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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 86th Legislature (2009-2010)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    2009
    		1/6/2009 5/18/2009 133 58 58
    2010
    		2/4/2010 5/16/2010 102 49 49
    2010 1st Special Session
    To complete the passage of budget bills.         		5/17/2010 5/17/2010 1 2 2
    2010 2nd Special Session
    To provide disaster assistance for flooded areas.         		10/18/2010 10/18/2010 1 1 1

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    2009 2407 Search 2166 Search 157   Search 0
    2010 1457 Search 1264 Search 201   Search 4
    2010 1st Special Session 2 Search 2 Search 1   Search 0
    2010 2nd Special Session 7 Search 6 Search 1   Search 0

    Other Information

    Vetoes (All Sessions)

      Full Bills Vetoed
    (including pockets)    		 Pocket Vetoes Bills with Line Item Vetoes [# of lines vetoed] TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Lines Vetoed    		 TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Bills with Lines Vetoed
    2009 22 0 8   [28] 50 30
    2010 18 5 5   [61] 79 23
    2010 1st Special Session 0 0 0   [0] 0 0
    2010 2nd Special Session 0 0 0   [0] 0 0

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Majority Leader Anthony Sertich  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Minority Leader Marty Seifert  (Republican)
    Kurt Zellers  (Republican)
    President of the Senate James P. Metzen  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Majority Leader Lawrence J. Pogemiller  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    Senate Minority Leader David H. Senjem  (Republican)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives Albin A. Mathiowetz
    House Sergeant-at-Arms Sandra Dicke
    Secretary of the Senate Peter S. Wattson and JoAnne M. Zoff
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Sven K. Lindquist

    Election Results

    - Selected election results are available at this page.

    Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/6/2009 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 47 87 0 40
    2/4/2010 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 47 87 0 40
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/6/2009 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 21 46 0 25
    1/8/2010 Resignation Sen. Dick Day (R, 26) resigned to be a lobbyist. 66 20 46 0 26
    2/4/2010 Special election Mike Parry (R) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 26 on January 26, 2010. He was sworn in on February 4, 2010. 67 21
    * An article in the St. Cloud Times on August 12, 2010, states that "Koering served two terms as a Republican, but said [on August 11] he´s leaving the party after it helped elect former state representative Paul Gazelka of Brainerd." (Sommerhauser, Mark. "Koering to Back DFL's Stevenson After Leaving GOP." St. Cloud Times, August 12, 2010)     		46 0 25
    2/4/2010 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 21
    * An article in the St. Cloud Times on August 12, 2010, states that "Koering served two terms as a Republican, but said [on August 11] he´s leaving the party after it helped elect former state representative Paul Gazelka of Brainerd." (Sommerhauser, Mark. "Koering to Back DFL's Stevenson After Leaving GOP." St. Cloud Times, August 12, 2010)     		46 0 25
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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