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Judiciary Committee actions: bills laid over, amendments adopted and referrals on March 28, 2025
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee adopted amendments on several bills, laid multiple appropriation requests over for omnibus consideration, and recommended several bills be re-referred to other committees. This roundup lists motions recorded during the hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on March 28 considered 34 bills on its agenda. The committee adopted several amendments, recommended multiple bills for referral, and laid a number of appropriation requests over for possible inclusion in the omnibus budget. Below are the recorded formal actions taken on bills during the hearing (motions recorded by the clerk are summarized):
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the transcript):
- Senate File 983 (CERT appropriation, Rochester) Action: laid over for possible inclusion (recorded as "laid over").
- Senate File 832 (Certified Midwife Act) Action: recommended to pass and re-referred to Senate Committee on State & Local Government (motion recorded; voice vote announced "motion prevails").
- Senate File 2847 (Garnishment forms; A1 amendment adopted) Action: A1 amendment adopted; bill recommended to pass and be sent to the Senate floor (voice vote announced "motion prevails").
- Senate File 1055 (Domestic violence advocate privilege; A1 amendment adopted) Action: A1 amendment adopted; SF 1055 laid over for possible inclusion (committee recorded intent to lay over).
- Senate File 2574 (Data-sharing anti-fraud) Action: Croon amendment (narrow recipients to entities with oversight, investigative or prosecutorial authority) adopted; recommended to pass and re-referred to State & Local Government (voice vote announced "motion prevails").
- Senate File 856 (Office of Inspector General/data-practices A46 amendment) Action: A46 amendment adopted (technical correction also adopted); recommended to pass and be re-referred to Senate Rules Committee.
- Senate File 1907 (Victim apology letters; A author amendment to delete section 1 adopted) Action: A amendment adopted; SF 1907 laid over for possible inclusion.
- Senate File 2384, 1812, 1851, 1854, 2885, 2861 (multiple election, licensing, and data-practices bills) Actions: committee recorded motions for re-referral, adoption of amendments and layovers as follows: many bills were recommended to pass and be re-referred to Elections, State & Local Government, or Rules; several appropriation bills (e.g., SF 2861 forensic psychological services, SF 2857 Guardian ad Litem) were laid over for omnibus consideration.
How the committee handled motions: Most formal actions were adopted by voice vote; the chair announced "motion prevails" or "aye" as recorded in the transcript. Where the transcript recorded adoption of an amendment, the clerk recorded that adoption and the committee proceeded to referral or layover as appropriate.
What to watch next: Many bills in this hearing were procedural moves in a multi-committee process: adoption of author amendments, technical fixes or jurisdictional referrals. Key items to watch include the data-sharing anti-fraud bill (SF 2574) now limited to recipients with investigatory/oversight/prosecutorial authority, the OIG/data-practices language (SF 856) as it moves to Rules, and consumer-facing measures such as the facility-fee ban (SF 1503) which will return to Health & Human Services with an enforcement clarification.
Note: This roundup lists actions as they were recorded in the hearing transcript. For exact legislative text and roll calls, consult the official Senate journal and committee minutes.
