Minn. House speaker says House File 24 should pass; power-sharing, budget issues loom after tied chamber

House Speaker Lisa Demuth told reporters before a Thursday House floor session that House File 24, a bill to require medical care for infants born alive, should receive bipartisan support and likely will pass, while House File 25, which would restore funding for pregnancy centers and maternity homes, has less certain backing.

"We would expect at least that, House File 24, providing care if a child, if an infant is born alive would be bipartisan," Demuth said at a media briefing. "So I would expect that you could see that one passed today." She said Representative Niska would move to lay a number of bills on the table and that most bills would be laid over, but House Files 24 and 25 were slated to receive full debate and votes.

Demuth described House File 24 as a narrowly focused measure to ensure "medical professionals should be able to just give that basic…