SF4678

Purpose

• The bill aims to change the size of Minnesota’s two legislative chambers by amending the statutes that define how many members each chamber has. It specifically targets Minnesota Statutes 2024 sections 2.021 and 2.031, altering the official counts used to describe the Senate and the House of Representatives. The change is described as applying “until a new apportionment shall have been made,” meaning the new counts would stay in place until districts are redrawn.

Main provisions

• Section 2.021 (Number of Members): The bill rewrites the rule that determines how many members are in each chamber. It states: “For each legislature until a new apportionment shall have been made the senate is composed of 67 45 members and the house of representatives is composed of 134 135 members.”
• Practical effect: Until the next redrawing of district boundaries, the official size of the Senate and House would be defined by these counts in statute. The sentence presents two numbers for each chamber (67 45 for the Senate and 134 135 for the House), suggesting two possible counts listed in the same line.

Significant changes to existing law

• Substitution of the current fixed chamber sizes with new statutory counts that would govern the size of each chamber until the next apportionment.
• The change is in the section that defines the “Number of Members” for both chambers (Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 2.021), and it references a companion amendment to section 2.031 as part of the overall alteration to legislative composition.

Notes on interpretation

• The text shown indicates two potential counts for each chamber (67 and 45 for the Senate; 134 and 135 for the House). It is not clear from the excerpt which exact counts would apply, or whether this reflects different drafting options. The key idea is that the statutory size of both chambers would be set until a new apportionment is enacted.

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Relevant Terms - Senate - House of Representatives - Number of Members - Minnesota Statutes 2024 - Section 2.021 - Section 2.031 - Apportionment - Legislature - Amendment - Composition of chambers