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House suspends rules and passes pension bill (Senate File 2884) after bipartisan debate
Summary
The Minnesota House suspended the rules to consider Senate File 2884 and passed the pension bill 133-1 after floor debate praising bipartisan commission work, creating a work group for probation and related positions, and modifying retirement-access options for several worker groups.
The Minnesota House suspended the rules to give Senate File 2884 its third reading and placed the bill on final passage, then passed the bill by a roll-call vote of 133 yeas and 1 nay.
Representative Niska moved to suspend the rules under Article IV, Section 19 of the Minnesota Constitution so the chamber could take up the pension bill; she described it as "the bipartisan pension bill from the pension commission." The motion to suspend the rules carried.
Several members described the bill as the product of long, bicameral and bipartisan work on pension commission recommendations. Representative Lilly, a…
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