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Minnesota Senate adopts amended temporary rules after debate, 56-10
Summary
The Minnesota Senate voted 56-10 to adopt Senate Resolution 14, revising temporary Senate rules; members discussed technical edits and procedural changes including notice requirements, committee processes and remote-voting reimbursements. A concurrent resolution adopting temporary joint rules was also adopted.
The Minnesota Senate on Monday adopted Senate Resolution 14, a package of amendments to the chamber’s temporary rules, by a roll-call vote of 56-10 after roughly 10 minutes of floor debate.
Senate Resolution 14 makes technical and procedural changes to the Senate’s temporary rules, including language shifts ("shall" to "must"), terminology updates ("group" to "caucus"), and clarifications on notice to members and the public before agenda changes, admission to the chamber, decorum, and the handling of ethical-subcommittee procedures. Senator Omar M. Murphy introduced the resolution on the floor and asked members for a roll call vote.
The resolution’s supporters said the updates were largely technical modernizations developed over about a year of bipartisan work and nonpartisan staff review. "Senate resolution 14 is the motion that moves our temporary rules...to make sure that the rules are modern, that they are…
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