Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Confidentiality clarifications needed to 72-hour hold law
By Tory Cooney
People at risk of hurting themselves or others can be held in a treatment facility for emergency care for up to 72 hours.
If the facility discharges the patient within that ...
State licensure could remain open to physicians trained overseas
By Chris Steller
A law enacted last year allowing highly qualified, foreign-trained doctors to get licenses in Minnesota may not expire next year after all.
The House passed HF959, as amende...
Clarification of after-discharge CEMT support gets House OK
By Tory Cooney
A lot can happen within the first two days of someone’s discharge from a hospital or nursing home, which is when community emergency medical technicians step in to help.
On ...
House Capital Investment Committee approves $600 million bonding plan
By Mike Cook
Amid concern about its size — or lack thereof — the House Capital Investment Committee approved a $600 million bonding plan Wednesday night.
Legislative leaders, governor lay out framework for budget negotiations
By Ricky Campbell
Legislative leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton met Wednesday for about an hour behind closed doors, laying the groundwork for negotiations going forward over budget bills currently st...
Practice of female genital mutilation draws concern from legislators
By Chris Steller
Parents who allow their children to undergo female genital mutilation would be guilty of a felony in Minnesota under a bill heard Wednesday in a House committee.
“I want to...
Conferees agree to omnibus ed. finance proposal that defunds voluntary pre-k
By Nick Longworth
After weeks of debate over the best way to reduce the achievement gap through early learning opportunities, House and Senate conferees agreed on a proposal supporters say would provide increased funding for schools, but opponents warn falls short of intended objectives.
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.
