Joe Swedberg (from left), Hormel Foods Corporation, moderated an exchange between Pat Shortridge (center) and Ken Martin during Minnesota Business Day at the Capitol. They are the respective chairs of the state Republican and Democratic parties. Mike Bromelkamp (left), Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd., and Tom Hesse, Minnesota Chamber vice president of government affairs, testify at the Legislature in support of a bill to convert the sales tax refund program for capital equipment to an up-front exemption. Environmental and energy policies were center stage at this Insiders' Issue breakfast: (from left) Deputy Commissioner Bill Grant, Department of Commerce Energy Division; Commissioner Paul Aasen, Pollution Control Agency; Senator John Carlson, R-Bemidji; Senator Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont. Leadership Minnesota participants received a private audience with Governor Mark Dayton during their wrap-up session for this program year. Leadership Minnesota is exclusive to the Minnesota Chamber and provides insight into the state's changing economy and the issues that will shape its future. An industry panel addressed workforce issues at the recent Grow Minnesota! Partnership Meeting held on February 22nd in Owatonna. Pictured are Beth Dienst, Human Resources Director, Viracon, Inc.-Owatonna., Rodney Gramse, Director of Operations, MRG Tool and Die Corp. -Faribault, and Tim Wenzel, President, Winegar, Inc.-Waseca. Legislative leaders shared their views at Session Priorities: (from left) Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV, House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk.


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2011 State House Voting Records

Symbol Key:
Voted with the preferred position     Voted against the preferred position
— Did Not Vote           # Was Absent           * Committee Vote Only / Not a Committee Member

Bills:
  1. HF 1 - Environmental Review and Permitting - Final Passage
  2. SF 40 - Alternative Teacher Licensure - Final Passage
  3. SF 40 - Alternative Teacher Licensure - Conference Committee Report
  4. HF 1 - Environmental Review and Permitting - Concurrence
  5. HF 8 - Healthy Minnesota Contribution Program - Final Passage
  6. HF 934 - K-12 Finance Omnibus Bill - Buesgens Amendment
  7. HF 934 - K-12 Finance Omnibus Bill - Final Passage
  8. SF 170 Teacher Basic Skills Tests - Final Passage
  9. HF 1476 - Prevailing Wage Modifications - Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee
  10. SF 149 - Prejudgment Interest Rate Reduction - Mazorol Amendment
  11. SF 149 - Class-Action Reform - Simon Amendment
  12. HF 1261 - Dayton Tax Plan - Minority Report
  13. SF 4 - Repeal of the Nuclear Moratorium - Final Passage
  14. SF 86 - Repeal of the Virtual Coal Moratorium - Final Passage
  15. HF 1476 - Prevailing Wage Modifications - Jobs and Economic Development Finance Committee
BILLS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Abeler, Jim (R)
MN House District 48B		 * *
Anderson, Bruce (R)
MN House District 19A		 * *
Anderson, Diane (R)
MN House District 38A		 *
Anderson, Paul (R)
MN House District 13A		 — * *
Anderson, Sarah (R)
MN House District 43A		 *
Anzelc, Tom (DFL)
MN House District 03A		 *
Atkins, Joe (DFL)
MN House District 39B		 — — *
Banaian, King (R)
MN House District 15B		 # * *
Barrett, Bob (R)
MN House District 17B		 * *
Beard, Michael (R)
MN House District 35A		 * *
Benson, John (DFL)
MN House District 43B		 — — * *
Benson, Mike (R)
MN House District 30B		 * *
Bills, Kurt (R)
MN House District 37B		 * *
Brynaert, Kathy (DFL)
MN House District 23B		 * *
Buesgens, Mark (R)
MN House District 35B		 — * *
Carlson, Sr., Lyndon (DFL)
MN House District 45B		 * *
Champion, Bobby Joe (DFL)
MN House District 58B		 * — *
Clark, Karen (DFL)
MN House District 61A		 # * — —
Cornish, Tony (R)
MN House District 24B		 * *
Crawford, Roger (R)
MN House District 08B		 *
Daudt, Kurt (R)
MN House District 17A		 *
Davids, Greg (R)
MN House District 31B		 * *
Davnie, Jim (DFL)
MN House District 62A		 * *
Dean, Matt (R)
MN House District 52B		 * *
Dettmer, Bob (R)
MN House District 52A		 * *
Dill, David (DFL)
MN House District 06A		 — — — — *
Dittrich, Denise (DFL)
MN House District 47A		 — *
Doepke, Connie (R)
MN House District 33B		 * *
Downey, Keith (R)
MN House District 41A		 * *
Drazkowski, Steve (R)
MN House District 28B		 * *
Eken, Kent (DFL)
MN House District 02A		 * *
Erickson, Sondra (R)
MN House District 16A		 * *
Fabian, Dan (R)
MN House District 01A		 * *
Falk, Andrew (DFL)
MN House District 20A		 — * *
Franson, Mary (R)
MN House District 11B		 * *
Fritz, Patti (DFL)
MN House District 26B		 # * *
Garofalo, Pat (R)
MN House District 36B		 * *
Gauthier, Kerry (DFL)
MN House District 07B		 — — * *
Gottwalt, Steve (R)
MN House District 15A		 * *
Greene, Marion (DFL)
MN House District 60A		 * *
Greiling, Mindy (DFL)
MN House District 54A		 * *
Gruenhagen, Glenn (R)
MN House District 25A		 * *
Gunther, Bob (R)
MN House District 24A		 — — *
Hackbarth, Tom (R)
MN House District 48A		 * *
Hamilton, Rod (R)
MN House District 22B		 — * — *
Hancock, David (R)
MN House District 02B		 * *
Hansen, Rick (DFL)
MN House District 39A		 * *
Hausman, Alice (DFL)
MN House District 66B		 — * *
Hayden, Jeff (DFL)
MN House District 61B		 — — * — — *
Hilstrom, Debra (DFL)
MN House District 46B		 — * *
Hilty, Bill (DFL)
MN House District 08A		 * *
Holberg, Mary Liz (R)
MN House District 36A		 * *
Hoppe, Joe (R)
MN House District 34B		 *
Hornstein, Frank (DFL)
MN House District 60B		 * *
Hortman, Melissa (DFL)
MN House District 47B		 * *
Hosch, Larry (DFL)
MN House District 14B		 * *
Howes, Larry (R)
MN House District 04B		 *
Huntley, Thomas (DFL)
MN House District 07A		 — — — * *
Johnson, Sheldon (DFL)
MN House District 67B		 *
Kahn, Phyllis (DFL)
MN House District 59B		 * *
Kath, Kory (DFL)
MN House District 26A		 * — *
Kelly, Tim (R)
MN House District 28A		 * *
Kieffer, Andrea (R)
MN House District 56B
Kiel, Debra (R)
MN House District 01B		 * *
Kiffmeyer, Mary (R)
MN House District 16B		 * *
Knuth, Kate (DFL)
MN House District 50B		 * *
Koenen, Lyle (DFL)
MN House District 20B		 * *
Kriesel, John (R)
MN House District 57A		 * *
Laine, Carolyn (DFL)
MN House District 50A		 # # # # # # * # # *
Lanning, Morrie (R)
MN House District 09A		 * *
Leidiger, Ernie (R)
MN House District 34A		 *
LeMieur, Mike (R)
MN House District 12B		 *
Lenczewski, Ann (DFL)
MN House District 40B		 * *
Lesch, John (DFL)
MN House District 66A		 — * *
Liebling, Tina (DFL)
MN House District 30A		 * *
Lillie, Leon (DFL)
MN House District 55A		 *
Loeffler, Diane (DFL)
MN House District 59A		 * *
Lohmer, Kathy (R)
MN House District 56A		 * *
Loon, Jenifer (R)
MN House District 42B		 *
Mack, Tara (R)
MN House District 37A		 * *
Mahoney, Tim (DFL)
MN House District 67A		 # *
Mariani, Carlos (DFL)
MN House District 65B		 — * — *
Marquart, Paul (DFL)
MN House District 09B		 * *
Mazorol, Pat (R)
MN House District 41B		 *
McDonald, Joe (R)
MN House District 19B		 * *
McElfatrick, Carolyn (R)
MN House District 03B		 * — *
McFarlane, Carol (R)
MN House District 53B		 *
McNamara, Denny (R)
MN House District 57B		 * *
Melin, Carly (DFL)
MN House District 05B		 — — * —
Moran, Rena (DFL)
MN House District 65A		 * *
Morrow, Terry (DFL)
MN House District 23A		 * *
Mullery, Joe (DFL)
MN House District 58A		 — —
Murdock, Mark (R)
MN House District 10B		 — *
Murphy, Erin (DFL)
MN House District 64A		 * *
Murphy, Mary (DFL)
MN House District 06B		 * *
Murray, Rich (R)
MN House District 27A		 *
Myhra, Pam (R)
MN House District 40A		 * *
Nelson, Michael V. (DFL)
MN House District 46A		 *
Nornes, Bud (R)
MN House District 10A		 * *
Norton, Kim (DFL)
MN House District 29B		 * *
O'Driscoll, Tim (R)
MN House District 14A		 *
Paymar, Michael (DFL)
MN House District 64B		 *
Pelowski Jr., Gene (DFL)
MN House District 31A		 * *
Peppin, Joyce (R)
MN House District 32A		 * *
Persell, John (DFL)
MN House District 04A		 * *
Petersen, Branden (R)
MN House District 49B		 — * *
Peterson, Sandra (DFL)
MN House District 45A		 — * *
Poppe, Jeanne (DFL)
MN House District 27B		 * *
Quam, Duane (R)
MN House District 29A		 * *
Rukavina, Tom (DFL)
MN House District 05A		 * — *
Runbeck, Linda (R)
MN House District 53A		 * *
Sanders, Tim (R)
MN House District 51A
Scalze, Bev (DFL)
MN House District 54B		 *
Schomacker, Joe (R)
MN House District 22A		 * *
Scott, Peggy (R)
MN House District 49A		 * *
Shimanski, Ron (R)
MN House District 18A		 * *
Simon, Steve (DFL)
MN House District 44A		 * *
Slawik, Nora (DFL)
MN House District 55B		 — * *
Slocum, Linda (DFL)
MN House District 63B		 — — *
Smith, Steve (R)
MN House District 33A		 * *
Stensrud, Kirk (R)
MN House District 42A
Swedzinski, Chris (R)
MN House District 21A		 *
Thissen, Paul (DFL)
MN House District 63A		 * *
Tillberry, Tom (DFL)
MN House District 51B		 *
Torkelson, Paul (R)
MN House District 21B		 * *
Urdahl, Dean (R)
MN House District 18B		 * *
Vogel, Bruce (R)
MN House District 13B		 * *
Wagenius, Jean (DFL)
MN House District 62B		 * *
Ward, John (DFL)
MN House District 12A		 — * *
Wardlow, Doug (R)
MN House District 38B		 * *
Westrom, Torrey (R)
MN House District 11A		 * — *
Winkler, Ryan (DFL)
MN House District 44B		 * *
Woodard, Kelby (R)
MN House District 25B		 * *
Zellers, Kurt (R)
MN House District 32B		 * *

Bills:
  1. HF 1 - Environmental Review and Permitting - Final Passage - This bill streamlined the environmental review and permitting process. The legislation included a 150-day goal for the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources to issue permits. The bill also allowed a project proposer to prepare a preliminary draft environmental impact statement and eliminated the District Court review of environmental review decisions, making the repeal process the same as for environmental permits.
  2. SF 40 - Alternative Teacher Licensure - Final Passage - This bill establishes an alternative pathway for licensing teachers. Licensing is governed by local school boards and the State Board of Teaching.
  3. SF 40 - Alternative Teacher Licensure - Conference Committee Report - This bill establishes an alternative pathway for licensing teachers. Licensing is governed by local school boards and the State Board of Teaching.
  4. HF 1 - Environmental Review and Permitting - Concurrence - This bill streamlined the environmental review and permitting process. The legislation included a 150-day goal for the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources to issue permits. The bill also allowed a project proposer to prepare a preliminary draft environmental impact statement and eliminated the District Court review of environmental review decisions, making the repeal process the same as for environmental permits.
  5. HF 8 - Healthy Minnesota Contribution Program - Final Passage - This bill would create the Healthy Minnesota Contribution Program, which changes MinnesotaCare from a defined benefit to a defined contribution program for a portion of the population it serves.
  6. HF 934 - K-12 Finance Omnibus Bill - Buesgens Amendment - This amendment would have eliminated from the bill the recommendations of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation including a quality rating system. While some scholarship funding was preserved in the amendment, the requirement that the scholarships be used for high quality programs was eliminated.
  7. HF 934 - K-12 Finance Omnibus Bill - Final Passage - This bill had extensive fiscal and policy reforms, including: Teacher effectiveness rather than seniority will be the primary factor for determining layoffs, ending the practice of last in, first out policies; teacher performance will be reviewed annually with 50 percent of the evaluation based on student academic growth; professional development will be aimed at improving student outcomes; teacher contracts will be renewed every five years rather than being a continuing contract. Schools would be rated A-F based on student achievement; report cards would be generated and made public. School boards would have the option of limiting teacher contract settlements to the percent increase that districts receive in state funding.
  8. SF 170 Teacher Basic Skills Tests - Final Passage - This bill, which received bipartisan support, requires teachers to pass their basic skills tests prior to entering a classroom. In addition, starting in 2014 teacher applicants to schools of education will be required to pass the basic skills test prior to entering the program.
  9. HF 1476 - Prevailing Wage Modifications - Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee - This bill would change the prevailing wage calculation from the mean wage to the mode. The mode tends to be a more costly way for taxpayers to finance state-funded construction projects and does not reflect all of the wages surveyed. The mean, or average, wage is a fairer calculation. The overtime threshold would change to solely over 40 hours in a week. Existing law triggers overtime if employees work either over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week.
  10. SF 149 - Prejudgment Interest Rate Reduction - Mazorol Amendment - This amendment changed the prejudgment interest rate provision in the house version of the bill to the senate language - a variable rate based on U.S. Treasury bills with a floor of 4 percent.
  11. SF 149 - Class-Action Reform - Simon Amendment - This amendment would have eliminated the provision that requires, if a party asks, that the appeal of class certification takes place before any other aspect of the litigation proceeds.
  12. HF 1261 - Dayton Tax Plan - Minority Report - A minority report that included Governor Dayton's tax plan was offered to HF 1261. It included a fourth personal income tax bracket at 10.95 percent beginning at taxable incomes of $250,000 for married joint filers and $150,000 for single filers and elimination of the foreign royalty deduction and the foreign operating corporation structure, among other provisions opposed by the business community.
  13. SF 4 - Repeal of the Nuclear Moratorium - Final Passage - This bill would have repealed the moratorium which prevents the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from even considering applications for new nuclear energy facilities.
  14. SF 86 - Repeal of the Virtual Coal Moratorium - Final Passage - This bill would have repealed the virtual coal moratorium, which prevents the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from allowing utilities to build or import additional coal power into Minnesota. Exceptions exist in statute, but they are costly, ambiguous and burdensome.
  15. HF 1476 - Prevailing Wage Modifications - Jobs and Economic Development Finance Committee - This bill would change the prevailing wage calculation from the mean wage to the mode. The mode tends to be a more costly way for taxpayers to finance state-funded construction projects and does not reflect all of the wages surveyed. The mean, or average, wage is a fairer calculation. The overtime threshold would change to solely over 40 hours in a week. Existing law triggers overtime if employees work either over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week.

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