them open for public inspection during regular office hours. A copy of a page of committee minutes may be obtained for a fee determined by the Library to cover the cost of preparing the copy.
The chair of the committee must keep the magnetic tape recording of a committee meeting until the minutes of the meeting are approved by the committee and then must file the recording with the Director of the Legislative Reference Library. A copy of a recording must be filed within 24 hours after a written request for it is made to the committee.
A person may obtain a copy of a tape while it is kept in the Library by paying a fee determined by the Library to cover the cost of the copy. Testimony and discussion preserved under this Rule are not intended to be admissible in a court or administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent.
The Legislative Reference Library must keep committee records and tapes for eight years after the end of the legislative biennium during which the materials were created and then must deliver them to the Director of the Minnesota Historical Society.
6.30 COMMITTEE REPORTS. The House must adopt or reject a committee report on a bill or resolution without amendment.
The chair of a standing committee reporting to the House on a bill or resolution must use the form provided for committee reports. Each bill or resolution must be reported separately. The report must state the action taken by the committee and the date of the action. The report must be authenticated by the signature of the chair.
Before a committee reports favorably on a bill or resolution, the chair must see that the form of the bill or resolution conforms to these Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and Senate.
Except during the last seven legislative days in a year, the committee report and any minority report must be submitted to the Chief Clerk at least four hours before the convening of the daily session. But the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may report at any time.
6.31 SUBSTITUTION OF BILLS. A standing or special committee or its members must not report a substitute for a bill referred to the committee if the substitute relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, or requires a title essentially different from that of the bill referred. If the House is advised that a substitute bill reported to the House violates this Rule, the report must not be adopted.
6.32 MINORITY REPORTS. A minority report must be made separately from the majority report and must be considered before the majority report. If the minority report is adopted the majority report must not be considered. If the minority report is not adopted the majority report must then be considered.
6.40 REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. A conference committee may report at any time and may meet during a daily session of the House without leave.
A conference committee report must include only subject matter contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which that conference committee was appointed, or like subject matter contained in a bill passed by the House or Senate. The member presenting the conference committee report to the House must disclose all substantive changes from the House version of the bill.
6.50 COMMITTEE REPORT LAID OVER. The report of any committee may be laid over one day and printed in the Journal, if so ordered by the House.
ARTICLE 7 - OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE
7.01 DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE SPEAKER. The Speaker must preside over the House and has all the powers and duties of the presiding officer.
The Speaker must preserve order and decorum. The Speaker may order the lobby or galleries cleared in the case of disorderly conduct or other disturbance.
Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker has general control of the Chamber of the House and of the corridors, passages and rooms in the Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House.
The Speaker must sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions, writs, warrants and subpoenas of the House or issued by order of the House. The Speaker must sign all abstracts for the payment of money from funds appropriated by the Legislature to the House; but money must not be paid unless the abstract is also signed by the Controller of the House. Abstracts for compensation of members must be signed by the Chief Clerk pursuant to law.
The Speaker must appoint the Chief Sergeant at Arms or must designate that officer from among the Sergeants at Arms elected by the House or appointed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
When an elected office of the House becomes vacant, the Speaker must designate a person to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary until a successor is elected by the House.
7.02 SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE OF SPEAKER. When the office of Speaker becomes vacant, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration has the powers and must discharge the duties of the office as necessary, until a Speaker is elected by the House or until a speaker-designate is selected as provided in this Rule. The House must elect a Speaker when the House is next called to order. If the Legislature is not in session, within 30 days after the office of Speaker becomes vacant the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must meet and select a speaker-designate to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary until a Speaker is elected by the House.
7.05 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE. The Speaker must appoint one or two members as Speaker pro tempore. A Speaker pro tempore must preside in the Speaker's absence. In the absence of the Speaker and a Speaker pro tempore, a member selected by the Speaker must preside until the Speaker or Speaker pro tempore returns.
7.10 DUTIES OF CHIEF CLERK. The Chief Clerk has general supervision of all clerical duties pertaining to the business of the House. The Chief Clerk must perform, under the direction of the Speaker, all the duties of the office of Chief Clerk. The Chief Clerk must keep records showing the status and progress of all bills, memorials and resolutions.
During a temporary absence of the Chief Clerk, the First Assistant Chief Clerk has all the usual responsibilities of the Chief Clerk and may sign the daily journal, enrollments, abstracts and other legislative documents.
The Chief Clerk must supervise the engrossment and enrollment of bills. The Chief Clerk must see that a record is kept, by file number, of the bills introduced in the House that passed both houses and are enrolled.
The Chief Clerk must ensure that locations accessible to the public are available to post a list of committee and subcommittee meetings and any other announcements or notices the House may require.
The Index Clerk, supervised by the Chief Clerk, must prepare an index in which bills may be indexed by topic, number, author, subject, section of the statutes amended, committees, and any other method that will make it a complete and comprehensive index.
The index must be open for public inspection during the legislative session and must be printed in the permanent Journal.
7.20 DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. The Sergeant at Arms must carry out all orders of the House or the Speaker and perform all other services pertaining to the office of Sergeant at Arms, including: maintaining order in the Chamber and other areas used for the business of the House and its committees and members; supervising the entering and exiting from the Chamber and the other areas; and promptly delivering messages.
ARTICLE 8 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSE
8.01 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. The House Controller must prepare a biennial budget for the House. The budget must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before it is submitted to the State Government Finance Committee. By the 15th day of April, July, October, and January of each year, the Controller must submit a detailed report of House expenditures during the previous quarter to the Speaker and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The House Controller must arrange for the purchase of goods and services for the House. The Controller must seek the lowest possible prices consistent with satisfactory quality and dependability. A contract of the House, or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure of more than $500 must be signed by the Speaker or the Controller. A contract, or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure of up to $500 may be executed by an employee authorized and directed in writing by the Controller to act for the Controller on the contract or contracts of its type. A contract or amendment to a contract entered into in violation of this Rule is not binding on the House.
Employees of the House must be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state employees.
During session, for travel away from the Capitol, members must be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state employees, in addition to per diem expense allowances.
8.10 COMMITTEE BUDGETS AND EXPENSES. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must establish a budget for each standing committee of the House for expenses incurred by the committee, its members, and its staff in conducting its legislative business. Per diem expense allowances paid to members during sessions or at times set by the Speaker or the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must not be charged against the budget. A committee must not incur expenses in excess of its authorized budget.
All charges against the committee budget must be approved by the chair before payment is made.
8.20 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must designate the position of and appoint each employee of the House and set the compensation of each officer and employee. A record of the appointments, including positions and compensation, must be kept in the office of the House Controller and must be available for inspection by the public.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must establish the procedure for filling employment vacancies when the Legislature is not in session.
An employee of the House may be assigned to other duties, suspended or discharged at any time by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
ARTICLE 9 - CONDUCT
9.01 CODE OF CONDUCT. The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, after receiving the recommendation of the Committee on Ethics, must establish and maintain a code of conduct for members, officers and employees of the House.
9.05 CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. An employee of the House must not participate in campaign activity during working hours. An employee must not be obliged to participate in campaign activities as a condition of employment. A member is not an employee of the House for purposes of this Rule. House equipment must not be used for campaign activities. The committee on rules and legislative administration must define the terms of and implement this Rule.
9.10 SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. During regular session, a member of the House, the member's principal campaign committee, a political committee with the member's name or title, or a committee authorized by the member that benefits the member, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered lobbyist, political committee, or political fund.
A member must not accept compensation for lobbying.
9.20 ACCEPTANCE OF AN HONORARIUM BY A MEMBER. A member must not accept an honorarium for a service performed for an individual or organization that has a direct interest in the business of the House, including, but not limited to, a registered lobbyist or an organization a lobbyist represents. The term "honorarium" does not include reimbursement for expenses incurred and actually paid by a member in performing a service.
Alleged violations of this Rule must be referred to the Committee on Ethics under Rule 6.10. If the Committee on Ethics finds that an honorarium was accepted in violation of this Rule, the Committee must direct its return. If it is not returned, the committee may recommend disciplinary action under Rule 6.10.
9.21 ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL AND LODGING BY A MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE. A member or employee of the House must not accept travel or lodging from any foreign government, private for-profit business, labor union, registered lobbyist, or an association thereof, except for expenses that relate to the member's or employee's participation as a legislator or legislative employee in a meeting or conference. This Rule does not apply to travel or lodging provided to a member in the regular course of the member's employment or business.
9.30 DENIAL OF COMPENSATION WHILE DETAINED. A member must not receive compensation, mileage, or living expenses while the member is incarcerated or on home detention due to a criminal conviction.
9.40 NO SMOKING IN HOUSE AREAS. Smoking is prohibited in the areas of the Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House, including the House Chamber and Retiring Room and galleries, hearing rooms, minor corridors and offices, private offices, and lounges.
Abrams moved that the name of Rest be added as an author on H. F. No. 1. The motion prevailed.
Haake moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 7. The motion prevailed.
Seifert, M., moved that the names of Kielkucki; Buesgens; Howes; Kuisle; Lindner; Anderson, B.; Osskopp; Mulder; Reuter; Harder; Erickson and Gerlach be added as authors on H. F. No. 27. The motion prevailed.
Haas moved that the names of Bishop, Otremba and Seagren be added as authors on H. F. No. 35. The motion prevailed.
Solberg moved that H. F. No. 26 be recalled from the Committee on Education Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment. The motion prevailed.
Folliard moved that H. F. No. 42 be recalled from the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law. The motion prevailed.
Van Dellen moved that H. F. No. 56 be recalled from the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law. The motion prevailed.
Tunheim, Peterson, Juhnke, Winter and Otremba introduced:
House Resolution No. 1, A house resolution requesting the United States Congress to design and implement timely financial relief for livestock and commodity grain farmers.
Tunheim moved that the rules be so far suspended that House Resolution No. 1 be now considered and placed upon its adoption.
Pawlenty moved that the Tunheim motion be laid on the table.
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Pawlenty motion and the roll was called. There were 70 yeas and 60 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abeler | Dehler | Hackbarth | Mares | Rhodes | Tingelstad | |
| Abrams | Dempsey | Harder | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tuma | |
| Anderson, B. | Dorman | Holberg | Molnau | Rostberg | Van Dellen | |
| Bishop | Erhardt | Holsten | Mulder | Seagren | Vandeveer | |
| Boudreau | Erickson | Howes | Ness | Seifert, J. | Westerberg | |
| Bradley | Finseth | Kielkucki | Nornes | Seifert, M. | Westfall | |
| Broecker | Fuller | Knoblach | Olson | Smith | Westrom | |
| Buesgens | Gerlach | Krinkie | Osskopp | Stanek | Wilkin | |
| Cassell | Goodno | Kuisle | Ozment | Stang | Wolf | |
| Clark, J. | Gunther | Larsen, P. | Paulsen | Storm | Workman | |
| Daggett | Haake | Leppik | Pawlenty | Swenson | ||
| Davids | Haas | Lindner | Reuter | Sykora | ||
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson | Lieder | Murphy | Skoe | |
| Bakk | Gleason | Juhnke | Luther | Opatz | Skoglund | |
| Biernat | Gray | Kahn | Mahoney | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kalis | Mariani | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
| Carruthers | Greiling | Kelliher | Marko | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Koskinen | McCollum | Peterson | Tunheim | |
| Clark, K. | Hausman | Kubly | McGuire | Pugh | Wagenius | |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Larson, D. | Milbert | Rest | Wejcman | |
| Dorn | Huntley | Leighton | Mullery | Rukavina | Wenzel | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Lenczewski | Munger | Schumacher | Winter | |
The motion prevailed and the Tunheim motion was laid on the table.
House Resolution No. 1 was referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 14, 1999. The motion prevailed.
Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore Abrams declared the House stands adjourned until 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 14, 1999.
Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives