Republican Speaker Lisa Demuth said their top priority this session was to pass an Office of Inspector General bill. That bill was passed prior to the final weekend of the session with bipartisan support and signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz. 

Demuth said they were also happy to get cost cuts this year through property tax relief and car tab fee reductions. 

"We were able to get that over the finish line," she said. 

DFL Leader Zack Stephenson said he was disappointed that there was no action on gun control or response to the federal immigration crackdown in the state, but Democrats plan to talk to voters about those issues this fall. 

"House DFLers will take that message on the campaign trail this summer and fall, and we will win a majority, and we will pass those bills in 2026 and 2027."

House DFL Leader Zack Stephenson said the best tribute they could deliver to former DFL Leader Melissa Hortman this session was "getting our work done, and getting it done on time." 

"We did right by Melissa Hortman tonight."

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home last summer. Lawmakers passed a number of tributes to the Hortmans before session ended. 

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson said they will talk to voters this fall about ballooning fraud in state programs and their efforts to tackle the issue this session. 

The entire Legislature is on the ballot in November. Republicans are trying to take back the state Senate, which Democrats control by a single vote. 

And with that, the Minnesota House and Senate have adjourned for the 2026 legislative session. 

Lawmakers will return tomorrow for retiring lawmakers to make speeches but their work for the year is done.

Republicans in the tied House attempted to suspend the rules in the final minute of the session to vote on a bill that would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot imposing term limits on the roles of governor and lieutenant governor. The motion failed.

A procedural vote aimed at bringing up legislation to regulate federal immigration enforcement for a vote failed in the House.

Republican Floor Leader Harry Niska said the legislation would have created “no-go zones” for federal agents. 

“If local law enforcement cooperated with federal law enforcement we would have never seen many of the problems that Minnesota has gone through before.”

House DFLers are making a last-ditch effort to pass a handful of state regulations on federal immigration enforcement. That includes limiting the access of federal agents to health care facilities and schools. With fewer than 20 minutes left in session, it’s all but certain to fail in a politically divided House.

“What we now know is that we must protect our state from lawless immoral masked and armed wing of our federal government,” said Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura, DFL-Minneapolis. “We must make sure that what happened in Minnesota never happens again.”

The Senate just gave final approval to a $1.2 billion bonding bill to fund infrastructure projects throughout the state, sending it to Gov. Tim Walz with 15 minutes before adjournment.

The Minnesota House passed a $1.2 billion package of publicly financed construction projects known as a bonding bill on an 122-11 vote. The bonding bill was the last major item left for the House to approve as part of the budget agreement and will now head to the Senate.

The infrastructure legislation also included $250 million to reduce car-tab fees for one year, which was a top priority of Republican lawmakers. It now goes to the Senate for a vote.

"As we know, tab fees are outrageous in this state," said Rep. Patti Anderson, R-Dellwood.

The bonding bill includes $420 million for water infrastructure across the state and other projects like community centers, public safety facilities, hospitals and museums. It’s typically one of the last, or the last, bills that the Legislature passes during session.

The bill is usually subject to intense haggling because bonding requires a three-fifths majority in the House and Senate to pass, rather than a simple majority. That gives minority parties leverage over the legislation that they don’t have on other bills, and those lawmakers usually ask for something in return for their bonding vote. In this case, Senate Republicans said they wanted the cut to car-tab fees.