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Minnesota Senate conducts routine business; several House files laid on the table, SF 3340 sent to labor committee
Summary
At its April 9 session the Minnesota Senate received a message that the House passed Senate File 1075, approved motions to lay multiple House files on the table by voice vote, adopted committee reports (with one exception), referred Senate File 3340 to the committee on labor, excused several senators and then adjourned.
The Minnesota Senate convened April 9 for routine legislative business, heard a message that the House had passed Senate File 1075, approved several procedural motions by voice vote and referred Senate File 3340 to the Senate Labor Committee before adjourning.
The actions moved and voiced by Senator Murphy included motions to lay House File 62, House File 1659 and House File 1662 on the table. All three motions were approved by voice vote; the record in the transcript shows the presiding officer announcing “the motion prevails.”
The Senate also adopted the committee reports printed in the agenda by voice vote, with one exception: the report pertaining to Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 was excluded from the adoption motion. During the reading of messages, the secretary announced, “I have the honor to announce the passage by the house of the following senate file here with returned. Senate File number 1075,” followed in the message text by “Signed, Patrick Duffy Murphy, chief clerk, House of Representatives.”
Senate File 3340 was given first reading and referred to the committee on labor as indicated on the introduction calendar. The secretary read the agenda and noted that the bills listed on the introduction calendar were given their first reading and referred as printed; the transcript specifically states that Senate File 3340 was referred to the committee on labor.
The chamber also approved an authors’ motion to adopt the committee reports printed in the agenda except for the report tied to Senate Concurrent Resolution 4. In announcements of Senate interest, the body excused Senators Carlson, Duckworth, Fatai and Porta. The presiding officer then declared the Senate adjourned.
Votes at a glance
- Senate File 1075 — Message from the House: House reported passage and returned the bill to the Senate. (Source: message read by the secretary; no Senate vote recorded in this transcript.) - House File 62 — Motion by Senator Murphy to lay on the table; voice vote; motion prevailed. - House File 1659 — Motion by Senator Murphy to lay on the table; voice vote; motion prevailed. - House File 1662 — Motion by Senator Murphy to lay on the table; voice vote; motion prevailed. - Senate File 3340 — First reading; referred to the Senate Committee on Labor. - Committee reports printed in the agenda — Motion to adopt (except report pertaining to Senate Concurrent Resolution 4); voice vote; motion prevailed. - Excused senators — Motion to excuse Senators Carlson, Duckworth, Fatai and Porta; voice vote; motion prevailed.
Details and context
The session focused on procedural steps typical at the start of a legislative day: reading messages from the House, taking first readings of bills listed on the introduction calendar, adopting routine committee reports and recording requests to excuse members. The transcript records voice votes only; no roll-call tallies or recorded individual votes appear in this excerpt. The agenda read aloud is dated Wednesday, April 9.
No substantive debate on bill content is recorded in this transcript excerpt. The transcript does not include subject-matter discussion, bill text, fiscal notes, committee reports' contents, or recorded individual vote tallies for any of the motions described above. Where the record does not provide descriptive details (for example, bill summaries or recorded roll-call votes), this article notes that such details are not specified in the transcript.
