Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Week in Review: April 20-24
By Lisa Kaczke
The pace of the House slowed this week with a few committee meetings each day and a few floor sessions throughout the week.
The House Capital Investment Committee wrapped up...
Mandated, sometimes memorable: A look back at noteworthy State of the State addresses
By Tim Walker
Gov. Tim Walz is scheduled to deliver his eighth and final State of the State address to 134 representatives, 67 senators, and a handful of other state officials gathered in the...
House lawmakers OK commerce package that includes cryptocurrency kiosk ban
By Lisa Kaczke
Law enforcement in Minnesota has raised concerns to legislators this session about the high number of scams reported to their agencies that involve virtual currency kiosks.
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Ban on nudification technology passes House by wide margin
By Lisa Kaczke
Artificial intelligence can be used for good, but it also can be used for evil.
Anyone can take a non-explicit photo of someone, upload it to a platform that offers an AI nu...
House votes to toughen penalties for impersonating police
By Tim Walker
On June 14, 2025, Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and dog, Gilbert were killed, and Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) and his wife, Yvette, wounded by a gunma...
Expanded child care credits, federal conformity key to governor’s tax bill
By Rob Hubbard
Before the House Taxes Committee puts the 2026 edition of its tax bill together, Gov. Tim Walz has some suggestions as to what he’d like to see coming across his desk before ses...
House tax committee weighs bill to rescind Rochester sports complex funding
By Rob Hubbard
In 2023, Rochester voters approved a half-cent local sales tax extension designed to raise $205 million that would go toward an economic development fund, street reconstruction,...
Environment trust fund bill — minus money for Boundary Waters group — heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
Today is Earth Day, a day to focus on ways to support and protect the environment.
So, it’s fitting that a bill to spend $102 million on projects supporting the Earth Day mi...
House GOP concerns halt $1.9 million funding bill for rural public TV
By Mike Cook
A 2025 federal law rescinded Fiscal Year 2027 funds that, in part, were provided for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
That resulted in about a $9 million hit to Minn...
Lawmakers weigh legislation that would expand Minneapolis' downtown taxing area, seek golf events
By Rob Hubbard
At first glance, HF4361 looks something like a grab bag of almost unrelated items.
But a closer look at the bill sponsored by Rep. Esther Agbaje (DFL-Mpls) reveals four prov...
House panel hears funding proposal for first state-run pediatric psychiatric treatment facility
By Graham Johnson
When children have complex mental health conditions in Minnesota, they often have few options.
Children’s residential facility capacity has decreased by 36%, or 888 beds, si...
State patrol details impact of new weapons screening protocols at Minnesota Capitol
By Graham Johnson
To date, 121,598 people have passed through the weapons screening to enter the Capitol during the 2026 legislative session.
Capitol Security has turned away 52 weapons, the ...
House passes legislation to extend window for prosecuting medical assistance fraud
By Tim Walker
Combating fraud in state programs has been a consistent theme this session, with many anti-fraud bills being discussed, including a high-profile bill that would create an indepe...
Proposed rules on motorized bikes, motorcycles headed to House Floor
By Rob Hubbard
What hit Janet Stotko? That’s been a controversy among law enforcement, insurance companies and advocacy organizations focused on bicycles and motorcycles.
What’s known is t...
Lawmakers advance legislation to stabilize local radio stations jeopardized by federal cuts
By Mike Cook
Better known as AMPERS, the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations is an association of 17 independent locally programmed and managed radio stations across t...
