Minn. House Rules committee adopts calendar placing HF14 on Feb. 24 floor agenda after debate over fiscal note and committee jurisdiction

The Minnesota House Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration voted 8-6 to adopt the calendar for the day and place HF14 on the floor calendar for Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, establishing a 24-hour prefiling requirement for amendments.

The vote came after representatives debated whether HF14 should be referred to the House Committee on Government Operations or Ways and Means because members said the bill would limit an agency's authority and could affect unspent general fund appropriations. Representative Cagle argued the bill “needs to go to GovOps,” saying it was “limiting what that Met Council can do.” Representative Robbins, the bill’s chief author, said he was “comfortable with it going to the floor,” and that transportation was the primary jurisdiction and the transportation chair had consulted other chairs and did not…