STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION - 2009
_____________________
ELEVENTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, February 12,
2009
����� The House of Representatives convened at
10:30 a.m. and was called to order by Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of
the House.
����� Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dennis
J. Johnson, House Chaplain.
����� The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
����� The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Beard
Bigham
Bly
Brod
Brown
Brynaert
Buesgens
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davids
Davnie
Dean
Demmer
Dettmer
Dill
Dittrich
Doepke
Doty
Downey
Drazkowski
Eastlund
Eken
Emmer
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Knuth
Koenen
Kohls
Laine
Lanning
Lenczewski
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Loon
Mack
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McFarlane
McNamara
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Nornes
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Ruud
Sailer
Sanders
Scalze
Scott
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Shimanski
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Tillberry
Torkelson
Urdahl
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Zellers
Spk. Kelliher
����� A quorum was present.
����� Benson and Howes were excused.
����� Huntley was excused until 11:35 a.m. �Lesch was excused until 12:20 p.m.� Hayden was excused until 7:30 p.m.� Thissen was excused until 7:40 p.m.
����� The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day.� Kohls
moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with and that the
Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.� The motion prevailed.
REPORTS OF CHIEF CLERK
����� S. F. No. 94 and
H. F. No. 100, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION OF RULES
����� Winkler moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 94 be substituted for
H. F. No. 100 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed.� The motion prevailed.
����� S. F. No. 212 and
H. F. No. 329, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION OF RULES
����� Reinert moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 212 be substituted for
H. F. No. 329 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed.� The motion prevailed.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS
Carlson
from the Committee on Finance to which was referred:
H. F. No.
10, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; repealing the 2008 changes
to the Green Acres law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111,
subdivisions 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 11a; Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 6, section
52; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111, subdivision 3a.
Reported
the same back with the following amendments:
Page 5,
after line 22, insert:
"Sec.
9.� REVIVAL.�
Pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.36, Minnesota Statutes, section 273.111,
subdivision 6, is revived, effective the day following final enactment.
EFFECTIVE DATE.� This section is effective the day
following final enactment."
Renumber
the sections in sequence
With the
recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
����� The report was adopted.
Eken from the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight
to which was referred:
H. F. No. 60, A bill for an act relating to natural
resources; establishing a state trail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 85.015, by adding a subdivision.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� The report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Finance to which was referred:
H. F. No. 117, A bill for an act relating to state government
finance; providing deficiency funding for certain state agencies; appropriating
money.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
����� The report was adopted.
Eken from the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight
to which was referred:
H. F. No. 162, A bill for an act relating to waters;
modifying drainage system provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 103E.065; 103E.227; 103E.401, subdivision 3; 103E.505,
subdivision 3; 103E.611, subdivision 1; 103E.735, subdivision 1; 103E.805,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 103E.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 12, strike "county"
Page 3, delete section 3 and insert:
"Sec. 3.�
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103E.401, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:
Subd. 3.� Petition.� A person seeking authority to use an
established drainage system as an outlet must petition the drainage
authority.� When the petition is filed,
the drainage authority in consultation with the auditor shall set a time and
location for a hearing on the petition and shall give notice by mail and notice
by publication of the hearing.� The
auditor must be paid a fee of $5 plus 30 cents for each notice mailed in
excess of ten the actual costs for the hearing notices by the petitioner."
Page 4, delete sections 7 to 9 and insert:
"Sec. 7.�
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103E.805, is amended to read:
103E.805 REMOVAL OF PROPERTY
FROM AND PARTIAL ABANDONMENT OF A DRAINAGE SYSTEM.�
Subdivision 1.� Petition.� After the construction of a drainage
system, the an owner of benefited property may petition the
drainage authority to remove property from the drainage system or abandon
any part of the drainage system that is not of public benefit and utility and
does not serve a substantial useful purpose to property remaining in the system
if:
(1) waters are diverted from property assessed for benefits
so that the drainage from the property does not use or affect the drainage
system; or
(2) a dam authorized by law is constructed in the drainage
system so that the property above the dam cannot use or receive benefits from
the drainage system.
Subd. 2.� Filing.�
If the drainage system is under the jurisdiction of a county drainage
authority, the petition must be filed with the auditor of the county.� If the drainage system is under the
jurisdiction of a joint county drainage authority, the petition must be filed
with the county having the largest area of property in the drainage system,
where the primary drainage system records are kept.� If the system is under the jurisdiction
of a watershed district, the petition must be filed with the secretary of the
district.
Subd. 3.� Hearing.� (a) When the petition is filed, the drainage
authority in consultation with the auditor or the secretary shall set a time
and location for a hearing on the partial abandonment petition and shall
give notice by publication of the hearing by mail to the owners of
all property benefited by the drainage system and by publication to all other
persons interested in the drainage system.
(b) At the hearing, the drainage authority shall make
findings and shall direct, by order, that the petitioners' property be removed
from the drainage system if the drainage authority determines:
(1) that the waters from the petitioners' property have been
diverted from the drainage system, or that a dam has been lawfully
constructed and the property cannot significantly or regularly use
the drainage system;
(2) that the property is not benefited by the drainage system
and does not use or affect the drainage system; and
(3) that removing the property from the drainage system will
not prejudice the property owners and property remaining in the system.
(c) The drainage authority shall make findings and direct, by
order, that part of the drainage system be abandoned if the drainage authority
determines that part of the drainage system does not serve a substantial useful
purpose to any property remaining in the system and is not of a substantial
public benefit and utility.
Subd. 4.� Effect of removing property from drainage
system.� The property that has been
removed from the drainage system is not affected by the drainage system at any
later proceeding for the repair or improvement of the drainage system and a
drainage lien or assessment for repairs or improvements may not be made against
the property that has been removed on or after the date of the order.
Subd. 5.� Liens and assessments on property removed or
abandoned from a drainage system.� An order under this section does not release
the property from a drainage lien filed on account of the drainage system
before the date of the order.� An order
under this section does not release the property from any assessment or a
drainage lien filed on or after the date of the order for costs incurred on
account of the drainage system before the date of the order."
Renumber the sections in sequence
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and
be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations
Reform, Technology and Elections.
����� The report was adopted.
Eken from the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight to
which was referred:
H. F. No. 230, A bill for an act relating to natural
resources; extending Casey Jones Trail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 85.015, subdivision 2.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� The report was adopted.
Eken from the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight to
which was referred:
H. F. No. 297, A bill for an act relating to dogs; creating a
regional dog park permit and matching grant program in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 2, delete lines 26 to 35 and insert:
"(d) The Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission
created by section 473.303 shall advise the council on the implementation and
operation of the regional dog park permit program in section 473.361 and the
dog park matching grant program established under this section."
Page 3, after line 10, insert:
"Sec. 4.� APPLICATION.�
Sections 1 to 3 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver,
Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and
be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations
Reform, Technology and Elections.
����� The report was adopted.
Solberg from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was
referred:
H. F. No. 392, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
providing a federal update; modifying computation of net income and payment of
corporate franchise tax refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections
289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19c, 19d, 31, by adding a
subdivision; 290.067, subdivision 2a; 290A.03, subdivisions 3, 15; 291.005,
subdivision 1.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 12, line 22, delete "and"
Page 12, line 24, delete "(13)." and insert
"(12); and"
Page 12, after line 24, insert:
"(xvi) the amount deducted for certain expenses of
elementary and secondary school teachers under section 62(a)(2)(D) of the
Internal Revenue Code."
Page 14, line 10, delete "and"
Page 14, line 12, delete "(13)." and insert
"(12); and"
Page 14, after line 12, insert:
"(xvi) the amount deducted for certain expenses of
elementary and secondary school teachers under section 62(a)(2)(D) of the
Internal Revenue Code."
Page 17, line 3, delete "$7,100,000" and
insert "$7,150,000"
Page 17, line 8, after the period, insert "To the
extent delayed refunds fail to equal $15,795,000 for fiscal year 2009 or
$7,150,000 for fiscal year 2011 as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) as
applicable, the commissioner of finance may assign other corporate franchise
tax refunds paid in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2012 to the fiscal year in
which the commissioner paid them to satisfy the applicable amount under
paragraph (a) or (b) for purposes of budget reporting."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.
����� The report was adopted.
Eken from the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight
to which was referred:
H. F. No. 403, A bill for an act relating to environment;
requiring certain yard waste containers to be compostable; establishing
biodegradable standard for certain plastics; providing civil penalties;
requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.931;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 17, after "any" insert "plastic"
and delete "or container" and after "to"
insert "and not removed from"
Page 2, line 2, delete "AND CONTAINERS"
Page 2, lines 4, 5, and 7, delete "or container"
Page 2, delete section 3
Page 2, line 24, delete "to 3" and insert
"and 2"
Renumber the sections in sequence
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 2, delete "certain yard waste
containers" and insert "plastic yard waste bags"
Page 1, line 4, delete "requiring rulemaking;"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass
and be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
����� The report was adopted.
Hilstrom from the Committee on Public Safety Policy and
Oversight to which was referred:
H. F. No. 448, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
allowing emergency 911 systems to include referral to mental health crisis
teams; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 403.03; 403.05, subdivision
1.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services
Policy and Oversight.
����� The report was adopted.
Hilstrom from the Committee on Public Safety Policy and
Oversight to which was referred:
H. F. No. 449, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
peace officers; establishing crisis intervention team grants; appropriating
money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, delete line 12
Page 1, line 13, delete "(2)" and insert
"(1)"
Page 1, line 14, delete "(3)" and insert
"(2)"
Page 1, line 15, delete "(4)" and insert
"(3)"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass
and be re-referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy
and Oversight.
����� The report was adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE
BILLS
����� H. F. No. 392 was read for the second
time.
SECOND READING OF SENATE
BILLS
����� S. F. Nos. 94 and 212 were read for the
second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
����� The following House Files were introduced:
����� Hayden, Champion, Thissen, Clark and
Murphy, E., introduced:
����� H. F. No. 681, A bill for an act relating
to health; establishing an HIV transmission public education program; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Magnus and Hamilton introduced:
����� H. F. No. 682, A bill for an act relating
to railroads; forgiving state loans made to Rock and Nobles Counties.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Rukavina and Sertich introduced:
����� H. F. No. 683, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; appropriating money for improvements to a municipal
wastewater treatment facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Brod introduced:
����� H. F. No. 684, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; increasing the city aid base for certain cities; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Nornes introduced:
����� H. F. No. 685, A bill for an act relating
to the military; appropriating money for a grant to Operation Happy Note.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Lenczewski and Marquart introduced:
����� H. F. No. 686, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; emergency debt certificates; authorizing cities and counties to
issue certificates for unexpected revenue shortfalls; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 275.065, subdivision 6; 475.58, subdivision 1;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Mahoney, Johnson, Lesch and Lillie
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 687, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money to renovate a waterfall near Lake Phalen in the city of
Saint Paul.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Rukavina, Hackbarth, Gunther and Poppe
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 688, A bill for an act relating
to higher education; modifying the requirements for certain on-sale liquor
sales at the University of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
340A.404, subdivision 4a.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
����� Knuth, Hansen, Kalin, Hortman, McNamara,
Loeffler and Sterner introduced:
����� H. F. No. 689, A bill for an act relating
to energy; mandating inclusion of strategic tree planting as eligible for
direct expenditures as energy conservation improvement; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 216B.241, by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
����� Hortman, Lenczewski, Ruud, Knuth,
Hilstrom, Hornstein, Liebling, Brynaert and Norton introduced:
����� H. F. No. 690, A bill for an act relating
to environment; enacting the Minnesota Clean Car Act; requiring decreased
emission of criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas pollution from new motor
vehicles; requiring adoption of low emission standards for motor vehicles;
providing for updates as necessary to comply with the federal Clean Air Act;
requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.
����� Rukavina, Sertich, Mahoney and Kahn
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 691, A bill for an act relating
to state employees; modifying the vacation donation program; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 43A.1815.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Kahn, Loeffler, Carlson and Solberg
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 692, A bill for an act relating
to state government; providing that certain appropriations continue in effect
until eliminated or modified; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 16A.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Ward and Howes introduced:
����� H. F. No. 693, A bill for an act relating
to public finance; altering the school district referendum market value tax
base; modifying the taxation of seasonal recreational property; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 126C.01, subdivision 3; 275.025, subdivisions
1, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 275.025, subdivision 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Marquart introduced:
����� H. F. No. 694, A bill for an act relating
to the Office of the Secretary of State; establishing a health care directive
registry; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Hilstrom introduced:
����� H. F. No. 695, A bill for an act relating
to marriage; clarifying and modifying certain terms and procedures; specifying
forms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 517.02; 517.03, subdivision
2; 517.04; 517.05; 517.06; 517.07; 517.08, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 517.10;
517.101; 517.13.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Dill introduced:
����� H. F. No. 696, A bill for an act relating
to state lands; providing for certain private sales to resolve trespass issues;
adding to and deleting from certain state parks; authorizing public and private
sales of surplus state land; modifying previous sales authorization and land
description; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0273; Laws 2007,
chapter 131, article 2, section 38; Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section
21, subdivisions 4, 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
����� Smith and Dettmer introduced:
����� H. F. No. 697, A bill for an act relating
to public safety; requiring law enforcement officers to record the country of
citizenship and immigration status of felon arrestees; requiring peace officers
to report suspected immigration violations by felon arrestees; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Smith and Dettmer introduced:
����� H. F. No. 698, A bill for an act relating
to crimes; providing a penalty for leaving a child unattended in a motor
vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.378, subdivision 1.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Demmer, Shimanski, Gottwalt, Kiffmeyer,
Dettmer and Eastlund introduced:
����� H. F. No. 699, A bill for an act relating
to education; prohibiting negotiation of teacher contracts during the school
year; repealing the January 15 penalty for failing to settle teacher contracts;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.05.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Policy and Oversight.
����� Demmer and Dettmer introduced:
����� H. F. No. 700, A bill for an act relating
to transportation; allowing specific service signs for JOBZ businesses;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 160.292, subdivisions 21, 22.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.
����� Hilstrom introduced:
����� H. F. No. 701, A bill for an act relating
to state government; establishing the Minnesota Institute for Public Policy to
assist legislators and other policy makers in creating public policy;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 3D.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Hilstrom introduced:
����� H. F. No. 702, A bill for an act relating
to public safety; requiring the collection and reporting of specified summary
data relating to decisions that affect a child's status within the juvenile
justice system; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
260B.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Hosch, Anzelc, Abeler, Otremba and Fritz
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 703, A bill for an act relating
to human services; providing long-term care provider rate adjustments;
modifying the phase-in of rebased nursing facility rates; providing funding for
nursing facility moratorium exceptions and extending project approval;
requiring the commissioner of human services to develop recommendations on
specialized care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 144A.073, by
adding a subdivision; 256B.441, subdivisions 31, 51a, 55, by adding a
subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Knuth, Kelliher, Davnie, Davids, Seifert,
Fritz, Sanders, Hosch, Winkler, Hilstrom, Brod and Zellers introduced:
����� H. F. No. 704, A bill for an act relating
to insurance; regulating life insurance; prohibiting stranger-originated life
insurance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 61A.073; 61A.074.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Civil Justice.
����� Loeffler; Huntley; Thissen; Atkins;
Norton; Ruud; Murphy, E.; Scalze; Fritz and Abeler introduced:
����� H. F. No. 705, A bill for an act relating
to health; promoting preventive health care by requiring high deductible health
plans used with a health savings account to cover preventive care with no
deductible as permitted by federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 62Q.65.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Thissen, Eken, Fritz and Gunther
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 706, A bill for an act relating
to human services; authorizing certain retroactive payments; authorizing
certain additional elderly waiver services; establishing time frames for determining
medical assistance eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections
256B.0645; 256B.0915, by adding a subdivision; 256B.19, by adding a
subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Hortman, Simon, Dittrich, Ruud, Garofalo,
McNamara, Paymar, Lesch, Kalin, Knuth, Laine, Slocum, Masin, Tillberry,
Johnson, Hilstrom and Norton introduced:
����� H. F. No. 707, A bill for an act relating
to elections; requiring notice to voter of rejection of absentee ballot;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Falk, Bly, Knuth, Kalin, Hilty, Sailer,
Anzelc, Hansen, Morgan, Koenen, Kahn, Persell and Murphy, E., introduced:
����� H. F. No. 708, A bill for an act relating
to energy; providing funding for clean energy resource teams; appropriating
money.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Nelson introduced:
����� H. F. No. 709, A bill for an act relating
to game and fish; modifying requirements for the use of duck decoys; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.811, subdivisions 2, 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
����� Faust introduced:
����� H. F. No. 710, A bill for an act relating
to agriculture; changing duties of the Food Safety and Defense Task Force;
changing membership and procedures of the Minnesota Organic Advisory Task
Force; eliminating language requiring two annual reports; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 28A.21, subdivision 5; 31.94; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 17.49, subdivision 3; 18G.12, subdivision 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
����� Faust introduced:
����� H. F. No. 711, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 333, Ogilvie,
to conduct an operating referendum more than once per year.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Thao introduced:
����� H. F. No. 712, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; appropriating money for an Asian Pacific Cultural
Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Howes; Cornish; Smith; Westrom; Anderson,
S., and Lesch introduced:
����� H. F. No. 713, A bill for an act relating
to public safety; authorizing limited personal use of fireworks; requiring an
affidavit of safety guidelines; providing for criminal penalties; appropriating
money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Thao introduced:
����� H. F. No. 714, A bill for an act relating
to human services; establishing collaborative services for high-risk children;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 256.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Newton, Dettmer, Kahn, Champion, Haws,
Persell and Sterner introduced:
����� H. F. No. 715, A bill for an act relating
to state procurement; designating businesses owned by disabled veterans as
targeted group businesses for purposes of awarding certain state and
metropolitan agency contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
16C.16, subdivision 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
����� Rukavina introduced:
����� H. F. No. 716, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; providing a tax on interest rates over 15 percent; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Haws, Gottwalt, Hosch, Severson and
Anderson, P., introduced:
����� H. F. No. 717, A bill for an act relating
to capital investment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money for expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Nornes, Smith, Doty, Westrom and Dettmer
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 718, A bill for an act relating
to highways; designating I-94 as POW/MIA Memorial Highway; requiring POW/MIA
flag and interpretive sign at each official safety rest area; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Laine, Greiling and Knuth introduced:
����� H. F. No. 719, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School
District No. 282, St. Anthony-New Brighton.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Hilstrom, Westrom, Holberg, Hayden and
Hortman introduced:
����� H. F. No. 720, A bill for an act relating
to crimes; adopting the Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods
Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 595.02, subdivisions 3, 4;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 595.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Hornstein; Scalze; Morgan; Greiling;
Newton; Obermueller; Murphy, E.; Davnie; Masin; Persell; Dittrich; Sterner;
Tillberry and Anzelc introduced:
����� H. F. No. 721, A bill for an act relating
to metropolitan government; restructuring the Metropolitan Council as a council
of governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 15.0597, subdivision
1; 15A.0815, subdivision 3; 352D.02, subdivision 1; 473.123; 473.303,
subdivision 2; 473.604, subdivision 1.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Thissen; Davnie; Hayden; Liebling;
Gardner; Nelson; Fritz; Slocum; Hornstein; Clark; Johnson; Mariani; Davids;
Murphy, E.; Rosenthal; Lanning; Hausman; Ruud and Paymar introduced:
����� H. F. No. 722, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; modifying tax preparation services law; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 270C.445.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Murphy, M., introduced:
����� H. F. No. 723, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; extending filing deadlines; requiring written applications;
amending disability benefit provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
sections 352.113, subdivision 4; 352.95, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 352B.10,
subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Kahn; Huntley; Thissen; Murphy, E., and
Clark introduced:
����� H. F. No. 724, A bill for an act relating
to health; requiring hospital-acquired infections to be reported as adverse
health care events; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.7065,
subdivision 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Kahn, Greiling and Hausman introduced:
����� H. F. No. 725, A bill for an act relating
to government operations; requiring a study of the feasibility of consolidating
counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries; appropriating money.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Murphy, M.; Smith; Nelson and Kahn
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 726, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; defining terms; amending disability benefits provisions; making
technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 43A.34,
subdivision 4; 299A.465, subdivision 1; 352.01, subdivision 2b; 352B.02,
subdivision 1; 352B.10, subdivisions 1, 2; 352B.11, subdivision 2; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352B; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 352B.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3b, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Murphy, M., by request, introduced:
����� H. F. No. 727, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; amending certain correctional employee disability benefit
provisions; defining terms; amending age limits; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 352.95, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 728, A bill for an act relating
to animals; prohibiting possession of certain devices or substances; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 343.31, subdivision 1.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Poppe, Buesgens, Kalin, Persell and
Anderson, P., introduced:
����� H. F. No. 729, A bill for an act relating
to elections; changing certain requirements for town elections; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 205.075, subdivision 1, by adding a
subdivision; 367.03, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Thao; Juhnke; Hayden; Murphy, E.; Abeler;
Gottwalt and Solberg introduced:
����� H. F. No. 730, A bill for an act relating
to insurance; requiring health plans to cover formulary-based wound care;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 731, A bill for an act relating
to civil actions; modifying civil liability for labor and sex trafficking
crimes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.284, subdivision 2.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Civil Justice.
����� Dill introduced:
����� H. F. No. 732, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; Brimson Firefighters Relief Association; permitting an alternate
composition of the relief association board of trustees.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Dill introduced:
����� H. F. No. 733, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; modifying eligibility criteria for school district
swimming pool levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.455.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Sterner; Persell; Ruud; Murphy, E.;
Nelson; Slocum; Bly; Obermueller and Rosenthal introduced:
����� H. F. No. 734, A bill for an act relating
to human services; extending the bars to set aside disqualifications to corporate
adult foster care and corporate child foster care; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 245C.24, subdivisions 3, 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Sterner, Persell, Slocum, Ruud, Bly,
Tillberry, Obermueller and Rosenthal introduced:
����� H. F. No. 735, A bill for an act relating
to human services; changing licensure laws to include licensed professional
counselors as licensed mental health professionals; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 245.462, subdivision 18.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Pelowski introduced:
����� H. F. No. 736, A bill for an act relating
to state government; changing the name of a state agency.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Rukavina, Haws, Dettmer, Clark and
Hornstein introduced:
����� H. F. No. 737, A bill for an act relating
to economic development; providing certification for rehabilitation counselors
for the blind; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 248.07, by adding a
subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy
Division.
����� Pelowski, by request, introduced:
����� H. F. No. 738, A bill for an act relating
to education; amending general aid payments in districts with high online
learning enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 127A.47,
subdivision 7.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Policy and Oversight.
����� Solberg, Koenen and Rukavina introduced:
����� H. F. No. 739, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; property; exemption for pollution control equipment; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 272.02, subdivision 10.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Mariani introduced:
����� H. F. No. 740, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; appropriating money for the statewide science,
technology, engineering, and math initiative.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Kahn; Mullery; Murphy, M., and Smith
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 741, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; permitting certain employees of the Minneapolis Firefighters
Relief Association and Police Relief Association to be members of the Public
Employees Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
353.01, subdivision 6.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Hilstrom introduced:
����� H. F. No. 742, A bill for an act relating
to elections; providing for instant runoff voting in federal, state, and local
elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 200.02, by adding a
subdivision; 204B.36, subdivision 2; 204D.10, subdivision 1; 205A.03,
subdivision 1; 205A.06, subdivision 1a; 206.80; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Lillie, Mahoney, Lesch and Scalze
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 743, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money to restore the channel connecting Round Lake to Lake Phalen
in Ramsey County.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 744, A bill for an act relating
to employment; appropriating money for a transitional employment training
project.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Kohls; Brod; Zellers; Downey; Eastlund;
Anderson, S.; Lanning and Demmer introduced:
����� H. F. No. 745, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; individual income; increasing subtractions for charitable
contributions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.01, subdivision
19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Kohls; Brod; Zellers; Downey; Anderson,
S.; Lanning and Demmer introduced:
����� H. F. No. 746, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; allowing the research credit against the individual income tax;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.068, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Kohls, Brod, Zellers, Downey, Lanning,
Demmer and Eastlund introduced:
����� H. F. No. 747, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; income and corporate franchise; conforming to the federal
treatment of section 179 allowances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections
289A.08, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19c, 31; 290.06,
subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivision 2.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Gunther introduced:
����� H. F. No. 748, A bill for an act relating
to higher education; removing policy requirement; allowing the Board of
Trustees to determine credit requirements; amending Laws 2007, chapter 144,
article 1, section 4, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
136F.301.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy
Division.
����� Howes introduced:
����� H. F. No. 749, A bill for an act relating
to capital investment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money to reconstruct or replace a culvert under Trunk Highway 64
in Eleventh Crow Wing Lake in Akeley.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Sertich and Solberg introduced:
����� H. F. No. 750, A bill for an act relating
to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land
and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the
issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Floodwood
for business park development.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Benson, Bly, Davnie, Peterson, Greiling,
Downey and Slocum introduced:
����� H. F. No. 751, A bill for an act relating
to education; authorizing school districts to create site-governed schools;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 123B.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Policy and Oversight.
����� Hornstein and Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 752, A bill for an act relating
to human services; establishing the adult mental health fatality review team;
providing criminal penalties for disclosure of certain data; requiring reports;
appropriating money.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Sterner, Masin, Morgan, Atkins, Bly, Mack,
Hansen, Clark, Reinert and Garofalo introduced:
����� H. F. No. 753, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; appropriating money for repair and infrastructure
projects at the Minnesota Zoo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Winkler and Bigham introduced:
����� H. F. No. 754, A bill for an act relating
to elections; providing for assessment and payment of certain costs; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.37.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Simon, Hilstrom, Bigham and Kohls
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 755, A bill for an act relating
to crime; adding felony theft to the racketeering statute; adding identity
theft to the enhanced penalty for theft; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
sections 609.52, subdivision 3; 609.902, subdivision 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
����� Hortman, Laine, Tillberry, Newton and
Dittrich introduced:
����� H. F. No. 756, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; appropriating money for a bicycle and pedestrian trail
to connect the Northtown Transit hub to the metropolitan regional trail and to
provide a safe route for elementary school students; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Murphy, M., by request, and Beard
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 757, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; aeronautics; modifying provisions relating to disability or
retirement of Department of Transportation pilots; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 352.86.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Persell, Sailer, Johnson, Nelson and Ward
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 758, A bill for an act relating
to natural resources; directing Department of Natural Resources to enter into a
cooperative wild rice management plan for Big Rice Lake.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
����� Bigham, Buesgens, Swails and Greiling
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 759, A bill for an act relating
to lobbyists; prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, and
agency heads from lobbying for legislative or administrative action for two
years after leaving office; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 10A.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Ward introduced:
����� H. F. No. 760, A bill for an act relating
to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to allocate
permanent funding for Minnesota Faith in Action.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Kalin introduced:
����� H. F. No. 761, A bill for an act relating
to retirement; requiring an actuarial cost study of a special retirement plan
for postsentencing officers.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Eken and Olin introduced:
����� H. F. No. 762, A bill for an act relating
to natural resources; repealing certain definitions related to grasslands;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.02.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
����� Reinert, Newton and Hortman introduced:
����� H. F. No. 763, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; sales taxes; providing an exemption from sales tax for
construction activities, materials, and equipment used in construction and
improvement of the Northern Lights Express Rail Line; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions
1, 2, 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Hosch and Buesgens introduced:
����� H. F. No. 764, A bill for an act relating
to local government; requiring notice and public hearing before adopting an
interim ordinance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 394.34; 462.355,
subdivision 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Loeffler and Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 765, A bill for an act relating
to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Northtown Rail Yard Bridge
in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Shimanski introduced:
����� H. F. No. 766, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; removing deadline for establishing special service districts
without special legislation; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
428A.101.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Downey, Rosenthal, Zellers, Brynaert,
Kelly, Loon and Mack introduced:
����� H. F. No. 767, A bill for an act relating
to education; repealing the Labor Day school start provisions; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120A.40.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Policy and Oversight.
����� Mariani and Slawik introduced:
����� H. F. No. 768, A bill for an act relating
to early education; modifying the child care assistance program; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 119B.13, subdivision 1.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Liebling, Welti, Norton and Demmer
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 769, A bill for an act relating
to human services; increasing reimbursement rates for nursing facilities
located in Olmsted County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.434,
by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Shimanski introduced:
����� H. F. No. 770, A bill for an act relating
to elections; providing term limits for state legislators and constitutional
officers; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV,
section 6; and article V, sections 2 and 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections.
����� Mullery introduced:
����� H. F. No. 771, A bill for an act relating
to medical assistance estate recovery; regulating recovery from estates of
cohabiting couples; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.15,
subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 1h, 1i, 1j, 2, 3, 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Atkins; Thao; Lillie; Mahoney; Anzelc;
Murphy, E., and Lesch introduced:
����� H. F. No. 772, A bill for an act relating
to insurance; limiting the frequency of medical examinations that a physician
may perform for motor vehicle insurers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
sections 65B.56, subdivision 1; 72A.201, subdivision 6.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
����� Atkins, Davids, Fritz, Anzelc and Zellers
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 773, A bill for an act relating
to insurance; clarifying the definition of health carrier; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 62A.011, subdivision 2.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
����� Knuth, Hilty, Wagenius, Ruud, Hortman,
Persell, Kalin, Paymar, Scalze and Hornstein introduced:
����� H. F. No. 774, A bill for an act relating
to the environment; providing for greenhouse gas emissions registry; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216H.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
����� Beard introduced:
����� H. F. No. 775, A bill for an act relating
to public safety; motor vehicles; crediting vehicle service fees to the vehicle
services operating account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 168.017,
subdivision 5; 168.021, subdivision 4; 168.10, subdivision 1i; 168.29; 168.62,
subdivision 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Lesch, Winkler, Hortman, Westrom and Kohls
introduced:
����� H. F. No. 776, A bill for an act relating
to judgments; enacting the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition
Act adopted and recommended for passage by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 548; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 548.35.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Civil Justice.
����� Shimanski and Kohls introduced:
����� H. F. No. 777, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; defining similar departments for purposes of the pupil
transportation equal treatment statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 123B.85, by adding a subdivision.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Faust introduced:
����� H. F. No. 778, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; authorizing a school district with a negative fund
balance to hold a referendum election at a time other than November; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.17, subdivision 11.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Rukavina and Dill introduced:
����� H. F. No. 779, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; eliminating a requirement for contracted school food
service vendors to make certain deficit payments; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 124D.111, subdivision 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Dittrich, Demmer, Greiling, Tillberry and
Swails introduced:
����� H. F. No. 780, A bill for an act relating
to education finance; prohibiting the payment of management costs from
permanent school trust fund land proceeds; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16A.125, subdivision 5; 93.22, subdivision 1;
93.2236.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
����� Kalin introduced:
����� H. F. No. 781, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; individual income; creating a subtraction for voluntary
firefighter pensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.01,
subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Sterner; Persell; Murphy, E.; Slocum;
Ruud; Tillberry and Bly introduced:
����� H. F. No. 782, A bill for an act relating
to human services; changing the requirements for shaken baby syndrome training
in licensed child care and child foster care programs; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, sections 245A.144; 245A.1444; 245A.40, subdivision 5; 245A.50,
subdivision 5.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and
Oversight.
REPORT FROM
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
AND
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Sertich from the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration offered the following report and moved its
adoption:
Resolved, that the Permanent Rules of
the House of Representatives for the 86th Legislative Session shall read as
follows:
"PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES 2007 2009-2010
ARTICLE 1 - DAILY BUSINESS
1.01�
CONVENING OF THE HOUSE.� Unless
otherwise ordered, the House convenes at 12:00 p.m.� The Speaker must take the chair at the
appointed hour and call the House to order.
The call to order is followed by a
prayer by the Chaplain or time for a brief meditation, then by the pledge of
allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and then by a call of
the roll of members.� The names of
members present and members excused must be entered in the Journal of the
House.
1.02�
READING OF THE JOURNAL.� If a
quorum is present, the Chief Clerk must read the Journal of the preceding day, unless
otherwise ordered.� The House may correct
errors in the Journal of the preceding day.
1.03�
ORDER OF BUSINESS.� After the
Journal is read, the order of business of the day is:
(1) Presentation of petitions or
other communications
(2) Reports of standing committees
and divisions
(3) Second reading of House bills
(4) Second reading of Senate bills
(5) Reports of select committees
(6) Introduction and first reading of
House bills
(7) Consideration of messages from
the Senate
(8) First reading of Senate bills
(9) Consent Calendar
(10) Calendar for the day
(11) Motions and resolutions
The House may advance or revert from
any order of business to any other order of business, by majority vote of the
whole House.
Conference committees on House bills
and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may report at any
time.
1.04�
REPORTING OF BILLS.� A bill must
be reported to the House on three different days before its passage, except as
provided in Rule 5.02.� The first report,
called the first reading, occurs when it is introduced; the second report,
called the second reading, occurs when it has been reported by the appropriate
standing committees and divisions for consideration by the House; the third
report, called the third reading, occurs when it is ready for the vote on
passage.
1.10�
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.�
A bill or resolution must be submitted to the Speaker at least 24 hours
before the convening of the daily session at which it is to be introduced.
A bill or resolution must be
introduced in triplicate and each copy must bear the signature of the member or
the name of the committee or division introducing it.
In regular session, a bill prepared
by a department or agency of state government must be introduced and given its
first reading at least ten days before the date of the first committee
deadline.
1.11�
FIRST READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.�
A bill or resolution must be reported and given its first reading when
it is introduced.� A bill or resolution
must not be objected to when it is introduced.
After its first reading, the Speaker
must refer a bill or resolution to the appropriate standing committee or
division, except as provided in Rule 1.15 and Rule 1.13.
Congratulatory resolutions referred
to in Rule 4.02 are exempt from this Rule.
Except as otherwise provided in these
Rules, after the Speaker refers a bill or resolution, a majority vote of the
whole House is required for the House to re-refer the bill or resolution.
1.12�
AUTHORS OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.�
A bill, memorial, or resolution must not have more than 35 authors.� After a bill or resolution is introduced and
given its first reading:� (a) a member
may be removed as an author, by motion of the member; and (b) a member wishing
to be an author may be added as an author, by motion of the author of the bill
or resolution.
1.13�
INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE OR DIVISION BILLS.� A standing or special committee of the House
or a division of the House may introduce a bill as a committee or division bill
on any subject within its purview.� When
a committee or division bill is introduced and read for the first time, the
Speaker may refer it to a standing committee or division.� If the Speaker does not refer it, the bill
must be laid over one day.� Then it must
be read for the second time and placed on the General Register or, if
recommended by the Committee, on the Consent Calendar.
1.14�
RECESS BILL INTRODUCTIONS.� During
the period between the last day of the regular session in an odd-numbered year
and the first day of the regular session in the next year, a bill filed with
the Speaker for introduction must be given a file number and may be
unofficially referred by the Speaker to an appropriate standing committee or
division.
1.15�
DISPOSITION OF SENATE FILES.� A
Senate File received by the House that is accompanied by a message announcing
its passage by the Senate must be referred to the appropriate standing
committee or division under Rule 1.11.�
But if a Senate File is received that a member requests be compared to a
House File already reported by a standing committee or division of the House
and placed on the General Register or on the Calendar for the Day or the
Consent Calendar, the Senate File must be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison.� If the Chief Clerk reports that the Senate
File is identical to the House File, the Senate File may, by majority vote, be
substituted for the House File and take its place.� The fact that the bills are identical must be
entered in the Journal and the House File is then considered withdrawn.
A Senate File that is amended on the
floor of the House, except at the time of final passage, and a Senate File that
has been reported to the House with amendments by a House standing committee or
division, must be unofficially engrossed and reprinted by the Chief Clerk.� An amendment may be offered to an unofficial
engrossment of a Senate File.
1.20�
GENERAL REGISTER.� The General
Register consists of all bills that have received a second reading, except
those placed on the Consent Calendar under Rule 1.23.� Bills must be placed on the General Register
in the order that they receive their second reading.� A bill must be on the General Register, be
given to each member, and be available to the public before it may be
considered by the House on the Calendar for the Day or the Fiscal
Calendar.� Each day that the House meets
in session, the Chief Clerk must publish a list of the bills on the General
Register.
1.21�
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.� The
Calendar for the Day is a list of bills that are to be considered that day by
the House.� The House must consider each
item on the Calendar for the Day in the order determined by the presiding
officer.� After consideration by the
House, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill must immediately be given its
third reading and placed upon its passage.
A bill that has received its second
reading may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration or by order of the House upon the motion of a member
as provided in this Rule.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration must designate the bills that are to be on the Calendar for the
Day.� During regular session, the
Committee must designate the bills by 5:00 p.m. the day before the day that the
bills are to be on the Calendar, except that the Committee may designate the
bills at any time after a day specified by the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration.� After the
Committee designates the bills, the Chief Clerk must publish the Calendar for
the Day.
A bill that is on the General Register
for more than ten legislative days may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by
a majority vote of the whole House, acting on the motion of a member.� A bill placed on the Calendar for the Day in
this manner must be considered first the next time that the House reaches the
order of business "Calendar for the Day." A member must give notice
to the Speaker and the Chief Clerk three legislative days before making a
motion to place a bill on the Calendar for the Day.� The notice must specify the number and title
of the bill.� Only the member who gave
notice to the Speaker and the Chief Clerk, or another member designated in
writing by the member who gave notice, may make the motion to place the bill on
the Calendar for the Day.� After the
third legislative day following the day of notice, the motion must be made the
first time that the House reaches the order of business "Motions and
Resolutions." If the motion is not made at that time, the member who gave
notice forfeits the right to make that motion.
A bill may be continued on the
Calendar for the Day by a majority vote of the whole House.� A third motion by the author of a bill to
continue it on the Calendar for the Day is not in order; upon such a motion,
the bill must be stricken from the Calendar and returned to the General
Register in the order of its second reading.�
The Calendar for the Day expires when the House adjourns for the day,
unless the House, by a majority vote of the whole House, continues items
remaining on the Calendar to the next day.
1.22�
FISCAL CALENDAR.� A finance bill
that has had its second reading must be considered by the House when requested
by the Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or by a designee of the
Chair.� A bill relating to taxes or
raising revenue that has had its second reading must be considered by the House
when requested by the Chair of the Committee on Taxes or a designee of the
Chair.
During regular session, a chair must
announce the intention to make the request by 5:00 p.m. the legislative day
before the day that the request for consideration is to be made, except that
the Chair may designate the bills at any time after a day specified by the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.� During periods when the 5:00 p.m. requirement
does not apply, the chair must announce the intention at least two hours before
making the request.
After consideration by the House on
the Fiscal Calendar, unless otherwise disposed of, the bill must immediately be
given its third reading and placed upon its passage.
1.23�
CONSENT CALENDAR.� If a committee
or division determines that a bill it recommends to pass is not controversial,
the committee or division may in its report recommend that the bill be placed
on the Consent Calendar.� After the
report is adopted and the bill has received its second reading, the bill must
be placed on the Consent Calendar and given to each member at least one day
before it may be considered by the House.�
Bills must be placed on the Consent Calendar in the order that they
receive their second reading and must be considered by the House in the order
determined by the presiding officer.
After consideration by the House, a
bill on the Consent Calendar must immediately be given its third reading and
placed upon its passage.� But if, before
its third reading, ten members object to the bill as being controversial, the
bill must be stricken from the Consent Calendar and be placed on the General
Register in the order of second reading.
1.30�
THIRD READING OF BILLS.� An
amendment must not be received after the third reading of a bill without
unanimous consent, except to fill blanks or to amend the title.
At any time before it is passed, a
bill or resolution may be referred or re-referred by a majority vote of the
whole House.� If the committee or
division to which it is referred or re-referred reports an amendment to it, the
bill or resolution must again be given its second reading and placed on the
General Register.
1.40�
PUBLICATION OF BILLS FOR THE HOUSE.�
After a bill receives its second reading, the bill must be prepared and
published or made electronically available for consideration by the
House.� A majority of the House may order
the publication of a bill at any time.
1.50�
ADJOURNING OF THE HOUSE.� The
House may not meet during a legislative day after midnight, except that the
House, by majority vote, may meet past the time of adjournment required by this
Rule.
ARTICLE 2 - FLOOR PROCEEDINGS,
VOTING, DECORUM
2.01�
ABSENCE OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.�
Unless illness or other sufficient cause prevents attendance, a member
or officer of the House must not be absent from a session of the House without
the prior permission of the Speaker.
2.02�
CALL OF THE HOUSE.� Ten members
may demand a call of the House at any time until voting begins.� After the House is placed under call, a
second roll call on any aspect of a call of the house is out of order.
When a call is demanded, the doors of
the chamber must be closed, the roll called, and the absent members sent for;
and no member is allowed to leave the chamber until the roll call is suspended
or completed.� During the roll call, no
motion is in order except a motion pertaining to matters incidental to the
call.
Proceedings under the roll call may
be suspended by a majority vote of the whole House.� The Sergeant at Arms must not permit a member
to leave the Chamber unless the member is excused by the Speaker, or the call
of the House has been lifted by a majority vote of the whole House.
2.03�
ROLL CALL VOTE.� A roll call vote
is required to pass a bill or to adopt a resolution or motion directing the
payment of money.� In all other cases a
roll call vote may be ordered only if 15 members demand it.� When the House is taking a roll call vote
on another issue, a roll call vote may not be ordered on a motion that members
not voting be excused from voting.
2.04�
EXPLAINING OR CHANGING VOTE.� A
member must not explain a vote or discuss the question during a roll call
vote.� A member must not change a vote or
move for the record an intention to have voted or voted differently after the
result of the roll call vote is announced from the chair by the Speaker.
2.05�
EVERY UNEXCUSED MEMBER TO VOTE.� A
member who has an immediate interest in a question must not vote on it.
Every other member present before the
result of a vote is declared by the presiding officer must vote for or against
the matter before the House, unless the House excuses the member from
voting.� But a member is not required to
vote on any matter concerning a memorial resolution.
A member who does not vote when the
member's name is called must state reasons for not voting.� After the vote has been taken but before the
presiding officer has announced the result of the vote, the presiding officer
must submit to the House the question:�
"Shall the member, for the reasons stated, be excused from
voting?" The question must be decided without debate.� After the question is decided, the presiding
officer must announce the result of the vote, after which other proceedings
about the nonvoting member may take place.
2.10�
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.� An
electronic voting system under the control of the Speaker may be used to take
any vote except a vote on an election or if the House is currently taking a
roll call.� A member must not vote on
a question except at the member's own seat in the chamber.
2.15�
RECORDED FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.�
Proceedings on the floor of the House must be recorded on an appropriate
audio recording medium under the direction of the Chief Clerk.� The Chief Clerk must transmit a copy of the
recordings to the Director of the Legislative Reference Library.� The Legislative Reference Library must keep
the recordings available for public use under its rules during the legislative
biennium when the recordings were created and for eight years thereafter.� The Library may then preserve or dispose of
the recordings as the Library sees fit.
A person may obtain a copy of a
recording while it is kept in the Library by paying a fee determined by the
House Controller to cover the cost of preparing the copy.
Discussion preserved under this Rule
is not intended to be admissible in a court or administrative proceeding on an
issue of legislative intent.
2.20�
DUTIES OF MEMBERS.� Members must
keep their seats until the Speaker announces adjournment.
A member, before speaking, must rise
and respectfully address the Speaker and must not speak further until
recognized by the Speaker.� If more than
one member rises at the same time, the Speaker must select the member to speak
first.
2.21�
NOTICE OF INTENT TO DEBATE A RESOLUTION.�
A member may give notice of intent to debate a resolution, except a
resolution introduced as a house file or a senate file under Rule 4.02 or a
resolution offered by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or
the Committee on Ethics.
The notice may be given at any time
before the vote is taken on the resolution.�
If the notice is given, the resolution must be laid over one day without
debate or any other action.
2.30�
QUESTIONS OF ORDER.� If a member
violates the Rules in any way, the Speaker must, or another member may, call
the member to order.� The member called
to order must immediately sit down unless another member moves to permit the
member who was called to order to explain.�
In either case, the House, if appealed to, must decide the question
without debate.� Only if the decision is
in favor of the member called to order may that member proceed.� The House may censure or punish a member
called to order.
2.31�
OFFENSIVE WORDS IN DEBATE.� If a
member is called to order for offensive words in debate, the member calling for
order must report the words to which exception is taken and the Clerk must
record them.� A member must not be held
to answer, or be subject to censure of the House, for language used in debate
unless exception is taken before another member speaks or other business takes
place.
2.32�
ORDER IN DEBATE.� Except for the
member who offered the motion, amendment, or proposition under consideration, a
member must not speak more than twice on the subject, without leave of the
House, nor more than once until every other member wishing to speak on the
subject has had an opportunity to do so.
2.33�
ORDER DURING SESSION.� A member
must not walk out of or across the Chamber while the Speaker is putting the
question.� A member must not engage in
private conversation while another member is speaking or pass between a
speaking member and the Chair.� A member
must not disrupt order and decorum in the Chamber by possessing or using any
audiovisual display, including but not limited to placards, signs, photographs,
visual aids, or the use of any video images or audio, except for such items
that are distributed to members at their desks for the purpose of conducting
business of the day.
2.34�
PERSONS BY THE CHIEF CLERK'S DESK DURING VOTE.� No person may remain by the Chief Clerk's
desk during a roll call vote.
2.40�
ADMITTANCE TO FLOOR.� No person
other than a member may be admitted to the House Chamber, except:� properly authorized employees; the Chief
Executive and ex-governors of the State of Minnesota; members of the Senate;
heads of departments of the state government; judges of the Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals, and District Courts; members of Congress; those persons
invited to address the body or a joint convention of the house and senate, and
guests for such an address or joint convention; and properly accredited
representatives of radio and television stations, newspapers and press
associations, as provided for in these Rules.
Any other person may be issued a
permit by the Speaker good for the day, but that person must be seated near the
Speaker's rostrum, and must not engage in conversation that disturbs the business
of the House.� Before issuing a permit,
the Speaker must make certain that the person does not seek the floor of the
House to influence decisions of the House.
The alcoves in the Chambers are for
the use of members only, and the Sergeant at Arms must keep them clear of
others.
From one hour before the time the
House is scheduled to convene until one hour after the House adjourns for the
day, the retiring room is reserved for the exclusive use of the members and
employees of the House.� As long as the
Senate prohibits entry of House members into its retiring room, no Senators may
enter the House retiring room during the time it is reserved for exclusive use
of members and employees.� A committee or
division meeting must not be held there except emergency meetings authorized by
the Speaker.� The Sergeant at Arms must
strictly enforce this provision.
Unless an extraordinary condition
exists the Speaker must not entertain a request to suspend this Rule or present
the request of a member for unanimous consent to suspend this Rule.
2.41�
MEDIA NEWS REPORTERS.� Accredited
representatives of the press, press associations, and radio and television
stations must be given equal press privileges by the House.� A person wishing to report proceedings of the
House may apply to the Chief Sergeant at Arms for a media pass and assignment
to suitable available space.� The
Sergeant may coordinate the issuance of media passes with the appropriate
senate authority.
Television stations must be permitted
to televise sessions of the House.� Media
representatives must be allowed access to both wells in the gallery of the House
chambers.
2.42 TIME LIMIT FOR
CONSIDERATION.� The Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration may establish and shall announce parameters for
floor consideration of a bill, resolution, or other matter before the House.
ARTICLE 3 - MOTIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND
OTHER PROPOSITIONS
3.01�
AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MOTIONS.� An
amendment or other motion must not be debated until after it is stated by the
Speaker.
After an amendment or other motion is
stated by the Speaker it is in possession of the House, but the mover may
withdraw it at any time before it is amended or decided.� Unless a motion, resolution, or amendment is
withdrawn on the day it is made, it must be entered in the Journal, with the
name of the member offering it.
Except as otherwise permitted by the
Speaker, an amendment or other motion must be in writing, and five copies of it
must be given to the Chief Clerk.
3.02�
ORDER OF PUTTING QUESTION; FILLING BLANKS.� Except for a privileged question, questions
before the House or a committee or division must be put in the order they are
moved.� In filling a blank, a motion for
the largest sum or the longest time must be put first.
3.03�
DIVISION OF A QUESTION.� A member
may request the division of a question that contains more than one separate and
distinct point.� A motion to strike and
insert is not divisible.� The failure of
a motion to strike does not preclude another motion to amend or to strike and
insert.
3.10�
PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS.� While a
question is under consideration, only the following motions may be received:
(1) To fix the time of adjournment
(2) To adjourn
(3) To lay on the table
(4) For the previous question
(5) To refer
(6) To postpone to a day certain
(7) To amend
(8) To postpone indefinitely
(9) To pass
The first four motions must be decided
without debate.
The motions have precedence in the
order listed, except that if the motion for the previous question has been
properly made, and if necessary seconded, and the main question ordered, the
motion to lay on the table is not in order.
3.11�
MOTION TO ADJOURN.� A motion to
adjourn is always in order except during a roll call.
After a motion to adjourn is made,
before putting the question, the Speaker may permit any member to state reasons
why adjournment might be improper at that time.�
A statement is not debatable and must be limited to two minutes.
3.12�
MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE.� A
motion to lay on the table is not in order on a motion to amend, except that a
motion to amend the Rules may be tabled.
3.13�
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.� The
previous question may be moved by a member who is seconded by 15 members.
If the motion for the previous
question is ordered by a majority of members present, its effect is to put an
end to all debate and bring the House to direct vote upon the question.
Before the presiding officer submits a
motion for the previous question to the House, a call of the House is in
order.� After a majority has ordered the
previous question, a call of the House is not in order before the decision on
the main question.
When the previous question is decided
in the negative, the main question remains under debate until it is disposed of
by a vote on the question, by a subsequent motion calling for the previous
question under this Rule, or in some other manner.
All incidental questions of order
arising after a motion is made for the previous question and before the vote on
the main question must be decided without debate.
3.14�
MOTION TO RECONSIDER.� After a
question is decided either in the affirmative or negative, a member who voted
with the prevailing side may move to reconsider it.� The motion must be made on the same day the
vote was taken or on either of the next two days that the House meets in
session and has possession of the matter.�
The motion may be made at any time in the Order of Business.� It takes precedence over any other question
except a motion to adjourn and a notice of intent to move to reconsider.� The motion to reconsider, or notice of intent
to make it, must not be made if the document, bill, resolution, message, report
or other subject of official action on which the vote was taken has left the
possession of the House.
When a member gives notice of intent
to move to reconsider the final action of the House on a bill, resolution,
message, report or other subject of official action, the Chief Clerk must keep
it until the matter is disposed of or the time has expired for the motion.� In regular session, notice of intent to move
to reconsider must not be made in an odd-numbered year after the fifth Monday preceding
the last Monday that the House may meet in regular session and in an
even-numbered year after a date specified by the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration.
On the last day allowed for the motion
to reconsider, a member who voted on the prevailing side may make the motion,
unless the matter has been already disposed of.
If a motion to reconsider fails, it
must not be renewed.
3.15�
MOTION TO RESCIND.� A motion to
rescind is not in order at any time in any proceeding in the House or in any
committee or division of the House.
3.20�
AMENDMENTS TO AMENDMENTS.� An
amendment may be amended, but an amendment to an amendment must not be amended.
3.21�
MOTIONS AND PROPOSITIONS MUST BE GERMANE.� A motion or proposition on a subject different
from that under consideration must not be admitted under guise of its being an
amendment.� A motion, amendment, or other
proposition offered to the House is out of order if it is not germane to the
matter under consideration.� Whether a
proposition is germane to the matter under consideration is a question to be
decided by the presiding officer, who may put the question to the House.
3.22�
AMENDMENT TO INCREASE AN APPROPRIATION OR TAX.� The concurrence of a majority of the whole
House, determined by a roll call vote, is required to adopt an amendment
increasing an appropriation or a tax.
3.23� CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.� A constitutional amendment
may not be offered as an amendment to a bill on the floor.
3.30�
EXPENDITURE OF HOUSE FUNDS.� The
concurrence of a majority of the whole House, determined by a roll call vote,
is required for favorable action on a resolution or motion involving the
expenditure of money appropriated by the Legislature to the House.� The resolution or motion must be referred to
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before being acted on by
the House.
ARTICLE 4 - BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
4.01�
BILL AND RESOLUTION FORM.� A bill
or resolution must not be introduced until it has been examined and approved by
the Revisor of Statutes as to form and compliance with these Rules and the
Joint Rules of the House and Senate.� The
Revisor's approval must be endorsed on the bill or resolution.
A bill that is divided into articles
may include or be accompanied by a table of contents.
4.02�
RESOLUTIONS.� A statement of facts
being forwarded for action to a governmental official, agency, or body or other
similar proposal is a memorial and must be introduced in the same form and take
the same course as a bill.� A joint
resolution and any resolution requiring the signature of the governor must be
introduced in the same form and take the same course as a bill.
A resolution must not authorize
expenditure from any source other than the money appropriated by the
Legislature to the House.
Congratulatory resolutions do not
require consideration or adoption by the House.
A resolution must not be changed to a
bill, and a bill must not be changed to a resolution.
4.03�
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; BUDGET RESOLUTION; EFFECT ON EXPENDITURE AND
REVENUE BILLS. (a) The Committee on Ways and Means must hold hearings as
necessary to determine state expenditures and revenues for the fiscal biennium.
(b) Within 25 days after the last
state general fund revenue and expenditure forecast for the next fiscal
biennium becomes available during the regular session in the odd-numbered year,
the Committee on Ways and Means must adopt a budget resolution.� The budget resolution:� (1) must set the maximum limit on net
expenditures for the next fiscal biennium for the general fund, (2) must set an
amount or amounts to be set aside as a budget reserve and a cash flow account,
(3) must set net spending limits for each budget category represented by the
major finance and revenue bills identified in paragraph (e), and (4) may set
limits for expenditures from funds other than the general fund.� The budget resolution must not specify,
limit, or prescribe revenues or expenditures by any category other than those
specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4).�
After the Committee adopts the budget resolution, the limits in the
resolution are effective during the regular session in the year in which the resolution
is adopted, unless a different or amended resolution is adopted.
(c) During the regular session in the
even-numbered year, before the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill
containing net increases or decreases in expenditures as compared to general
fund expenditures in the current fiscal biennium estimated by the most recent
state budget forecast, the Committee may adopt a budget resolution.� If adopted, the resolution must account for
the net changes in expenditures.� The
resolution may also (1) set limits for changes in net expenditures for each
budget category represented by the major finance and revenue bills identified
in paragraph (e), and (2) set limits for expenditures from funds other than the
general fund.
If the Committee adopts a budget
resolution, it is effective during the regular session that year, unless a
different or amended resolution is adopted.
(d) The major finance or revenue
bills may be combined or separated by a majority vote of either the
Committee on Finance, the Committee on Ways and Means, or the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.�
Combined or separated bills must conform to the limits in the
resolution as those limits apply to the accounts in those bills.
(e) Major finance and revenue bills
are:
the higher education and workforce
development finance bill;
the K-12 education finance bill;
the early childhood learning
finance bill;
the agriculture, rural economies, and
veterans affairs finance bill;
the environment and natural resources
finance bill;
the health care and human services
finance bill;
the state government finance bill;
the transportation finance bill;
the public safety finance bill;
the Minnesota heritage
cultural and outdoor resources finance bill;
the energy finance bill;
the housing and public health finance
bill;
the capital investment bill; and
the tax bill.
(f) After the adoption of a
resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, the Finance Committee, each
finance committee division, and the Committee on Taxes must reconcile each bill
described in Rule 4.10 with the resolution.�
When reporting a finance or revenue bill, each committee or division
must provide to the Committee on Ways and Means a fiscal statement reconciling
the bill with the resolution.
(g) After the adoption of a
resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Ways and Means
must reconcile finance and revenue bills with the resolution.� When reporting a bill, the chair of the
Committee must certify to the House that the Committee has reconciled the bill
with the resolution.
(h) After the adoption of a
resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, an amendment to a bill is out of
order if it would cause any of the limits specified in the resolution to be
exceeded.� Whether an amendment is out of
order under this Rule is a question to be decided on the Floor by the Speaker
or other presiding officer and in Committee or Division by the person chairing
the Committee or Division meeting.� In
making the determination, the Speaker or other presiding officer or the
Committee or Division chair may consider:�
(1) the limits in a resolution; (2) the effect of existing laws on
revenues and expenditures; (3) the effect of amendments previously adopted to
the bill under consideration; (4) the effect of bills previously recommended by
a Committee or Division or bills previously passed in the legislative session
by the House or by the legislature; (5) whether expenditure increases or
revenue decreases that would result from the amendment are offset by decreases
in other expenditures or increases in other revenue specified by the amendment;
and (6) other information reasonably related to expenditure and revenue
amounts.
(i) After a resolution is adopted by
the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee must make available a summary of
the estimated fiscal effect on the general fund of each bill that has been
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means by the Finance Committee or a
division of the Finance Committee, or the Committee on Taxes and of each bill
that has been reported by the Committee on Ways and Means.
4.10�
BILLS AFFECTING STATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. (a) Except as provided
in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that directly, substantially, and
specifically affects any present or future financial obligation, budget policy,
or revenue of the State must be referred as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c)
to the appropriate Finance or Tax Committee before the bill receives its second
reading.� A bill that negligibly affects
any present or future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the
State is not subject to mandatory referral under this rule.
(b) A bill subject to paragraph (a)
reported by a Finance Committee division must, if recommended to pass, be
subsequently referred to the Finance Committee, unless the bill has a
negligible fiscal impact and is subject to direct reference to the Floor under
Rule 6.05.� Bills subject to paragraph
(a) reported by the Finance Committee must be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
(c) A bill with a substantial impact
on the tax revenues or tax policies of the State must be referred to the
Committee on Taxes.� A bill reported by
the Committee on Taxes containing a substantial fiscal impact must be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.� For
purposes of this paragraph, "tax" excludes any fee, charge, exaction,
or assessment, a primary purpose of which is to recover direct or indirect
costs incurred by the state or other governmental entity or as a payment for
benefits received.
(d) The chairs of the Committees on
Taxes, Ways and Means, and Finance shall advise the Speaker on the application
of this rule and may determine whether or not any given piece of legislation
must be referred to the committee they chair.
4.12�
BILLS AFFECTING DEBT AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.� The Finance Committee Division on Capital
Investment has jurisdiction over legislation affecting debt obligations issued
by the state and capital projects of the state, including the planning,
acquiring and bettering of public lands and buildings and other state projects
of a capital nature.� Except as provided
in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that directly and specifically affects
debt obligations or capital projects of the state must be referred to the
Finance Committee Division on Capital Investment before the bill receives its
second reading.
Referral is not required by this Rule
if the bill deals primarily with the financing of state capital facilities
using trunk highway funds, with transportation projects financed without debt
obligations of the state, or with the local financing of capital facilities of
local governments.� Referral is not
required by this Rule if the bill has a negligible effect on debt obligations
and capital projects of the state as determined by the chair of the Committee
on Finance, in conjunction with the chair of the Division on Capital
Investment, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on Ways and
Means.� Referral is not required by this
Rule if the bill is a major finance or revenue bill identified in Rule 4.03,
unless the bill directly and specifically affects debt obligations of the
state, but if a major finance or revenue bill contains a provision that
directly and specifically affects capital projects of the state, the chair of
the finance or tax committee reporting the bill must notify the chair of the
Committee on Finance and the chair of the Division on Capital Investment of the
provision before the bill is considered by the House.
The Speaker, by announcement, must
assign to each finance committee the appropriate jurisdiction for
recommendations on debt obligations and capital projects of the state.� Divisions of the Finance Committee must
submit recommendations within their jurisdiction in bill form to the
Division on Capital Investment for further disposition.
A bill with a fiscal effect reported
by the Division on Capital Investment must be accompanied by a statement of its
fiscal effect, is exempt from the referral required by Rule 4.10, is subject to
the same committee deadlines as the Finance Committee, and must be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.� This
referral is not required if the bill has a negligible fiscal effect, as
determined by the chair of the Division on Capital Investment with the
concurrence of the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means.
4.13�
BILLS AFFECTING STATE GOVERNMENT POWERS AND STRUCTURE.� The Committee on Governmental State
and Local Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections
has jurisdiction over a House or Senate bill that:
(a) establishes or reestablishes a
department, agency, commission, board, task force, advisory committee or
council, or bureau, or other like entity;
(b) delegates rulemaking authority
to, or exempts from rulemaking, a department or agency of state government; or
(c) substantially changes the
organization of a department or agency of state government or substantially
changes, vests or divests the official rights, powers, or duties of an
official, department or agency of state government or an institution under its
control.
Except as otherwise provided in this
Rule and Rule 1.15, a bill that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental
State and Local Government Operations, Reform, Technology and
Elections must be referred to that Committee before it receives its second
reading.� A committee or division (other
than the Committee on Governmental State and Local Government
Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections) reporting such a bill
must recommend its re-referral to the
Committee on Governmental State and Local Government Operations,
Reform, Technology and Elections if reporting before the deadline for action on
the bill by that Committee; if reporting after the deadline, the committee or
division must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
The re-referral requirements of this
Rule do not apply to the major finance and revenue bills identified in Rule
4.03.� If a major finance or revenue bill
contains a provision specified in clause (a) or (b) of the definition in this
Rule, the chair of the finance or tax committee reporting the bill must notify
the chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before the
bill is considered by the House.
The re-referral requirements of this
Rule do not apply to other bills reported by a finance committee or division or
the tax committee or division, except bills that contain a provision specified
in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition in this Rule.
4.14�
BILLS PROPOSING MEMORIALS.� A bill
or amendment that proposes to have a memorial placed in the Capitol area must
be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
4.15�
BILLS PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.� A House or Senate bill that proposes a
constitutional amendment must be referred to the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration before it receives its second reading.� When reporting such a bill, a committee or division,
other than the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, must
recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
4.20�
DISPOSITION OF BILLS DURING INTERIM.�
Adjournment of the regular session in an odd-numbered year to a day
certain in the next year is the same as daily adjournment except that a bill on
the Consent Calendar, Calendar for the Day, Fiscal Calendar, or General
Register must be returned to the standing committee or division that last acted
on the bill.
4.30�
RECALLING BILL FROM COMMITTEE OR DIVISION.� A bill or resolution may be recalled from a
committee or division at any time by majority vote of the whole House, be given
a second reading and be placed on the General Register.� A motion to recall a bill or resolution is in
order only under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions."
This Rule does not apply in a special session or after the deadline for
committee reports on House files.
4.31�
TIME LIMIT TO CONSIDER BILLS.� If
20 legislative days after a bill has been referred to a committee or division
(other than the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Taxes, the
Finance Committee, or a division of one of those committees) a report has not
been made on it by the committee or division, its chief author may request that
it be returned to the House.� The request
must be entered in the Journal.
The committee or division must vote
on the bill requested within ten calendar days after the day of the request.
If the committee or division fails to
vote on it within ten days, the chief author may present a written demand to
the Speaker for its immediate return to the House.� The demand must be presented within five
calendar days after the day that the committee or division is required to
vote.� If the demand is presented in the
time allowed, it must be entered in the Journal and is the demand of the
House.� The bill is then considered to be
in the possession of the House and must be given its second reading and placed
on the General Register.
The bill may be re-referred by a
majority vote of the whole House.� If the
motion to re-refer is made on the day of the demand or on the next House
legislative day, the motion takes precedence over all other motions except
privileged motions and is in order at any time.
ARTICLE 5 - PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
5.01�
SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES.�
The concurrence of two-thirds of the whole House is required to suspend
or amend a Rule of the House, except that any amendment to the Rules reported
by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may be adopted by a
majority of the whole House.
Except as provided in Rule 5.02, a
motion to suspend or amend any Rule of the House must be made under the order
of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the motion is made at
another time, unanimous consent is required before the Speaker may entertain
the motion.
A motion to suspend the Rules,
together with the subject matter to which it pertains, is debatable, but the
previous question may be applied to the motion under Rule 3.13.
5.02�
SUSPENSION OF RULES TO ADVANCE A BILL.�
A bill must be reported on three different days as provided in Rule
1.04, except that in case of urgency, a two-thirds majority of the whole House
may suspend this requirement.� A motion
to suspend the Rules to advance a bill for consideration out of its regular
order is in order under the order of business "Motions and
Resolutions" or at any time the bill is before the House.� The motion must be presented to the Speaker
in writing and must describe the status of the bill.
5.03�
DEFINITIONS.� In these Rules the
terms "majority vote" and "vote of the House" mean a
majority of members present for the vote.�
The term "vote of the whole House" means a majority of all the
members elected to the House.
Singular words used in these Rules
include the plural, unless the context indicates a contrary intention.
5.04�
AUTHORIZED MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.� "Mason's Manual of Legislative
Procedure" governs the House in all applicable cases if it is not
inconsistent with these Rules, the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives, or established custom and usage.
5.05�
CONFLICT OF RULES.� When there is
a conflict between a single House Rule and a single Joint Rule, the Speaker
shall make a ruling as to which applies.
ARTICLE 6 - COMMITTEES, DIVISIONS,
AND REPORTS
6.01�
COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS.�
Standing committees and divisions of the House must be appointed by the
Speaker as follows:
Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans
Affairs
Veterans Affairs Division
Biosciences and Emerging Technology
Commerce and Labor
Labor and Consumer Protection
Division
Telecommunications Regulation and
Infrastructure Division
E-12 Education
Environment and Natural Resources
Game, Fish and Forestry Division
Ethics
Finanzbranche
Agriculture, Rural Economies and
Veterans Affairs Finance Division
Capital Investment Finance Division
Education Finance and Economic
Competitiveness Finance Division
��������� Early Childhood Learning Finance Division
��������� Higher Education and Work Force
Development Policy and Finance Division
��������� K-12 Finance Division
Energy
Finance and Policy Division
Environment
and Natural Resources Finance Division
Health
Care and Human Services Finance Division
Housing
Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division
Minnesota
Heritage Finance Division
Public
Safety Finance Division
State
Government Finance Division
Transportation
Finance Division
��������� Transportation and Transit Policy
Subcommittee
Governmental Operations, Reform,
Technology and Elections
Health and Human Services
Mental
Health Division
Licensing
Subcommittee
Local Government and Metropolitan
Affairs
Public Safety and Civil Justice
Crime
Victims Subcommittee
Rules and Legislative Administration
Taxes
Property
Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division
Ways and Means
Agriculture, Rural Economies and
Veterans Affairs
Veterans
Affairs Division
Civil Justice
Commerce and Labor
Labor
and Consumer Protection Division
Telecommunications
Regulation and Infrastructure Division
Environment Policy and Oversight
Game,
Fish and Forestry Division
Ethics
Finanzbranche
Agriculture,
Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division
Capital
Investment Finance Division
Cultural
and Outdoor Resources Finance Division
Early
Childhood Finance and Policy Division
Energy
Finance and Policy Division
Environment
and Natural Resources Finance Division
Health
Care and Human Services Finance Division
Higher
Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
��������� Bioscience and Workforce
Development Policy and Oversight Division
Housing
Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division
K-12
Education Finance Division
Public
Safety Finance Division
State
Government Finance Division
Transportation
Finance and Policy Division
��������� Transportation and Transit Policy
and Oversight Division
Health Care and Human Services Policy
and Oversight
Licensing
Division
K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
Public Safety Policy and Oversight
Crime Victims/Criminal
Records Division
Rules and Legislative Administration
State and Local Government Operations
Reform, Technology and Elections
Local
Government Division
Taxes
Property
and Local Sales Tax Division
Ways and Means
6.02� COMMITTEE AND DIVISION MEMBERSHIP.� At least 30 days before the start of a
regular session of the Legislature, the Speaker-designate must provide the
minority political party caucuses with a list of the standing committees and
divisions proposed for the session.� The
Speaker-designate must prescribe the number of minority caucus members to be
appointed to each committee and division and may require general membership
guidelines to be followed in the selection of committee and division members.
If the
minority leader submits to the Speaker-designate, at least 15 days before the
start of the session, a list of proposed committee and division assignments for
the minority caucus that complies with the numbers and guidelines provided, the
Speaker must make the proposed assignments with the purpose of attaining
proportionate representation on the committees and divisions for the minority
caucus.
A
committee of the House must not have exclusive membership from one profession,
occupation or vocation.
A member
must not serve as the chair of the same standing committee or division, or a
standing committee or division with substantially the same jurisdiction, during
more than the three immediately prior consecutive regular biennial sessions.� This Rule does not apply to service as chair
of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
6.03� APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.� Upon the convening of the biennial session,
the Speaker must notify the members of the House of each board or commission to
which a member of the House may be appointed by the Speaker.� The Speaker must request advice from the
minority leader on these appointments.
6.04� SUBCOMMITTEES.� The chair of a committee or division must
appoint the chair and members of each subcommittee with the advice and consent
of the Speaker.� The chair or the
committee or division may refer bills to a subcommittee.� A subcommittee may exercise the authority
delegated to it by the chair or by the committee or division.
6.05� DIVISIONS. (a) If the Speaker or the House
refers a bill to a division, the bill remains in that division until the House
moves the bill from the division or approves a report from the division that
moved the bill from that division.� A
division report under this paragraph is subject to Rule 6.30.
(b) The
chair of a committee may refer a bill within the possession of the committee to
a division of that committee.� When the
chair refers a bill to a division under this paragraph, the chair may recall
the bill from the division.� A committee
chair referring or recalling a bill under this paragraph must give written
notice of the referral or recall as soon as possible to the Chief Clerk for
publication.� To the extent practical,
the Chief Clerk must attempt to provide notice on the House Web site of
referrals and recalls of bills under this paragraph.
(c) The
chair of a division must cause division records to be kept in a manner
consistent with Rule 6.24.
(d)
Division meetings are subject to Rule 6.20.
(e)
Divisions are subject to Rule 6.21.
6.10� THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.� The Speaker must appoint a Committee on
Ethics consisting of four members:� two
members from the majority political party caucus, and two from the minority
caucus.� One alternate from each caucus
must also be appointed.� The committee
must adopt written procedures, which must include due process requirements, for
handling complaints and issuing guidelines.
A
complaint may be brought about conduct by a member that violates a rule or
administrative policy of the House, that violates accepted norms of House
behavior, that betrays the public trust, or that tends to bring the House into
dishonor or disrepute.
A
complaint about a member's conduct must present with specificity the factual
evidence supporting the complaint.� A
complaint must be in writing, under oath and signed by two or more members of
the House, and submitted to the Speaker.�
Before submitting the complaint to the Speaker, the complainants must
cause a copy of it and any supporting materials to be delivered to any member
named in the complaint.� Within seven
days after receiving a complaint, the Speaker must refer the complaint to the
Ethics Committee for processing by the committee according to its rules of
procedure.
The
existence and substance of a complaint, including any supporting materials, and
all proceedings, meetings, hearings, and records of the Ethics Committee are
public; except that the committee, upon a majority vote of the whole committee,
may meet in executive session to consider or determine the question of probable
cause, to consider a member's medical or other health records, or to protect
the privacy of a victim or a third party.
A
complaint of a breach of confidentiality by a member or employee of the House
must be immediately referred by the Speaker to the Ethics Committee for
disciplinary action.
The
committee must act in an investigatory capacity and may make recommendations regarding
complaints submitted to the Speaker before adjournment sine die.� With the approval of the Speaker, the
committee may retain a retired judge or other nonpartisan legal advisor to
advise and assist the committee, as the committee considers appropriate and
necessary in the circumstances of the case, in conducting the proceedings and
obtaining a complete and accurate understanding of the information relevant to
the conduct in question.
Ethics
Committee recommendations for disciplinary action must be supported by clear
and convincing evidence and must be reported to the House for final
disposition.
6.20� COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE; DEADLINES.� The Speaker must prepare and publish a
schedule of committee meetings, fixing as far as practicable the regular
meeting day and time of each committee.
The chair
of a committee must give written notice of a special meeting or a change in the
regular schedule of meetings.� The notice
may be announced from the desk and must be posted in public notice locations maintained
by the House.� The notice must be posted
at least one day in advance of the change.
As far as
practicable, the chair of a committee must give three days notice of the date,
time, place and agenda for each meeting.
Meeting
notices must indicate when alternative media will be used to conduct the
meeting.
During
the first ten weeks of the session in the odd-numbered year and the first five
weeks of the session in the even-numbered year, a standing committee must not
have a regularly scheduled meeting after noon on Friday, but the Speaker may
approve a special meeting of a committee during this time.
A
committee must not meet between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m.
Only the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may meet during a daily
session of the House without leave.
The House
shall establish deadlines for each regular session by resolution.
6.21� COMMITTEE PROCEDURES.� Meetings of House committees must be open to
the public except for executive sessions that the committee on ethics considers
necessary under Rule 6.10.� For purposes
of this requirement, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and action is
taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the committee.� This requirement does not apply to a meeting
of members of a committee from the same political party caucus.
A
majority of members of a committee is a quorum.
The Rules
of the House must be observed in committee if they are applicable.
An
amendment offered in committee must be on a subject that is within the
jurisdiction of the committee.� Whether
an amendment is on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of the committee
is a question to be decided by the person chairing the meeting, who may put the
question to the committee.
A member
of a committee may demand a roll call vote on any bill, resolution, report,
motion or amendment before the committee.�
If a demand is made, the roll must be called.� The name of the member demanding the roll
call and the vote of each member must be recorded in the committee minutes.
A
committee may reconsider an action while the matter remains in the possession
of the committee.� A committee member
need not have voted with the prevailing side to move to reconsider the action.
The chair
of a committee, after consultation with the Speaker, may establish written
procedures for the submission of amendments to the committee, the setting of
committee agendas, and other matters pertaining to the conduct of the
committee's business.� Before
implementing the written procedures, the chair must provide a copy of them to
the Speaker and to each member of the House and must make copies available to
others upon request.
6.22� PUBLIC TESTIMONY.� Public testimony from proponents and
opponents must be allowed on every bill or resolution before a standing
committee, division or subcommittee of the House.
6.23� OPEN MEETING ENFORCEMENT.� A person may submit to the Speaker a
complaint alleging a violation of the open meeting requirements of Rule
6.21.� The complaint must be in
writing.� On receiving a complaint, the
Speaker, or a person designated by the Speaker, must investigate the complaint promptly.� If the Speaker concludes, following
investigation, that a violation of the open meeting Rule may have occurred, the
Speaker must refer the complaint to the Committee on Ethics for further
proceedings.
6.24� COMMITTEE RECORDS.� The chair of a standing committee must cause
a committee record to be kept, in the form prescribed by the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration.� The
record must include the record of committee proceedings on each bill referred
to the committee and the minutes of the committee and any subcommittees.
The
committee and subcommittee minutes must include:
a. the
time and place of each hearing or meeting;
b. the
names of committee or subcommittee members who are present;
c. the
name and address, at the Chair's discretion, of each person appearing before
the committee or subcommittee, together with the name and address of the
person, association, firm or corporation in whose behalf the appearance is
made;
d. the
language of each motion, the name of the member making the motion, the result
of a vote on the motion, and, on a roll call vote, the names of those in favor
and those opposed;
e. the
date on which a subcommittee is established, the names of its members and the
file number of bills referred to it and reported by it;
f. other
important matters related to the work of the committee or subcommittee.
The
minutes must be approved at the next regular meeting of the committee or
subcommittee.
At the
end of two business days after approval by the committee or subcommittee, copies
of the minutes must be filed with the Chief Clerk and be open to public
inspection in the Chief Clerk's office and on the House Web site.
At the
end of the legislative biennium minutes and other records must be delivered to
the Director of the Legislative Reference Library.
Audio
recordings of Committee and Subcommittee meetings must be made available for
public use by the end of the business day following each meeting.� The chair of a committee who elects not to
release the recording of a committee meeting until the minutes of the meeting
are approved by the committee must make a copy of the recording available by
the end of the next business day after a written request for it is made to the
committee.� The House must keep the
recordings of committee meetings available for public use during the
legislative biennium in which they were created and, at the end of the
legislative biennium, must transmit a copy of the recordings to the Director of
the Legislative Reference Library.
The
Legislative Reference Library must keep committee records and recordings
available for public use under its rules for eight years after the end of the
legislative biennium during which the materials were created and then may
preserve or dispose of the recordings as the Library sees fit.
A person
may obtain a copy of a recording during the legislative biennium in which it is
created by paying a fee determined by the House Controller to cover the cost of
preparing the copy.� A person may obtain
a copy of a recording while it is kept in the Library by paying a fee
determined by the House Controller to cover the cost of preparing the
copy.� A person may obtain a copy of a
page of committee minutes or other records for a fee determined by the House
Controller to cover the cost of preparing the copy.� A copy of a recording must be provided free
to a member or staff of the House upon request for use in legislative business.
Testimony
and discussion preserved under this Rule are not intended to be admissible in a
court or administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent.
6.30� COMMITTEE REPORTS.� The House must adopt or reject a committee
report on a bill or resolution without amendment.
The chair
of a standing committee reporting to the House on a bill or resolution must use
the form provided for committee reports.�
Each bill or resolution must be reported separately.� The report must state the action taken by the
committee and the date of the action.�
The report must be authenticated by the signature of the chair.
Before a
committee reports favorably on a bill or resolution, the chair must see that
the form of the bill or resolution conforms to these Rules and the Joint Rules
of the House and Senate.
Except
during the last seven legislative days in a year, the committee report and any
minority report must be submitted to the Chief Clerk at least four hours before
the convening of the daily session.� But
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may report at any time.
6.31� SUBSTITUTION OF BILLS.� A standing or special committee or division
or its members must not report a substitute for a bill referred to the
committee or division if the substitute relates to a different subject, is
intended to accomplish a different purpose, or requires a title essentially
different from that of the bill referred.�
If the House is advised that a substitute bill reported to the House
violates this Rule, the report must not be adopted.
6.32� MINORITY REPORTS.� A minority report must be made separately
from the majority report and must be considered before the majority
report.� If the minority report is
adopted the majority report must not be considered.� If the minority report is not adopted the
majority report must then be considered.
6.40� REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.� A conference committee may report at any time
and may meet during a daily session of the House without leave.� A conference committee report must be
electronically available or printed.
A
conference committee report must include only subject matter contained in the
House or Senate versions of the bill for which that conference committee was
appointed, or like subject matter contained in a bill passed by the House or
Senate.� The member presenting the
conference committee report to the House must disclose all substantive changes
from the House version of the bill.
6.50� COMMITTEE OR DIVISION REPORT LAID OVER.� The report of any committee or division may
be laid over one day and printed in the Journal, if so ordered by the House.
ARTICLE 7
- OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE
7.01� DUTIES AND
PRIVILEGES OF THE SPEAKER.� The Speaker
must preside over the House and has all the powers and duties of the presiding
officer.
The
Speaker must preserve order and decorum.�
The Speaker may order the lobby or galleries cleared in the case of
disorderly conduct or other disturbance.
Except as
otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker has general control of the
Chamber of the House and of the corridors, passages and rooms in the Capitol
and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House.
The
Speaker must sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions, writs, warrants and
subpoenas of the House or issued by order of the House.� The Speaker must sign all abstracts for the
payment of money from funds appropriated by the Legislature to the House; but
money must not be paid unless the abstract is also signed by the Controller of
the House.� Abstracts for compensation of
members must be signed by the Chief Clerk pursuant to law.
The
Speaker must appoint the Chief Sergeant at Arms or must designate that officer
from among the Sergeants at Arms elected by the House or appointed by the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
When an
elected office of the House becomes vacant, the Speaker must designate a person
to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary
until a successor is elected by the House.
7.02� SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE OF SPEAKER.� When the office of Speaker becomes vacant,
the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration has the
powers and must discharge the duties of the office as necessary, until a
Speaker is elected by the House or until a speaker-designate is selected as
provided in this Rule.� The House must
elect a Speaker when the House is next called to order.� If the Legislature is not in session, within
30 days after the office of Speaker becomes vacant the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration must meet and select a speaker-designate to exercise
the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary until a Speaker
is elected by the House.
7.05� SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE.� The Speaker must appoint one or more members
as Speaker pro tempore.� A Speaker pro
tempore must preside in the Speaker's absence.�
In the absence of the Speaker and a Speaker pro tempore, a member
selected by the Speaker must preside until the Speaker or Speaker pro tempore
returns.
7.06� SPEAKER EMERITUS.� Any current member having served the House in
the capacity of Speaker will, subsequent to that service, be known as Speaker
Emeritus, and may perform such ceremonial functions and duties as assigned by
the Speaker.
7.10� DUTIES OF CHIEF CLERK.� The Chief Clerk has general supervision of
all clerical duties pertaining to the business of the House.� The Chief Clerk must perform, under the direction
of the Speaker, all the duties of the office of Chief Clerk.� The Chief Clerk must keep records showing the
status and progress of all bills, memorials and resolutions.
During a
temporary absence of the Chief Clerk, the First Assistant Chief Clerk has all
the usual responsibilities of the Chief Clerk and may sign the daily journal,
enrollments, abstracts and other legislative documents.
The Chief
Clerk must supervise the engrossment and enrollment of bills.� The Chief Clerk must see that a record is
kept, by file number, of the bills introduced in the House that passed both
houses and are enrolled.
The Chief
Clerk must ensure that locations accessible to the public are available to post
a list of committee and subcommittee meetings and any other announcements or
notices the House may require.
The Index
Clerk, supervised by the Chief Clerk, must prepare an index in which bills may
be indexed by topic, number, author, subject, section of the statutes amended,
committees, divisions, and any other method that will make it a complete and
comprehensive index.
The index
must be open for public inspection during the legislative session and must be
printed in the permanent Journal.
7.20� DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS.� The Sergeant at Arms must carry out all
orders of the House or the Speaker and perform all other services pertaining to
the office of Sergeant at Arms, including:�
maintaining order in the Chamber and other areas used for the business
of the House and its committees and divisions and members; supervising the
entering and exiting from the Chamber and the other areas; and promptly
delivering messages.
ARTICLE 8
- ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSE
8.01� BUDGET AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.� The House Controller must prepare a biennial
budget for the House.� The budget must be
approved by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration before it is
submitted to the State Government Finance Division.� By the 15th day of April, July, October, and
January of each year, the Controller must submit a detailed report of House
expenditures during the previous quarter to the Speaker and the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.
The House
Controller must arrange for the purchase of goods and services for the
House.� The Controller must seek the
lowest possible prices consistent with satisfactory quality and
dependability.� A contract of the House,
or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure of more than $500
must be signed by the Speaker or the Controller.� A contract, or an amendment to a contract,
authorizing an expenditure of up to $500 may be executed by an employee
authorized and directed in writing by the Controller to act for the Controller
on the contract or contracts of its type.�
A contract or amendment to a contract entered into in violation of this
Rule is not binding on the House.� The
House Controller must consult with an adaptive technology expert to identify
commercially available upgrades for computers and Internet technology that are
compatible with adaptive speech technology prior to purchasing upgrades.
Employees
of the House must be reimbursed for actual expenses in the same manner as state
employees.
During
session, for travel away from the Capitol, members must be reimbursed for
actual expenses, in addition to per diem expense allowances, in the manner and
amount prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
8.10� COMMITTEE AND DIVISION BUDGETS AND EXPENSES.� The Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration must establish a budget for each standing committee and division
of the House for expenses incurred by the committee or division, its members,
and its staff in conducting its legislative business.� Per diem expense allowances paid to members
during sessions or at times set by the Speaker or the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration must not be charged against the budget.� A committee or division must not incur
expenses in excess of its authorized budget.
All
charges against the committee or division budget must be approved by the chair
before payment is made.
8.20� APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.� The Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration must designate the position of and appoint each employee of the
House and set the compensation of each officer and employee.� A record of the appointments, including
positions and compensation, must be kept in the office of the House Controller
and must be available for inspection by the public.
The
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must establish the procedure
for filling employment vacancies when the Legislature is not in session.
An
employee of the House may be assigned to other duties, suspended or discharged
at any time by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
ARTICLE 9
- CONDUCT
9.01� CODE OF CONDUCT.� The Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration, after receiving the recommendation of the Committee on Ethics,
must establish and maintain a code of conduct for members, officers and
employees of the House.
9.05� CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.� An employee of the House must not participate
in campaign activity during working hours.�
An employee must not be obliged to participate in campaign activities as
a condition of employment.� A member is
not an employee of the House for purposes of this Rule.� House equipment must not be used for campaign
activities.� The Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration must define the terms of and implement this Rule.
9.10� SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.� During regular or special
session, a member of the House, a political party caucus, the member's
principal campaign committee, a political committee with the member's name or
title, or a committee authorized by the member that benefits the member, must
not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered lobbyist, political
committee, dissolving principal campaign committee, political fund, or a tribal
organization.
A member
must not accept compensation for lobbying.
9.20� ACCEPTANCE OF AN HONORARIUM BY A MEMBER.� A member must not accept an honorarium for a
service performed for an individual or organization that has a direct interest
in the business of the House, including, but not limited to, a registered
lobbyist or an organization a lobbyist represents.� The term "honorarium" does not
include reimbursement for expenses incurred and actually paid by a member in
performing a service.
Alleged
violations of this Rule must be referred to the Committee on Ethics under Rule
6.10.� If the Committee on Ethics finds
that an honorarium was accepted in violation of this Rule, the Committee must
direct its return.� If it is not
returned, the committee may recommend disciplinary action under Rule 6.10.
9.21� ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL AND LODGING BY A MEMBER
OR EMPLOYEE.� A member or employee of the
House must not accept travel or lodging from any foreign government, private
for-profit business, labor union, registered lobbyist, or an association
thereof, except payment permitted by law of expenses that relate to the
member's or employee's participation as a legislator or legislative employee in
a meeting or conference.� This Rule does
not apply to travel or lodging provided to a member in the regular course of
the member's employment or business.
9.30� DENIAL OF COMPENSATION WHILE DETAINED.� A member must not receive compensation,
mileage, or living expenses while the member is incarcerated or on home
detention due to a criminal conviction.
9.35� BAN ON LOBBYING.� Former state legislators must not register as
lobbyists within one year from the date they leave office.
9.40� NO SMOKING IN HOUSE AREAS.� Smoking is prohibited in the areas of the
Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the House,
including the House Chamber and Retiring Room and galleries, hearing rooms,
minor corridors and offices, private offices, and lounges."
����� Sertich moved to amend the Report from the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration relating to the proposed
Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session as follows:
����� Page 9, line 13, after "announce"
insert "time"
����� The motion prevailed and the amendment was
adopted.
Seifert;
Murdock; Urdahl; Holberg; Loon; Doepke; Shimanski; Nornes; Torkelson; Scott;
Anderson, S.; Eastlund; Gunther; Cornish; Smith; Drazkowski; Kohls; Mack;
Magnus; McNamara; Peppin; McFarlane; Lanning; Dettmer; Severson; Brod; Hoppe
and Westrom moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the
House for the 86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 9,
delete the section on time limits for consideration, lines 12 to 14
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� Sertich moved that the House recess
subject to the call of the Chair.� The
motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
����� The House reconvened and was called to
order by the Speaker.
����� Abeler; Anderson, B.; Eastlund; Mariani;
McFarlane and Ruud were excused for the remainder of today's session.
����� Sterner was excused between the hours of
7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
����� Slawik was excused between the hours of
7:30 p.m. and 8:25 p.m.
����� Dean was excused between the hours of 7:30
p.m. and 9:40 p.m.
����� Dettmer was excused between the hours of
7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
����� The Seifert et al amendment to the Report
from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration relating to the
proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session, as amended, was
again reported to the House as follows:
Page 9,
delete the section on time limits for consideration, lines 12 to 14
PREVIOUS QUESTION
����� Brod moved the previous question and the
motion was properly seconded.
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� The question was taken on the Brod motion
for the previous question and the roll was called.� There were 30 yeas and 90 nays as follows:
����� Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Demmer
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hoppe
Kahn
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Loon
Mack
Magnus
Olin
Reinert
Sanders
Severson
Shimanski
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davids
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doepke
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Gunther
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Holberg
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kalin
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
McNamara
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Nornes
Norton
Obermueller
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Scott
Seifert
Sertich
Simon
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Spk. Kelliher
����� The motion did not prevail and the
previous question was not ordered.
POINT OF ORDER
����� Buesgens
raised a point of order pursuant to rule 2.32 relating to the order in
debate.� The Speaker ruled the point of
order well taken.
����� The
question recurred on the Seifert et al amendment and the roll was called.� There were 52 yeas and 72 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Cornish
Davids
Demmer
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Falk
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kahn
Kalin
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, M.
Nornes
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Peppin
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those who
voted in the negative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Murphy, E.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� The motion did not prevail and the
amendment was not adopted.
Anderson,
S., moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 29,
after line 24, insert:
"8.11
SPECIAL SESSION EXPENSES.� No
member may be paid a housing allowance or receive per diem payments for days
spent in a special session required to pass the necessary and ongoing budget of
the State."
����� Sertich moved that the Anderson, S.,
amendment to the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
����� A
roll call was requested and properly seconded.
����� The
question was taken on the Sertich motion and the roll was called.� There were 75 yeas and 48 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Greiling
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lanning
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Norton
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Rukavina
Sailer
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� Those who
voted in the negative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Cornish
Davids
Demmer
Dittrich
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Holberg
Hoppe
Kalin
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lenczewski
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Newton
Nornes
Obermueller
Peppin
Reinert
Rosenthal
Sanders
Scalze
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Sterner
Swails
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� The motion prevailed and the Anderson, S.,
amendment was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
Garofalo
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 13,
line 12, strike "the Committee on Finance"
Page 13,
lines 30 and 31, strike "the Finance Committee"
Page 13,
line 31, strike "each finance committee division" and insert "each
Ways and Means committee division"
Page 14,
lines 19 and 20, strike "by the Finance Committee or a division of the
Finance Committee" and insert "by a division of the Ways and Means
Committee"
Page 14,
line 25, strike "Finance" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 14,
line 29, delete "Finanzbranche" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 14,
line 30, delete "Finanzbranche" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 14,
line 32, strike everything after the period
Page 14, strike
line 33
Page 15,
line 4, strike "and Finance"
Page 15,
lines 7 and 8, strike "The Finance Committee Division" and insert
"The Ways and Means Committee division"
Page 15,
line 13, strike "Finance" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 15,
line 20, strike "Finance" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 15,
lines 20 and 21, strike "with the concurrence of the chair of the
Committee on Ways and Means"
Page 15,
line 26, strike "Finance" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 15, line 30, strike "Finance" and insert
"Ways and Means"
Page 15,
line 34, strike "Finance" and insert "Ways and Means"
Page 15,
lines 34 and 35, strike "and must be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means"
Page 17,
line 20, strike "the Finance Committee"
Page 20,
delete line 9 and insert "Ways and Means"
The Chief
Clerk is instructed to make any further technical changes required to eliminate
references to the Finance Committee from House Rules, and to insert the
Committee on Ways and Means into all functions heretofore reserved for the
Finance Committee.
����� The motion did not prevail and the
amendment was not adopted.
Anderson,
S., moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th
Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 19,
delete line 34
Page 20,
delete lines 1 to 35 and insert:
"Agriculture
Policy and Finance
Capital
Investment
Civil Law
Commerce
Education
Policy and Finance
Environment
Policy and Finance
Government Operations,
Veterans, and State Government Finance
Health and
Human Services Policy and Finance
Jobs
Development and Higher Education Policy and Finance
Public
Safety Policy and Finance
Rules
Taxes
Transportation
Policy and Finance
Ways and Means"
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� The question was taken on the Anderson,
S., amendment and the roll was called.�
There were 42 yeas and 82 nays as follows:
����� Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Bunn
Cornish
Davids
Demmer
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Peppin
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Sterner
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those
who voted in the negative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� The
motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
McNamara
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 26,
after line 21, insert:
"6.33
APPOINTMENT TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.�
The Speaker shall appoint at least one member of the minority, who
has voted on the prevailing side of the bill, to every conference committee
appointed by the House."
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� The question was
taken on the McNamara amendment and the roll was called.� There were 46 yeas and 78 nays as follows:
����� Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Beard
Bigham
Brod
Buesgens
Bunn
Cornish
Davids
Demmer
Dill
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kalin
Kath
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Peppin
Rosenthal
Sanders
Scalze
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Swails
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Atkins
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Emmer
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rukavina
Sailer
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sterner
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� The
motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Severson
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 24,
after line 13, insert:
"6.23
MEETINGS PROHIBITED.� No House
Committee, task force, working group, or other working body of the House shall
meet in the two months prior to a regular election of House members, unless a
special session has been called by the Governor, or the Governor has notified
the Speaker of a probable special session during this period."
Renumber
the rules accordingly
����� A
roll call was requested and properly seconded.
����� The
question was taken on the Severson amendment and the roll was called.� There were 39 yeas and 85 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Anzelc
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Cornish
Davids
Demmer
Dill
Doepke
Drazkowski
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Loon
Mack
Magnus
Murdock
Nornes
Peppin
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, S.
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dittrich
Doty
Downey
Eken
Emmer
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
McNamara
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� The
motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Gottwalt
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 29,
after line 14, insert:
"8.05
PER DIEM AND HOUSING.� The per
diem and housing allowances for the 86th Session of the House of
Representatives shall be established at no more than the levels and periods
allowed during the 84th Session."
����� Sertich moved that the Gottwalt amendment
to the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration
relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session, as
amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
����� A
roll call was requested and properly seconded.
����� The
question was taken on the Sertich motion and the roll was called.� There were 78 yeas and 46 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davnie
Dill
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lanning
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Magnus
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Rukavina
Sailer
Scott
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Bunn
Davids
Demmer
Dittrich
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Hosch
Kalin
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lenczewski
Loon
Mack
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Obermueller
Peppin
Reinert
Rosenthal
Sanders
Scalze
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Sterner
Torkelson
Urdahl
Zellers
����� The
motion prevailed and the Gottwalt amendment was referred to the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.
Smith moved
to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration
relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session, as
amended, as follows:
Page 9, line
5, after the comma, insert "online media,"
Page 9, line
10, after "stations" insert "and online media"
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� Sertich moved that the Smith amendment to
the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration relating
to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session, as amended,
be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
����� The
question was taken on the Sertich motion and the roll was called.� There were 80 yeas and 44 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anzelc
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Greiling
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Kohls
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� Those
who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Atkins
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Davids
Dean
Demmer
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Holberg
Kalin
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Lanning
Liebling
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Obermueller
Peppin
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Thissen
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� The
motion prevailed and the Smith amendment was referred to the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration.
����� Slawik
was excused for the remainder of today's session.
Holberg
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 12,
line 26, delete "Committee on Ways and Means" and insert "House
of Representatives"
Page 12,
line 33, delete "Committee" and insert "House"
Page 13,
line 4, delete "Committee" and insert "House"
Page 13,
line 9, delete "Committee" and insert "House"
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� Solberg moved that the Holberg amendment
to the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration
relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th Session, as
amended, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� The Speaker called
Juhnke to the Chair.
����� The question was taken on the Solberg
motion and the roll was called.� There
were 73 yeas and 51 nays as follows:
����� Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Hansen
Hausman
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� Those
who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Bunn
Cornish
Davids
Dean
Demmer
Dettmer
Dittrich
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Haws
Holberg
Hoppe
Kalin
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Liebling
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Obermueller
Peppin
Poppe
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� The
motion prevailed and the Holberg amendment was referred to the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.
Zellers
moved to amend the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration relating to the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for the
86th Session, as amended, as follows:
Page 17,
after line 11, insert:
"4.21
BUDGET ON LAST DAY OF SESSION.� On
the last day that bills may be passed in a regular session, any major revenue
and finance bill that has not been passed into law or sent to the Governor for
consideration shall be brought to the floor by motion of the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration, or shall be recalled from conference by the
House.� These bills shall be debated and
considered for passage by the House prior to adjournment."
Renumber
the rules accordingly
����� A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
����� The
question was taken on the Zellers amendment and the roll was called.� There were 42 yeas and 83 nays as follows:
����� Those
who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Cornish
Davids
Dean
Demmer
Dettmer
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Peppin
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� The
motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
����� The question
recurred on the Sertich motion that the Report from the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration and the proposed Permanent Rules of the House for
the 86th Session, as amended, be now adopted and the roll was called.
����� The Speaker resumed the Chair.
����� There were 82 yeas and 43 nays as follows:
����� Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anzelc
Atkins
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Brynaert
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Davnie
Dill
Dittrich
Doty
Eken
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Greiling
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Knuth
Koenen
Laine
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Marquart
Masin
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rukavina
Sailer
Scalze
Sertich
Simon
Slocum
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Winkler
Spk. Kelliher
����� Those who voted in the negative were:
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Beard
Brod
Buesgens
Cornish
Davids
Dean
Demmer
Dettmer
Doepke
Downey
Drazkowski
Emmer
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Holberg
Hoppe
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Kohls
Lanning
Loon
Mack
Magnus
McNamara
Murdock
Nornes
Peppin
Rosenthal
Sanders
Scott
Seifert
Severson
Shimanski
Smith
Torkelson
Urdahl
Westrom
Zellers
����� The motion
prevailed and the Report from the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration, as amended, and the Permanent Rules of the House for the 86th
Session were adopted and read as follows:
ARTICLE 1
- DAILY BUSINESS
1.01� CONVENING OF THE HOUSE.� Unless otherwise ordered, the House convenes
at 12:00 p.m.� The Speaker must take the
chair at the appointed hour and call the House to order.
The call
to order is followed by a prayer by the Chaplain or time for a brief
meditation, then by the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States
of America, and then by a call of the roll of members.� The names of members present and members excused
must be entered in the Journal of the House.
1.02� READING OF THE JOURNAL.� If a quorum is present, the Chief Clerk must
read the Journal of the preceding day, unless otherwise ordered.� The House may correct errors in the Journal
of the preceding day.
1.03� ORDER OF BUSINESS.� After the Journal is read, the order of
business of the day is:
(1)
Presentation of petitions or other communications
(2)
Reports of standing committees and divisions
(3) Second
reading of House bills
(4) Second
reading of Senate bills
(5)
Reports of select committees
(6)
Introduction and first reading of House bills
(7)
Consideration of messages from the Senate
(8) First
reading of Senate bills
(9)
Consent Calendar
(10)
Calendar for the day
(11)
Motions and resolutions
The House
may advance or revert from any order of business to any other order of
business, by majority vote of the whole House.
Conference
committees on House bills and the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may report at any time.
1.04� REPORTING OF BILLS.� A bill must be reported to the House on three
different days before its passage, except as provided in Rule 5.02.� The first report, called the first reading,
occurs when it is introduced; the second report, called the second reading,
occurs when it has been reported by the appropriate standing committees and
divisions for consideration by the House; the third report, called the third
reading, occurs when it is ready for the vote on passage.
1.10� INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.� A bill or resolution must be submitted to the
Speaker at least 24 hours before the convening of the daily session at which it
is to be introduced.
A bill or
resolution must be introduced in triplicate and each copy must bear the signature
of the member or the name of the committee or division introducing it.
In regular
session, a bill prepared by a department or agency of state government must be
introduced and given its first reading at least ten days before the date of the
first committee deadline.
1.11� FIRST READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS.� A bill or resolution must be reported and
given its first reading when it is introduced.�
A bill or resolution must not be objected to when it is introduced.
After its
first reading, the Speaker must refer a bill or resolution to the appropriate
standing committee or division, except as provided in Rule 1.15 and Rule 1.13.
Congratulatory
resolutions referred to in Rule 4.02 are exempt from this Rule.
Except as
otherwise provided in these Rules, after the Speaker refers a bill or
resolution, a majority vote of the whole House is required for the House to
re-refer the bill or resolution.
1.12� AUTHORS OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.� A bill, memorial, or resolution must not have
more than 35 authors.� After a bill or
resolution is introduced and given its first reading: (a) a member may be
removed as an author, by motion of the member; and (b) a member wishing to be
an author may be added as an author, by motion of the author of the bill or
resolution.
1.13� INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE OR DIVISION
BILLS.� A standing or special committee
of the House or a division of the House may introduce a bill as a committee or
division bill on any subject within its purview.� When a committee or division bill is introduced
and read for the first time, the Speaker may refer it to a standing committee
or division.� If the Speaker does not
refer it, the bill must be laid over one day.�
Then it must be read for the second time and placed on the General
Register or, if recommended by the Committee, on the Consent Calendar.
1.14� RECESS BILL INTRODUCTIONS.� During the period between the last day of the
regular session in an odd-numbered year and the first day of the regular
session in the next year, a bill filed with the Speaker for introduction must
be given a file number and may be unofficially referred by the Speaker to an
appropriate standing committee or division.
1.15� DISPOSITION OF SENATE FILES.� A Senate File received by the House that is
accompanied by a message announcing its passage by the Senate must be referred
to the appropriate standing committee or division under Rule 1.11.� But if a Senate File is received that a
member requests be compared to a House File already reported by a standing
committee or division of the House and placed on the General Register or on the
Calendar for the Day or the Consent Calendar, the Senate File must be referred
to the Chief Clerk for comparison.� If
the Chief Clerk reports that the Senate File is identical to the House File,
the Senate File may, by majority vote, be substituted for the House File and
take its place.� The fact that the bills
are identical must be entered in the Journal and the House File is then
considered withdrawn.
A Senate
File that is amended on the floor of the House, except at the time of final
passage, and a Senate File that has been reported to the House with amendments
by a House standing committee or division, must be unofficially engrossed and
reprinted by the Chief Clerk.� An
amendment may be offered to an unofficial engrossment of a Senate File.
1.20� GENERAL REGISTER.� The General Register consists of all bills
that have received a second reading, except those placed on the Consent
Calendar under Rule 1.23.� Bills must be
placed on the General Register in the order that they receive their second
reading.� A bill must be on the General
Register, be given to each member, and be available to the public before it may
be considered by the House on the Calendar for the Day or the Fiscal
Calendar.� Each day that the House meets
in session, the Chief Clerk must publish a list of the bills on the General
Register.
1.21� CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.� The Calendar for the Day is a list of bills
that are to be considered that day by the House.� The House must consider each item on the
Calendar for the Day in the order determined by the presiding officer.� After consideration by the House, unless
otherwise disposed of, the bill must immediately be given its third reading and
placed upon its passage.
A bill that
has received its second reading may be placed on the Calendar for the Day by
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or by order of the House
upon the motion of a member as provided in this Rule.
The
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must designate the bills that
are to be on the Calendar for the Day.�
During regular session, the Committee must designate the bills by 5:00
p.m. the day before the day that the bills are to be on the Calendar, except
that the Committee may designate the bills at any time after a day specified by
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.� After the Committee designates the bills, the
Chief Clerk must publish the Calendar for the Day.
A bill that
is on the General Register for more than ten legislative days may be placed on
the Calendar for the Day by a majority vote of the whole House, acting on the
motion of a member.� A bill placed on the
Calendar for the Day in this manner must be considered first the next time that
the House reaches the order of business "Calendar for the Day." A
member must give notice to the Speaker and the Chief Clerk three legislative
days before making a motion to place a bill on the Calendar for the Day.� The notice must specify the number and title
of the bill.� Only the member who gave
notice to the Speaker and the Chief Clerk, or another member designated in
writing by the member who gave notice, may make the motion to place the bill on
the Calendar for the Day.� After the
third legislative day following the day of notice, the motion must be made the
first time that the House reaches the order of business "Motions and
Resolutions." If the motion is not made at that time, the member who gave
notice forfeits the right to make that motion.
A bill may
be continued on the Calendar for the Day by a majority vote of the whole
House.� A third motion by the author of a
bill to continue it on the Calendar for the Day is not in order; upon such a
motion, the bill must be stricken from the Calendar and returned to the General
Register in the order of its second reading.�
The Calendar for the Day expires when the House adjourns for the day,
unless the House, by a majority vote of the whole House, continues items
remaining on the Calendar to the next day.
1.22� FISCAL CALENDAR.� A finance bill that has had its second
reading must be considered by the House when requested by the Chair of the
Committee on Ways and Means or by a designee of the Chair.� A bill relating to taxes or raising revenue
that has had its second reading must be considered by the House when requested
by the Chair of the Committee on Taxes or a designee of the Chair.
During
regular session, a chair must announce the intention to make the request by
5:00 p.m. the legislative day before the day that the request for consideration
is to be made, except that the Chair may designate the bills at any time after
a day specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.� During periods when the 5:00 p.m. requirement
does not apply, the chair must announce the intention at least two hours before
making the request.
After
consideration by the House on the Fiscal Calendar, unless otherwise disposed
of, the bill must immediately be given its third reading and placed upon its
passage.
1.23� CONSENT CALENDAR.� If a committee or division determines that a
bill it recommends to pass is not controversial, the committee or division may
in its report recommend that the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar.� After the report is adopted and the bill has
received its second reading, the bill must be placed on the Consent Calendar
and given to each member at least one day before it may be considered by the
House.� Bills must be placed on the
Consent Calendar in the order that they receive their second reading and must
be considered by the House in the order determined by the presiding officer.
After
consideration by the House, a bill on the Consent Calendar must immediately be
given its third reading and placed upon its passage.� But if, before its third reading, ten members
object to the bill as being controversial, the bill must be stricken from the
Consent Calendar and be placed on the General Register in the order of second
reading.
1.30� THIRD READING OF BILLS.� An amendment must not be received after the
third reading of a bill without unanimous consent, except to fill blanks or to
amend the title.
At any
time before it is passed, a bill or resolution may be referred or re-referred
by a majority vote of the whole House.�
If the committee or division to which it is referred or re-referred
reports an amendment to it, the bill or resolution must again be given its
second reading and placed on the General Register.
1.40� PUBLICATION OF BILLS FOR THE HOUSE.� After a bill receives its second reading, the
bill must be prepared and published or made electronically available for
consideration by the House.� A majority
of the House may order the publication of a bill at any time.
1.50� ADJOURNING OF THE HOUSE.� The House may not meet during a legislative
day after midnight, except that the House, by majority vote, may meet past the
time of adjournment required by this Rule.
ARTICLE 2
- FLOOR PROCEEDINGS, VOTING, DECORUM
2.01� ABSENCE OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.� Unless illness or other sufficient cause
prevents attendance, a member or officer of the House must not be absent from a
session of the House without the prior permission of the Speaker.
2.02� CALL OF THE HOUSE.� Ten members may demand a call of the House at
any time until voting begins.� After the
House is placed under call, a second roll call on any aspect of a call of the
House is out of order.
When a
call is demanded, the doors of the chamber must be closed, the roll called, and
the absent members sent for; and no member is allowed to leave the chamber
until the roll call is suspended or completed.�
During the roll call, no motion is in order except a motion pertaining
to matters incidental to the call.
Proceedings
under the roll call may be suspended by a majority vote of the whole
House.� The Sergeant at Arms must not
permit a member to leave the Chamber unless the member is excused by the Speaker,
or the call of the House has been lifted by a majority vote of the whole House.
2.03� ROLL CALL VOTE.� A roll call vote is required to pass a bill
or to adopt a resolution or motion directing the payment of money.� In all other cases a roll call vote may be
ordered only if 15 members demand it.�
When the House is taking a roll call vote on another issue, a roll call
vote may not be ordered on a motion that members not voting be excused from
voting.
2.04� EXPLAINING OR CHANGING VOTE.� A member must not explain a vote or discuss
the question during a roll call vote.� A
member must not change a vote or move for the record an intention to have voted
or voted differently after the result of the roll call vote is announced from
the chair by the Speaker.
2.05� EVERY UNEXCUSED MEMBER TO VOTE.� A member who has an immediate interest in a
question must not vote on it.
Every other
member present before the result of a vote is declared by the presiding officer
must vote for or against the matter before the House, unless the House excuses
the member from voting.� But a member is
not required to vote on any matter concerning a memorial resolution.
A member
who does not vote when the member's name is called must state reasons for not
voting.� After the vote has been taken
but before the presiding officer has announced the result of the vote, the
presiding officer must submit to the House the question: "Shall the
member, for the reasons stated, be excused from voting?" The question must
be decided without debate.� After the
question is decided, the presiding officer must announce the result of the
vote, after which other proceedings about the nonvoting member may take place.
2.10� ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.� An electronic voting system under the control
of the Speaker may be used to take any vote except a vote on an election or if
the House is currently taking a roll call.�
A member must not vote on a question except at the member's own seat in
the chamber.
2.15� RECORDED FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.� Proceedings on the floor of the House must be
recorded on an appropriate audio recording medium under the direction of the
Chief Clerk.� The Chief Clerk must transmit
a copy of the recordings to the Director of the Legislative Reference
Library.� The Legislative Reference
Library must keep the recordings available for public use under its rules
during the legislative biennium when the recordings were created and for eight
years thereafter.� The Library may then
preserve or dispose of the recordings as the Library sees fit.
A person
may obtain a copy of a recording while it is kept in the Library by paying a
fee determined by the House Controller to cover the cost of preparing the copy.
Discussion
preserved under this Rule is not intended to be admissible in a court or
administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent.
2.20� DUTIES OF MEMBERS.� Members must keep their seats until the
Speaker announces adjournment.
A member,
before speaking, must rise and respectfully address the Speaker and must not
speak further until recognized by the Speaker.�
If more than one member rises at the same time, the Speaker must select
the member to speak first.
2.21 �NOTICE OF INTENT TO DEBATE A RESOLUTION.� A member may give notice of intent to debate
a resolution, except a resolution introduced as a house file or a senate file
under Rule 4.02 or a resolution offered by the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration or the Committee on Ethics.
The notice
may be given at any time before the vote is taken on the resolution.� If the notice is given, the resolution must
be laid over one day without debate or any other action.
2.30� QUESTIONS OF ORDER.� If a member violates the Rules in any way,
the Speaker must, or another member may, call the member to order.� The member called to order must immediately
sit down unless another member moves to permit the member who was called to
order to explain.� In either case, the
House, if appealed to, must decide the question without debate.� Only if the decision is in favor of the
member called to order may that member proceed.�
The House may censure or punish a member called to order.
2.31� OFFENSIVE WORDS IN DEBATE.� If a member is called to order for offensive
words in debate, the member calling for order must report the words to which
exception is taken and the Clerk must record them.� A member must not be held to answer, or be subject
to censure of the House, for language used in debate unless exception is taken
before another member speaks or other business takes place.
2.32� ORDER IN DEBATE.� Except for the member who offered the motion,
amendment, or proposition under consideration, a member must not speak more than
twice on the subject, without leave of the House, nor more than once until
every other member wishing to speak on the subject has had an opportunity to do
so.
2.33� ORDER DURING SESSION.� A member must not walk out of or across the
Chamber while the Speaker is putting the question.� A member must not engage in private
conversation while another member is speaking or pass between a speaking member
and the Chair.� A member must not disrupt
order and decorum in the Chamber by possessing or using any audiovisual
display, including but not limited to placards, signs, photographs, visual
aids, or the use of any video images or audio, except for such items that are
distributed to members at their desks for the purpose of conducting business of
the day.
2.34� PERSONS BY THE CHIEF CLERK'S DESK DURING
VOTE.� No person may remain by the Chief
Clerk's desk during a roll call vote.
2.40� ADMITTANCE TO FLOOR.� No person other than a member may be admitted
to the House Chamber, except: properly authorized employees; the Chief
Executive and ex-governors of the State of Minnesota; members of the Senate;
heads of departments of the state government; judges of the Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals, and District Courts; members of Congress; those persons
invited to address the body or a joint convention of the house and senate, and
guests for such an address or joint convention; and properly accredited
representatives of radio and television stations, newspapers and press
associations, as provided for in these Rules.
Any other
person may be issued a permit by the Speaker good for the day, but that person
must be seated near the Speaker's rostrum, and must not engage in conversation
that disturbs the business of the House.�
Before issuing a permit, the Speaker must make certain that the person
does not seek the floor of the House to influence decisions of the House.
The
alcoves in the Chambers are for the use of members only, and the Sergeant at
Arms must keep them clear of others.
From one
hour before the time the House is scheduled to convene until one hour after the
House adjourns for the day, the retiring room is reserved for the exclusive use
of the members and employees of the House.�
As long as the Senate prohibits entry of House members into its retiring
room, no Senators may enter the House retiring room during the time it is
reserved for exclusive use of members and employees.� A committee or division meeting must not be
held there except emergency meetings authorized by the Speaker.� The Sergeant at Arms must strictly enforce
this provision.
Unless an
extraordinary condition exists the Speaker must not entertain a request to
suspend this Rule or present the request of a member for unanimous consent to
suspend this Rule.
2.41� MEDIA NEWS REPORTERS.� Accredited representatives of the press,
press associations, and radio and television stations must be given equal press
privileges by the House.� A person
wishing to report proceedings of the House may apply to the Chief Sergeant at
Arms for a media pass and assignment to suitable available space.� The Sergeant may coordinate the issuance of
media passes with the appropriate senate authority.
Television
stations must be permitted to televise sessions of the House.� Media representatives must be allowed access
to both wells in the gallery of the House chambers.
2.42� TIME LIMIT FOR CONSIDERATION.� The Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may establish and shall announce time parameters for floor
consideration of a bill, resolution, or other matter before the House.
ARTICLE 3
- MOTIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND OTHER PROPOSITIONS
3.01� AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MOTIONS.� An amendment or other motion must not be
debated until after it is stated by the Speaker.
After an
amendment or other motion is stated by the Speaker it is in possession of the
House, but the mover may withdraw it at any time before it is amended or
decided.� Unless a motion, resolution, or
amendment is withdrawn on the day it is made, it must be entered in the
Journal, with the name of the member offering it.
Except as
otherwise permitted by the Speaker, an amendment or other motion must be in
writing, and five copies of it must be given to the Chief Clerk.
3.02� ORDER OF PUTTING QUESTION; FILLING
BLANKS.� Except for a privileged
question, questions before the House or a committee or division must be put in
the order they are moved.� In filling a
blank, a motion for the largest sum or the longest time must be put first.
3.03� DIVISION OF A QUESTION.� A member may request the division of a
question that contains more than one separate and distinct point.� A motion to strike and insert is not
divisible.� The failure of a motion to
strike does not preclude another motion to amend or to strike and insert.
3.10� PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS.� While a question is under consideration, only
the following motions may be received:
(1) To fix
the time of adjournment
(2) To
adjourn
(3) To lay
on the table
(4) For
the previous question
(5) To
refer
(6) To
postpone to a day certain
(7) To
amend
(8) To
postpone indefinitely
(9) To
pass
The first
four motions must be decided without debate.
The
motions have precedence in the order listed, except that if the motion for the
previous question has been properly made, and if necessary seconded, and the
main question ordered, the motion to lay on the table is not in order.
3.11� MOTION TO ADJOURN.� A motion to adjourn is always in order except
during a roll call.
After a
motion to adjourn is made, before putting the question, the Speaker may permit
any member to state reasons why adjournment might be improper at that
time.� A statement is not debatable and
must be limited to two minutes.
3.12� MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE.� A motion to lay on the table is not in order
on a motion to amend, except that a motion to amend the Rules may be tabled.
3.13� THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.� The previous question may be moved by a
member who is seconded by 15 members.
If the
motion for the previous question is ordered by a majority of members present,
its effect is to put an end to all debate and bring the House to direct vote
upon the question.
Before the
presiding officer submits a motion for the previous question to the House, a
call of the House is in order.� After a
majority has ordered the previous question, a call of the House is not in order
before the decision on the main question.
When the
previous question is decided in the negative, the main question remains under
debate until it is disposed of by a vote on the question, by a subsequent
motion calling for the previous question under this Rule, or in some other
manner.
All
incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous
question and before the vote on the main question must be decided without
debate.
3.14� MOTION TO RECONSIDER.� After a question is decided either in the
affirmative or negative, a member who voted with the prevailing side may move
to reconsider it.� The motion must be
made on the same day the vote was taken or on either of the next two days that
the House meets in session and has possession of the matter.� The motion may be made at any time in the
Order of Business.� It takes precedence
over any other question except a motion to adjourn and a notice of intent to
move to reconsider.� The motion to
reconsider, or notice of intent to make it, must not be made if the document,
bill, resolution, message, report or other subject of official action on which
the vote was taken has left the possession of the House.
When a
member gives notice of intent to move to reconsider the final action of the
House on a bill, resolution, message, report or other subject of official
action, the Chief Clerk must keep it until the matter is disposed of or the
time has expired for the motion.� In
regular session, notice of intent to move to reconsider must not be made in an
odd-numbered year after the fifth Monday preceding the last Monday that the
House may meet in regular session and in an even-numbered year after a date
specified by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
On the
last day allowed for the motion to reconsider, a member who voted on the
prevailing side may make the motion, unless the matter has been already
disposed of.
If a
motion to reconsider fails, it must not be renewed.
3.15� MOTION TO RESCIND.� A motion to rescind is not in order at any
time in any proceeding in the House or in any committee or division of the
House.
3.20� AMENDMENTS TO AMENDMENTS.� An amendment may be amended, but an amendment
to an amendment must not be amended.
3.21� MOTIONS AND PROPOSITIONS MUST BE
GERMANE.� A motion or proposition on a
subject different from that under consideration must not be admitted under
guise of its being an amendment.� A motion,
amendment, or other proposition offered to the House is out of order if it is
not germane to the matter under consideration.�
Whether a proposition is germane to the matter under consideration is a
question to be decided by the presiding officer, who may put the question to
the House.
3.22� AMENDMENT TO INCREASE AN APPROPRIATION OR
TAX.� The concurrence of a majority of
the whole House, determined by a roll call vote, is required to adopt an
amendment increasing an appropriation or a tax.
3.23� CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.� A constitutional amendment may not be offered
as an amendment to a bill on the floor.
3.30� EXPENDITURE OF HOUSE FUNDS.� The concurrence of a majority of the whole
House, determined by a roll call vote, is required for favorable action on a
resolution or motion involving the expenditure of money appropriated by the
Legislature to the House.� The resolution
or motion must be referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration before being acted on by the House.
ARTICLE 4
- BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
4.01� BILL AND RESOLUTION FORM.� A bill or resolution must not be introduced
until it has been examined and approved by the Revisor of Statutes as to form
and compliance with these Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and
Senate.� The Revisor's approval must be
endorsed on the bill or resolution.
A bill
that is divided into articles may include or be accompanied by a table of
contents.
4.02� RESOLUTIONS.�
A statement of facts being forwarded for action to a governmental
official, agency, or body or other similar proposal is a memorial and must be introduced
in the same form and take the same course as a bill.� A joint resolution and any resolution
requiring the signature of the governor must be introduced in the same form and
take the same course as a bill.
A
resolution must not authorize expenditure from any source other than the money
appropriated by the Legislature to the House.
Congratulatory
resolutions do not require consideration or adoption by the House.
A
resolution must not be changed to a bill, and a bill must not be changed to a
resolution.
4.03� WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; BUDGET RESOLUTION;
EFFECT ON EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE BILLS. (a) The Committee on Ways and Means
must hold hearings as necessary to determine state expenditures and revenues
for the fiscal biennium.
(b) Within
25 days after the last state general fund revenue and expenditure forecast for
the next fiscal biennium becomes available during the regular session in the
odd-numbered year, the Committee on Ways and Means must adopt a budget
resolution.� The budget resolution: (1)
must set the maximum limit on net expenditures for the next fiscal biennium for
the general fund, (2) must set an amount or amounts to be set aside as a budget
reserve and a cash flow account, (3) must set net spending limits for each
budget category represented by the major finance and revenue bills identified
in paragraph (e), and (4) may set limits for expenditures from funds other than
the general fund.� The budget resolution
must not specify, limit, or prescribe revenues or expenditures by any category
other than those specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4).� After the Committee adopts the budget
resolution, the limits in the resolution are effective during the regular
session in the year in which the resolution is adopted, unless a different or
amended resolution is adopted.
(c) During
the regular session in the even-numbered year, before the Committee on Ways and
Means reports a bill containing net increases or decreases in expenditures as
compared to general fund expenditures in the current fiscal biennium estimated
by the most recent state budget forecast, the Committee may adopt a budget
resolution.� If adopted, the resolution
must account for the net changes in expenditures.� The resolution may also (1) set limits for
changes in net expenditures for each budget category represented by the major
finance and revenue bills identified in paragraph (e), and (2) set limits for
expenditures from funds other than the general fund.
If the Committee adopts a
budget resolution, it is effective during the regular session that year, unless
a different or amended resolution is adopted.
(d) The
major finance or revenue bills may be combined or separated by a majority vote
of either the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Ways and Means, or the Committee
on Rules and Legislative Administration.�
Combined or separated bills must conform to the limits in the resolution
as those limits apply to the accounts in those bills.
(e) Major
finance and revenue bills are:
the higher
education and workforce development finance bill;
the K-12
education finance bill;
the early
childhood finance bill;
the
agriculture, rural economies, and veterans affairs finance bill;
the
environment and natural resources finance bill;
the health
care and human services finance bill;
the state
government finance bill;
the
transportation finance bill;
the public
safety finance bill;
the
cultural and outdoor resources finance bill;
the energy
finance bill;
the
housing and public health finance bill;
the
capital investment bill; and
the tax
bill.
(f) After
the adoption of a resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, the Finance
Committee, each finance committee division, and the Committee on Taxes must
reconcile each bill described in Rule 4.10 with the resolution.� When reporting a finance or revenue bill,
each committee or division must provide to the Committee on Ways and Means a
fiscal statement reconciling the bill with the resolution.
(g) After
the adoption of a resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee
on Ways and Means must reconcile finance and revenue bills with the
resolution.� When reporting a bill, the
chair of the Committee must certify to the House that the Committee has reconciled
the bill with the resolution.
(h) After
the adoption of a resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, an amendment
to a bill is out of order if it would cause any of the limits specified in the
resolution to be exceeded.� Whether an
amendment is out of order under this Rule is a question to be decided on the
Floor by the Speaker or other presiding officer and in Committee or Division by
the person chairing the Committee or Division meeting.� In making the determination, the Speaker or
other presiding officer or the Committee or Division chair may consider: (1)
the limits in a resolution; (2) the effect of existing laws on revenues and
expenditures; (3) the effect of amendments previously adopted to the bill under
consideration; (4) the effect of bills previously recommended by a Committee or
Division or bills previously passed in the legislative session by the House or
by the legislature; (5) whether expenditure increases or revenue decreases that
would result from the amendment are offset by decreases in other expenditures
or increases in other revenue specified by the amendment; and (6) other
information reasonably related to expenditure and revenue amounts.
(i) After
a resolution is adopted by the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee must
make available a summary of the estimated fiscal effect on the general fund of
each bill that has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means by the
Finance Committee or a division of the Finance Committee, or the Committee on
Taxes and of each bill that has been reported by the Committee on Ways and
Means.
4.10� BILLS AFFECTING STATE REVENUES AND
EXPENDITURES. (a) Except as provided in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that
directly, substantially, and specifically affects any present or future
financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State must be referred
as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) to the appropriate Finance or Tax
Committee before the bill receives its second reading.� A bill that negligibly affects any present or
future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State is not
subject to mandatory referral under this rule.
(b) A bill
subject to paragraph (a) reported by a Finance Committee division must, if
recommended to pass, be subsequently referred to the Finance Committee, unless
the bill has a negligible fiscal impact and is subject to direct reference to
the Floor under Rule 6.05.� Bills subject
to paragraph (a) reported by the Finance Committee must be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
(c) A bill
with a substantial impact on the tax revenues or tax policies of the State must
be referred to the Committee on Taxes.� A
bill reported by the Committee on Taxes containing a substantial fiscal impact
must be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.� For purposes of this paragraph,
"tax" excludes any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment, a primary
purpose of which is to recover direct or indirect costs incurred by the state
or other governmental entity or as a payment for benefits received.
(d) The
chairs of the Committees on Taxes, Ways and Means, and Finance shall advise the
Speaker on the application of this rule and may determine whether or not any
given piece of legislation must be referred to the committee they chair.
4.12� BILLS AFFECTING DEBT AND CAPITAL
PROJECTS.� The Finance Committee Division
on Capital Investment has jurisdiction over legislation affecting debt
obligations issued by the state and capital projects of the state, including
the planning, acquiring and bettering of public lands and buildings and other
state projects of a capital nature.�
Except as provided in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that directly
and specifically affects debt obligations or capital projects of the state must
be referred to the Finance Committee Division on Capital Investment before the
bill receives its second reading.
Referral
is not required by this Rule if the bill deals primarily with the financing of
state capital facilities using trunk highway funds, with transportation
projects financed without debt obligations of the state, or with the local
financing of capital facilities of local governments.� Referral is not required by this Rule if the
bill has a negligible effect on debt obligations and capital projects of the
state as determined by the chair of the Committee on Finance, in conjunction
with the chair of the Division on Capital Investment, with the concurrence of
the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means.�
Referral is not required by this Rule if the bill is a major finance or
revenue bill identified in Rule 4.03, unless the bill directly and specifically
affects debt obligations of the state, but if a major finance or revenue bill
contains a provision that directly and specifically affects capital projects of
the state, the chair of the finance or tax committee reporting the bill must
notify the chair of the Committee on Finance and the chair of the Division on
Capital Investment of the provision before the bill is considered by the House.
The
Speaker, by announcement, must assign to each finance committee the appropriate
jurisdiction for recommendations on debt obligations and capital projects of
the state.� Divisions of the Finance
Committee must submit recommendations within their jurisdiction to the Division
on Capital Investment for further disposition.
A bill
with a fiscal effect reported by the Division on Capital Investment must be
accompanied by a statement of its fiscal effect, is exempt from the referral
required by Rule 4.10, is subject to the same committee deadlines as the
Finance Committee, and must be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.� This referral is not required if
the bill has a negligible fiscal effect, as determined by the chair of the
Division on Capital Investment with the concurrence of the chair of the
Committee on Ways and Means.
4.13� BILLS AFFECTING STATE GOVERNMENT POWERS AND
STRUCTURE.� The Committee on State and
Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections has jurisdiction
over a House or Senate bill that:
(a)
establishes or reestablishes a department, agency, commission, board, task
force, advisory committee or council, or bureau, or other like entity;
(b)
delegates rulemaking authority to, or exempts from rulemaking, a department or
agency of state government; or
(c)
substantially changes the organization of a department or agency of state
government or substantially changes, vests or divests the official rights,
powers, or duties of an official, department or agency of state government or
an institution under its control.
Except as
otherwise provided in this Rule and Rule 1.15, a bill that is within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections must be referred to that Committee before it receives
its second reading.� A committee or
division (other than the Committee on State and Local Government Operations
Reform, Technology and Elections) reporting such a bill must recommend its
re-referral to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform,
Technology and Elections if reporting before the deadline for action on the
bill by that Committee; if reporting after the deadline, the committee or
division must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
The
re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to the major finance and
revenue bills identified in Rule 4.03.�
If a major finance or revenue bill contains a provision specified in
clause (a) or (b) of the definition in this Rule, the chair of the finance or
tax committee reporting the bill must notify the chair of the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration before the bill is considered by the
House.
The
re-referral requirements of this Rule do not apply to other bills reported by a
finance committee or division or the tax committee or division, except bills
that contain a provision specified in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition in
this Rule.
4.14� BILLS PROPOSING MEMORIALS.� A bill or amendment that proposes to have a
memorial placed in the Capitol area must be referred to the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration.
4.15� BILLS PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.� A House or Senate bill that
proposes a constitutional amendment must be referred to the Committee on Rules
and Legislative Administration before it receives its second reading.� When reporting such a bill, a committee or
division, other than the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration,
must recommend re-referral to the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
4.20� DISPOSITION OF BILLS DURING INTERIM.� Adjournment of the regular session in an odd-numbered
year to a day certain in the next year is the same as daily adjournment except
that a bill on the Consent Calendar, Calendar for the Day, Fiscal Calendar, or
General Register must be returned to the standing committee or division that
last acted on the bill.
4.30� RECALLING BILL FROM COMMITTEE OR
DIVISION.� A bill or resolution may be
recalled from a committee or division at any time by majority vote of the whole
House, be given a second reading and be placed on the General Register.� A motion to recall a bill or resolution is in
order only under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions."
This Rule does not apply in a special session or after the deadline for
committee reports on House files.
4.31� TIME LIMIT TO CONSIDER BILLS.� If 20 legislative days after a bill has been
referred to a committee or division (other than the Committee on Ways and
Means, the Committee on Taxes, the Finance Committee, or a division of one of
those committees) a report has not been made on it by the committee or
division, its chief author may request that it be returned to the House.� The request must be entered in the Journal.
The
committee or division must vote on the bill requested within ten calendar days
after the day of the request.
If the
committee or division fails to vote on it within ten days, the chief author may
present a written demand to the Speaker for its immediate return to the
House.� The demand must be presented
within five calendar days after the day that the committee or division is required
to vote.� If the demand is presented in
the time allowed, it must be entered in the Journal and is the demand of the
House.� The bill is then considered to be
in the possession of the House and must be given its second reading and placed
on the General Register.
The bill
may be re-referred by a majority vote of the whole House.� If the motion to re-refer is made on the day
of the demand or on the next House legislative day, the motion takes precedence
over all other motions except privileged motions and is in order at any time.
ARTICLE 5
- PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
5.01� SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES.� The concurrence of two-thirds of the whole
House is required to suspend or amend a Rule of the House, except that any
amendment to the Rules reported by the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may be adopted by a majority of the whole House.
Except as
provided in Rule 5.02, a motion to suspend or amend any Rule of the House must
be made under the order of business "Motions and Resolutions." If the
motion is made at another time, unanimous consent is required before the
Speaker may entertain the motion.
A motion
to suspend the Rules, together with the subject matter to which it pertains, is
debatable, but the previous question may be applied to the motion under Rule
3.13.
5.02� SUSPENSION OF RULES TO ADVANCE A BILL.� A bill must be reported on three different
days as provided in Rule 1.04, except that in case of urgency, a two-thirds
majority of the whole House may suspend this requirement.� A motion to suspend the Rules to advance a
bill for consideration out of its regular order is in order under the order of
business "Motions and Resolutions" or at any time the bill is before
the House.� The motion must be presented
to the Speaker in writing and must describe the status of the bill.
5.03� DEFINITIONS.�
In these Rules the terms "majority vote" and "vote of the
House" mean a majority of members present for the vote.� The term "vote of the whole House"
means a majority of all the members elected to the House.
Singular
words used in these Rules include the plural, unless the context indicates a
contrary intention.
5.04� AUTHORIZED MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE.� "Mason's Manual of
Legislative Procedure" governs the House in all applicable cases if it is
not inconsistent with these Rules, the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives, or established custom and usage.
5.05� CONFLICT OF RULES.� When there is a conflict between a single
House Rule and a single Joint Rule, the Speaker shall make a ruling as to which
applies.
ARTICLE 6
- COMMITTEES, DIVISIONS, AND REPORTS
6.01� COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS.� Standing committees and divisions of the
House must be appointed by the Speaker as follows:
Agriculture, Rural
Economies and Veterans Affairs
Veterans
Affairs Division
Civil Justice
Commerce and Labor
Labor and
Consumer Protection Division
Telecommunications
Regulation and Infrastructure Division
Environment Policy and
Oversight
Game, Fish
and Forestry Division
Ethics
Finanzbranche
Agriculture,
Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division
Capital
Investment Finance Division
Cultural
and Outdoor Resources Finance Division
Early
Childhood Finance and Policy Division
Energy
Finance and Policy Division
Environment
and Natural Resources Finance Division
Health
Care and Human Services Finance Division
Higher
Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
��������� Bioscience and
Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division
Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division
K-12 Education Finance Division
Public Safety Finance Division
State Government Finance Division
Transportation Finance and Policy Division
��������� Transportation
and Transit Policy and Oversight Division
Health
Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight
Licensing Division
K-12
Education Policy and Oversight
Public
Safety Policy and Oversight
Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division
Rules
and Legislative Administration
State
and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections
Local Government Division
Taxes
Property and Local Sales Tax Division
Ways
and Means
6.02� COMMITTEE AND
DIVISION MEMBERSHIP.� At least 30 days
before the start of a regular session of the Legislature, the Speaker-designate
must provide the minority political party caucuses with a list of the standing
committees and divisions proposed for the session.� The Speaker-designate must prescribe the
number of minority caucus members to be appointed to each committee and
division and may require general membership guidelines to be followed in the
selection of committee and division members.
If the minority leader submits to the Speaker-designate, at
least 15 days before the start of the session, a list of proposed committee and
division assignments for the minority caucus that complies with the numbers and
guidelines provided, the Speaker must make the proposed assignments with the
purpose of attaining proportionate representation on the committees and
divisions for the minority caucus.
A committee of the House must not have exclusive membership
from one profession, occupation or vocation.
A member must not serve as the chair of the same standing
committee or division, or a standing committee or division with substantially
the same jurisdiction, during more than the three immediately prior consecutive
regular biennial sessions.� This Rule
does not apply to service as chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
6.03� APPOINTMENTS TO
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.� Upon the
convening of the biennial session, the Speaker must notify the members of the
House of each board or commission to which a member of the House may be
appointed by the Speaker.� The Speaker
must request advice from the minority leader on these appointments.
6.04�
SUBCOMMITTEES.� The chair of a
committee or division must appoint the chair and members of each subcommittee
with the advice and consent of the Speaker.�
The chair or the committee or division may refer bills to a
subcommittee.� A subcommittee may
exercise the authority delegated to it by the chair or by the committee or
division.
6.05� DIVISIONS. (a) If
the Speaker or the House refers a bill to a division, the bill remains in that
division until the House moves the bill from the division or approves a report
from the division that moved the bill from that division.� A division report under this paragraph is
subject to Rule 6.30.
(b) The chair of a committee may refer a bill within the
possession of the committee to a division of that committee.� When the chair refers a bill to a division
under this paragraph, the chair may recall the bill from the division.� A committee chair referring or recalling a
bill under this paragraph must give written notice of the referral or recall as
soon as possible to the Chief Clerk for publication.� To the extent practical, the Chief Clerk must
attempt to provide notice on the House Web site of referrals and recalls of
bills under this paragraph.
(c) The chair of a division must cause division records to be
kept in a manner consistent with Rule 6.24.
(d) Division meetings are subject to Rule 6.20.
(e) Divisions are subject to Rule 6.21.
6.10� THE COMMITTEE ON
ETHICS.� The Speaker must appoint a
Committee on Ethics consisting of four members: two members from the majority
political party caucus, and two from the minority caucus.� One alternate from each caucus must also be
appointed.� The committee must adopt
written procedures, which must include due process requirements, for handling
complaints and issuing guidelines.
A complaint may be brought about conduct by a member that
violates a rule or administrative policy of the House, that violates accepted
norms of House behavior, that betrays the public trust, or that tends to bring
the House into dishonor or disrepute.
A complaint about a member's conduct must present with
specificity the factual evidence supporting the complaint.� A complaint must be in writing, under oath
and signed by two or more members of the House, and submitted to the Speaker.� Before submitting the complaint to the
Speaker, the complainants must cause a copy of it and any supporting materials
to be delivered to any member named in the complaint.� Within seven days after receiving a
complaint, the Speaker must refer the complaint to the Ethics Committee for
processing by the committee according to its rules of procedure.
The existence and substance of a complaint, including any
supporting materials, and all proceedings, meetings, hearings, and records of
the Ethics Committee are public; except that the committee, upon a majority
vote of the whole committee, may meet in executive session to consider or
determine the question of probable cause, to consider a member's medical or
other health records, or to protect the privacy of a victim or a third party.
A complaint of a breach of confidentiality by a member or
employee of the House must be immediately referred by the Speaker to the Ethics
Committee for disciplinary action.
The committee must act in an investigatory capacity and may
make recommendations regarding complaints submitted to the Speaker before
adjournment sine die.� With the approval
of the Speaker, the committee may retain a retired judge or other nonpartisan
legal advisor to advise and assist the committee, as the committee considers
appropriate and necessary in the circumstances of the case, in conducting the
proceedings and obtaining a complete and accurate understanding of the
information relevant to the conduct in question.
Ethics Committee recommendations for disciplinary action must
be supported by clear and convincing evidence and must be reported to the House
for final disposition.
6.20� COMMITTEE MEETING
SCHEDULE; DEADLINES.� The Speaker must
prepare and publish a schedule of committee meetings, fixing as far as
practicable the regular meeting day and time of each committee.
The chair of a committee must give written notice of a special
meeting or a change in the regular schedule of meetings.� The notice may be announced from the desk and
must be posted in public notice locations maintained by the House.� The notice must be posted at least one day in
advance of the change.
As far as practicable, the chair of a committee must give
three days notice of the date, time, place and agenda for each meeting.
Meeting notices must indicate when alternative media will be
used to conduct the meeting.
During the first ten weeks of the session in the odd-numbered
year and the first five weeks of the session in the even-numbered year, a
standing committee must not have a regularly scheduled meeting after noon on
Friday, but the Speaker may approve a special meeting of a committee during
this time.
A committee must not meet between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m.
Only the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration may
meet during a daily session of the House without leave.
The House shall establish deadlines for each regular session
by resolution.
6.21� COMMITTEE
PROCEDURES.� Meetings of House committees
must be open to the public except for executive sessions that the committee on
ethics considers necessary under Rule 6.10.�
For purposes of this requirement, a meeting occurs when a quorum is
present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the
committee.� This requirement does not
apply to a meeting of members of a committee from the same political party
caucus.
A majority of members of a committee is a quorum.
The Rules of the House must be observed in committee if they
are applicable.
An amendment offered in committee must be on a subject that is
within the jurisdiction of the committee.�
Whether an amendment is on a subject that is within the jurisdiction of
the committee is a question to be decided by the person chairing the meeting,
who may put the question to the committee.
A member of a committee may demand a roll call vote on any
bill, resolution, report, motion or amendment before the committee.� If a demand is made, the roll must be
called.� The name of the member demanding
the roll call and the vote of each member must be recorded in the committee
minutes.
A committee may reconsider an action while the matter remains
in the possession of the committee.� A
committee member need not have voted with the prevailing side to move to
reconsider the action.
The chair of a committee, after consultation with the Speaker,
may establish written procedures for the submission of amendments to the
committee, the setting of committee agendas, and other matters pertaining to
the conduct of the committee's business.�
Before implementing the written procedures, the chair must provide a
copy of them to the Speaker and to each member of the House and must make
copies available to others upon request.
6.22� PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.� Public testimony from
proponents and opponents must be allowed on every bill or resolution before a
standing committee, division or subcommittee of the House.
6.23� OPEN MEETING
ENFORCEMENT.� A person may submit to the
Speaker a complaint alleging a violation of the open meeting requirements of
Rule 6.21.� The complaint must be in
writing.� On receiving a complaint, the
Speaker, or a person designated by the Speaker, must investigate the complaint
promptly.� If the Speaker concludes,
following investigation, that a violation of the open meeting Rule may have
occurred, the Speaker must refer the complaint to the Committee on Ethics for
further proceedings.
6.24� COMMITTEE
RECORDS.� The chair of a standing
committee must cause a committee record to be kept, in the form prescribed by
the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.� The record must include the record of
committee proceedings on each bill referred to the committee and the minutes of
the committee and any subcommittees.
The committee and subcommittee minutes must include:
a. the time and place of each hearing or meeting;
b. the names of committee or subcommittee members who are
present;
c. the name and address, at the Chair's discretion, of each
person appearing before the committee or subcommittee, together with the name
and address of the person, association, firm or corporation in whose behalf the
appearance is made;
d. the language of each motion, the name of the member making
the motion, the result of a vote on the motion, and, on a roll call vote, the
names of those in favor and those opposed;
e. the date on which a subcommittee is established, the names
of its members and the file number of bills referred to it and reported by it;
f. other important matters related to the work of the
committee or subcommittee.
The minutes must be approved at the next regular meeting of
the committee or subcommittee.
At the end of two business days after approval by the
committee or subcommittee, copies of the minutes must be filed with the Chief
Clerk and be open to public inspection in the Chief Clerk's office and on the
House Web site.
At the end of the legislative biennium minutes and other
records must be delivered to the Director of the Legislative Reference Library.
Audio recordings of Committee and Subcommittee meetings must
be made available for public use by the end of the business day following each
meeting.� The chair of a committee who
elects not to release the recording of a committee meeting until the minutes of
the meeting are approved by the committee must make a copy of the recording
available by the end of the next business day after a written request for it is
made to the committee.� The House must
keep the recordings of committee meetings available for public use during the
legislative biennium in which they were created and, at the end of the
legislative biennium, must transmit a copy of the recordings to the Director of
the Legislative Reference Library.
The Legislative Reference Library must keep committee records
and recordings available for public use under its rules for eight years after
the end of the legislative biennium during which the materials were created and
then may preserve or dispose of the recordings as the Library sees fit.
A person may obtain a copy of a recording during the
legislative biennium in which it is created by paying a fee determined by the
House Controller to cover the cost of preparing the copy.� A person may obtain a copy of a recording
while it is kept in the Library by paying a fee determined by the House
Controller to cover the cost of preparing the copy.� A person may obtain a copy of a page of
committee minutes or other records for a fee determined by the House Controller
to cover the cost of preparing the copy.�
A copy of a recording must be provided free to a member or staff of the
House upon request for use in legislative business.
Testimony and discussion preserved under this Rule are not
intended to be admissible in a court or administrative proceeding on an issue
of legislative intent.
6.30� COMMITTEE
REPORTS.� The House must adopt or reject
a committee report on a bill or resolution without amendment.
The chair of a standing committee reporting to the House on a
bill or resolution must use the form provided for committee reports.� Each bill or resolution must be reported
separately.� The report must state the
action taken by the committee and the date of the action.� The report must be authenticated by the
signature of the chair.
Before a committee reports favorably on a bill or resolution,
the chair must see that the form of the bill or resolution conforms to these
Rules and the Joint Rules of the House and Senate.
Except during the last seven legislative days in a year, the
committee report and any minority report must be submitted to the Chief Clerk
at least four hours before the convening of the daily session.� But the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration may report at any time.
6.31� SUBSTITUTION OF
BILLS.� A standing or special committee
or division or its members must not report a substitute for a bill referred to
the committee or division if the substitute relates to a different subject, is
intended to accomplish a different purpose, or requires a title essentially
different from that of the bill referred.�
If the House is advised that a substitute bill reported to the House
violates this Rule, the report must not be adopted.
6.32� MINORITY
REPORTS.� A minority report must be made
separately from the majority report and must be considered before the majority
report.� If the minority report is
adopted the majority report must not be considered.� If the minority report is not adopted the
majority report must then be considered.
6.40� REPORTS OF
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.� A conference committee
may report at any time and may meet during a daily session of the House without
leave.� A conference committee report
must be electronically available or printed.
A conference committee report must include only subject matter
contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which that conference
committee was appointed, or like subject matter contained in a bill passed by
the House or Senate.� The member presenting
the conference committee report to the House must disclose all substantive
changes from the House version of the bill.
6.50� COMMITTEE OR
DIVISION REPORT LAID OVER.� The report of
any committee or division may be laid over one day and printed in the Journal,
if so ordered by the House.
ARTICLE 7 - OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE
7.01� DUTIES AND
PRIVILEGES OF THE SPEAKER.� The Speaker
must preside over the House and has all the powers and duties of the presiding
officer.
The Speaker must preserve order and decorum.� The Speaker may order the lobby or galleries
cleared in the case of disorderly conduct or other disturbance.
Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker has
general control of the Chamber of the House and of the corridors, passages and
rooms in the Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of the
House.
The Speaker must sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions,
writs, warrants and subpoenas of the House or issued by order of the
House.� The Speaker must sign all
abstracts for the payment of money from funds appropriated by the Legislature
to the House; but money must not be paid unless the abstract is also signed by
the Controller of the House.� Abstracts
for compensation of members must be signed by the Chief Clerk pursuant to law.
The Speaker must appoint the Chief Sergeant at Arms or must
designate that officer from among the Sergeants at Arms elected by the House or
appointed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
When an elected office of the House becomes vacant, the
Speaker must designate a person to exercise the powers and discharge the duties
of the office as necessary until a successor is elected by the House.
7.02� SUCCESSOR IN
OFFICE OF SPEAKER.� When the office of
Speaker becomes vacant, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration has the powers and must discharge the duties of the office as
necessary, until a Speaker is elected by the House or until a speaker-designate
is selected as provided in this Rule.�
The House must elect a Speaker when the House is next called to
order.� If the Legislature is not in
session, within 30 days after the office of Speaker becomes vacant the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must meet and select a speaker-designate
to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office as necessary
until a Speaker is elected by the House.
7.05� SPEAKER PRO
TEMPORE.� The Speaker must appoint one or
more members as Speaker pro tempore.� A
Speaker pro tempore must preside in the Speaker's absence.� In the absence of the Speaker and a Speaker
pro tempore, a member selected by the Speaker must preside until the Speaker or
Speaker pro tempore returns.
7.06� SPEAKER
EMERITUS.� Any current member having
served the House in the capacity of Speaker will, subsequent to that service,
be known as Speaker Emeritus, and may perform such ceremonial functions and
duties as assigned by the Speaker.
7.10� DUTIES OF CHIEF
CLERK.� The Chief Clerk has general
supervision of all clerical duties pertaining to the business of the
House.� The Chief Clerk must perform,
under the direction of the Speaker, all the duties of the office of Chief
Clerk.� The Chief Clerk must keep records
showing the status and progress of all bills, memorials and resolutions.
During a temporary absence of the Chief Clerk, the First
Assistant Chief Clerk has all the usual responsibilities of the Chief Clerk and
may sign the daily journal, enrollments, abstracts and other legislative
documents.
The Chief Clerk must supervise the engrossment and enrollment
of bills.� The Chief Clerk must see that
a record is kept, by file number, of the bills introduced in the House that
passed both houses and are enrolled.
The Chief Clerk must ensure that locations accessible to the
public are available to post a list of committee and subcommittee meetings and
any other announcements or notices the House may require.
The Index Clerk, supervised by the Chief Clerk, must prepare
an index in which bills may be indexed by topic, number, author, subject,
section of the statutes amended, committees, divisions, and any other method
that will make it a complete and comprehensive index.
The index must be open for public inspection during the
legislative session and must be printed in the permanent Journal.
7.20� DUTIES OF THE
SERGEANT AT ARMS.� The Sergeant at Arms
must carry out all orders of the House or the Speaker and perform all other
services pertaining to the office of Sergeant at Arms, including: maintaining
order in the Chamber and other areas used for the business of the House and its
committees and divisions and members; supervising the entering and exiting from
the Chamber and the other areas; and promptly delivering messages.
ARTICLE 8 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSE
8.01� BUDGET AND
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.� The House Controller
must prepare a biennial budget for the House.�
The budget must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration before it is submitted to the State Government Finance
Division.� By the 15th day of April,
July, October, and January of each year, the Controller must submit a detailed
report of House expenditures during the previous quarter to the Speaker and the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The House Controller must arrange for the purchase of goods
and services for the House.� The
Controller must seek the lowest possible prices consistent with satisfactory
quality and dependability.� A contract of
the House, or an amendment to a contract, authorizing an expenditure of more
than $500 must be signed by the Speaker or the Controller.� A contract, or an amendment to a contract,
authorizing an expenditure of up to $500 may be executed by an employee
authorized and directed in writing by the Controller to act for the Controller
on the contract or contracts of its type.�
A contract or amendment to a contract entered into in violation of this
Rule is not binding on the House.� The
House Controller must consult with an adaptive technology expert to identify
commercially available upgrades for computers and Internet technology that are
compatible with adaptive speech technology prior to purchasing upgrades.
Employees of the House must be reimbursed for actual expenses
in the same manner as state employees.
During session, for travel away from the Capitol, members
must be reimbursed for actual expenses, in addition to per diem expense
allowances, in the manner and amount prescribed by the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration.
8.10� COMMITTEE AND
DIVISION BUDGETS AND EXPENSES.� The
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must establish a budget for
each standing committee and division of the House for expenses incurred by the
committee or division, its members, and its staff in conducting its legislative
business.� Per diem expense allowances
paid to members during sessions or at times set by the Speaker or the Committee
on Rules and Legislative Administration must not be charged against the budget.� A committee or division must not incur
expenses in excess of its authorized budget.
All charges against the committee or division budget must be
approved by the chair before payment is made.
8.20� APPOINTMENT OF
EMPLOYEES.� The Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration must designate the position of and appoint each
employee of the House and set the compensation of each officer and
employee.� A record of the appointments,
including positions and compensation, must be kept in the office of the House
Controller and must be available for inspection by the public.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must
establish the procedure for filling employment vacancies when the Legislature
is not in session.
An employee of the House may be assigned to other duties,
suspended or discharged at any time by the Committee on Rules and Legislative
Administration.
ARTICLE 9 - CONDUCT
9.01� CODE OF
CONDUCT.� The Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration, after receiving the recommendation of the Committee
on Ethics, must establish and maintain a code of conduct for members, officers
and employees of the House.
9.05� CAMPAIGN
ACTIVITIES.� An employee of the House
must not participate in campaign activity during working hours.� An employee must not be obliged to
participate in campaign activities as a condition of employment.� A member is not an employee of the House for
purposes of this Rule.� House equipment
must not be used for campaign activities.�
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration must define the
terms of and implement this Rule.
9.10� SOLICITATIONS
DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.� During
regular or special session, a member of the House, a political party caucus,
the member's principal campaign committee, a political committee with the
member's name or title, or a committee authorized by the member that benefits
the member, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered
lobbyist, political committee, dissolving principal campaign committee,
political fund, or a tribal organization.
A member must not accept compensation for lobbying.
9.20� ACCEPTANCE OF AN
HONORARIUM BY A MEMBER.� A member must
not accept an honorarium for a service performed for an individual or
organization that has a direct interest in the business of the House, including,
but not limited to, a registered lobbyist or an organization a lobbyist
represents.� The term
"honorarium" does not include reimbursement for expenses incurred and
actually paid by a member in performing a service.
Alleged violations of this Rule must be referred to the
Committee on Ethics under Rule 6.10.� If
the Committee on Ethics finds that an honorarium was accepted in violation of
this Rule, the Committee must direct its return.� If it is not returned, the committee may
recommend disciplinary action under Rule 6.10.
9.21� ACCEPTANCE OF
TRAVEL AND LODGING BY A MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE.�
A member or employee of the House must not accept travel or lodging from
any foreign government, private for-profit business, labor union, registered
lobbyist, or an association thereof, except payment permitted by law of
expenses that relate to the member's or employee's participation as a
legislator or legislative employee in a meeting or conference.� This Rule does not apply to travel or lodging
provided to a member in the regular course of the member's employment or
business.
9.30� DENIAL OF
COMPENSATION WHILE DETAINED.� A member
must not receive compensation, mileage, or living expenses while the member is
incarcerated or on home detention due to a criminal conviction.
9.35� BAN ON
LOBBYING.� Former state legislators must
not register as lobbyists within one year from the date they leave office.
9.40� NO SMOKING IN
HOUSE AREAS.� Smoking is prohibited in
the areas of the Capitol and State Office Building under the jurisdiction of
the House, including the House Chamber and Retiring Room and galleries, hearing
rooms, minor corridors and offices, private offices, and lounges.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
����� Doty moved that
the name of Pelowski be added as an author on H. F. No. 10.� The motion prevailed.
����� Murphy, M., moved
that the name of Sterner be added as an author on
H. F. No. 92.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Dittrich moved
that the name of Ruud be added as an author on H. F. No. 105. �The motion prevailed.
����� Bigham moved that
the names of Ward, Persell and Olin be added as authors on
H. F. No. 129.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Bigham moved that
the name of Olin be added as an author on H. F. No. 130.� The motion prevailed.
����� Cornish moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 132.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Bly moved that the
name of Wagenius be added as an author on H. F. No. 135.� The motion prevailed.
����� Nelson moved that
the name of Newton be added as an author on H. F. No. 196.� The motion prevailed.
����� Brod moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 199.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Brod moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 202.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Faust moved that
the name of Sterner be added as an author on H. F. No. 217.� The motion prevailed.
����� Simon moved that
the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 224.� The motion prevailed.
����� Tillberry moved
that the name of Bigham be added as an author on H. F. No. 253.� The motion prevailed.
����� Lillie moved that
the name of Hansen be added as an author on H. F. No. 259.� The motion prevailed.
����� Fritz moved that
the names of Thissen, Simon, Ruud, Scalze, Abeler and Slocum be added as
authors on H. F. No. 337.�
The motion prevailed.
����� Gardner moved that
the name of Sterner be added as an author on H. F. No. 403.� The motion prevailed.
����� Bunn moved that
the names of Brynaert and Slocum be added as authors on
H. F. No. 413.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Gardner moved that
the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 418.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Obermueller moved
that the name of Slocum be added as an author on
H. F. No. 422.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Hansen moved that
the names of Kahn and Wagenius be added as authors on
H. F. No. 424.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Ruud moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 438.� The motion prevailed.
����� Mullery moved that
the name of Brynaert be added as an author on
H. F. No. 448.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Murdock moved that
the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 452.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Dean moved that
the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 455.� The motion prevailed.
����� Liebling moved
that the name of Brynaert be added as an author on
H. F. No. 460.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Urdahl moved that
the names of Brynaert and Slocum be added as authors on
H. F. No. 462.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Carlson moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 466.� The motion prevailed.
����� Kahn moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 478.� The motion prevailed.
����� Scalze moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 496.� The motion prevailed.
����� Kahn moved that
the name of Hilstrom be added as an author on
H. F. No. 504.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Poppe moved that
the name of Dill be added as an author on H. F. No. 505.� The motion prevailed.
����� Abeler moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 506.� The motion prevailed.
����� Paymar moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 507.� The motion prevailed.
����� Bly moved that the
names of Brynaert and Slocum be added as authors on
H. F. No. 508.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Simon moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 512.� The motion prevailed.
����� Peppin moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 516.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Hayden moved that
the name of Champion be added as an author on H. F. No. 522.� The motion prevailed.
����� Sailer moved that
the name of Brynaert be added as an author on
H. F. No. 529.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Winkler moved that
the name of Scalze be added as an author on H. F. No. 538.� The motion prevailed.
����� Juhnke moved that the
name of Doty be added as an author on H. F. No. 541.� The motion prevailed.
����� Smith moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 542.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Scott moved that
the name of Fritz be added as an author on H. F. No. 543.� The motion prevailed.
����� Champion moved
that the names of Persell and Mullery be added as authors on
H. F. No. 545.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Lieder moved that
the name of Reinert be added as an author on H. F. No. 548.� The motion prevailed.
����� Ruud moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 550.� The motion prevailed.
����� Morrow moved that
the name of Paymar be added as an author on H. F. No. 556.� The motion prevailed.
����� Severson moved
that the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 557.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Severson moved
that the names of Eastlund; Kiffmeyer; Anderson, P., and Shimanski be added as
authors on H. F. No. 558.�
The motion prevailed.
����� Urdahl moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 563.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Champion moved
that the name of Persell be added as an author on
H. F. No. 570.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Juhnke moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 573.� The motion prevailed.
����� Carlson moved that
the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 576.� The motion prevailed.
����� Severson moved
that the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 583.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Paymar moved that
the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 584.� The motion prevailed.
����� Drazkowski moved
that the name of Westrom be added as an author on
H. F. No. 585.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Murphy, E., moved
that the names of Ward and Hayden be added as authors on
H. F. No. 587.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Drazkowski moved
that the name of Westrom be added as an author on
H. F. No. 593.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Liebling moved
that the names of Mullery, Doty and Kahn be added as authors on
H. F. No. 594.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Paymar moved that the
name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 595.� The motion prevailed.
����� Paymar moved that
the names of Lenczewski and Kahn be added as authors on
H. F. No. 596.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Hortman moved that
the names of Lenczewski, Paymar and Kahn be added as authors on
H. F. No. 606.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Peterson moved
that the name of Murphy, E., be added as an author on
H. F. No. 610.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Slocum moved that
the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 623.� The motion prevailed.
����� Gardner moved that
the name of Morgan be added as an author on H. F. No. 625.� The motion prevailed.
����� Bly moved that the
name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 626.� The motion prevailed.
����� Rukavina moved
that the name of Doty be added as an author on
H. F. No. 628.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Hosch moved that
the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 635.� The motion prevailed.
����� Seifert moved that
the name of Shimanski be added as an author on
H. F. No. 646.� The motion
prevailed.
����� Kahn moved that the name of Paymar be
added as an author on H. F. No. 654.� The motion prevailed.
����� Gardner moved that the name of Morgan be
added as an author on H. F. No. 663.� The motion prevailed.
����� Kalin moved that the name of Champion be
added as an author on H. F. No. 680.� The motion prevailed.
����� Juhnke moved that
H. F. No. 630 be recalled from the Committee on Public Safety
Policy and Oversight and be re-referred to the Committee on State and Local
Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.� The motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
����� Sertich moved that when the House adjourns
today it adjourn until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009.� The motion prevailed.
����� Sertich moved that the House adjourn.� The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009.
Albin A. Mathiowetz, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives