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
House delays vote on putting equal rights constitutional amendment on 2026 ballot (5/14/2024 12:08:00 AM) Jobs conference committee’s tough task: solve ‘vast differences’ in bottom lines (5/13/2024 7:24:00 PM) Tenant-landlord bill agreement would protect domestic violence victims, omit prohibition of income discrimination (5/13/2024 3:19:00 PM) Week in Review: May 6-10 (5/10/2024 6:12:00 PM) Human services conferees start work of compromising on budget bills (5/10/2024 6:09:00 PM) Conference committee dives into transportation, labor, housing bill (5/10/2024 5:30:00 PM) Election conferees reach agreement on policy, budget provisions (5/10/2024 4:30:00 PM) House, Senate tax conferees convene to discuss differences (5/10/2024 2:44:00 PM) Conference committee begins work on supplemental education finance bill (5/10/2024 2:40:00 PM) Legalized sports betting back on track as session reaches home stretch (5/10/2024 2:27:00 PM) House gives OK to energy, agriculture and commerce package (5/9/2024 11:01:00 PM)
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Live Video
Event Schedule
At the call of the Senate Chair: Conference Committee on HF5237*
Tuesday, May 14 2024 5/14/2024 8:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF5237 (Youakim/Kunesh) Education supplemental budget bill
Conference Committee on HF5242
Tuesday, May 14 2024 5/14/2024 10:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF5242 (Hornstein/Dibble) Transportation, labor and housing supplemental budget bill
WEDNESDAY: Session Daily Update
Wednesday, May 15 2024 5/15/2024 10:55 AM
Watch: Live Event
Updates from the House
WEDNESDAY: House Floor Session
Wednesday, May 15 2024 5/15/2024 11:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified.
HF5274 (Stephenson) Gambling; sports betting and fantasy contests authorized; licenses established; local restrictions prohibited; sports betting and fantasy contest taxation provided; civil and criminal penalties provided; amateur sports grants provided; charitable gambling provided and lawful gambling tax rates modified; pari-mutuel horse racing provided; clarifying, conforming, and technical changes made; reports required; and money appropriated.
SF716 (Agbaje) Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act established, child welfare provisions modified, African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF4273 (Finke) Rainbow flag bans prohibited.
News and Notes
Bill Introductions: HF5465-HF5470
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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