House Rules committee adopts calendar, recommends parking, facilities and journal resolutions

The House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee met and approved its minutes, adopted the calendar for Friday, May 16, and recommended three resolutions — R3 on parking, R4 on facilities and R5 on the House journal — to the full Minnesota House of Representatives for adoption.

The committee approved the minutes from May 14 after Representative Nash moved to adopt them and the committee approved the motion by voice vote. The committee then adopted the calendar for Friday, May 16, designating that day for consideration of House File 3321, described in the meeting as the “corrections bill.” The committee’s motion to adopt the calendar specified that there would be no pre-filing requirement for amendments to bills on that day.

Lori Hodap, chief sergeant at arms for the House of Representatives, presented the R3 resolution on parking. Hodap told the committee, “My name is Lori Hodap. I serve as the Chief Sergeant at Arms for the House of Representatives. I am presenting the resolution on Parking 2025 R3.” She said the resolution had been changed from a previous session to remove language about the SOB parking ramp because the House no longer has control over that ramp, and that the remaining terms continue an agreement with the Department of Administration to ensure allocated parking for members and staff.

The committee then recommended the R3 parking resolution to the full House by voice vote. The committee’s R4 resolution on facilities was described as an agreement for the sergeant at arms and the chief clerk to work together to manage House spaces at the Capitol and the Centennial Office Building; the committee chair moved its recommendation and the motion prevailed by voice vote. Representative Schultz said he supported the resolution and noted he would “look forward to working on that particular topic in the future so that, the great young men who participate in American Legion Boys State would in the future get the opportunity to use our house chamber.”

The committee recommended R5, the standard resolution directing the chief clerk to correct and approve the journal for the final day of the regular session and to include subsequent proceedings, by voice vote after Mr. Gehring presented the measure. Gehring described R5 as standard for the session’s last day and said it covers correcting and approving the journal and including any messages received after adjournment such as messages from the governor or the senate.

Committee action was by voice votes; the transcript records “aye” responses and the chair announcing that motions prevailed, with no roll-call tallies recorded in the committee transcript. The committee did not take up the concurrent resolution on legislative adjournment because it had not been processed in time and will consider that at a later meeting. The committee adjourned thereafter.