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Legislative Review

Your Voice in Action!

Police Accountability Reform

 

Instead of defunding and dismantling police agencies, Senator Warren Limmer authored the Police Accountability Law that received strong bipartisan support.

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  • Prohibits police from using chokeholds and neck restraints- unless needed to preserve the life of an officer or innocent victim when all other options are exhausted.   
     

  • Bans law enforcement agencies from using “warrior-style” training.  
     

  • Makes it a duty for an officer to intervene when witnessing another using excessive force, and requires an immediate report to a superior.  
     

  • Includes enhanced officer training to better recognize mental health and autism issues, as well as programs for officers suffering from post-traumatic stress while on their job.
     

  • Adds citizen membership to new MN Police and Standards Training Board advisory task force.

Access to Quality Healthcare

 

We improved access to affordable health care for families, farmers, and businesses
 

  • Passed landmark eldercare protections & assisted living licensure. 

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  • Passed Reinsurance programs stabilizing MN’s health insurance market which lowered the cost of our health insurance premiums!
     

  • Reduced the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs, reducing the burden for those who rely on life-saving medications.
     

  • Established new laws to improve drug pricing and hospital billing transparency.
     

  • Increased funding for existing mental health programs while providing capital for new mental health facilities.
     

  • Demanded more accountability from the Department of Human Services putting a stop to hundreds of millions of dollars of waste in our public health programs.            
                                                   

  • Prohibited the denial of health insurance coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.

COVID-19 Relief

 

Governor Walz imposed Peacetime Emergency status requiring many decisions to bypass the legislature. Retaining their “power of the purse,” the legislature passed three phases of COVID-19 Response Funding:

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  • Passed immediate funding for hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and care centers 
     

  • To purchase personal protection supplies and life-saving equipment.  
     

  • Other resources supported child care providers, small businesses, college students, and veterans, including funds to help stock various food banks across the state.

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Senate also passed several bills to help Minnesotans deal with the crisis:

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  • Assuring those without insurance NOT to be charged for screening or treatment. 
     

  • Requiring first responders and other health care providers are guaranteed workers' compensation insurance coverage if contracting the virus while on the job. 

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Wash your hands, cover your cough, wear a mask where appropriate, and stay home if you are sick.

Funding K-12 Schools

 

The legislature increased the “Per-Pupil” funding formula by 2% each of the last four years, providing new resources directly into the classroom.
 

  • Provided critical educational programs expanding school readiness and special education.
     

  • Renewed MN’s focus on early reading and literacy, critical components to student’s success.
     

  • Reformed teacher licensure laws making it easier for schools to find and hire qualified teachers.
     

  • Made student and staff safety a top priority with $50-million for local districts to improve security measures in and around schools.

Lowering Your Taxes!

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We delivered $650-million in tax relief for families, seniors, farmers, and small businesses.

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  • Passed the first middle-class income tax cut in nearly two decades!
     

  • Provided a tax credit for recent college graduates paying off student loans.
     

  • Increased support for families struggling with the cost of childcare.
     

  • Delivered small business property tax cuts, helping to improve employment across the state.
     

  • Reduced income taxes for seniors receiving monthly Social Security checks.

Roads & Bridges

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New comprehensive transportation budget secured new investment without raising gas tax or license tab fees!

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  • Preserved $6-billion in funding to fix Minnesota’s crumbling roads and bridges.
     

  • Worked together with a bipartisan team of legislators from Maple Grove to Clearwater, coordinating efforts for I-94, six-lane expansion project.
     

  • Introduced and passed the Brockton Lane interchange project on I-94.
     

  • The chief author of Senate-passed, Hwy 610 entrance/exit ramps on I-94 (awaiting House action)
     

  • The chief author of Senate-passed, Rogers Pedestrian Bridge over I-94 (awaiting House action)

What We Prevented:
 

  • A new 20-cent per gallon tax increase
     

  • Billions of dollars of proposed tax increases
     

  • Auto license tab fees and auto sales tax increases
     

  • Cruel funding CUTS to nursing homes
     

  • Felon voting
     

  • Efforts to defund and dismantle MN police
     

  • Income tax increase
     

  • Making MN a Sanctuary State

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