ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House of Representatives on Feb. 13, 2025, recalled four bills from their original referrals and re-referred them to other committees, approved the journal of the preceding day and took first readings on a set of newly introduced bills.

House members voted unanimously on procedural motions to move House File 436, House File 457, House File 489 and House File 770 to new committees. "House File 436 is a bill for an act relating to taxation, property establishing a homestead market value exclusion for property owned by a person 65 years or older and retired," Representative Franson (member from Douglas) told the chamber when explaining that the measure should be transferred from the Veterans and Military Affairs Division to the Committee on Taxes.

Representative Harter said House File 457 concerns redevelopment of commercial buildings, "so for example, a school could be converted to senior housing," and moved to re-refer the bill from the Committee on Taxes to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy.

Representative Scribe (member from Saint Louis) asked that House File 489, a parks-and-trails fund legacy bill, be moved from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy to the Committee on Legacy Finance. Representative Anderson PH moved to re-refer House File 770, a bonding bill "pertaining to the rural finance authority, which is under the direction of the Department of Agriculture," from the Committee on Capital Investment to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.

All four motions were agreed to without recorded roll-call tallies in the floor exchange and were announced as prevailing by the presiding officer.

Separately, the clerk read the journal for the previous day; the House approved the journal "as corrected by the chief clerk." The chamber also adopted standing committee reports and completed first readings for a group of newly filed measures, identified on the floor as House Files 787 through 1,094.

Votes at a glance

- House File 436 — Recalled from Veterans and Military Affairs Division; re-referred to Committee on Taxes. Motion moved on the floor and recorded as prevailing.
- House File 457 — Recalled from Committee on Taxes; re-referred to Committee on Housing Finance and Policy. Motion recorded as prevailing.
- House File 489 — Recalled from Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy; re-referred to Committee on Legacy Finance. Motion recorded as prevailing.
- House File 770 — Recalled from Committee on Capital Investment; re-referred to Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. Motion recorded as prevailing.

The House also introduced a tranche of bills for first reading (House Files 787–1,094) and adopted noncontroversial motions and committee reports that the clerk said were available on members' desks and online.

The House adjourned at the close of the day's business and was scheduled to reconvene at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on a motion adopted later in the session.