2021 Session Preview, Budget News, Special Session VII

Session 2021: On the Horizon

The Minnesota Legislature’s 2021 regular session begins on Jan. 5, 2021. Preparations for the new biennium are underway, including setting up the new committee structure. Committee topics and chairs are being finalized by both the House and Senate. The House will have 30 committees, and the Senate will have 29. This is a decrease for the House, which had 37 committees for the 2019-2020 biennium, but an increase for the Senate, which had 21.

Some of the new House committees include Preventing Homelessness, Preventative Health Policy and Behavioral Health Policy. New committees in the Senate include Human Services Licensing and Housing Finance & Policy. Also new for this biennium are the House and Senate committees on redistricting, which occurs following each census.

Committee membership should be released soon.

Read more: Budget News, the 2021 Political Landscape, and Special Session VII