Special session update: Day 10

Publication Date: 2011-05-05

• Author:Jordan Schrader
• Publication:TheNewsTribune.com

There won't be any action on the House and Senate floor until next week, the third week of the special session.

But lawmakers on the budget-writing committees are working today. Among the bills that could get a vote today in either House or Senate Ways and Means committees:

• SB 5542, creating an exception to the state smoking ban for cigar lounges.
• HB 1132, suspending cost-of-living increases in school-employee pay for another two years.
• SB 5912, expanding family planning services, intended to save money by avoiding the cost of unwanted pregnancies.
• SB 5587, ending a property tax deferral program for poor homeowners.
• HB 2065, which deals with funding for students in online learning and other alternative programs.