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2025 Minnesota legislative session

MPR News is your source for updates on the 2025 Minnesota legislative session. Whether you’re looking for information about a new law or want an update on state funding decisions, you can find it here.

Human services cut in Dayton budget

Long-term care providers would have their payment rates reduced as part of Gov. Mark Dayton's budget plan.
by Lorna Benson

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Dayton vetoes $900M in cuts from GOP Legislature

Dayton vetoes $900M in cuts from GOP Legislature

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has swiftly vetoed a GOP-crafted budget bill cutting $900 million from the state's budget deficit.
by Tom Scheck

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Senate set to vote on salary freeze for public schools

Supporters say the two-year freeze would help keep more teachers employed and stabilize the budgets of school districts and charter schools. Opponents argue the mandate takes away local control with little financial benefit.
by Tim Pugmire

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Party leaders trade shots over gun reference in political ad

The state's DFL and Republican party leaders are trading barbs Tuesday over a campaign flier circulating in the northern Minnesota House district where a special election is scheduled next week.
by Tim Pugmire

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Bill encouraging joint custody gets first hearing

The House Civil Law Committee hears testimony Tuesday evening on a bill that aims to make joint child custody the norm in cases where parents are separated.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Dayton opposes GOP budget cuts, mum on veto

Gov. Mark Dayton told reporters Tuesday that he doesn't support the GOP efforts to take a piecemeal approach to erasing the state's $6.2 billion budget deficit.
by Tom Scheck

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Bill would open medical records people dead for 50 years

A bill introduced today at the state legislature would lift the secrecy of medical records in Minnesota for people who have been dead for 50 years or more.
by Tim Nelson

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Dayton: Budget proposal to increase school funding

Dayton: Budget proposal to increase school funding

But the governor would not reveal just how much that increase will be, or whether it will go beyond paying back loans the state borrowed from schools last year to balance the state's budget.
by Brian Bakst, Associated Press and Tom Weber

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Voter ID bill stirs debate in committee hearing

Voter ID bill stirs debate in committee hearing

Two bills that would require Minnesotans to show a photo ID before they can vote got their first formal airings at the Capitol Thursday. A House panel heard advocates say it would be a basic protection against vote fraud. But others said it would keep people away from the polls.
by Tim Nelson

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Senate takes $930M whack at Minn. budget shortfall

Senate takes $930M whack at Minn. budget shortfall

Republicans in the Minnesota Senate passed a bill Thursday that would cut nearly $1 billion in state spending. Based on the debate, Democrats intend to force Republicans to account for every dollar they cut.
by Tom Scheck

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