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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 92nd Legislature (2021-2022)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    2021
    		1/5/2021 5/17/2021 133 60 60
    2021 1st Special Session
    To enact a balanced state budget and to address the Governor's extension of the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency originally declared on March 13, 2020.         		6/14/2021 7/7/2021 24 16 19
      The House adjourned sine die on June 30, 2021; the Senate adjourned sine die on July 7, 2021.    
    2022
    		1/31/2022 5/23/2022 113 56 55
      The Senate adjourned sine die shortly after midnight on May 23, 2022. The House adjourned sine die in the afternoon on May 23, 2022. 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
    2021 2653 Search 2572 Search 31   Search
    2021 1st Special Session 69 Search 71 Search 14   Search
    2022 2252 Search 2038 Search 68   Search

    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
    2021 0 0 0   [0] 0 0
    2021 1st Special Session 0 0 0   [0] 0 0
    2022 0 0 0   [0] 0 0

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt  (Republican)
    President of the Senate Jeremy R. Miller  (Republican)
    David J. Osmek  (Republican)
    Senate Majority Leader Paul E. Gazelka  (Republican)
    Jeremy R. Miller  (Republican)
    Mark T. Johnson  (Republican)
    Senate Minority Leader Melisa López Franzen  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Susan Kent  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)

    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
    1/5/2021 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 59 70 5 6
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    1/5/2021 Party/Caucus change Rep. Erik Mortensen (55A) joined the New House Republican Caucus. 134 59 70 5 6
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    5/18/2021 Party/Caucus change Rep. Erik Mortensen (55A) left the New House Republican Caucus and will be caucusing independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. 134 59 70 5 6
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    9/15/2021 Party/Caucus change Rep. John Thompson (67A) left the DFL Caucus and will be caucusing as the Independent Caucus. 134 59 69 6 6
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    1/31/2022 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 59 69 6 6
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    8/5/2022 Resignation Rep. Tony Albright (R, 55B) resigned. No special election was held. 133 58 69 6 7
    * In the 2021-2022 biennium, the members of the New House Republican Caucus continue to be included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin. Representative Erik Mortensen is included with the Republicans for the purpose of the margin both when he was a part of the New House Republican Caucus and when he caucused independently as the Republican Freedom Caucus. Representative John Thompson was expelled from the DFL caucus but is included with the Democrats for the purpose of the margin.
    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
    1/5/2021 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 34 31 2 5
    * Senator Tom Bakk and Senator David Tomassoni formed a separate and independent caucus. Their party endorsement in the 2020 election was DFL. Both senators asserted that they hadn’t left the DFL party but rather are caucusing independent of the senate DFL caucus. However, during session they primarily caucused with the Republican caucus and chaired committees, so they are included with the Republican caucus for the purposes of the margin.
    1/31/2022 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 34 31 2 5
    * Senator Tom Bakk and Senator David Tomassoni formed a separate and independent caucus. Their party endorsement in the 2020 election was DFL. Both senators asserted that they hadn’t left the DFL party but rather are caucusing independent of the senate DFL caucus. However, during session they primarily caucused with the Republican caucus and chaired committees, so they are included with the Republican caucus for the purposes of the margin.
    8/11/2022 Death Sen. David Tomassoni (I, 6) died of ALS. 66 34 31 1 4
    * Senator Tom Bakk and Senator David Tomassoni formed a separate and independent caucus. Their party endorsement in the 2020 election was DFL. Both senators asserted that they hadn’t left the DFL party but rather are caucusing independent of the senate DFL caucus. However, during session they primarily caucused with the Republican caucus and chaired committees, so they are included with the Republican caucus for the purposes of the margin.
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    House Committees

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