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
Transportation policy bill flies through conference committee (4/25/2024 5:46:00 PM) Labor, industry conferees begin work on striking agreement (4/25/2024 3:00:00 PM) With finish line in mind, ways and means committee melds eight supplemental spending bills into three (4/25/2024 12:12:00 PM) House workforce panel approves proposed updates to paid leave law (4/25/2024 10:32:00 AM) Bill to update law around family court proceedings about ‘what’s best for the kids’ (4/24/2024 6:22:37 PM) House passes protections for renters embroiled in utility disputes (4/24/2024 6:09:00 PM) Education policy conference committee lays out differences in House, Senate bills (4/24/2024 5:58:00 PM) Northern MN helium discovery prompts proposed regulatory framework for gas, oil production (4/24/2024 2:57:00 PM) Week in Review: April 15-19 (4/19/2024 4:17:00 PM) House Taxes Committee sends its final bill onward (4/19/2024 4:03:00 PM) Health panel approves supplemental budget bill; next stop, ways and means (4/19/2024 2:50:00 PM)
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Event Schedule
Session Daily Update
Friday, April 26 2024 4/26/2024 10:55 AM
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Updates from the House.
House Floor Session
Friday, April 26 2024 4/26/2024 11:00 AM
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House Floor Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee*
Friday, April 26 2024 4/26/2024 11:15 AM
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*Committee will meet at 11:15 a.m., or five minutes after Floor Session adjourns.
Deadline waivers:.
- HF5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified.
Calendar for the Day – Tuesday, April 30.
MONDAY: House Floor Session*
Monday, April 29 2024 4/29/2024 11:00 AM
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*Time of convening has not yet been set.
SF3204 (Olson, L.) Public employees insurance program modifications made.
HF4247 (Liebling) Transfer care specialist registration established, behavior analysts licensure established, veterinary technician and veterinary institutional license established, veterinary supervision provisions modified, specialty dentist licensure and dental assistant licensure modified, physician assistant collaboration additional requirements removed, social worker provisional licensure modified, guest licensure established for marriage and family therapists, pharmacy provisions modified, and money appropriated.
HF3567 (Hollins) Assisted reproduction rights and responsibilities updated, surrogacy agreement requirements created, and recordkeeping and information sharing provided for genetic donation.
HF4444 (Greenman) Misclassification of employees prohibited, penalties imposed, and data classified.
HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Firearm safe storage standards established and criminal penalties provided for failing to meet those standards.
HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
HF2609 (Berg) Gun trafficking investigations and firearm seizures report required by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Violent Crime Enforcement Teams, trigger activator definition amended, and transferring firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms penalties increased.
HF3757 (Demuth) Felony offense established for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of other individuals, and conforming change made.
News and Notes
Bill Introductions: HF5415-HF5423
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
The Legislative Reference Library maintains a list of members not seeking re-election in 2024.
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