House Capital Investment Chair Alice Hausman told reporters on Wednesday that the sprinkler provision would not be included in either chamber’s final bonding package.
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Marijuana conferees get started
Aside from their sudden velocity and a good amount of attention from leadership, advocates and the press, the two proposals shared little in common at the start of the session’s last week.
Read More »The Capitol Note: House, governor against Senate on medical marijuana
It's two against one for Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, when it comes to medical marijuana.
Read More »Medical marijuana legislation passes overwhelmingly out of House
The House overwhelmingly passed a limited measure Friday evening to provide people ailed by certain, strictly defined conditions access to medical marijuana at a small number of distribution sites in the state. After an afternoon of debate, a swath of Republicans joined Democrats in moving the proposal forward 86-39.
Read More »Senate passes medical marijuana 48-18
Lopsided vote sets stage for a showdown with House, Dayton.
Read More »The Capitol Note: House and Senate moving on borrowing bills
The Senate passed its bonding plan -- like the House it also includes $200 million in cash projects -- onto the Finance Committee, which will hear the bill on Wednesday. Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, said he was pleased with the strong support his bill received in the Senate Capital Investment Committee on Tuesday.
Read More »Medical marijuana bill set for Senate vote
By a 14 - 7 margin, the Senate Finance Committee on Monday voted to send medical marijuana legislation to the Senate, where the controversial and suddenly fast-moving measure is now set to go to a floor vote on Tuesday.
Read More »House heralds medical marijuana compromise
House Majority Leader Erin Murphy said Melin’s bill would be put up for a vote in the House Rules Committee on Friday, and said it was “unclear” when the bill would reach the House floor.
Read More »Senate charges ahead on medical marijuana
Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk explained that the Senate’s quickened pace came at Dayton’s urging. “The governor, probably about two weeks ago, actually asked the Legislature to move on the bill,” Bakk said. “I guess, at his request, we thought we would show him that courtesy.”
Read More »Dayton invites marijuana debate; Senate obliges
Medical marijuana bill heard in Senate after governor’s remarks.
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