One day after hearing arguments on both sides of the issue, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that 68 members constitute a quorum in the House.
Per the Jan. 24 ruling: “The quorum clause in Article IV, Section 13, of the Minnesota Constitution, requires a majority of the total number of seats of which each house may consist to constitute a quorum. Because under current statute, the total number of seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives is 134, a quorum under Article IV, § 13, is 68 members. We assume that the parties will now conform to this order without the necessity of issuing a formal writ.”
A quorum refers to the minimum number of members who must be present to conduct business.
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House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF2367 (Nadeau) Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-directed community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.
HF2319 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates made effective.
HF2523 (Pérez-Vega) HIV/AIDS support services funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1742 (Pérez-Vega) Direct support professional certification pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF671 (Hicks) Grant programs established for various purposes related to children’s mental health, provisions governing long-term care consultation services modified, children’s mental health service rates modified, psychiatric residential treatment facility working group established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF2331 (Noor) Assisted living service providers exempted from direct care staff compensation requirements.
HF2722 (Noor) Positive support professional and support analyst qualifications modified relating to human services.
HF2406 (Curran) Abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services.
HF1674 (Curran) Funding increased for regional and local dementia grants, and money appropriated.
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
Office of the State Auditor presentation.
Office of the Attorney General presentation.
HF627 (Torkelson) Ranking minority members of standing legislative committees allowed to request fiscal notes.
HF474 (Long) Funding provided for the erection of a new statue in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall, and money appropriated.
HF361 (Klevorn) Nonstate funding applied for implementation of the Capitol Mall Design Framework, funding provided to improve the livability in the Capitol Area and to support grantmaking for community vitality grants, and money appropriated.
HF1837 (Klevorn) Department of Administration technical changes made, and statutory section revived and reenacted.
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF2543 (Reyer) Various statutory forms pertaining to garnishment modified.
HF2566 (Reyer) Process for removing fraudulent business filings established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF2627 (Norris) Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.
HFXXXX (Huot) Department of Health policy provisions.
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
Child Care and Workforce in Minnesota presentation.
HF2582 (Lee, K.) Child care improvement grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2518 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) WomenVenture grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HFXXXX (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Appropriating money for a grant to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office for a child care pilot program to assist with retention of law enforcement and first responders.
HF2266 (Sencer-Mura) YWCA Minneapolis grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2039 (Sencer-Mura) Minnesota youth program funding provided, and money appropriated.
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 10:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
Calendar for the Day – Thursday, April 3rd.
House Capital Investment Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 10:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF1090 (Lee, F.) Library construction grant program renamed.
HF1084 (Moller) Arden Hills; pedestrian and bicycle trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF680 (Frazier) New Hope Golf Course; capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF427 (Kozlowski) Duluth International Airport capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF502 (Smith) Olmsted County; materials recovery facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF203 (Feist) Columbia Heights; public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2110 (Wolgamott) Saint Cloud; 322nd Street reconstruction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF229 (Murphy) Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF206 (Curran) Vadnais Heights; regional trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF207 (Freiberg) Golden Valley; Phase II of a new fire station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF216 (Hill) Stillwater; Myrtle Street reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF222 (Koegel) Hilltop; new emergency shelter and other municipal improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF227 (Huot) Dakota County Technical College driver training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF971 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Brooklyn Park Northwest Metro Regional Athletic Facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1307 (Hussein) Jimmy Lee Recreation Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1274 (Tabke) Shakopee; Innovation Hub funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF466 (Tabke) Merriam Junction Regional Trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1609 (Fischer) Little Canada; school supply distribution and educator resource center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF211 (Fischer) Maplewood; East Metro Public Safety Training Facility expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF246 (Greene) Edina; Highway 100 and Vernon Avenue interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF208 (Pérez-Vega) Minnesota Latino Museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF224 (Hansen) South Saint Paul; new public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF225 (Hansen) South Saint Paul; new swimming pool and aquatics center predesign and design funding provided, and money appropriated.
House Taxes Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 10:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF160 (Bahner) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maple Grove.
HF512 (Klevorn) Plymouth; special rules authorized.
HF158 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Eden Prairie.
HF157 (Fischer) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maplewood.
HF1746 (Lillie) Oakdale; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF2585 (Hollins) Saint Paul; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF1159 (Youakim) Eligible uses of increment from tax increment financing districts expanded to include transfers to local housing trust funds, and requirements on use of transferred increment imposed.
HF2574 (Hollins) Tax increment financing; use of increment to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes authorized, and calculation of increment and findings required for a district converting vacant or underused property modified.
HF2839 (Jones) Minneapolis; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF338 (Skraba) Tax increment financing; five- and six-year rules for certain districts extended, and income restrictions removed for certain housing districts.
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 10:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF2233 (Niska) Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted.
HF1999 (Greene) Restrictions on public data requests to a school district added.
HF1995 (Frederick) Substance use disorder treatment provisions modified.
HF1614 (Kraft) Child welfare; neglect definition modified to clarify when a child is considered to be without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
HF2781 (Pinto) Definition of custodian modified for purposes of orders of protection.
HF1775 (Pinto) Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.
HF1316 (Curran) Independent contractors and payors added to the centralized work reporting system, and payors required to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system.
HF2127 (Curran) Judicial official real property records classified as private, access limited, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF2521 (Frazier) Petition to court for relief from stay of adjudication permitted.
HF689 (Frazier) County attorneys authorized to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations.
Session Daily Update
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 12:10 PM
Watch: Live Event
Updates from the House.
House Floor Session
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 12:15 PM
Watch: Live Event
House Floor Session.
House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF51 (Virnig) Education finance; roof projects authorized as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.
HF1161 (Igo) School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established, and money appropriated.
HF2201 (Myers) Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated.
HF2786 (Bennett) Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
HF1053 (Bakeberg) Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child.
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2634 (Bakeberg) North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students in programs in high-demand industries and occupations.
HF2241 (Scott) In-state residency and work requirement for recipients of North Star Promise scholarships imposed.
HF2649 (Knudsen) Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study required, institution eligibility for state student aid modified, and report required.
HF2520 (Skraba) University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute Minnesota Green Iron Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2610 (Rarick) Cybersecurity permitted to be offered as an applied doctoral degree.
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2928 (Acomb) Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.
HF2912 (Her) Macalester College geothermal energy system funding provided, and money appropriated.
HFXXXX (Kraft) Requiring additional information in a public utility's resource plan; directing public utilities to file a virtual power plant tariff and program with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; providing for cost recovery; requiring reports.
HF2297 (Myers) Special license plate established for solar pollinator programs, and agrivoltaic solar sites made eligible for solar site management practices.
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2824 (Nash) Continuous open season for taking largemouth and smallmouth bass provided.
HF623 (Swedzinski) Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated.
HF647 (Schultz) Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer water appropriations authorized.
HF1249 (Jacob) State land added to Carley State Park.
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2130 (Kraft) Length of driver's license revocations related to certain offenses, length of time individuals must participate in the ignition interlock program modified, and ignition interlock program participants required to complete a treatment or rehabilitation program before reinstatement of full driving privileges.
HF1901 (Moller) School safety provisions modified, anonymous threat reporting system grants provided for schools, active shooter incidents and active shooter threats reporting required, Minnesota Fusion Center reporting modified, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2124 (Hussein) Ramsey County Sheriff's Office grant provided for event security and community engagement, and money appropriated.
HF2260 (Curran) Department of Human Services policy bill sections modified on background studies, fraud prevention, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, kickback crimes, and appeals divisions worker protections; and criminal penalties provided.
HF2099 (Johnson, P.) Local government emergency management provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF134 (Feist) Violence prevention project research center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1769 (Feist) Community supervision funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF104 (Feist) Confidentiality established for restorative justice practices participants, and data classified.
HF1354 (Moller) Scope of video made available by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension limited for officer-involved death investigations.
House Education Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF1306 (Jordan) Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; general education, education excellence, charter schools, Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies provisions modified; and reports required.
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2436 (West) Department of Children, Youth, and Families governor's budget bill; department administration, child safety permanency, and early childhood provisions modified; and money appropriated.
HF470 (West) Early learning scholarships funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2643 (West) Indication of self-report on child care licensing notifications required.
HF2456 (Scott) Cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders repealed, and conforming changes made.
HF102 (Curran) Circumstances under which the public authority must direct support to an obligee modified.
HF1367 (Pinto) Judicial review of child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota allowed, and local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating alleged maltreatment occurring outside of state provided.
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF1143 (Howard) Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1548 (Kozlowski) Housing and redevelopment authorities authorized to establish local housing trust funds.
HF1340 (Lee, F.) Use of housing infrastructure bonds allowed on adaptive reuse to develop supportive housing and permanent housing for households at or below 50 percent of the area median income.
HF2549 (Lee, K.) Housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.
HF2559 (Hussein) Rondo Community Land Trust grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1673 (Howard) Accessible Housing Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF2740 (Howard) Report on the affordable housing industry required, maximum compliance period for certain low-income tax credit commitment requirements set, commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency required to identify avenues for potential regulatory relief to affordable housing providers, and money appropriated.
HF2507 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) African American workforce and affordable homeownership development program established, and money appropriated.
HF2461 (Norris) Housing development fund money transferred, and money appropriated for the manufactured home down payment assistance program and the manufactured home park cooperative purchase program.
HF2381 (Norris) Standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges in manufactured home park provided; safety inspections required; sale of manufactured home parks provisions modified; and penalties modified.
House Ways and Means Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 4/1/2025 5:30 PM
Watch: Live Event
Adoption of the House Budget Resolution.
HF601 (Burkel) Depredation compensation payment funding provided, and money appropriated.
Bill Introductions: HF2878-HF2934
2025 Legislative Session
The legislative session began Jan. 14, 2025. Members must complete their work by May 19, 2025.
2025 Committee Deadlines
Here are the three committee deadlines for 2025 (first and second are the same day):
Per Joint Rule 2.03, the deadlines do not apply to the House Capital Investment Division; the House Taxes, Ways and Means, or Rules and Legislative Administration committees; nor the Senate Capital Investment, Finance, Taxes or Rules and Administration committees.
2025 Legislative Breaks
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