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Minnesota House appoints conference committee after Senate rejects House amendments to bill establishing biennial budget
Summary
On May 5, 2025, the Minnesota House agreed to the Senate's request for a conference committee on Senate File 3045, an act relating to state government operations and the establishment of a biennial budget; the House announced four conferees and the Senate identified four senators to the panel.
The Minnesota House of Representatives on May 5, 2025, agreed to the Senate's request to form a conference committee to resolve differences over Senate File 3045, an act relating to state government operations and the establishment of a biennial budget.
A message from the Senate was read on the House floor stating that "the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments" to Senate File 3045 and that the Senate "has respectfully requested that a conference committee be appointed," the clerk said.
The clerk identified the Senate appointees as Senators John Carlson, Maquade, Westland and Lang. On a motion offered from the floor by Representative Cleburne, the House voted by voice to accede to the Senate's request and asked the speaker to appoint a four-member House conference committee to meet with the Senate committee on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on Senate File 3045. Representative Cleburne stated, "That is my motion." The presiding officer announced, "The motion prevails." The transcript records a voice vote; no roll-call tally was given.
Following the successful motion, the speaker announced the House conferees as Cleavorn, Nash, Freiburg and Alton Darf.
Also during the opening of the session the clerk read for first consideration House Files 3299 through 3303; those measures were given their first reading and no further action on those files was recorded in the transcript.
The House recessed to the call of the speaker later in the session after Representative Niska moved for a recess.
Next steps for resolving the disagreement over Senate File 3045 were not specified in the House transcript. The transcript does not record a schedule for the conference committee, additional debate on the bill on the floor, or a roll-call vote on the appointments.
