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The Omnibus Higher Education Finance Bill, S.F. 1236 was the main bill of the day.  This bill increases state spending on higher education and 80% of that increase is allocated to tuition relief.  This is the first increase in funding … Continue reading →

We started H .F. 1444, the House Tax Bill, at Noon and finally voted around 8:50 P.M..  And that was in spite of the fact that we finished the amendments around 3:00.  We have some members that like to deliver … Continue reading →

After lengthy debate, we passed H.F. 630, the Education Finance and Policy Bill, by a vote of 83-50. The bill fully funds all-day kindergarten and increases Early Learning Scholarships by $50 million. The bill includes a plan to create the … Continue reading →

We worked on four bills today.  The main bill was H.F. 1233, the Health & Human Service Omnibus Finance Bill and that took about nine hours of discussion. The vote was 70 yeas and 64 nays.  It does give a 3 % … Continue reading →

Today we heard H.F. 1184, the State Government Finance and Veteran Affairs Omnibus Bill. This took hours and the final vote was 73 yeas and 56 nays. The state government legislation covers departments like Minnesota Management & Budget and administration. … Continue reading →

House File 671, the Omnibus Public Safety Finance Bill was passed on a 122-7 vote. This bill funds a School Safety Center.  H.F. 1160, the Omnibus Judiciary Finance Bill passed today on  71-59 vote.  This bill includes a provision to protect … Continue reading →

The main bill today was the H.F. 976, the  Environment, Natural Resources and Agricultural Finance Omnibus Bill.  It took a good deal of time to discuss the many parts of this legislation.  The primary focus was water, particularly trying to protect drinking water.

We worked on six bills today. H.F.  588, the bill on nurse staffing, has received a lot of attention this year.  The bill has changed since its introduction, the version today is a compromise agreed to by the Nurses Association … Continue reading →

We went through several non-controversial bills this afternoon, H,F. 369 was passed 132-0.  This bill concerns community property: adopting the Uniform Rights of Death Act.  Minnesota is a non-community property state.  According to the Uniform Law Commission, this act preserves the … Continue reading →

Monday’s activities concentrated on two bills.  H.F. 729, the Omnibus Jobs & Economic Development Finance Bill passed on a 75-57 vote and took about five and half hours of discussion.  This legislation substantially increases funding for the Department of Employment … Continue reading →