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Legislative Break Time Is a Great Time to Advocate for Cities
The Legislature will recess on April 19 following the third committee deadline. City officials are encouraged to contact their legislators to discuss key pieces of legislation during the break.
Minnesota legislators are likely to be home in their districts beginning the evening of April 19 to noon on April 24 as they take their final legislative break for Passover.
While lawmakers are on break, it is a great opportunity to meet with, call, or email them about issues that are important to cities. City priorities, such as housing and zoning, emergency medical services (EMS) funding, bonding, and more are still being considered.
- View the League of Minnesota Cities 2024 legislative priorities (pdf).
- Read about legislation that is currently being considered.
When legislators return on April 24, they will have less than a month to complete their work by the constitutionally mandated May 20 adjournment. Any work beyond that would require calling a special session.
The League is here to help
Not sure where key bills are in the legislative process? Can’t find where a bill or amendment was buried in an omnibus bill? Is a provision still alive for the session? We are here to help.
To stay up to date on these measures and all other city issues and legislation, the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) offers several resources. The League’s Intergovernmental Relations team (IGR) will continue to give updates and analysis on legislative issues through the League’s Cities Bulletin and the LMC website. IGR will also continue to alert members on legislation through action alerts, X (formerly known as Twitter), and targeted outreach. Additionally, you can access issue specific fact sheets and toolkits to help communicate city issues to legislators.
Contact your lawmakers
Unsure of how to contact your representative and senator? You can find your legislators and their contact information through the Minnesota Legislature’s website. You can typically contact your state legislators through phone or email, which you can locate on their member pages. For Minnesota Representatives and Senators, you can find their contact information, links to their bio, bills they have authored, and their newsletter updates. You can use these tools to give your direct input on legislation affecting your city.
Pass a resolution
The League has been collecting resolutions from cities across the state in support of housing and land use authority. Cities that pass and submit these resolutions are encouraged to share them with their legislators to communicate the impacts preemption legislation would have on their local communities.
You can find the housing and land use authority resolution, fact sheet, and other information on the League’s housing and local decision-making authority resolution website or download the resolution for supporting the retention of local zoning authority (doc).
Be sure to email a copy to your legislators and copy the League at advocacy@lmc.org. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask the League’s IGR team.