Minnesota Legislature
Week in Review: April 29 – May 3
By HPIS Staff
There are weeks, and then there are weeks like this one, when the phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” rings especially true.
Long hours of floor debate that frequently neared, or stretched past, midnight. But several supplemental budget bills were passed, as were several public safety measures including a gun storage bill that provoked 11 hours of discussion on Thursday.
The House was back in session Friday with more supplemental budget bills to debate and will be again Monday when the human services budget package, HF5280/SF5335*, is on the Calendar for the Day.
Two capital investment bills have also begun to move through the process as we near the final fortnight of the 2024 legislative session.
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Week in Review: April 29 – May 3
By HPIS Staff
There are weeks, and then there are weeks like this one, when the phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” rings especially true.
Long hours of floor debate that frequently neared, or...
Local assistance focus of House-passed elections supplemental funding bill
By Mike Cook
A voting operations, technology, and election resources account that assists local governments with certain election-related expenses would be the largest beneficiary of a suppl...
Supplemental workforce and economic development bill passed by House
By Tim Walker
A conference committee is likely forthcoming for the workforce and economic development supplemental budget bill.
By a 74-52 vote Friday, the House passed HF5205/SF5289*, a...
Tax bill with advance payments of credits passes House
By Rob Hubbard
While the 2024 House tax bill appears modest by comparison with the 2023 edition, it would expand the scope of some of last year’s provisions and call for more transparency...
House, Senate negotiators nix phase-out of subminimum wage in human services bill
By Miranda Bryant
Workers with a disability may continue to work for less than minimum wage.
The human services policy conference committee reached agreement Friday on the committee report to...
Public option amendment joins energy, agriculture and commerce bill
By Rob Hubbard
It’s been an interesting week for HF4975.
Sponsored by Rep. Patty Acomb (DFL-Minnetonka), the bill was created last week in the House Ways and Means Committee, when the supp...
House OK’s bill to increase penalties for ‘swatting’
By Tim Walker Making a fictitious emergency call that a serious crime is underway is a gross misdemeanor in Minnesota. House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) wants to make it a...Tougher penalties for firearm straw purchases pass House overnight
By Tim Walker
A straw purchase occurs when an individual buys a firearm for someone ineligible to purchase or possess it.
Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL-Burnsville) sponsors a bill that would incre...
House passes bill expanding firearm storage requirement following fierce floor debate
By Tim Walker
Acknowledging no single law is going to prevent all tragedies, Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville) nonetheless urged passage of a firearms storage bill she sponsors in the ho...
Human services conference committee testimony centers on subminimum wages, recovery peers
By Miranda Bryant
The human services policy conference committee heard mixed opinions from the public Thursday on proposals that would phase out subminimum wages for workers with disabilities, an...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs proposed $512 million supplemental budget on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months.
On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...
