The eighty-second

Minnesota Legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decenn ...

first convened on January 3, 2001. The 67 members of the

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and the 134 members of the

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were elected during the General Election on November 7, 2000.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 3, 2001 to May 21, 2001. A special session began on June 11, 2001 to consider taxes, the budget, and other bills not passed during the regular session. A continuation of the regular session was held between January 29, 2002 and May 20, 2002. An additional special session was convened on September 19, 2002 to provide flood relief for

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and consider sales taxes and charitable deductions.

Party summary

:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

;President of the Senate :

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(DFL-Brainerd) ;Senate Majority Leader :

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(DFL-Erskine) ;Senate Minority Leader : Dick Day (R-Owatonna)

House of Representatives

;Speaker of the House :

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(R-Kenyon) ;House Majority Leader :

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(R-Eagen) ;House Minority Leader : Tom Pugh (DFL-South St. Paul)

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership changes

Senate

House of Representatives

Notes

References

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 82, Senate)

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 82, House)
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