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Votes at a glance: March 12, 2025 Minnesota House — calendar actions and procedural motions
Summary
During the March 12, 2025 floor session the House recorded a series of routine calendar actions (many bills laid on the table on motion) and several committee recall/re‑referral motions; most lay‑on‑table motions were non‑debate procedural votes and carried.
Several bills on the supplemental and regular calendar were handled primarily by unanimous or non‑debate procedural motions and were laid on the table by a standard non‑debatable motion (motion to lay on the table) made repeatedly by Representative Niska and others. The clerk announced the motion “prevails” for the following bills when moved on the floor:
- House File 550 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1218 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1247 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 2131 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 2133 — author moved to table; motion prevails. - House File 66 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 75 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 81 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 390 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 845 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 921 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1496 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1691 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1693 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1052 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails. - House File 1491 — motion to lay on the table; motion prevails.
Several non‑controversial motions and committee routing actions were also recorded and adopted without debate, including recall and re‑referral motions later in the day. Notable procedural actions recorded later in the session included:
- Motion to recall House File 561 from Transportation Finance and Policy and re‑refer to Public Safety Finance and Policy — motion prevails. - Motion to recall House File 1268 from Judiciary Finance and Civil Law and re‑refer to Commerce Finance and Policy — motion prevails. - Motion to recall House File 1532 from State Government Finance and Policy and re‑refer to Elections Finance and Government Operations — motion prevails. - Motion to recall House File 1849 from State Government Finance and Policy and re‑refer to Elections Finance and Government Operations — motion prevails. - Motion to return House File 1461 to its author — motion prevails. - Motion to return House File 1462 to its author — motion prevails.
The House also adopted routine committee reports at the start of the session and agreed to the day’s adjournment schedule (the chamber adjourned until 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, 2025). These procedural steps moved numerous calendar items without substantive floor debate.
Why it matters: Many calendar items are resolved by routine procedural motions to lay on the table or by reassigning bills to more appropriate committees; those steps shape the legislative path bills will follow for committee consideration and scheduling.
