Minutes

Present: Senator Ron Latz - Chair, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten Vice Chair, Senator Jim Carlson, Senator Justin D. Eichorn, Senator Jeff R. Howe, Senator Michael E. Kreun, Senator Warren Limmer, Senator Sandra L. Pappas, Senator Judy Seeberger, Senator Bonnie S. Westlin

Absent: No Members Absent

Senator Ron Latz called the meeting to order at 12:35p

S.F. 1: Senator McEwen: Fundamental right to reproductive health establishment.

Testifiers: Munira Mohamed (Policy Team for ACLU) - pro; Jess Braverman (Gender Justice) - pro; Theresa Collett (Professor, University of Saint Thomas) – oppose; Ann Jennen – pro;

Scott Tiffany (Love and Live More) – oppose; Vaunnie Thayer – pro; Abby Hewitt – oppose; Brenda Mannarchiquette (First Nations People Iroquois) – oppose; Melody Olson – oppose; Justice Paul Anderson – support; Sage Behnken (self, school project, Pro-Life Action Ministries) – oppose

 

A25 – Howe offers, and requests roll call – 4/6 – does not prevail (Ayes: Limmer, Eichorn, Howe, Kreun; Nays: Latz, Oumou Verbeten, Carlson, Pappas, Seeberger, Westlin)

 

A26 - Howe offers, and requests roll call – 4/6 – does not prevail (Ayes: Limmer, Eichorn, Howe, Kreun; Nays: Latz, Oumou Verbeten, Carlson, Pappas, Seeberger, Westlin)

 

Limmer requests roll call on final passage - 6/4 (Ayes: Latz, Oumou Verbeten, Carlson, Pappas, Seeberger, Westlin; Nays: Limmer, Eichorn, Howe, Kreun)

 

Senator Westlin moved that S.F. 1, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:23p

Senator Ron Latz, Chair	Diana Rico, Legislative Assistant