WEEK IN REVIEW
The 2020 legislative session began Feb. 11, and House members were away the following day at a legislative conference. Although it wasn’t a full week of meetings, legislators were anything but idle during their first week.
Twenty committee meetings and two floor sessions were held with a number of 2019 bills back on agendas along with new legislation such as HF3100, which would create an emergency insulin assistance program.
The House Capital Investment Division also rolled up its sleeves and began work on one of this year’s signature subjects, the creation of a bonding bill to fund improvement projects around the state.
The pace picks up first thing next Monday morning, when the House Ways and Means Committee is set to meet at 9:45 a.m. to consider bills dealing with paid family and medical leave and earned sick and safe time. But before we look too far ahead, here’s one last look at the last week.
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AGRICULTURE
Minnesota hemp industry still blossoming, division hears
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14048
BONDING
House bonding division hears governor’s capital investment proposal
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14040
COMMERCE
Emergency insulin bill clears first committee stop on session’s opening day
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14043
EDUCATION
Teens voice pain points, share successes with the House Education Finance Division
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14054
ELECTIONS
Primary voters’ privacy the focus of bill that clears elections subcommittee
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14056
State government division divided over election security funds
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14045
ENERGY
The Land of 10,000 Lakes is getting wetter – and that’s a problem
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14050
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
$137.5 million Outdoor Heritage Fund bill gets division OK
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14052
Pro-pollinator bill proposes a different kind of sanctuary city
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14044
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee considers impact of potential ACA overturn
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14051
Efforts to restore CCAP integrity are showing results
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14049
PUBLIC SAFETY
Bill OK’d to mandate retrofitting high-rise residential buildings with fire sprinklers
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14055
House division hears plan to cap probation at five years for most felonies
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14042
STATE GOVERNMENT
Bill seeks to end discrimination on the basis of hair
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14046
Mixed emotions mark start to 2020 legislative session
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14041
With an eye on November, lawmakers return to St. Paul for 2020 session
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14039
TAXES
Tax bill could reduce farmers’ ‘sticker shock’
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/14047
TRANSPORTATION
Transit officials tout efforts to boost safety on trains, buses