Minnesota Senate receives House messages, refers multiple bills and approves procedural motions

The Minnesota Senate on March 10, 2025 received messages from the House confirming the passage of three House files, conducted first readings and committee referrals for multiple bills, approved a motion to withdraw Senate File 2084 from committee, and approved procedural motions addressing attendance and adjournment.

The session’s reading of a House message reported passage of three measures. "Mister president, I have the honor to announce the passage by the house of the following house files herewith transmitted: House file numbers 124, 1209, and 286," the clerk read and signed as Patrick Duffy Murphy, chief clerk, House of Representatives.

Those House files were transmitted to the Senate; the chamber did not take further action on their substance during the session. The Senate then proceeded with first readings and referrals. The clerk announced a series of bills and the committees to which they were referred, including (as read on the floor) references to the committees on Housing, Health and Human Services, Judiciary and Public Safety, Commerce and Consumer Protection, and Education Policy. Numbers read aloud on the introduction calendar included (as spoken) bills identified in the transcript as 2298, Senate File 2311, Senate File 2322, Senate File 2324, Senate File 2350, and other file numbers read on the floor; the transcript records the committee referrals but does not include bill text or committee reports.

The chamber also handled procedural motions about attendance. Senator Murphy moved "that further proceedings under the roll call be dispensed with and that the sergeant at arms be instructed to bring in the absent members." The motion prevailed, with no roll-call tally recorded in the session transcript.

Later, Senator Housley moved to withdraw "Senate file number 2,084" from the Committee on Health and Human Services and return it to its author; the motion carried. The transcript records the motion and that "the motion prevails," but no roll-call vote or amendment text appears in the record.

The Senate adopted an "author's motion as one motion" to consolidate certain procedural approvals; the presiding officer announced the motion prevailed. The body then agreed to a motion to adjourn until Thursday, March 13, at 11 a.m.

The session record supplied for this article contains primarily procedural and referral actions; no substantive debate on the merits of specific bills, committee reports, or amendment text appears in the supplied transcript. Where the transcript lists bill numbers or committee referrals without additional detail, those specifics (sponsors, bill titles, and substantive provisions) were not provided in the record and are noted as not specified below.

Adjournment and next steps: The Senate adjourned with the next stated meeting time of March 13 at 11:00 a.m.; pending bills announced for first reading were referred to the committees read on the floor and will return to the full chamber through the normal committee process.