Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House passes increased requirements for repeat DWI offenders
By Rob Hubbard
If you’re arrested for driving while impaired — especially if it’s happened more than once — getting back behind the wheel could soon prove more difficult.
Sponsored by Rep....
House passes overdose education bill with bipartisan support
By Brian Basham
Minnesota students attending a Changemakers Forum in November 2024 identified overdose prevention education as their top legislative priority.
Rep. Nolan West (R-Blaine) was...
House bill seeks to require maintenance plans for state-funded capital projects
By Brian Basham
Rep. Brad Tabke (DFL-Shakopee) wants to save Minnesota time and future money by encouraging municipalities to have a plan for maintaining capital projects for which they receive...
Housing policy bill passes House with broad support
By Margaret Stevens
Tweaks to a high-rise sprinkler grant program, requirements to post information about laws around rental units, and adjustments to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency programs are ...
House OKs bill with new funding aimed at tackling Minnesota's affordable housing shortage
By Margaret Stevens
At $75 million above the February forecast base, the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee claimed the largest budget target increase of any committee.
This allocation ...
House supports new HOA ombudsperson in commerce budget bill
By Lisa Kaczke
The omnibus commerce finance bill continued to garner little controversy or debate.
The House passed HF2443/SF2216* on a 122-10 vote Tuesday after a few minutes of encourage...
Minnesota poised to honor veterans of 'Secret War' in wide-ranging finance, policy bill that passes House
By Mike Cook
In a highly partisan environment, the omnibus veterans and military affairs finance and policy bill traditionally supersedes party lines.
That continues in 2025.
Sponsor...
Summer unemployment benefits included in education finance bill headed for House Floor
By Brian Basham
Legislators played a three-shell game with their omnibus education finance bill this week.
One shell was ultimately chosen, sending the bill to the House Floor.
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'Seconds matter': House bill seeks to equip MN schools with emergency lock boxes
By Brian Basham
After school shootings like those in Sandy Hook, Connecticut and Uvalde, Texas, Rep. Jeff Witte (R-Lakeville) emphasizes it is essential for law enforcement have access to schoo...
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit
By Todd Abeln
A program that helps families pay higher educational expenses is drowning.
The state grant program was thrown a life preserver Monday as the House passed the omnibus higher ...
House passes transportation finance bill with increased road funding, transit cuts
By Rob Hubbard
More money for roads, bridges and resilient pavement and less for mass transit: Those are among the upshots of the omnibus transportation finance and policy bill, which was pass...
Standoff over hourly, temporary school worker benefits could imperil education funding bill
By Brian Basham
An incomplete grade appears likely when it comes to the already late omnibus education finance bill. A proposal has been introduced more than two weeks past the committee deadli...
Week in Review: April 21-25
By Lisa Kaczke
Coming back from a weeklong Easter/Passover break, work picked up in the House this week as the May 19 constitutional deadline to finish session inches closer.
The House Way...
Bipartisan public safety policy package clears House
By Tim Walker
Much of the focus this week has been on multi-million or multi-billion dollar omnibus budget bills, prompting political pundits to opine on the impact the House’s 67-67 tie is h...
House lawmakers OK $3.7 billion public safety, judiciary budget bill
By Tim Walker
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) characterized the $3.66 billion omnibus public safety and judiciary budget bill as a bipartisan effort that funds critical government operation...
