Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Labor committee passes $100 million budget bill along party lines
By Steve Abrams
Strengthened wage theft protections for construction workers? Yes. Proposed regulations of rideshare companies? Not yet ready for primetime.
Those were the judgments on the ...
Divided ag committee OK’s omnibus bill addressing animal health, pesticides, broadband
By Margaret Stevens
With new spending to grow meat-processing capacity, support emerging farmers, address a growing concern about neonicotinoids and forever chemicals, not to mention appropriating ...
Payment rate increases included in $1.2 billion omnibus human services bill
By Tessa Pieper
Throughout the session, the House Human Services Finance Committee has heard direct support staff and frontline employees who assist people with disabilities lack a livable wage...
Education committee approves DFL budget proposal along party lines
By Steve Abrams
The omnibus education finance bill has officially graduated.
Following a brief discussion Thursday, the House Education Finance Committee approved HF2497, as amended, on a 1...
Committee OK’s omnibus health bill that aims to expand coverage, reduce health care costs
By Tessa Pieper
From abortion to insurance, expanding access to health care is a theme of this omnibus bill.
On an 11-7 vote, the House Health Finance and Policy Committee approved HF2930 T...
House passes plan to deep-six some deep fake activity
By Mike Cook
A popular idiom says you can’t always believe what you read.
In today’s digital age, the same could be said for what you see.
A deep fake is audio or video of a person t...
Minnesota at ‘historic crossroads,’ key lawmaker says, as House DFL rolls out $9 billion transportation bill
By Margaret Stevens
Urging fellow legislators to seize the moment, Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) has proposed investing about $9 billion on roads, bridges, train tracks, buses and safety measures...
Committee advances omnibus public safety bill that includes no-knock warrant ban, gun-control provisions
By Tim Walker
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) says the omnibus public safety finance bill will make “transformational changes” in all corners of the criminal justice system.
The bill sp...
Higher education committee approves big increases for schools and scholarships
By Rob Hubbard
After years of lamenting that they were chronically underfunded, the state’s public colleges and universities are closer to a big funding bump that could mean lower costs for st...
Omnibus children, families package takes first step
By Jonathan Mohr
Hailing initiatives to fight hunger, homelessness, opportunity gaps and child care shortages, Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL-St. Paul) urged support of the omnibus children and families f...
Omnibus state government finance bill progresses on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Like many bills and amendments offered across committees throughout the legislative spectrum in 2023, the outcome of a bill to fund state government operations fell along party ...
Judiciary panel advances $1.4 billion omnibus bill
By Tim Walker
The omnibus judiciary finance bill would fund the courts, civil legal services, Guardian ad Litem Board, Tax Court, Uniform Laws Commission, Board on Judicial Standards, Board o...
Surplus or sales tax? Committee approves both in omnibus housing plan
By Tessa Pieper
Family homeless prevention. Down payment assistance for first-generation homebuyers. And a state rental assistance program.
Plus, a contentious 0.25% sales tax on metro area...
Sponsor says plenty to be proud of in omnibus commerce bill that clears committee
By Tim Walker
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) says Minnesotans should be very proud of the omnibus commerce finance bill approved Wednesday.
He listed several provisions in the bil...
House panel approves omnibus bill that would make historic investment in environment
By Margaret Stevens
The largest one-time investment in the environment in the history of the state.
That is how the chair of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Commi...
