"Second Deadline" is today - which means that Committees must act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other body, by midnight tonight. #MakeMORECoffee!
"Third Deadline" will be two weeks from today, on April 12 - meaning, committees must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills by that date.
So, from this point forward, deadlines and late nights fall in the laps of the finance divisions, as they take over and finish putting their respective budget bills into final form. Immediately following 3rd Deadline, the legislature will take one week off for t
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Easter/Passover break and will return to work at 8 a.m. April 23. Final day of session is May 20th.
Debates over key budget issues continue to rage on. Yous can read all about them in the blocks below.
Interesting Factoid: According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Minnesota is the only state with a divided legislature in the 2019-20 biennium. The last time there was only one divided state legislature in the country was 1914.
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