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Minnesota Senate reassigns several bills to new committees, adopts committee reports and schedules adjournment
Summary
On March 24, 2025, the Minnesota Senate approved motions to withdraw several Senate files from their original committees and re-refer them, added a coauthor to a Senate file, adopted committee reports, and set the next adjournment date.
The Minnesota Senate on March 24, 2025, approved multiple procedural motions to withdraw Senate files from their original committees and re-refer them, added a coauthor to one bill, and adopted committee reports. The chamber also received messages from the House and set an adjournment date.
Senator Pappas moved to withdraw Senate File 656 from the Committee on State and Local Government and re-refer it to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety; the motion prevailed by voice vote. Senator Putnam moved that Senate File 1449 be withdrawn from the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development; that motion also prevailed. Senator Murphy, on behalf of Senator McEwen, moved that Senate File 2106 be withdrawn from the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy and re-referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate; the motion prevailed. Senator Lucero moved to withdraw Senate File 2,278 from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety; the transcript records the withdrawal motion but does not specify a re-referral destination.
Senator Hochschild moved to add the name of Senator Bolden as a co-author to Senate File 1629; the presiding officer announced the motion prevailed. The Senate moved to adopt the committee reports printed in the agenda and addendum on a motion the presiding officer called and the motion prevailed by voice vote.
The secretary read messages from the House notifying the Senate of legislative actions transmitted to the body, including the passage by the House of Senate File 202 and the adoption by the House of Senate Concurrent Resolution 4; the secretary also read transmitted House file numbers as indicated in the agenda. The transcript does not record roll-call tallies for the committee re-referral motions; each motion was announced as prevailing after a voice vote.
Before adjournment, a senator announced an informational hearing the following day for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to be held at MSP Room 1150; the Senate then agreed to adjourn until Thursday, March 27, at 11 a.m.
