Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House tables ‘transformational’ omnibus judiciary and public safety bill that includes gun-control measures
By Tim Walker
Omnibus bills setting budgets for state courts and the Department of Public Safety — now combined into one bill — would have a very wide reach, ranging from creating a new crime...
Bipartisan — and largely technical — human services policy bill clears House
By Tessa Pieper
Thought the human services budget bill was confusing? Welcome to the omnibus human services policy bill.
Now heading to the Senate, HF1403, as amended, found bipartisan supp...
Conference committee likely after House OKs $14 billion human services bill
By Tessa Pieper
Minnesotans with disabilities and those caring for them demanded legislative action to address the ongoing workforce shortage.
The omnibus human services finance and policy ...
House passes bill to legalize recreational cannabis, sends it to Senate
By Tim Walker
Medical marijuana became legal in Minnesota in 2014, and last year the Legislature legalized recreational low-dose, hemp-derived cannabis edibles for adults.
Is the nex...
House passes $1.4 billion omnibus jobs, labor package
By Steve Abrams
The DFL has an audacious plan to solve the workforce shortage, eliminate economic disparities, and improve workplace safety across multiple industries.
HF3028/SF3035*, ...
House passes oil refinery safety bill, sends it to governor
By Steve Abrams
Serious safety concerns raised by workers at Minnesota’s two oil refineries have gone unheeded, especially related to contracted employees.
On Monday, the House took action ...
House sends warehouse worker safety bill to Senate on party-line vote
By Steve Abrams
Work shouldn’t hurt. But working conditions at Amazon warehouses in Minnesota are unacceptable.
So claims Rep. Emma Greenman (DFL-Mpls), who sponsors HF36, an attempt to cou...
Week in Review: April 17-21
By HPIS Staff
Agriculture; children and families; education; environment and energy; housing; military and veterans affairs; state government; and transportation.
That is the list of omni...
Sizable omnibus pension and retirement bill gains House approval
By Mike Cook
Nary a negative vote was given to the potential largest state investment to help fund state pensions.
Sponsored by Rep. Kaohly Vang Her (DFL-St. Paul), HF3100, the omnibus...
House passes technical public safety policy bill
By Mike Cook
The omnibus public safety finance bill is chock full of hot-button provisions, including prohibiting no-knock warrants, and instituting universal background checks on handgun sa...
House passes bill to classify IT as critical infrastructure
By Mike Cook
Nearly three years ago, the Senate had its servers breached, allowing hackers to access some passwords, forcing staff to quickly shut down the website and rebuild pages once the...
No controversy as House overwhelmingly OKs bill to rename highway after Prince
By Margaret Stevens
Sometimes it snows in April. Sometimes highway signs are purple.
Legislators saw firsthand the truth of Prince’s words on a chilly, overcast Friday before voting overwhelmin...
Pension policy modifications receive strong House support
By Mike Cook
A dozen largely non-controversial bills initially approved on a bipartisan vote by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement have been rolled into the omnibus pensio...
‘Great start’ bill crosses House finish line
By Jonathan Mohr
Working to make sure all children in Minnesota “get off to a great start” has been an often-repeated theme this session by DFL leaders, and the omnibus children and families fin...
House OKs big funding boost for early learning scholarships
By Jonathan Mohr
The centerpiece of the omnibus early childhood finance bill, passed by the House 71-57 on Thursday, is a large funding increase for the Early Learning Scholarship Program that h...
