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*May 16, 2023*






Dear Friends,

We are now in the final week of session. As I send this, we are currently debating the Education Finance Omnibus bill. Here is where everything stands as of this morning:?

Omnibus Bill Update

*Bill* *Subjects* *House Status* *Senate Status* HF1937/SF2247 [ [link removed] ] Veterans PASSED 131-0 (5/8) PASSED 61-5 (5/9) HF2335/SF2566 [ [link removed] ] Housing PASSED 70-61 (5/8) PASSED (34-32) 5/9 HF1999/SF1682 [ [link removed] ] Legacy PASSED 101-31 (5/9) PASSED 40-24 (5/10) HF2073/SF2075 [ [link removed] ] Higher Ed PASSED 69-62 (5/9) PASSED 34-30 (5/10) SF1955/HF2278 [ [link removed] ] Agriculture PASSED 85-44 (5/11) PASSED 49-16 (5/11) SF2909/HF2890 [ [link removed] ] Public Safety/Judiciary PASSED 69-62 (5/16) PASSED 34-33 (5/12) HF2293/SF2373 [ [link removed] ] Early Childhood PASSED 71-61 (5/15) Awaiting Senate Action SF3035/HF3028 [ [link removed] ] Workforce/Econ Dev CCR posted at 8:45PM 5/15 [ [link removed] ] SF2744/HF2680 [ [link removed] ] Commerce CCR posted at 1:51PM 5/15 [ [link removed] ] HF2/SF2 [ [link removed] ] Paid Family Leave CCR posted at 3:07PM 5/15 [ [link removed] ] HF2310/SF2438 [ [link removed] ] Enviro/Energy Meeting scheduled for 5/16 HF1830/SF1426 [ [link removed] ] State Gov No meeting scheduled HF2497/SF2684 [ [link removed] ] Education CCR posted at 2:14PM 5/15 [ [link removed] ] HF1938/SF1811 [ [link removed] ] Taxes Meeting scheduled for 5/16 SF2934/HF2847 [ [link removed] ] Human Services Meeting scheduled 5/16 HF100/SF73 [ [link removed] ] Cannabis Wrapped, Awaiting CCR HF2887/SF3157 [ [link removed] ] Transportation No meeting scheduled, last meeting 5/12 SF2995/HF2930 [ [link removed] ] Health No meeting scheduled, last meeting 5/3

Shortly after midnight this morning, we passed the Public Safety and Judiciary omnibus bill. This bill was full of controversial provisions including:


* *Reducing Sentences for Violent Felons.?*This bill puts felons back on the streets by allowing criminals to serve only half of their prison sentence or probation if they complete Department of Corrections programming. This includes those convicted of violent crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape, kidnapping, assault, or domestic assault. Limiting prison time for violent criminals puts all Minnesotans at risk.?
* *Anti-Law Enforcement.* Instead of providing law enforcement with the resources they need to keep Minnesotans safe, this bill ties their hands and ignores their needs by further restricting no-knock warrants and fails to make any significant investments to recruit, train, and retain law enforcement professionals. This bill invest over $70 million in unproven nonprofits with little accountability on how the money is spent.?
* *Universal Background Checks.?*This proposal will create strict and impractical hurdles for law-abiding Minnesotans seeking to exercise their 2nd Amendment right instead of addressing the root cause of violent crime. Criminals looking to acquire firearms will not follow this new complex process. Efforts should be focused on enforcing the numerous laws we already have governing firearm transfers.?
* *Extreme Risk Protection Order.?*This proposal violates due process and does not address the alleged safety risk ? the individual. If?someone is a legitimate threat, simply seizing firearms will not prevent an individual from doing harm to themselves or others through other means. The seizure of property without a warrant and due process, especially property that is explicitly protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violates civil rights. Our efforts should be focused on providing support and care to those in crisis.

I voted no on this bill. We need to be prioritizing funding for law enforcement over nonprofits in order to ensure every community is safe.?

Today, we are set to debate the Education, Paid Family Leave, Labor/Workforce/Economic Development, and Commerce omnibus bills. We?re not sure if we are getting this done today. Democrats have set Thursday as their deadline, but we are constitutionally allowed to work through Sunday. With so much work still to do, we will see if we are able to finish by Thursday.?






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