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Number of Bills Introduced and Laws Passed in the Minnesota Legislature, 1849-present

Compiled by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Compiled from statistical summaries by House Index Department, session laws, journals, and other sources. Please report any errors to the Library staff.

The number of laws passed is the number of laws passed with or without the governor's signature; it does not include bills that were sent to the governor and vetoed in full. The number Includes bills that contain line item vetoes. Vetoed laws that were overridden are counted. See separate veto information.

Prior to 1989, bills passed by the legislature and sent to the governor were assigned a chapter number by the Secretary of State when filed with the secretary's office. Minnesota Laws 1988 chapter 479 instructs the revisor of statutes to assign a chapter number to each bill at the time of its enrollment for presentment to the governor. Before 1989, the number of chapters in Laws of Minnesota will generally match the number of laws passed in this list. Beginning in 1989, the number of laws passed generally will be the number of chapters in Laws of Minnesota less the number of bills vetoed in full. The total number of laws passed may also vary because chapter numbers were not assigned.

Where the number of bills introduced is not given (between 1852 and 1860) it is because this information was not readily available from indexes to the journals.