Lawmakers return to St. Paul for 2024 session — what can Minnesotans expect?
The DFL trifecta-led Legislature made myriad changes across a spectrum of state topics in 2023.
Paid Family and Medical Leave. Abortion rights. Free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students. A $260 one-time rebate check to low- and middle-income Minnesotans. Record investments in housing. Recreational cannabis. Driver’s licenses for all. Gas and sales tax increases for transportation purposes.
To do so, much of a projected record $17.5 billion budget surplus was needed as the state budget grew to an all-time high of $72 billion for the current biennium, which ends June 30, 2025.
As for 2024?
“We’ll continue, as we did last year, focusing on the things (Minnesotans) care about the most which is strong public education, affordable health care and then economic security for their families,” House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) said in a Wednesday interview. Read more
Session Daily
Higher ed conferees ace final, make quick work of blending bills (5/16/2024 5:17:00 PM) House, Senate strike bargain on environment, natural resources supplemental spending bill (5/16/2024 4:52:00 PM) Gun bill conference committee agrees to tougher penalties for straw purchases, ban on binary triggers (5/16/2024 3:27:00 PM) Conferees close deal on broad transportation, labor and housing package (5/16/2024 12:55:00 PM) House passes changes to paid leave law amid chaos at close of vote (5/16/2024 12:01:00 AM) Conferees adopt report to spend $43 million more on education in fiscal year 2025 (5/15/2024 9:27:00 PM) Cannabis conferees successfully hash out differences, expand bill’s scope (5/15/2024 3:09:00 PM) House passes new requirements meant to keep kids out of child welfare system (5/15/2024 2:50:00 PM) With clock ticking, bonding chairs lay out $330 million list of proposed local projects (5/14/2024 6:30:00 PM) Energy, agriculture and commerce conferees size up contrasts in House, Senate bills (5/14/2024 4:10:00 PM) House delays vote on putting equal rights constitutional amendment on 2026 ballot (5/14/2024 12:08:00 AM)
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Event Schedule
FRIDAY: House Ways and Means Committee
Friday, May 17 2024 5/17/2024 9:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
SF2219 (Stephenson) Premium discounts and rate reductions provided, strengthen Minnesota homes program established, account established, and rulemaking authorized.
FRIDAY: Session Daily Update
Friday, May 17 2024 5/17/2024 10:55 AM
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Updates from the House
FRIDAY: House Floor Session
Friday, May 17 2024 5/17/2024 11:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4746 (Hassan) Transportation network companies regulated, civil cause of action provided, and money appropriated.
News and Notes
Bill Introductions: HF5471-HF5474
2024 Session
The 2024 legislative session must end by May 20. The 2025 session will begin Jan. 14, 2025.
2024 committee deadlines
- March 22: Committees in both bodies must act favorably on bills that are not major appropriation or finance bills
- April 19: Committees in both bodies must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills
Member retirements
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