Here’s a run down on how broadband funding is doing in Minnesota Legislature. I’ve already mentioned that the House is at $70 million (biennium) and the Senate at $30 million (biennium). But here’s who voted how. To be fair, these are big bills with lots of moving pieces and one piece is broadband.
The House Daily Session Weekly Wrap up reports on the HF 2208, which includes broadband funding set at $70 million the the biennium. …
After a late night Tuesday and a long day of arguing on Wednesday, the House finally passed its omnibus jobs and economic development, energy and climate, and telecommunications policy and finance bill.
As amended, HF2208, sponsored by Rep. Tim Mahoney (DFL-St. Paul), received a favorable 74-59 vote. It now heads to the Senate, where it is sponsored by Sen. Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake).
Here’s how that vote went:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Acomb | Bahner | Becker-Finn | Bernardy | Bierman |
| Brand | Cantrell | Carlson, A. | Carlson, L. | Christensen |
| Claflin | Considine | Davnie | Dehn | Ecklund |
| Edelson | Elkins | Fischer | Freiberg | Gomez |
| Halverson | Hansen | Hassan | Hausman | Her |
| Hornstein | Hortman | Howard | Huot | Klevorn |
| Koegel | Kotyza-Witthuhn | Kunesh-Podein | Lee | Lesch |
| Liebling | Lien | Lillie | Lippert | Loeffler |
| Long | Mahoney | Mann | Mariani | Marquart |
| Masin | Moller | Moran | Morrison | Murphy |
| Nelson, M. | Noor | Olson | Pelowski | Persell |
| Pinto | Poppe | Pryor | Richardson | Sandell |
| Sandstede | Sauke | Schultz | Stephenson | Sundin |
| Tabke | Vang | Wagenius | Wazlawik | Winkler |
| Wolgamott | Xiong, J. | Xiong, T. | Youakim |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Albright | Anderson | Backer | Bahr | Baker |
| Bennett | Boe | Daniels | Daudt | Davids |
| Demuth | Dettmer | Drazkowski | Erickson | Fabian |
| Franson | Garofalo | Green | Grossell | Gruenhagen |
| Gunther | Haley | Hamilton | Heinrich | Heintzeman |
| Hertaus | Johnson | Jurgens | Kiel | Koznick |
| Kresha | Layman | Lislegard | Lucero | Lueck |
| McDonald | Mekeland | Miller | Munson | Nash |
| Nelson, N. | Neu | Nornes | O’Driscoll | O’Neill |
| Petersburg | Poston | Quam | Robbins | Runbeck |
| Schomacker | Scott | Swedzinski | Theis | Torkelson |
| Urdahl | Vogel | West | Zerwas |
The Senate Media reports on SF2226 Omnibus Ag Bill, which includes $30 million for broadband…
The omnibus agriculture bill, SF 2226, sponsored by Senator Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake, promotes modernization of farm technologies, funds soybean research and marketing, expands rural broadband, encourages modular housing construction and funds mental health services for Minnesota farmers and their families.
The Journal of the Senate reports on the vote…
S.F. No. 2226 was read the third time, as amended, and placed on its final passage. The question was taken on the passage of the bill, as amended. The roll was called, and there were yeas 43 and nays 24, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Abeler Anderson, B. Anderson, P. Bakk Benson Chamberlain Dahms Draheim Dziedzic Eichorn Eken Frentz Gazelka Goggin Hall Hoffman Housley Howe Ingebrigtsen Jasinski Jensen Johnson Kiffmeyer Koran Lang Limmer Mathews Miller Nelson Newman Osmek Pratt Rarick Relph Rosen Ruud Senjem Simonson Sparks Tomassoni Utke Weber Westrom
Those who voted in the negative were:
Bigham Carlson Champion Clausen Cohen Cwodzinski Dibble Eaton Franzen Hawj Hayden Isaacson Kent Klein Laine Latz Little Marty Newton Pappas Rest Torres Ray Wiger Wiklund
Next step? The bills will be reconciled with funding proposals in conference committee.
