Minnesota Lawyer

The Senate Judiciary committee on April 9 approved a $2.38 billion omnibus finance bill, even after its author expressed frustration that parts of it fall short and even violate the state Constitution.

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Were it not for the late addition of two gun bills in the House Public Safety committee’s omnibus finance package, several GOP members said late on April 4, House File 2792 might have gotten bipartisan support.

Our weekly summary of Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.

Poring over the 84 bills packed into its 223 pages, members of the House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee on April 2 got their first glimpse of a $1.5 billion omnibus finance bill.

A bill that would dedicate $3 million to startup Minnesota treatment courts could get stirred into the Judiciary finance omnibus bill that is slated to go through markups April 9.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Weekly updates on Minnesota legislation of interest to the legal community.

Laws covering law enforcement’s use of drone aircraft, e-mail and location-tracking search warrants were all folded into a 13-page omnibus privacy bill that passed out of committee and onto the Senate floor last week.

But the Senate raises appropriations in a few areas, including its combined judiciary and public safety finance division. And the Senate might fund more new corrections officers for the state’s prisons.