Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House unanimously passes bill that aims to slash wait times for prescribed opioid recovery drugs
By Winter Keefer
When someone suffering from opioid use disorder decides to get help, the clock starts ticking immediately.
“The withdrawal is the worst part and that’s what’s preventing peo...
House lawmakers advance bill to boost spending on Capitol security
By Tim Walker
Using solemn tones, Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) spoke Monday before the House Ways and Means Committee where members approved spending $24.2 million this biennium on enhan...
House lawmakers push to fund weather-resiliency program for Minnesota homes
By Lisa Kaczke
A pilot program created in 2023 to help Minnesotans fortify their homes against extreme weather would be funded under a proposal before lawmakers.
The Strengthen Minnesota H...
Expanded burial rights in veterans cemetery gets committee approval
By Mike Cook
“Honoring the service of those who have answered the call to protect us” is how Rep. Bjorn Olson (R-Fairmont) describes a bill he sponsors that’s heading to the House Floor.
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House Ways and Means Committee OK's $41 million budget resolution
By Mike Cook
In a non-budgetary year, the House plans to spend nearly $41.13 million in new money compared to the February forecast base for the 2026-2027 biennium.
That is the budget re...
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...
