Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Sixty-year-old trophy spending cap could be shelved
By Ricky Campbell
The House voted 98-32 Monday to lift a 60-year-old spending limit on trophies and recreational awards for municipalities.
A statute enacted in 1957 put an $800 cap on what c...
Let local governments pay claims electronically, House says
By Chris Steller
Cities, counties and other units of local government would join school districts in using electronic funds transfers.
Ramsey County work program for Minnesotans with a disability OK’d
By Ricky Campbell
Hoping to create more job opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the House on Monday passed a bill that would allow Ramsey County to est...
House passes extension for food safety task force
By Jonathan Mohr
Department of Agriculture would be given more authority with regard to meat inspections so they can better regulate a growing segment of the meat industry that includes rabbits and guinea pigs, among other animals.
Proposal calls for licensure board to evaluate teacher candidates
By Nick Longworth
In an effort to overhaul a licensure system that supporters say has burdened the state’s ability to attract and keep qualified teachers for years, a conference committee met for...
General education aid calculation cleanup passes House
By Nick Longworth
As a part of its funding, a school district must adhere to a statewide general education aid calculation.
Under current statute, a district's general education aid equals it...
Gambling in Minnesota: Betting big
By Ricky Campbell
Year state voters approved a constitutional amendment to authorize the lottery
Percentage of adults in 2016 who bought a lottery ticket ...
Week in Review: April 24-28
By HPIS Staff
A week heavy on conference committees continuing to work through differences between House and Senate bills ended with an announcement from legislative leaders that they want th...
House, Senate agree to budget targets — now seek common ground with governor
By Ricky Campbell
The House and Senate Republican leaders on Friday unveiled their realigned budget targets as the clock ticks toward a May 22 constitutional deadline for completing legislative w...
Less than $1 million in total funding separates House, Senate Legacy bills
By Jonathan Mohr
Members of the omnibus legacy conference committee learned Thursday they won’t have a large funding gap to bridge as nonpartisan staff walked them through a side-by-side overview of the respective House and Senate bills during the group’s first meeting.
House tries again to rein in ‘drive-by’ disability-rights lawsuits
By Chris Steller
The House has taken another stab at stopping so-called “drive-by lawsuits” filed under statutes meant to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
Rep. Dennis Smith (R...
House acts to freeze property owners’ ‘duty of care’ to trespassers
By Chris Steller
The proposed statute would lock current restrictions on lawsuits in statutory and common law into place.
House wants children in foster care to know their rights
By Chris Steller
Those as young as age 10 who don’t waive their rights would get free legal representation.
House hems in condo-owner litigation over construction defects
By Chris Steller
Condominium associations and similar organizations would have to clear a higher bar before they file lawsuits over construction defects.
The House passed HF1538, sponsored b...
House votes to allow cancellation of condo purchases via email
By Chris Steller
You could use any agreed upon form of electronic communication to call off buying a condominium or a unit in a cooperative, under a bill was passed by the House 131-0 Thursday.
