MN Index: 2018 session preview

Number of legislative days in a biennium      120

            Number available for this year          58

Date by which members must complete their work  May 21

            Days before constitutional deadline in which members adjourned in 2016 1

Days from when the Legislature adjourned the 2017 special session at 2:42 a.m. May 25 to the first day of the 2018 session         270

            Days between the start of session and Election Day, Nov. 6 259

House members who have announced they will not seek re-election this year       11

Number of Republican House members        77

            DFL House members   57

Republican seat majority in the Senate         34-33

Years Sen. Karla Bigham, who won a Feb. 12 special election, was a House member 2007-10

Bonding request submitted Jan. 16 by Gov. Mark Dayton     $1.54 billion

            Dollars sought to maintain and improve state infrastructure           $998 million

            Dollars sought to fund facility renewal and improvement projects at public colleges and universities around the state         $543 million

Size of general-obligation bonding in the 2017 capital investment law        $987 million

Proposed amount of general-obligation bonding in a 2016 bill that failed to pass during the session’s frantic final hour        $818 million

Millions in 2014 bonding law $846

Millions in 2006 bonding law $999.98

Members in each body that must pass a bonding bill, as percent    60

            Percent of each body needed to override any gubernatorial veto    66.67

Based on the November forecast, anticipated state General Fund shortfall at the end of the 2018-19 biennium         $188 million

            Date the February forecast is to be released showing updated numbers     Feb. 28

House bills introduced during the 2017 regular session        2,722

            Senate bills      2,443

House bills introduced in 2016, the last bonding year           1,237

            Senate bills      1,230

House bills pre-filed this year 162

Sources: House Public Information Services, House Chief Clerk's Office, Legislative Reference Library, Office of the Governor, Minnesota Management and Budget