Responsibilities
Membership
Legislative
•134 representatives
•Introduce and study ideas (bills) for laws
(all revenue-raising bills begin in the
house)
•1 from each House District
Term - 2 years
•Serve on standing committees
Requirements
•Pass state laws (all bills must pass both
the house and senate)
•Qualified voter
•Can override Governor’s veto
•21 years old
Judicial
•Minnesota resident - 1 year
•Judge election qualification of members
•District resident - 6 months
•Can expel members
•House can impeach members of the
executive and judicial branches
Membership
•67 senators
•1 from each Senate District
(1 Senate District includes 2
House Districts)
Term - 4 years
Responsibilities
Legislative
•Introduce and study ideas (bills) for laws
(all revenue-raising bills begin in the
house)
•Serve on standing committees
•Pass state laws (all bills must pass both
the house and senate)
Requirements
•Can override Governor’s veto
•Qualified voter
Judicial
•21 years old
•Judge election qualification of members
•Minnesota resident - 1 year
•Can expel members
•District resident - 6 months
•Senate can convict and remove members
of the executive and judicial branches
after House impeachment
Organization
Each Body
Standing Committees
•Begins regular sessions every odd numbered
year in January and even numbered years in
February
•Study and research bills
•May meet for up to 120 legislative days during
the biennium, but not after the first Monday
following the 3rd Saturday in May.
•Make recommendations to the full House &
Senate
•Elects a member as presiding officer
Conference Committees
Speaker of the House & President of the Senate
•Resolve differences when the House & Senate
pass different versions of a bill
•Designates number, chairs, and majority
members of committees
•Designates number of committee members the
minority appoints
•Hear public testimony on bills
•Consist of 3-5 members of each body
Pat Pariseau (R)
District 36
Senator Chris Gerlach (R) District 37
Home: Apple Valley 173 County Road 42; 55124
Occupation: Self-employed, real estate.
Home: Farmington
Home Address: 25660 Biscayne Ave W
55024
Home Phone: 651.463.8496
Family: Widowed, 6 children
Occupation: Registered nurse (retired),
Education: RN, Ravenswood Hospital
School of Nursing
Mary Liz Holberg (R) 36A
E-mail:
rep.maryliz.holberg@house.mn
Phillip Sternert (D) 37B
E-mail: rep.dennis.ozment@house.mn
Home: Rosemount; 15666 Cicerone
Committees: Ethics; Local
Path, 55068; 651-423Government and Metropolitan
3555 Occupation: Insurance
Affairs; Public Safety and Civil
Justice; Transportation and Transit agent/small-business
Policy Subcommittee; Transportation
owner Business: Apple Valley;
Finance Division; Ways and Means..
7373 147th St. W., Suite 196, 55124;
Biographical Information
651-432-1111 Education: Elected:
Home: Lakeville ; (952) 4355778 Occupation: Homemaker 2008 Term: 1st
Education: Elementary
education, St. Cloud State
University Elected: 1998 Term:
6th
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Education: BA, University of St. Thomas; MBA,
University of South Dakota.
Elected: to the Senate in special election 2004.
Term: 1st
ﾊ State and Local Government Operations and Oversight,
Ranking Minority Memberﾊﾊﾊﾊ Business, Industry and
Jobsﾊﾊﾊﾊ Capital Investmentﾊﾊﾊﾊ Commerce and
Consumer Protectionﾊﾊﾊﾊ Finance - E-12 Education
Budget Division
Pat Garofalo (R) 36B E-mail:
rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn
Committees: Early Childhood
Learning Finance Division;
Education Finance and Economic
Competitiveness Finance Division;
Finance; K-12 Finance Division;
Telecommunications Regulation
and Infrastructure Division.
Biographical Information Home:
Farmington; *5997 - 193rd St. W.,
55024; (651) 463-2112
Occupation: Network engineer
Education: B.S., law enforcement,
Minnesota State University,
Mankato Elected: 2004 Term: 3rd
Tara Mack ® 37A
Biographical Information :
Home: Apple Valley; 15400
Frost Path, ; Occupation:
Legislator Education:
B.A., political
science/global studies,
University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities Elected:
2008 Term: 1st
Speaker of the House Margaret
Anderson Kelliher (DFL) 60A
Senator James Metzen (DFL)
President of the Senate
Majority Leader
Senator Lawrence
Pogemiller (DFL)
Tony Sertich (DFL) 05B
Majority Leader
Minority Leader
Marty Seifert (R ) 21A
Senator David Senjem (R)
Minority Leader
House Standing Committees
Agriculture Policy
Agriculture and Rural Development Finance
Capital Investment
Civil Law
Commerce
Crime Prevention
Education Policy
Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Ethics
Family and Early Childhood Education Finance
Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Health and Human Services Finance
Health and Human Services Policy
Higher Education Finance
Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Judiciary Finance
K-12 Education Finance
Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Rules and Legislative Administration
State Government Finance
Taxes
Taxes - Property Tax Division
Transportation Finance
Transportation Policy
Ways and Means
Senate Policy Committees
Agriculture and Rural Development
Children, Families and Learning
Commerce
Crime Prevention
Election Laws
Environment and Natural Resources
Governmental Operations and Veterans
Health and Family Security
Jobs, Energy and Community Development
Judiciary
Local and Metropolitan Government
Rules and Administration
Transportation
How a bill becomes a law?
1 ) IDEA
2) Legal Form
3) Authors & Introduction
1st Reading
Standing Committee
Yes, the bill moves
to the Floor.
PROS
Committee Work
Support?
CONS
NO - It’s
Killed.
2nd Reading
Committee of the Whole
Committee of the Whole
Send back to the
committee.
Kill it.
Amend & Pass
House of Rep.
Senate
Or Pass it.
> 68 votes,
> 34 votes,
Calendar
It is killed.
It is killed.
& 3rd
68 votes +
34 votes +
Reading
It Passes.
It Passes.
House
Senate
Version
Version
Conference
Committee
If not the same ...
If same ...
GOVERNOR
Conference
3-5 Representatives
& 3-5 Senators
Committee
If not the same ...
Pocket Veto bill passed
in last 3 days of session.
Veto.
GOVERNOR
Line-item veto
& Pass.
2/3 vote to override
H-90, S-45
If same ...
GOVERNOR
Doesn’t Sign but
allows to become law.
He Signs.
LAW !!