Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Dayton follows through on promise, vetoes five omnibus budget bills
By Jonathan Mohr
Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed five omnibus budget bills Friday, outlining objections that included funding shortfalls during a time of surplus and controversial policy provisions in a...
Rules that hike home construction costs could get legislative review
By Chris Steller
A rule increasing unit cost by $1,000 or more, on average, would trigger notice to the Legislature and possible committee action.
Maximum weight for milk trucks would increase under bill given House OK
By Jonathan Avise
One Greater Minnesota lawmaker says fines against dairy producers for overweight transport trucks isn’t a case of crying over spilled milk — it’s hurting some of those in the st...
Evening hours may not be required of county license bureaus
By Chris Steller
People who staff county license bureaus could get all their evenings back.
Along with dropping a mandate bureaus stay open for three hours after 5 p.m. or on Saturday, HF151...
House acts to limit or ban payouts to departing admin officials
By Chris Steller
‘Highly compensated employees’ could see smaller severance payments, or be barred from receiving them.
Tampering with cop car could become a felony crime
By Mike Cook
Bill would criminalize tampering with a public safety motor vehicle, which could include police or fire vehicles, ambulances and marked vehicles used by conservation officers.
Telemedicine defined in bill headed for governor
By Tory Cooney
The House voted 127-0 Thursday to define telemedicine and specify that health care providers working with patients remotely are subject to the same professional standards as tho...
Technical change could clarify protection of some medical titles
By Tory Cooney
The House passed a technical bill to clarify the protection of titles for professionals licensed by the Board of Medical Practice – which includes medical doctors, doctors of os...
APRNs could be required to complete graduate courses for licensing
By Tory Cooney
The House passed a bill 127-0 Thursday that would modify licensing requirements for advance practice registered nurses, to require graduate-level coursework.
Sponsored by Re...
House sends governor bill to allow medical assistants to perform more duties
By Tory Cooney
Statutes that limit the performance of certain tasks to physicians need to be extended to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants, bill sponsor says.
Gov. Dayton to veto budget bills, resume negotiations next week
By Jonathan Mohr
The governor said he would issue veto letters Friday, but expects to meet with Republican lawmakers on Monday.
Transportation bill with boost in highway dollars — and without deep transit cuts — heads to Senate
By Jonathan Avise
Road and bridge funding remain the emphasis of a $5.9 billion, two-year omnibus transportation bill that underwent big changes in conference committee and was repassed Wednesday in the House.
Tax bill conference committee report passed by House, heads to Senate
By Jonathan Mohr
The House voted 76-57 Wednesday to pass the conference committee report on the omnibus tax bill, sending it to the Senate for consideration.
Amended housing moratorium restrictions get House OK, go to governor
By Chris Steller
Proposed restrictions on cities seeking to put residential development projects under an interim ordinance, also known as a moratorium, are headed to the governor’s desk.
House re-passes bill to help physicians practice in other states
By Tory Cooney
The House repassed a bill Wednesday, as amended by the Senate, which is intended to make it easier for physicians to receive expedited licenses in some other states.
