84th Minnesota Legislature
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates
Template:Infobox legislative session The eighty-fourth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 2005. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election on November 5, 2002, while the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election on November 2, 2004.
Sessions
The legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 2005 to May 23, 2005. It ended without a passage of an overall budget, and a special session was opened May 24, 2005. No overall budget passed by the end of the fiscal year on June 30, and much of the state government shut down for the first time in history, though some essential services remained in operation, and some departments received funding in legislation. On July 9, 2005, a budget was agreed upon, and the special session ended a few days later on July 13, 2005.
A continuation of the regular session was held between March 1, 2006 and May 21, 2006.
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.
Senate
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | ||||
| DFL | IPM | Rep | |||
| End of previous Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 35 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 0 |
| Begin | rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/DFL | 35 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 0 |
| September 21, 2005 | 30 | 66 | 1 | ||
| November 21, 2005 | 29 | 65 | 2 | ||
| December 7, 2005 | rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/DFL | 36 | 66 | 1 | ||
| December 31, 2005 | 28 | 65 | 2 | ||
| January 5, 2006 | 29 | 66 | 1 | ||
| January 6, 2006 | Template:Party shading/DFL | 37 | 67 | 0 | ||
| January 6, 2006 | Template:Party shading/DFL | 38 | 0 | |||
| Latest voting share | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 44 | 0 | 23 | 67 | 0 |
House of Representatives
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | ||||
| DFL | Rep | ||||
| End of previous Legislature | 52 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 77 | 129 | 5 | |
| Begin | 66 | rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 68 | 134 | 0 | |
| December 12, 2005 | 65 | 133 | 1 | ||
| December 27, 2005 | 66 | 134 | 0 | ||
| June 21, 2006 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 67 | 133 | 1 | ||
| Latest voting share | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | |||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 85 | 49 | 134 | 0 | |
Leadership
Senate
- President of the Senate
- James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul)
- Senate Majority Leader
- Dean Johnson (DFL-Willmar)
- Senate Minority Leader
- Dick Day (R-Owatonna)
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Steve Sviggum (R-Kenyon)
- House Majority Leader
- Erik Paulsen (R-Eden Prairie)
- House Minority Leader
- Matt Entenza (DFL-St. Paul)
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Membership changes
Senate
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Gaither (R) |
Resigned September 21, 2005 to become Governor Tim Pawlenty's chief of staff. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Terri Bonoff (DFL) |
December 7, 2005 |
| 15 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dave Kleis (R) |
Resigned November 21, 2005 to become mayor of St. Cloud. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Tarryl Clark (DFL) |
January 6, 2006 |
| 19 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mark Ourada (R) |
Resigned December 31, 2005. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Amy Koch (R) |
January 5, 2006 |
House of Representatives
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15B | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Joe Opatz (DFL) |
Resigned December 12, 2005 to become interim president of Central Lakes College. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Larry Haws (DFL) |
January 19, 2006 |
| 43B | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ron Abrams (R) |
Resigned June 21, 2006 to accept appointment to judgeship. | Remained vacant | |