Week in Review: April 22-26

Members got back to work after a Passover break this week that meant official House business didn’t begin until Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a floor session to continue passing bills off the floor.

Conference committees also ramped up their work and the House Ways and Means Committee began merging bills to better align them with their Senate counterparts as this year’s legislative session closes in on its final phase.

Marathon floor sessions may soon await — perhaps as early as Monday. Eight bills are on the days' Calendar for the Day, including three — HF4300, HF601 and HF2609 — that involve firearms. Another bill, HF4444, concerns misclassification of employees and has provoked lengthy discussions on its path to the floor.

Have a good weekend and here’s a look back at what happened over the last few days.

CIVIL LAW

Bill to update law around family court proceedings about ‘what’s best for the kids’

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18332

EDUCATION

Education policy conference committee lays out differences in House, Senate bills

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18330

EMPLOYMENT

Labor, industry conferees begin work on striking agreement

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18335

House workforce panel approves proposed updates to paid leave law

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18333

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Northern MN helium discovery prompts proposed regulatory framework for gas, oil production

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18329

HOUSING
House passes protections for renters embroiled in utility disputes

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18331

STATE GOVERNMENT

With finish line in mind, ways and means committee melds eight supplemental spending bills into three

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18334

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation policy bill flies through conference committee

https://www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily/Story/18336