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Minnesota Senate moves several bills between committees, adopts committee reports and adjourns
Summary
The Minnesota Senate approved committee reports (except appointment reports), reassigned several senate files to different committees, referred a resolution to rules and administration, and adjourned until Feb. 3 at 11 a.m.
The Minnesota Senate on a voice vote approved routine committee reports listed on the day's agenda while tabling reports related to appointments and moved multiple Senate files to different committees before adjourning until Monday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m.
Senator Johnson moved that "the committee reports printed in the agenda be adopted, with the exception of reports pertaining to the appointments," and the motion prevailed on a voice vote. Johnson later moved that the reports pertaining to appointments be laid on the table; that motion also prevailed on a voice vote.
The chamber gave second reading to Senate File 202 and Senate File 571. Senators then gave first readings to the bills on the introduction calendar and made one correction to the referral list: Senate File 824 was directed to the committee on elections.
Senator Draheim moved that Senate File 222 be withdrawn from the Judiciary Committee and re-referred to the Housing and Homeless Prevention Committee. Draheim said the bill "will need to go back after housing to judiciary" after a brief detour; the motion prevailed on a voice vote.
Senator Dames moved that Senate File 621 be withdrawn from the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and referred to the Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development Committee; the motion prevailed on a voice vote.
Senate Resolution 7 was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration on the chair's motion. Members then approved a motion to adjourn until Monday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m.
Most procedural actions were taken by voice vote; the record in the transcript notes motions "prevail" but does not provide individual roll-call tallies for those items. The record also shows that authors' motions on the introduction calendar were taken together as one motion and approved by voice vote.
The Senate convened with a prayer from Reverend Dr. Mitch Kingzinger of Arlington Hills Lutheran Church in Saint Paul and completed a roll call before business began. An announcement by Senator Jasinski recognized staff assistant Dom Linetti for his service; Linetti is leaving for a position at Afton Helps.
The day's referrals will change the committees reviewing the listed senate files, altering each bill's legislative path; the transcript does not include further debate on the merits of the bills moved or timelines for committee hearings.
