Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House public safety panel gives $2.2 billion omnibus bill — including controversial gun measures — first hearing
By Tim Walker
The intent of making new laws is to try to fix problems in our society.
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) says people have lost confidence in the criminal justice system, a ...
Affordability, abortion access addressed in $7.1 billion omnibus health bill
By Tessa Pieper
Countless Minnesotans are priced out of proper health care.
On top of that, even when patients can afford care, there are massive health disparities that primarily hurt peop...
Proposal would target youngest Minnesotans, families with $1 billion in funding
By Jonathan Mohr
Major investments in child care, early learning and homelessness form the core of the omnibus children and families finance bill unveiled Tuesday.
Sponsored by Rep. Dave Pin...
New state flag, maintenance of existing services part of omnibus state government package
By Mike Cook
Lots of kudos were shared with a House committee Tuesday morning.
State Auditor Julie Blaha and representatives from a few state agencies spoke of support of a proposal that...
Omnibus judiciary bills would increase public defender compensation, make policy changes
By Tim Walker
The bottom line in the omnibus judiciary finance bill is a $1.36 billion funding request for the 2024-25 biennium.
That number, presented to the House Judiciary Finance and ...
Big funding bumps for scholarships, Minnesota State system included in higher education omnibus
By Rob Hubbard
The cost of college may go down for many Minnesotans if funding goes up in the manner proposed in the omnibus higher education finance bill.
On Tuesday, the House Higher Edu...
House committee begins work on omnibus commerce finance bill
By Tim Walker
The scope of work done by the Department of Commerce is broad. It oversees more than 40 industry areas in Minnesota and licenses more than 250,000 professionals and businesses t...
House passes ‘Ban the Box’ measure for applicants to state boards, commissions
By Mike Cook
Most employers are statutorily prohibited from inquiring into or considering an applicant’s criminal history until the applicant has been selected for an interview or, if there ...
Still a work in progress, omnibus veterans and military affairs bill approved by committee
By Jonathan Mohr
Although the omnibus veterans and military affairs finance bill was approved by its committee of origin Monday, HF1937 remains a work in progress.
After adopting a delete-al...
Week in Review: March 20-24
By HPIS Staff
This week brought an agreement between legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz on the session’s budget targets, with nearly $18 billion in new spending proposed.
Lawmakers now...
Lawmakers consider proposal to accelerate gender-neutral bathroom construction in K-12 schools
By Steve Abrams
Protections for gender-affirming health care passed the House before the crack of dawn Friday morning after a marathon all-night session.
In a similar vein, Rep. Alicia Kozl...
House Property Tax Division report heads to taxes committee
By Rob Hubbard
Their work is done here. After a little over an hour of discussion and debate Friday, the House Property Tax Division approved its division report and sent it to the House Taxes...
Metro sales tax might foot bill for statewide rental assistance program
By Tessa Pieper
DFL spending targets announced this week devote $1 billion of the state’s projected $17.5 billion budget surplus to housing.
Shoppers in the Twin Cities metropolitan area ma...
Judiciary panel advances bill to reform aiding and abetting felony murder law
By Tim Walker
Minnesota’s aiding and abetting felony murder laws allow people to be convicted of murder even if they did not kill anyone or intend for anyone to die.
While those laws can ...
Proposed redrawn Met Council district map gains committee approval
By Mike Cook
At the state level, House and Senate districts are redrawn after each decennial federal census to create districts of equal population size.
The same is true, albeit less wi...
