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Rules committee deadlocks 8-8 on adding broadband bill to Friday calendar
Summary
The Minnesota House Rules Committee voted 8-8 on a motion to add Senate File 908 — a broadband implementation bill — to the May 9 calendar; the motion failed on a tie after debate over whether the measure is already covered in the workforce omnibus budget bill.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration failed to add Senate File 908 to the calendar for Friday, May 9, after a roll-call vote ended in an 8-8 tie.
Committee chair Representative Long said the broadband language is already included in the budget measure the committee is calendaring for Friday and urged members not to calendar SF 908 separately. Representative Schultz moved to add SF 908 as a standalone item, saying lawmakers should “make sure that those dollars get spent to help Minnesotans.”
Supporters of calendaring the standalone bill said the legislation would clear uncertainty and let broadband…
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