Minnesota Legislature
Week in Review: April 22-26
By HPIS Staff
Members got back to work after a Passover break this week that meant official House business didn’t begin until Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a floor session to continue passing bills off the floor.
Conference committees also ramped up their work and the House Ways and Means Committee began merging bills to better align them with their Senate counterparts as this year’s legislative session closes in on its final phase.
Marathon floor sessions may soon await — perhaps as early as Monday. Eight bills are on the days' Calendar for the Day, including three — HF4300, HF601 and HF2609 — that involve firearms. Another bill, HF4444, concerns misclassification of employees and has provoked lengthy discussions on its path to the floor.
Have a good weekend and here’s a look back at what happened over the last few days.
Recent Dailies
Tax panel approves rent refund for child care centers
By Tim Walker
Homeowners and renters can apply to the state for partial property tax refunds.And if a child care center owns its own space, it can also get a property tax refund.
But a ch...
Defrauded homeowners could receive more from contractor recovery fund
By Brian Basham
Homeowners deceived by a licensed contractor could recover up to $25,000 more from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Contractor Recovery Fund if they have been the victim o...
Lawmakers seek more remote participation in local advisory commission meetings
By Mike Cook Balancing the public’s right to know what government is doing with greater opportunity for more people to participate is the genesis of a bill that has no easy answers. Spon...Governor’s early childhood supplemental budget proposals total nearly $37 million
By Jonathan Mohr
A measure that seeks to update how child care providers are regulated by moving to a “risk-based” licensing system is part of a package of proposals and new funding heard by the...
House judiciary panel approves proposal to reform reviews of child deaths
By Tim Walker
A child dying due to maltreatment is a tragedy.
Unfortunately, the state’s dysfunctional process to investigate such a death only compounds the tragedy, says Rep. Dave Pinto...
Commerce committee considers measure aimed at clarifying conflicting gambling regulations
By Tim Walker
Depending on how you count them, the state has at least four agencies, commissions, and boards regulating gambling in Minnesota.
That’s too fragmented and causes problems, s...
Elections policy bill clears a divided House
By Mike Cook
The November election is just under seven months away, but a plethora of changes to how and when people vote are key components of the 2024 elections policy bill.
It include...
House passes public safety policy bill with bipartisan support
By Tim Walker
Changes affecting crime victims and their rights, making criminal justice reforms, modifying predatory offender restrictions, and modifying some duties of the Department of Corr...
State lawmakers could return Humphrey to Washington with statue swap
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesota could be getting new representation in Washington D.C.
Sponsored by House Majority Leader Jamie Long (DFL-Mpls), HF5156, as amended, would appropriate $300,000 fro...
Week in Review: April 1-5
By HPIS Staff
Focus started to shift this week with members beginning to spend less time in committee meetings and more time together as a body on the House Floor. That trend should continue ...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs proposed $512 million supplemental budget on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months.
On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...
