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Legislative Update - May 23, 2025

Dear Neighbors,

Congratulations to the Northfield FFA graduating seniors and new officers for the 2025-2026 school year! It was great to join you all at this year's banquet and recognize all your amazing work and accomplishments.

FFA

Today, I joined Rich and Ryan in the Morning on KYMN Radio to talk about the end of the regular session, what we still have ahead of us, and the Minnesota Frost! You can listen to the full interview here. [ [link removed] ] 

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Session Update

Shortly before our midnight deadline on Monday evening, the House adjourned the 2025 regular legislative session. The House and Senate passed many of our budget bills before that deadline, sending them to the Governor for his signature. However, other parts of the budget were still locked in negotiations, meaning we will have to return for a short special session to complete our outstanding work.

Before adjournment, we passed budget bills on _Veterans and Military Affairs [ [link removed] ]_, _Agriculture [ [link removed] ]_, _Housing [ [link removed] ]_, _Judiciary and Public Safety [ [link removed] ]_, and _State Government and Elections [ [link removed] ]_. We also passed our _Legacy bill [ [link removed] ]_ funding projects that preserve our environment and arts and cultural heritage, a _pensions bill [ [link removed] ]_ helping our teachers, firefighters, and police, and a _human services policy [ [link removed] ]_ bill.

Special sessions aren’t uncommon in the Minnesota Legislature, especially during times of divided government control. In fact, the only recent budget year where we haven’t needed a special session was in 2023, when DFLers in the House, Senate, and Governor’s office worked efficiently together to pass one of the _most transformative budgets [ [link removed] ]_ in state history! 

This year with Republicans House members also at the negotiating table, we’ve seen the GOP stall Floor action (even on bipartisan budget bills!) attempting to repeal past progress and force us into a special session even after committees made hard choices and hit our deadlines largely on time.

On many of the bill negotiations, Republicans have brought in last-minute demands unrelated to our budget because they’re more interested in taking away programs and support for Minnesota families. We’ve seen them bring special interests groups to the table to vet bills favoring the wealthy and corporations over passing a balanced budget that forces the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share.

I joined DFL legislators for a press conference calling out these last-minute demands, which you can watch here [ [link removed] ].

Presser [ [link removed] ]

While we wait for final budget agreements and the Governor to officially call a Special Session, I’m focused on using this “extra” time talking to my colleagues and advocating for provisions that will help strengthen our district and state.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155

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