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Minnesota House designates bills for May 13 calendar and imposes amendment pre-filing requirement
Summary
During the May 11, 2026 session in Saint Paul, the House's rules committee reported that several bills were placed on the calendar for Wednesday, May 13, and the chamber established a pre-filing requirement for amendments to those bills. The day also included first readings and a second reading of a senate file before the House recessed.
The Minnesota House on May 11, 2026 designated several bills for placement on the chamber calendar for Wednesday, May 13, and established a pre-filing requirement for amendments to those bills, the rules committee reported during the floor session in Saint Paul.
The committee report, read during the session, stated in part: "pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33, designates the following bills to be placed on the calendar for the date for Wednesday, 05/13/2026, and establishes a pre filing requirement for amendments offered to the following bills." The journal text as read lists the affected measures (format preserved from the journal): "House file numbers 7 40 74, 50 74, and 30 67, and senate file number 42 82." The clerk also reported the first reading of "House files 51 34 through 51 39." (These file numbers are presented in the journal text as read during the session.)
The presiding officer announced a second reading of Senate File Number 3720 earlier in the session. Aside from the committee report and the readings, the House approved the prior day's journal and heard brief announcements, including a Rules Committee meeting scheduled by Representative Anouska in Capital G immediately after recess.
No floor vote on legislation occurred during the business reported by the rules committee; the committee's action placed bills on the calendar and set an internal amendment pre-filing requirement rather than adopting final passage. The chamber recessed to the call of the speaker after the announcements.
Why this matters: placing bills on the calendar schedules them for future consideration by the full House and the pre-filing requirement limits when and how members may offer amendments, affecting how debate and amendment practice will proceed on the scheduled date.
What comes next: the designated bills are scheduled for the May 13 calendar; the Rules Committee meeting announced for after today's recess is expected to precede further floor action on procedural matters.
