Tag: 2019 legislative session

Minn. House members, advocates to unveil series of gender-based violence prevention initiatives

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Tuesday morning, members of the Minnesota House of Representatives will be joined by victim and survivor advocates for a press conference to launch “Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week” in the House Public Safety Division. This week, the panel, chaired by Rep. Carlos Mariani (DFL – Saint Paul), will hear a variety of bills regarding the topic, including training for law enforcement on investigations of sexual assault, ending the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women endemic, repeal of the “marital rape” exception and other initiatives as part of a comprehensive effort to end gender-based violence.

WHAT: Press conference to launch “Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week” in the Minnesota House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Division.

WHO: House Public Safety Division Chair Rep. Carlos Mariani (DFL – Saint Paul), Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL – Shoreview), Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL – Coon Rapids), Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein (DFL – New Brighton), Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL – Roseville), advocates for victims and survivors of gender-based violence including representatives from the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW), Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), and Reviving Sisterhood.

WHERE: Room B971, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, 55155

WHEN: Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 9:00 a.m.

Senate DFL Week in Review: January 17, 2019

Session’s second week kicks off with press conferences, committee overviews

The second week of the 2019 session kicked off with a legislative press forum with Governor Walz and the four leaders from the Senate and House. There were also a number of press conferences on issues ranging from distracted driving, how the state is dealing with the federal shutdown, and legalizing recreational marijuana use.

Committees kicked into gear with a busy week of overviews and a few early bill hearings. Some of the topics under discussion this week include HHS fraud prevention investigations, disability waivers, energy storage, education budgets, a farm and agriculture overview, a hearing on disease affecting our deer population, prison sentencing modifications, and an overview on our November budget forecast.

Governor Walz and all four legislative caucuses expressed their commitment to pass some non-controversial bills early in the session, so legislative action is expected to ramp up in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Senate DFL Week in Review: January 17, 2019”