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Leaders say power‑sharing has kept budget targets on schedule; committees advancing bills
Summary
Legislative leaders reported that a power‑sharing agreement in the tied Minnesota House has generally kept budget target work on time and allowed committees to move bills to ways and means, though some committees still have pending work.
Minnesota legislative leaders told reporters that, under a power‑sharing arrangement in the tied House, budget targets were produced on time and many committees have completed budget bills advancing to the ways and means committee.
A House leader (unnamed) said the power‑sharing arrangement is “different” but is “working really well” for the most part and that they were “pleasantly surprised” by the timeliness of budget targets. The leader said that while there have been a few committees that still need to finish work, the overall flow toward ways and means is progressing.
Leaders said both chambers are preparing budget bills and that the House and Senate will send separate K‑12 bills to conference to reconcile differences. The House leader said seeing bills “side by side” will help identify compromises and how to reach the middle.
Education funding was highlighted as a continued shared priority: leaders said their caucuses have put “more than $5,000,000,000 of new dollars into public education in just the last number of years,” and described ongoing commitment to K‑12 funding in current target discussions.
The Senate leader (unnamed) and the House leader (unnamed) said they expect additional meetings after the legislative break to coordinate targets and to allow committees to finish outstanding work. No final budgets or enacted bills were announced at the briefing.
