Legislative Update
As is the tradition in the Minnesota House, retiring members get to gavel in a floor session from the speaker's rostrum and today I got that opportunity. It has been an absolute honor to serve my constituents these past four years and I truly appreciate their trust in me. Here is the clip of our opening of floor session today:
Unfortunately, this week has not been as bipartisan as Democrats continue to push their radical agenda through the final days of this legislative session. All week we?ve been on the house floor late into the evening and even past midnight. I would expect that trend to continue tonight and next week as legislation continues to pile up on the calendar for the day. After being set on the table for much of the week the majority brought forward three of their gun bills last night.
The firearm storage mandate, and another on mandatory lost & stolen firearm reporting. These bills seek to criminalize law-abiding gun owners and limit Minnesotans access to self-defense in the unfortunate event they need it. The legislature needs to be focused on holding criminals accountable, not infringing on our second amendment rights.
Today we are calendared to hear H.F. 5299, the Higher Education budget bill, H.F. 5216, the Judiciary and Public Safety budget bill, and S.F. 5289, the Employment and Economic Development budget bill. However, as with everything around here, that is subject to change as we also have six other bills sitting on the table that the majority was unable to get through the floor process from earlier this week.
Is there legislation you want to see passed still this year or maybe legislation you like to see stopped? Please share your thoughts with me so that I can best represent you on the house floor as we work through these final few weeks of this legislative session.
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