·       The 2023 Transportation Finance and Policy Bill – HF2887

o   Raised car registration fees and vehicle sales tax (HF 2887 and here)

o   Increased the gas tax by 5 cents per gallon with automatic increases in the future (HF 2887 and here)

o   Increased the sales tax by adding a new metro-wide sales tax of 0.75% (HF 2887 and here)

o   Created a 50 cents per order Delivery Fee for online purchases (HF 2887 and here)

·       Minnesota HF 2310

o   Increased boat registration fees from $90 to $209 (HF 2310 and here)

o   Increased fishing license fees by 20% (HF 2310 and here)

·       Increased Minnesota’s budget from $52 billion (2022-23) to $69 billion (2024-25) (total cost of all budget bills)

·       This year in the MN House Government and Finance Committee voted multiple times to stop the creation of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate fraud (SF856)

·       Approved driver’s licenses, state funded healthcare and free college for illegal immigrants (HF 4, SF 2995)

·       Passed 65 new mandates that increased costs and administrative burden on schools without helping students (HF 2497 and here)

·       Blocked the Preserving Girls Sports Act (HF 12 and here)

·       Spent $730 million on a new State office building (and here)

·       Stripped exclusion of pedophilia as a protected class (here and SF 2909)

·       Gave the Attorney General, County Attorneys and City Attorneys discretion to reduce criminal sentences after a judge’s initial sentencing order (SF 2909)