Legislation making significant changes to the state’s troubled civil commitment program for sex offenders appears to be all but dead following a Friday setback in the House Judiciary Committee.
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Minnesota Sex Offender Program bill clears final Senate committee
Legislation that would change how dangerous sex offenders are indefinitely detained cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday with bipartisan support. The bill is now cleared to be taken up on the Senate floor.
Read More »Court-driven MSOP reforms still alive
When Rep. Tina Liebling’s bill proposing substantive changes to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) came up for a committee hearing last month, she pleaded with legislators not to turn it into a political mallet.
Read More »Conference committee for health exchange bill named
A ten-member conference committee has been named to hash out differences between the House and Senate versions of the health insurance exchange bill.
Read More »Bills aim to shore up kids’ mental health programs
Beneath the noisy debate about guns that has erupted at the Capitol this session, there is a quieter legislative push to improve mental health services in schools and public health programs.
Read More »Dayton signs bill to further expand Medical Assistance in Minnesota
Gov. Mark Dayton's signature means an additional 35,000 low-income adults will be covered by federal money in a state-crafted Medicaid program, including adults without children making less than $15,000 a year. "I haven't done one of these for awhile," Dayton joked as he signed the bill in a ceremony on Tuesday alongside its two Democratic authors in the Legislature, Sen. Kathy Sheran and Rep. Tom Huntley.
Read More »Senate Democrats name committee chairs
The Senate DFL has formalized its committee structure and appointed the chairs who will direct the flow of legislation in 2013.
Read More »DFL votes pass GOP bonding bill
Democrats in the Minnesota House and Senate have had two choices regarding their posture heading into the 2012 campaign season: Withhold votes on key bills to set up the claim that Republicans presided over a do-nothing session, or put up the votes to ensure passage of key initiatives and cry “job creation!”
Read More »Senate ethics panel deadlocks again over DFL complaint against Geoff Michel
It's been nearly a month since the committee last met to discuss complaint, opting to meet again after talks stalled. This time senators acknowledged their unbreakable stalemate, and voted 3-1 to adjourn to the call of the chair with no final decision.
Read More »Senate bonding bill heads to floor
The bill emerged largely as introduced Wednesday, except for a nominal amount of funds for a Mankato civic center, which supporters added as a placeholder Thursday morning.
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