Minnesota leaders say work continues as regular session winds down; disputes remain on health coverage, paid leave and mine layoffs

With only hours left in the regular 2025 legislative session, House leaders told reporters on April 24 that conference committees were working to resolve outstanding differences on several high-profile items, while saying most work could be finished quickly and some issues would likely require a brief special session called by the governor.

Speaker Dainn, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, told reporters the chamber was “down to just the last few hours of regular session,” and said conference committees were “working hard…trying to find agreements as we move forward.” She said the House planned to take up a Human Services policy conference committee report and possibly a pensions bill later in the day.

The disputes center on a handful of politically sensitive items. Speaker Dainn described a contested proposal to expand MinnesotaCare to certain undocumented residents as unaffordable in its…