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Ways and Means Committee recommends amended state government, elections omnibus bill for general register
Summary
The Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee on April 28, 2025, voted to recommend Senate File 3045, amended with language from House File 2783 and House File 1943, for placement on the general register. The committee directed nonpartisan staff to make technical edits; the Senate may concur or request a conference committee.
The Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee voted April 28, 2025, to recommend Senate File 3045, the Senate omnibus state government and elections bill, for placement on the general register after amending it with language from two House omnibus bills.
Chair Stevenson moved to delete everything in Senate File 3045 after the enacting clause and to insert the amended language of House File 2783 (the House omnibus state government budget bill) and House File 1943 (the omnibus elections budget bill) as separate articles. The committee then moved to pass the amended Senate file to the general register. The motion prevailed on voice votes. "The motion prevails, and Senate File 3045, as amended, is recommended for placement on the general register," Chair Stevenson said following the vote.
The committee instructed nonpartisan staff to make any technical changes necessary to reflect the will of the committee. Committee members noted that, once the House transmits the amended bill to the Senate, the Senate can either concur with the House language or request a conference committee to reconcile differences.
Committee business earlier in the session included approval of the minutes from the prior meeting. Members also confirmed the committee's schedule for the following day, which included the Education finance bill and the Human Services finance bill; members were told an amendment to the Human Services finance bill would be posted later that afternoon.
Procedural notes recorded on the transcript show a short moment of clarification when the chair asked whether he had cited the correct file numbers before proceeding. The committee proceeded after voice votes showed approval. No roll-call vote tally was recorded in the transcript.
The action moves the merged, amended omnibus measure forward in the House process but does not itself change the bill's substantive content beyond the insertion of the House-file language. The Senate's response will determine whether the matter is finalized between the chambers or goes to a conference committee for further negotiation.
