Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Administration officials decry amended state government omnibus bill
By Ricky Campbell
A conference committee agreed to a $973 million plan to fund constitutional offices, most executive branch agencies and legislative offices, but stopped short of finalizing the ...
After 'some hiccups,' omnibus agriculture finance bill takes shape
By Jonathan Mohr
Conferees on the omnibus agriculture finance bill approved what amounts to a first draft of their conference committee report Tuesday, adopting a delete-all amendment that gives...
Preliminary public safety plan gets conference committee OK
By Mike Cook
The conference committee report calls for $2.25 billion in spending over the 2018-19 biennium, nearly the midpoint between increases put forward by the House and Senate.
Conferees strike transportation deal, but leave it open to more negotiation
By Jonathan Avise
Lawmakers on the conference committee on HF861 adopted the 137-page amendment during an evening meeting Monday but took no further action, leaving the conference report open and enabling further negotiations with Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration.
Omnibus health and human services bill amended, adopted
By Tory Cooney
Conferees adopted a combined version of the House and Senate omnibus health and human services bills early Monday evening that is expected to cut $482.44 million from projected state spending during the 2018-2019 biennium.
Tax bill dwarfs other priorities, revenue commissioner tells conferees
By Lee Ann Schutz
A little shaved off here and a little added there, and House and Senate conferees on the omnibus tax bill came to an agreement Monday on how much tax relief they would like the state to provide over the 2018-19 biennium.
Final version of omnibus environment bill takes shape
By Jonathan Mohr
House and Senate conferees stopped just short of completing their work on the omnibus environment, natural resources policy and finance bill Monday, adopting several amendments that should put the legislation in its final form, then tabling the amended bill until a final draft can be written.
Conference committee amends jobs and energy bill
By Chris Steller
Conferees working on the omnibus jobs and energy bill approved a compromise delete-all amendment Monday. But their work is not done.
Higher education conference committee amends omnibus proposal, seeks unity
By Nick Longworth
A conference committee approved amendments Monday for the omnibus higher education finance bill. Conferees will seek to approve a unified proposal — finance and policy — later in the week.
House Republicans release $600 million capital investment plan
By Mike Cook
Far less than what the governor and Senate are pushing, House Republicans unveiled a $600 million capital investment proposal Monday.
House OKs technical changes to Ramsey County human resources statutes
By Ricky Campbell
Technical changes to human resources-related language in the statutes governing Ramsey County were passed 132-0 by the House.
House moves to let law libraries fund new construction that includes courts
By Chris Steller
It’s now up to the governor to determine if county law libraries could contribute to the construction of buildings that will house them.
The House passed HF1390/SF1113*, spo...
House bill would force cities with ordinances online to also post proposed changes
By Chris Steller
Cities that post their ordinances online may also have to post proposed ordinances 10 days before meetings where they are to be considered for the first time.
National Night Out gets House support
By Chris Steller
The House moved to untie local government purse strings for National Night Out and similar events.
Interagency agreements on request not required, House says
By Tory Cooney
Quarterly reports to the Legislature from the MNsure board must include copies of any interagency agreements or service-level agreements with a value greater than $100,000.
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