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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 89th Legislature (2015-2016)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    2015
    		1/6/2015 5/18/2015 133 65 65
    2015 1st Special Session
    To complete the passage of budget bills.         		6/12/2015 6/13/2015 2 1 1
    2016
    		3/8/2016 5/23/2016 77 41 42
      The House adjourned on May 22, 2016, the Senate on May 23, 2016.    

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    2015 2379 Search 2226 Search 77   Search 0
    2015 1st Special Session 18 Search 15 Search 6   Search 0
    2016 1653 Search 1415 Search 107   Search 0

    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
    2015 3 0 0   [0] 3 3
    2015 1st Special Session 0 0 0   [0] 0 0
    2016 2 1 1   [7] 9 3

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt  (Republican)
    House Majority Leader Joyce Peppin  (Republican)
    House Minority Leader Paul Thissen  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    President of the Senate Sandra L. Pappas  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Majority Leader Thomas M. Bakk  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Minority Leader David W. Hann  (Republican)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives Patrick D. Murphy
    House Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Meyerson
    Secretary of the Senate JoAnne M. Zoff
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Sven K. Lindquist

    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
    1/6/2015 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 72 62 0 10
    7/1/2015 Resignation Rep. Ryan Winkler (DFL, 46A) resigned to move with his family to Brussels. 133 72 61 0 11
    8/8/2015 Death Rep. David Dill (DFL, 3A) 132 72 60 0 12
    11/9/2015 Special election Peggy Flanagan (DFL) won the special election for a House seat in District 46A on November 3, 2015. She was sworn in on November 9, 2015. 133 72 61 0 11
    12/15/2015 Resignation Rep. Ann Lenczewski (DFL, 50B) resigned to take a job in the private sector. 132 72 60 0 12
    12/17/2015 Special election Rob Ecklund (DFL) won the special election for a House seat in District 3A on December 8, 2015. He was sworn in on December 17, 2015. 133 72 61 0 11
    2/17/2016 Special election Chad Anderson (R) won the special election for a House seat in District 50B on February 9, 2016. He was sworn in on February 17, 2016. 134 73 61 0 12
    3/8/2016 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 73 61 0 12
    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
    1/6/2015 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 28 39 0 11
    10/31/2015 Resignation Sen. Branden Petersen (R, 35) resigned for family reasons. 66 27 39 0 12
    2/22/2016 Special election Former House member Jim Abeler (R) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 35 on February 9, 2016. He was sworn in on February 22, 2016. 67 28 39 0 11
    3/8/2016 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 28 39 0 11
    7/11/2016 Death Sen. James Metzen (DFL, 52). No special election was held. 66 28 38 0 10
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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