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SF No. 2361 and others
Floor Session Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Video Coverage: Several bills were considered on the Special Orders Calendar including the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill which was taken from the table and passed
About the Session:
Several bills were considered on the Special Orders Calendar including the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill which was taken from the table and passed. The Health and Human Services bill appropriates $8.6 billion over the next two years for health, human services and corrections. It contains a controversial provision that requires women to wait 24 hours and receive certain information before getting an abortion. An attempt was made to move the abortion language from the omnibus funding bill to a Health Department bill and failed. The bill passed 43-22.

Senator Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, authored Senate File 2361.

Other bills on Special Orders included:

SF 795 (Stevens) Snowmobile grant in aid trails access continuation upon land acquisition; Mille Lacs and Pine counties recreational land use trails all-terrain vehicles operation. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0.

SF 446 (Johnson, Doug) Telecommunications equipment on state owned property. Final Passage as amended Roll Call - 63-0.

SF 1721 (Anderson) Employers protected genetic information use prohibition. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0.

SF 1004 (Lourey) Farm tractors clock hour meters tampering prohibition. Final Passage as amended Roll Call - 57-6.

HF 208 (Dille) Resolution supporting state participation in Sault Ste. Marie lock new construction and recognizing upper Mississippi River critical habitat restoration and rehabilitation needs. Final Passage as amended Roll Call - 54-8.

SF 2106 (Terwilliger) tate highways in cities review and approval requirements - Laid on table.

HF 2498 Omnibus Tax bill-Referred to Taxes.

SF 1128 (Sams) Ambulance services staffing requirements waiver -Stricken from General Orders.

SF 1109 (Johnson, Dean) Design Build. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-2.

HF 208 (Dille) Resolution supporting state participation in Sault Ste. Marie lock new construction and recognizing upper Mississippi River critical habitat restoration and rehabilitation needs. Final Passage Roll Call - 46-17.