The eighty-fourth
Minnesota Legislature
The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decennia ...
first convened on January 4, 2005. The 67 members of the
Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election on November 5, 2002, while the 134 members of the
Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election on November 2, 2004.
Sessions
The
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
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met in a regular session from January 4, 2005 to May 23, 2005. It ended without a passage of an overall
budget
A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...
, and a special session was opened May 24, 2005. No overall budget passed by the end of the
fiscal year
A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes. It is also used for financial reporting by businesses and other organizations. Laws in many ...
on June 30, and much of the state government shut down for the first time in history, though some essential services remained in operation, and some departments received funding in legislation. On July 9, 2005, a budget was agreed upon, and the special session ended a few days later on July 13, 2005.
A continuation of the regular session was held between March 1, 2006 and May 21, 2006.
Party summary
:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the
"Membership changes" section, below.''
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
;President of the Senate
:
James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul)
;Senate Majority Leader
:
Dean Johnson (DFL-Willmar)
;Senate Minority Leader
:
Dick Day
Richard Day (born March 9, 1937) in American politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 26, which includes portions of Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele and Waseca counties in the sout ...
(R-Owatonna)
House of Representatives
;Speaker of the House
:
Steve Sviggum
Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota politician, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate. A former Speaker and memb ...
(R-Kenyon)
;House Majority Leader
:
Erik Paulsen
Erik Philip Paulsen (born May 14, 1965) is an American businessman and politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representat ...
(R-Eden Prairie)
;House Minority Leader
:
Matt Entenza
Matthew "Matt" Keating Entenza (born October 4, 1961) is a Minnesota lawyer and former politician who served six terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served as House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2006. After leaving the legislature, ...
(DFL-St. Paul)
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Membership changes
Senate
House of Representatives
External links
Senate election results (2002 General Election)House election results (2004 General Election)
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