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Transportation Policy Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives (decommissioned)

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For the current committee, see Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives.


The Transportation Policy Committee was a standing committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives. The committee met in the 2013-2014 session after the split of the Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives. It was merged with the Transportation Finance Committee for the 2015 session, effectively reversing the split.

Function

The House website described the function of this committee as outlined below.

The committee holds public hearings on bills to put each bill into its best form. During the bill's hearing, the committee can take testimony from the bill's sponsors, the general public and experts in the areas the bill affects.

The committee has several courses of action it can take:

  • amend the bill;
  • combine two or more bills under one file number;
  • recommend a bill to pass as introduced;
  • recommend it be passed as amended;
  • send it to another committee for consideration;
  • vote not to approve the bill; or
  • table it, which in essence delays action.[1][2]

Membership

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2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Transportation Policy Members, 2013
Democratic members (9)Republican members (6)
Ron Erhardt, ChairLinda Runbeck
Sandra Masin, Vice chairMark Anderson
Zach DorholtMichael Beard
Frank HornsteinDavid Fitzsimmons
Paul RosenthalJim Newberger
Mary SawatzkyJohn Petersburg
Yvonne Selcer
Erik Simonson
Mike Sundin

External links

Footnotes

  1. Minnesota House of Representatives, "Committees," accessed February 24, 2021
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.