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Minnesota Update Minnesota’s 2024 Legislative Session Ends Amidst Chaos; Controversy Last night, the 2024 legislative session came to a loud and chaotic conclusion. Following a week of late-night floor sessions, contentious debates, and start-stop negotiations, the Minnesota Legislature entered the final weekend with dozens of significant pieces of legislation still needing final votes. With the…

Minnesota Update Minnesota Legislature Enters Final Week of 2024 Session The Minnesota Legislature has exactly one week to complete its work before its constitutional deadline to adjourn for the year. With more than a dozen omnibus bills still being negotiated, significant work remains on the docket. Most notably, legislative leaders from all four caucuses continue…

Minnesota Update Legislature in the Home Stretch With two weeks left of the legislative session, significant work remains to be done as legislators look to finalize several significant policy and supplemental appropriation proposals.  With floor debates, dozens of amendments, and a conference committee process still ahead of them, legislators have been debating bills late into…

Minnesota Update Final Weeks Ahead The Legislature observed a short break for Passover and returned to work last Wednesday to continue work on budget and policy bills, as well as capital investment and other priorities still moving through the legislative process. Many conference committees have been named and have either met or are scheduled to…

Minnesota Update End of Session in Sight With the third legislative deadline in the rearview mirror, the legislature is looking ahead to the end of session. Much of the focus of the remaining weeks will be on completing supplemental budget bills, passing a capital investment package, and finishing work on priority legislation and omnibus policy…

Minnesota Update Legislature Returns with Focus on Supplemental Appropriations With roughly six weeks to go in the 2024 legislative session, legislators are focusing on crafting a supplemental budget, assembling capital investment proposals, and passing omnibus policy bills.  The third deadline, which is the deadline major budget bills must pass out of their respective committees, is…

Minnesota Update Legislature Looking Ahead to Third Deadline With the first round of legislative deadlines behind them, the Minnesota Legislature is on a short Easter break, returning April 2.  The next three weeks will include short intermissions for Eid and Passover as the legislature works towards the third committee deadline on April 19th, the date…

Minnesota Update Minnesota Legislature Hits Key Committee Deadlines in a Flurry of Activity The Minnesota Legislature worked day and night last week as committee chairs looked to advance a broad and diverse legislative agenda prior to the Friday, March 22, 2024 committee deadline. A number of committees used the week to assemble and pass omnibus…

Minnesota Update Legislative Committees Remains Busy with Deadlines Looming With only a week until the first round of committee deadlines, the Minnesota Legislature worked diligently this past week, often well into the evening, as legislators sought to advance a broad variety of public policy initiatives. That pace is expected to continue as we move towards…

Minnesota Update Deadlines Quickly Approaching; State of State Announced As the policy committee deadlines draw closer, the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives continue to hold numerous committee hearings and process dozens of pieces of legislation each day. Several higher profile bills advanced last week, and the tempo will only increase as the March 22,…

Minnesota Update Committee Work Continues Last week the legislature remained busy with committee work, hearing bills, and progressing towards the March 22nd committee deadline, despite taking a mid-week break so members could return to their district for precinct caucuses on Tuesday evening and to attend the service for the three fallen Burnsville first responders Wednesday…

Minnesota Update Legislative Work Continues As the Minnesota Legislature gets up to speed this session, most of the early activity occurs during committee hearings. Legislative committees continued to hear priority proposals in both bodies. The first and second policy committee deadlines, which are the dates by which bills must be heard and passed out of…