Week in Review: April 24-28

Conference committees are unpredictable, can start or stop with very little notice, and their work is sometimes hard to follow. But after the last two weeks of long floor debates and late nights, the coming days of committee meetings could be a welcome reprieve for many at the Capitol.

And they are already popping up on the schedule, although not for this weekend, fortunately.

Conference committees on the omnibus environment, public safety and agriculture finance bills are planned for Monday, with more likely to be added. Check the House schedule page for the latest information.

The House and Senate also plan to gather at 6 p.m. Monday to vote on appointments to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. Click here to learn where to view those proceedings.

Have a good weekend and here’s a look back at what happened over the past week.

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE

House passes $64.2 million omnibus commerce finance bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17957

House passes bill to legalize recreational cannabis, sends it to Senate

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17948

CIVIL LAW
House passes omnibus judiciary policy bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17955

EMPLOYMENT
House passes oil refinery safety bill, sends it to governor

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17947

House sends warehouse worker safety bill to Senate on party-line vote

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17946

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Just $2 million apart, Legacy conference committee opens discussion

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17953

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

House lawmakers OK $7.1 billion omnibus health bill that seeks to purge restrictive abortion statutes

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17956

Bipartisan — and largely technical — human services policy bill clears House

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17951

Conference committee likely after House OKs $14 billion human services bill

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17950

PUBLIC SAFETY

Judiciary, public safety omnibus bill that includes gun-control measures passes House after extended debate

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17954

House tables ‘transformational’ omnibus judiciary and public safety bill that includes gun-control measures

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17952

TAXES

House approves omnibus tax bill with $3 billion in cuts, tax increases for top earners

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/17958