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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 93rd Legislature (2023-2024)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    2023
    		1/3/2023 5/22/2023 140 77 77
    2024
    		2/12/2024 5/20/2024 99 43 42
      The Senate adjourned sine die shortly after midnight on May 20, 2024. The House adjourned sine die in the afternoon on May 20, 2024. Therefore, the House has an additional legislative day because a legislative day begins at seven o'clock a.m. and continues until seven o'clock a.m. of the following day.    

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    2023 3342 Search 3363 Search 74   Search 1
    2024 2146 Search 2172 Search 52   Search 0

    Other Information

    Vetoes (All Sessions)

      Full Bills Vetoed
    (including pockets)    		 Pocket Vetoes Bills with Line Item Vetoes [# of lines vetoed] TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Lines Vetoed    		 TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Bills with Lines Vetoed
    2023 1 0 0   [0] 1 1
    2024 0 0 0   [0] 0 0

    Leadership     House Leadership Page      Senate Leadership Page

    Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Majority Leader Jamie Long  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth  (Republican)
    President of the Senate Bobby Joe Champion  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Majority Leader Erin P. Murphy  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Kari Dziedzic  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Minority Leader Mark T. Johnson  (Republican)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives Patrick D. Murphy
    House Sergeant-at-Arms Lori Hodapp
    Secretary of the Senate Thomas S. Bottern
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Sven K. Lindquist

    Election Results

    - Selected election results are available at this page.

    Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/3/2023 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 64 70 0 6
    9/1/2023 Resignation Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL, 52B) resigned. 133 64 69 0 5
    1/12/2024 Special election Bianca Virnig (DFL) won the special election in District 52B on on December 5, 2023. She was sworn in on January 12, 2024. 134 64 70 0 6
    2/11/2024 Resignation Rep. Kurt Daudt (R, 27B) resigned effective February 11, 2024. 133 63 70 0 7
    2/12/2024 Convenes District 27B was vacant at the convening of the Legislature due to a resignation. [Total seats possible = 134] 133 63 70 0 7
    3/20/2024 Special election Bryan Lawrence (R) won the special election in District 27B on on March 19, 2024. 134 64 70 0 6
    5/28/2024 Resignation Rep. Heather Edelson (DFL, 50A) resigned after being elected as a Hennepin County Commissioner. 133 64 69 0 5
    7/5/2024 Resignation Rep. Liz Olson (DFL, 8A) resigned to take a job after previously announcing she would not run for reelection. 132 64 68 0 4
    7/14/2024 Resignation Rep. Pat Garofalo resigned after previously announcing he would not run for reelection. 131 63 68 0 5
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/3/2023 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 33 34 0 1
    2/12/2024 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 33 34 0 1
    4/28/2024 Party/Caucus change Sen. Nicole Mitchell was excluded from caucusing with the DFL caucus in April of 2024. 67 33 34 0 1
    * The margin reflects that Senator Nicole Mitchell is a DFL member but has been removed from caucus meetings.
    6/6/2024 Resignation Sen. Kelly Morrison (DFL, 50) resigned in order to campaign for U.S. Congress. 66 33 33 0 0
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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