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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 67th Legislature (1971-1972)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    1971
    		1/5/1971 5/24/1971 140 104 104
    1971 1st Special Session
    Taxes and revenues, reapportionment. Recessed between 7/31/1971 and 10/12/1971.         		5/25/1971 10/30/1971 159 54 53

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    1971 3195 2817 966   Search 5
    1971 1st Special Session 287 215 48   Search 1

    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
    1971 7 3 1   [1] 8 8
    1971 1st Special Session 2 1 0   [0] 2 2

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Aubrey W. Dirlam  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Majority Leader Ernest A. Lindstrom  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Minority Leader Martin Olav Sabo  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)
    President of the Senate This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list
    Senate Majority Leader Stanley Willard Holmquist, Sr.  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    Senate Minority Leader Nicholas D. Coleman  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)

    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
    1/5/1971 Convenes [Total seats possible = 135] 135 70 65 0 5
    4/1/1971 Death Rep. Charlie Miller (DFL, 2B) 134 70 64 0 6
    5/7/1971 Special election Dick Lemke (DFL) won the special election for a House seat in District 2B on May 4, 1971. He was sworn in on May 7, 1971. 135 70 65 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
    1/5/1971 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 34 33 0 1
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    House Committees

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