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2002
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May 2002
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Committee Hearing Date Committee About the Debate and Video Coverage Duration
  Monday
May 13, 2002
Budget Conference Committee
The House made an offer on the K-12 provisions; later the Senate made a K-12 counter-offer and the conference committee discussed state employee contracts.
2 hrs
  Friday
May 10, 2002
Transportation Conference Committee
The conference committee heard a Senate transportation funding offer followed by House counter-offer.
1 hr, 47 min
SF1589 Wednesday
May 8, 2002
State and Local Government Operations
The Committee passed SF 1589 - a bill that proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution dedicating 3/16th of one percent of the state sales tax for natural resource purposes.
1 hr, 36 min
SF1589 Monday
May 6, 2002
Environment and Natural Resources The Committee passed SF 1589 - a bill that proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution dedicating 3/16th of one percent of the state sales tax for natural resources purposes. 2 hrs, 26 min
SF3463 Thursday
May 2, 2002
Environment and Natural Resources
The Committee passes S.F. 3463 - a bill that clarifys the prohibition on certain applications of pesticides.
1 hr, 34 min

April 2002
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Committee Hearing Date Committee About the Debate and Video Coverage Duration
SF3463 Tuesday
April 30, 2002
Agriculture, General Legislation and Veterans Affairs The committee passes SF 3463 - clarifying the prohibition on certain applications of pesticides (to eradicate the Gypsy Moth) 1 hr, 23 min
  Wednesday
April 17, 2002
Budget Conference Committee The Budget Reconciliation Conference Committee hears a Senate counter offer. 2 hrs, 27 min
  Tuesday
April 16, 2002
Budget Conference Committee Senate Minority Leader Dick Day outlines the Senate Republicans plan to balance the budget (phase II) and the House makes a second counter-offer. 2 hrs, 15 min
  Friday
April 12, 2002
Budget Conference Committee The Budget Reconciliation Conference Committee hears a counter-offer from the House - followed by a Senate counter-offer. 3 hrs, 4 min
  Thursday
April 11, 2002
Budget Conference Committee The Supplemental Budget Reconciliation Conference Committee examines an offer made by the Senate. 1 hr, 22 min
  Wednesday
April 10, 2002
Budget Conference Committee The Supplemental Budget Reconciliation Conference Committee continued to take wide range of testimony from the public. 4 hrs, 18 min
  Monday
April 8, 2002
Transportation Conference Committee The Conference Committee heard public testimony on HF 3364 - Transportation Funding Bill. 55 min
  Friday
April 5, 2002
Budget Conference Committee
The Budget Conference Committee heard public testimony on the supplemental budget balancing bill.
3 hrs, 22 min
  Friday
April 5, 2002
Baseball Stadium Financing Conference Committee The Conference Committee heard testimony on HF 2214 - financing for a major league baseball stadium 3 hrs, 47 min

March 2002
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No.
Committee Hearing Date Committee About the Debate and Video Coverage Duration
  Wednesday
March 20, 2002
Tax Committee The Committee passed SF 2812 - Transportation Funding bill and continued SF 3436 - Budget Reconciliation bill. 4 hrs, 12 min
  Friday
March 15, 2002
Tax Committee The Committee reviews draft tax articles to the supplemental budget reconciliation bill. 1 hr, 39 min
  Friday
March 8, 2002
Education Committee, E-12 Education Budget Division The Committee takes up E-12 budget reconciliation recommendations and education levies and passes SF 2736 - Omnibus Education Policy bill. 1 hr, 27 min
  Monday
March 4, 2002
Rules and Administration, Subcommittee on Elections The Subcommittee took up two bills recommended by the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board 1 hr, 49 min
  Friday
March 1, 2002
Judiciary The Committee passed three bills including SF 3246 - regulating unsolicited telephone calls. 1 hr, 50 min

February 2002
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Committee Hearing Date Committee About the Debate and Video Coverage Duration
2932 Thursday
February 28, 2002
Environment and Natural Resources The Committee passes SF 2932 - encouraging citizen water quality monitoring. 34 min
  Wednesday
February 27, 2002
Commerce The Committee passed four bills including: SF 2553 - auto insurance may cover damage to auto glass on same basis as other parts and SF 2363 - prohibiting credit scoring. 2 hrs, 39 min
  Tuesday
February 26, 2002
Judiciary The Committee passed several bills including: SF 2807 - drivers' license organ donation designation as conclusive evidence of donation intent, and SF 2697 - real estate transactions disclosure requirement. 3 hrs, 45 min
  Friday
February 22, 2002
Judiciary The Committee took up several bills including: SF 3030 - Responsible Lending Act of 2002 and SF 2460 - crime of assuming responsiblility for criminal acts. 3 hrs, 9 min
  Wednesday
February 20, 2002
Health and Family Security The committee passed six bills including: SF 2877 - placing a moratorium on the establishment, licensure, and public financing of large institutions and SF 2918 - establishing a moratorium on the sixty month time limit on MFIB. 2 hrs, 35 min
  Tuesday
February 19, 2002
State and Local Government Operations The Committee took up several bills and passed SF 1755- mandatory statewide health insurance for school district employees, and SF 3041 - ratifying state labor contract. 2 hrs, 16 min
  Tuesday
February 19, 2002
Environment and Natural Resources The Committee passes SF 2604, SF 3177, SF 2311, and SF 3054. 3 hrs, 17 min
  Thursday
February 14, 2002
State and Local Government Operations The Committee passes several bills including: SF 2539- construction of a major league baseball park in St. Paul and SF 2656- community ownership of the Minnesota Twins. 2 hrs, 10 min
SF2683 Wednesday
February 13, 2002
Crime Prevention The Committee passes SF 2683: Homeland Security/Anti-Terrorism Bill. 3 hrs, 29 min
SF2672 Tuesday
February 12, 2002
Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Continuation of SF 2672: Iron Range power plant legislative proposal. 2 hrs, 36 min
  Monday
February 11, 2002
Health and Family Security The Committee passes SF 2486: a bill that modifies requirements for major spending commitments of radiation therapy facilities and SF 2669: the Adminstration's proposal to establish the MN Emergency Health Powers Act. 3 hrs, 12 min
SF1861 Friday
February 8, 2002
Crime Prevention The Committee passed SF 1861- a bill requiring firearms to comply with certain safety requirements. 2 hrs, 48 min
SF2672 Thursday
February 7, 2002
Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities The Committee heard testimony on SF 2672 - a proposal to build a power plant on the Iron Range. 1 hr, 35 min
SF1861 Wednesday
February 6, 2002
Crime Prevention The committee continues SF 1861 - a bill that requires firearms to comply with certain safety requirements and passed SF 2580 and SF 2611. 2 hrs, 9 min
SF2421 Tuesday
February 5, 2002
Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities The committee heard three bills: SF 2421, SF 2426 and SF 2651 and heard reports from Allete Rapid Power and MAPP. 1 hr, 49 min
SF2381 Monday
February 4, 2002
Health and Family Security Three bills were considered: SF 2381, SF 2419 and SF 2459 and an overview of the Small Business Health Insurance Task Force report was presented. 1 hr, 11 min
  Friday
February 1, 2002
Education Committee, E-12 Education Budget Division The Committee discussed and passed a budget reconciliation bill. 1 hr, 25 min

January 2002
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Committee Hearing Date Committee About the Debate and Video Coverage Duration
  Wednesday
January 30, 2002
Health & Family Security The committee took up three bills: SF 819, SF 887, and a bill to prohibit the hiring of individuals convicted of violent crime as caregivers. 2 hrs, 36 min

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