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Senate adopts 2025 session deadlines; multiple bills withdrawn from committees and re-referred
Summary
The Minnesota Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 setting deadlines for the 2025 regular session and approved several motions withdrawing senate files from one committee and re-referring them to others; motions were carried by voice vote with chairs reported in agreement.
The Minnesota Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 4, which sets internal deadlines for consideration of bills during the 2025 regular session. Senator Murphy moved to adopt the resolution; the chamber approved the motion by voice vote.
Senator Murphy said the resolution “sets the deadlines for our work this session.” He stated the first and second deadlines “are Friday, 04/04/2025 at 5PM,” and the third deadline “is Friday, 04/11/2025 at 12PM.”
Separately, the Senate approved a series of motions to withdraw specific senate files from the committees to which they had been assigned and re-refer them to other committees. Those motions were presented as individual, voice-vote motions with the sponsor indicating they had consulted the chairs of the affected committees. Examples recorded in the transcript include:
- Senator Lane moved that Senate File 1299 be withdrawn from the Committee on Capital Investment and re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development; the motion carried by voice vote.
- An unnamed senator moved that Senate File 2019 be withdrawn from the Committee on Education Finance and re-referred to the Committee on Education Policy; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Senator McEwen moved that Senate File 2044 be withdrawn from the Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy and re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Senator Port moved that Senate File 2205 be withdrawn from the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Senator Lucero moved that Senate File 2285 be withdrawn from the Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy and re-referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Senator Pratt moved that Senate File 2456 be withdrawn from the Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy and re-referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Senator Port moved that Senate File 2517 be withdrawn from the Committee on State and Local Government and re-referred to the Committee on Elections; the motion carried by voice vote.
- A senator identified as speaking with the chamber moved that Senate File 2546 be withdrawn from the Committee on Health and Human Services and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety; the motion carried by voice vote.
The transcript records that sponsors told the chamber they had “spoken with both chairs” or that chairs were in agreement for the re-referrals. No roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript for these motions; each was decided by voice vote.
After those items, the Senate adjourned until Monday, March 24 at 11 a.m.
