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The Minnesota House of Representatives' nonpartisan Public Information Services department provides news and other information on legislative activity.
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The new Minnesota state flag flies alongside the Quadriga May 13. 📸 Andrew VonBank. #mnleg #mncapitol
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Rep. @leonlillie raises his @MNUFC scarf Friday on the House Floor ahead of the club's first match at its new St. Paul stadium this weekend. | Photo by Paul Battaglia. #mnleg #mnhouse
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Crowds gathered on all three levels of the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility March 31. 📸 Catherine Davis . #mnleg #mnhouse #mncapitol
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Rep. @LisaDemuthMN — alongside her husband, Nick — sends greetings to family members seated in the House Gallery before Tuesday’s opening of the 2025 legislative session. 📸 Michele Jokinen. #mnleg #mnhouse
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The Minnesota State Capitol's electrolier is illuminated for Statehood Day, May 11. Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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Rep. @leonlillie makes a surprise appearance in the House Capital Investment Committee Friday morning. Rep. Lillie was hospitalized with over 20 broken bones from a recent tree trimming accident. | Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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The @mncapitol electrolier is illuminated on Minnesota Statehood Day, May 11. 📸 Andrew VonBank . #mnleg #mnhouse
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House Majority Leader Jamie Long (@Jamiemlong) greets supporters of HF2, the paid family and medical leave bill, on his way into the #mnhouse Chamber May 2. 📸 Catherine Davis. #mnleg
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After more than two years under the wrap of protective scaffolding, the @mncapitol is revealed on a warm Nov. 4 afternoon. #mnleg
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Rep. María Isa Pérez-Vega (@MariaIsa) celebrates passage of the transportation finance bill with Rep. Frank Hornstein, the bill's sponsor, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman (@melissahortman) May 22. 📸 Andrew VonBank. #mnleg #mnhouse
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House Speaker @melissahortman tests out a new walnut gavel — held in her right hand — that was made for her by @RepTonyAlbright's father. The gavel was fashioned from the wood of a tree more than 200 years old. | Photo by Paul Battaglia. #mnleg #mnhouse
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Rep @JasonMetsa attends to dad duties with 15-month-old Josiah during a House Floor session on Thursday. | Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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The Capitol Rotunda's electrolier is illuminated May 11 to commemorate Minnesota Statehood Day. 📸 Andrew VonBank. #mnleg #mnhouse #MNStatehoodDay
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Rep. @ErinKoegel follows a MnDOT overview while holding her 6-week-old daughter, Clara, during Thursday's House Transportation Finance and Policy Division meeting. | Photo by Paul Battaglia. You can find more images by House Photography here:
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Leilani Scoggin (left) with @miwsac & Lori Martin-Kingbird, with the @MissAmerica organization, finish installing a section of the approx. 3,000 cutouts for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial at the Capitol May 5. 📸 Paul Battaglia. #mnleg #mnhouse
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Lit only on MN #StatehoodDay, the Capitol Rotunda chandelier shines through a window on the dome Thursday.| Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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Former Gov. Jesse Ventura testifies before the #mnhouse Health Finance and Policy Committee Feb. 21 in support of HF100, a bill sponsored by Rep. @zackstephenson, right, that would legalize adult-use cannabis in Minnesota. 📸 Andrew VonBank . #mnleg
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Current House Majority Leader @_RyanWinkler, at the head of the table, invited all living past House majority leaders — a group that includes former Gov. Tim Pawlenty — to a first-ever group dinner in the House Retiring Room March 6. | Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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Rep. Tina Liebling (@TinaLiebling) hugs Rep. Hodan Hassan (@RepHassan) after #mnhouse passage of SF2995, the health and human services finance bill, May 22. 📸 Catherine Davis . Catch up on all the day's at Session Daily: . #mnleg
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Looking back at 2020: Rep. @heather_edelson snaps a selfie in front of a group of gun safety advocates outside the #mnhouse Chamber on the first day of the 2020 #mnleg session. 📸 Paul Battaglia. See more of this year's best photos in our 2020 galleries:
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Valerie Castile listens in the House Gallery June 18 to debate on SSSF104, the Minnesota Police Accountability Act. Her son, Philando, was fatally shot by a former St. Anthony police officer during a July 2016 traffic stop. 📸: Andrew VonBank. #mnleg
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The moon rose over the Capitol Quadriga in the early evening Dec. 6 . 📸 Andrew VonBank . #mnleg #mnhouse #mncapitol
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Polly Wolgamott, Rep. Dan Wolgamott's (@RepWolgamott) 8-year-old daughter, serves as a House page during Saturday morning's floor session. 📸 Andrew VonBank . #mnleg #mnhouse
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Rep. @aishasgomez checks in on her son Andre's Lego construction progress during his Thursday morning visit to the #mnhouse Taxes Committee. | Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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Rep. @mohamudnoor (left) gets an elbow bump from Rep. @jdavnie after his bill to establish the PROMISE Act — a proposal to aid businesses impacted by the civil disorder after the May death of George Floyd — was passed 74-53 in the #mnhouse June 19. 📸: Paul Battaglia. #mnleg
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With the new Minnesota state flag at his side, Rep. @BradTabke presides over the May 13 #mnhouse floor session. The flag was raised for the first time over the Capitol on Saturday, which marked Minnesota Statehood Day. 📸 Michele Jokinen. #mnleg
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A Capitol visitor lounges near the Minnesota Supreme Court chamber March 1. 📸 Catherine Davis. #mnleg #mncapitol
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Visitors to the Capitol can see a LEGO replica of the building on display in the north corridor on the first floor. LEGO Ambassador Roy Cook used 75,000 bricks and needed 100 hours to build the 6-foot by 4-foot replica. | Photo by Andrew VonBank
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Rep. Isaac Schultz (@ImSchultz) wears a button advertising his opposition to gun-control measures included in the omnibus judiciary and public safety finance and policy bill during the April 26 floor debate. 📸 Catherine Davis . #mnleg #mnhouse
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Rep. @IlhanMN (L) prepares for an interview with NBC Today Show correspondent @JennaBushHager Wed. morning.| Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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Students from West End Elementary School in Int'l Falls descend the grand staircase during a Capitol tour. |Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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Advocates for stricter gun laws packed the Capitol Rotunda for a rally Thursday afternoon. | Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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Rep. @NickZerwas broke out a super-sized candy bar during Thursday's lengthy floor debate on HF3467 #mnleg
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Rep. Heather Edelson (@heather_edelson) gave Rep. Leigh Finke (@leighfinke) a hug prior to the March 23 #mnhouse floor session, when the House eventually took up and passed HF146, a bill dealing with gender-affirming health care. 📸 Andrew VonBank . #mnleg
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Rep. Brion Curran (@brioncurran) embraces a fellow lawmaker after the #mnhouse voted Monday evening to pass HF16, legislation that would ban conversion therapy for children and vulnerable adults. 📸 Catherine Davis. #mnleg
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#mnhouse votes 71-59 to pass SSHF93/SSSF104*, as amended to merge three policing reform bills into 'The Minnesota Police Accountability Act.' The measures championed by the @DFLPOCIcaucus now go to the Senate. #mnleg.
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House Majority Leader @JoycePeppin, a @UMNDuluth graduate, poses with UMD Athletic Director Josh Berlo, left, men’s hockey coach Scott Sandelin, & the NCAA men’s hockey national championship trophy, on the House Floor April 18. | Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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WATCH >> Olympic gold medalist @jessdiggs and Rep. @TonyJurgensMN held a news conference Thursday on efforts to bring an International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championship event to MN #mnleg
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Despite piles of snow still visible, early blooming Scilla flowers appear on the Capitol grounds Thursday afternoon. | Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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The State Capitol dome is reflected in meltwater Friday with record temperatures hovering near 60 degrees. | Photo by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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Rep. @leonlillie recites the Pledge of Allegiance while standing beside his car on the roof of the State Office Building's parking ramp as he and other #mnhouse members participate remotely in Tuesday's House Floor session. 📸: Paul Battaglia. #mnleg
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Rep. @ErinMayeQuade uses a letter opener on an improvised hairdo during Wednesday's House Floor debate.| Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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House DFL members stand around Rep. @ErinMayeQuade as she speaks during Thursday's floor session in favor of suspending the House Rules to take up HF3030, a bill that would set up a task force to deal with sexual harassment claims at the Capitol. | Photo by Paul Battaglia #mnleg
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More than 1,000 students from across Minnesota gathered at the State Capitol Friday to rally against gun violence. | Panoramic image by Andrew VonBank #mnleg
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