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170 Documents Found in Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026)
for Authors of "Duckworth"
| Body | Bill Status |
Official Actions |
Last Action |
Law | Bill Text |
Chief Author |
Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | SF4848 | 2 | 03/25/2026 |  |
Boldon | Enrollee's contribution toward cost-sharing and out-of-pocket maximum requirements calculation establishment provision | |
| Senate | SF4763 | 2 | 03/25/2026 | |
Duckworth | City of Credit River municipal sanitary sewer and water infrastructure bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF4762 | 2 | 03/25/2026 | |
Duckworth | Lowest recognized family responsibility amount for purposes of determining state grant awards modification | |
| Senate | SF4701 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Marty | Virtual currency kiosks prohibition provision | |
| Senate | SF4696 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Kreun | Social media platforms requirements establishment related to accounts for minors | |
| Senate | SF4685 | 3 | 03/25/2026 | |
Hemmingsen-Jaeger | Certain fees prohibition for residential improvements necessary to accommodate the disability of a veteran | |
| Senate | SF4676 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Coleman | Veterans' access to mental health services in rural areas improvement task force establishment and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF4674 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Duckworth | Social media behavioral threat assessment reporting requirement establishment | |
| Senate | SF4667 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Seeberger | Survivor benefits eligibility expansion to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer provision | |
| Senate | SF4652 | 2 | 03/23/2026 | |
Duckworth | Establish a trusted contact program to mitigate financial exploitation and fraud | |
| Senate | SF4615 | 2 | 03/18/2026 | |
Latz | Edina permission to issue a social district license | |
| Senate | SF4608 | 2 | 03/18/2026 | |
Abeler | Levy limits establishment for cities and counties | |
| Senate | SF4515 | 2 | 03/17/2026 | |
Duckworth | Certain prize and ticket limits modification | |
| Senate | SF4500 | 2 | 03/17/2026 | |
Kreun | Lease levy authority restoration for space necessary for graduation ceremonies | |
| Senate | SF4493 | 2 | 03/17/2026 | |
Duckworth | Bolder Options youth mentoring program grant appropriation | |
| Senate | SF4472 | 2 | 03/17/2026 | |
Dahms | Online management companies contracting with institutions exemption from reporting and marketing requirements expiration date removal provision | |
| Senate | SF4470 | 2 | 03/17/2026 | |
Dahms | Minnesota premium security plan continuation waiver submission by the commissioner of commerce requirement provision | |
| Senate | SF4433 | 3 | 03/25/2026 | |
Kupec | Racing facilities with immunity from nuisance claims provision | |
| Senate | SF4431 | 3 | 03/18/2026 | |
Maye Quade | Teacher licensure provisions modification | |
| Senate | SF4363 | 2 | 03/11/2026 | |
Duckworth | Written contract for mechanic's lien enforcement requirement | |
| Senate | SF4325 | 3 | 03/18/2026 | |
Abeler | School sites access limitations provision | |
| Senate | SF4297 | 5 | 03/17/2026 | |
Gustafson | Postsecondary institutions clearly noticing deadlines for full reimbursement of tuition requirement provision | |
| Senate | SF4256 | 5 | 03/23/2026 | |
Hoffman | Nursing homes and assisted living facilities consumption and display of alcoholic beverages authorization | |
| Senate | SF4249 | 2 | 03/09/2026 | |
Housley | Unlimited Social Security subtraction provision | |
| Senate | SF4168 | 2 | 03/05/2026 | |
Duckworth | Certain residential mortgage loan fees and penalties application modifications | |
| Senate | SF4130 | 2 | 03/04/2026 | |
Pratt | Employers permission to request a refund of special assessments for employee training | |
| Senate | SF4125 | 2 | 03/04/2026 | |
Pratt | Safety improvements at schools grant program establishment | |
| Senate | SF4042 | 2 | 03/02/2026 | |
Westlin | Anonymous reporting systems requirement | |
| Senate | SF4024 | 2 | 03/02/2026 | |
Duckworth | Student career pathways framework establishment | |
| Senate | SF4011 | 2 | 03/02/2026 | |
Duckworth | Early literacy field experience requirement for teacher candidates providing early literacy instruction | |
| Senate | SF3996 | 4 | 03/18/2026 | |
Westlin | School safety policies development requirement, School Safety Advisory Council establishment, and Minnesota School Safety Center appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3969 | 6 | 03/18/2026 | |
Maye Quade | Licensing boards reporting requirement provision and grooming criminal offense establishment provision | |
| Senate | SF3966 | 2 | 02/26/2026 | |
Rest | Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at the University of Minnesota bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3957 | 6 | 03/26/2026 | |
Seeberger | Educational assistance for veterans' children and spouses modification | |
| Senate | SF3956 | 6 | 03/18/2026 | |
Gustafson | Commissioner of veterans affairs permission to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives | |
| Senate | SF3936 | 2 | 02/26/2026 | |
Dahms | Reinsurance assessment authority extension provision | |
| Senate | SF3934 | 2 | 02/26/2026 | |
Dahms | University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus capital improvements bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3814 | 2 | 02/23/2026 | |
Lieske | Motorboat adult operator definition modification | |
| Senate | SF3740 | 2 | 02/23/2026 | |
Nelson | Local unit of government permission to prohibit cannabis business operation within 500 feet of congregate housing for children | |
| Senate | SF3673 | 2 | 02/19/2026 | |
Housley | Stillwater Veterans Memorial grant appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3672 | 2 | 02/19/2026 | |
Housley | Stillwater veterans memorial extension appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3636 | 4 | 03/11/2026 | |
Howe | Alternative energy systems involved fires reporting requirement provision | |
| Senate | SF3603 | 6 | 03/23/2026 | |
Rasmusson | Armed forces veterans high school diploma establishment | |
| Senate | SF3500 | 2 | 05/08/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Dakota County Community Development Agency for Expo 3031 appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3491 | 2 | 05/07/2025 | |
Duckworth | Certain disclosures and implementation of corequisite model requirement related to developmental courses | |
| Senate | SF3358 | 2 | 04/09/2025 | |
Duckworth | Illegal remunerations crime establishment provision | |
| Senate | SF3340 | 2 | 04/09/2025 | |
Duckworth | Certain state employees requirement to receive training and certification in grants management | |
| Senate | SF3339 | 4 | 03/23/2026 | |
Duckworth | Minnesota State high School League requirement to sanction cricket | |
| Senate | SF3338 | 6 | 03/25/2026 | |
Duckworth | Gift card fraud inclusion in organized retail theft | |
| Senate | SF3337 | 2 | 04/09/2025 | |
Lang | Dreams Take Flight celebration appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3168 | 2 | 04/01/2025 | |
Duckworth | Teacher licensure requirements modifications | |
| Senate | SF3156 | 2 | 04/01/2025 | |
Duckworth | Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force funding provision and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3090 | 2 | 03/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | Military pay and allowances modifications; pension offset stipends establishment | |
| Senate | SF3080 | 2 | 03/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | Online early childhood development professional educator program appropriation | |
| Senate | SF3079 | 2 | 03/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students enrolled in programs in high-demand industries and occupations provision | |
| Senate | SF3050 | 2 | 03/27/2025 | |
Pratt | Union members allocation of union dues to the local, state, or national organization of their choice authorization | |
| Senate | SF2995 | 2 | 03/27/2025 | |
Coleman | Teacher licensure requirements modifications | |
| Senate | SF2943 | 2 | 03/24/2025 | |
Seeberger | Dakota County mental health crisis services appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2931 | 3 | 04/01/2025 | |
Seeberger | Law enforcement grant program establishment and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2925 | 2 | 03/24/2025 | |
Dahms | Commerce Fraud Bureau and automobile theft prevention program commissioner of commerce oversee designation | |
| Senate | SF2890 | 2 | 03/24/2025 | |
Duckworth | Authorized cannabis retailers authorization to give away samples at cannabis event sales establishment | |
| Senate | SF2888 | 2 | 03/24/2025 | |
Lucero | Authority to offer doctoral degrees at state universities expansion | |
| Senate | SF2878 | 2 | 03/24/2025 | |
Dibble | Office of Cannabis Management review of all verified social equity applicants before reviewing general licensing applications requirement provision | |
| Senate | SF2822 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Duckworth | Conventional loan mortgage documents notice requirements modifications | |
| Senate | SF2816 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Clark | Higher education institution unused student meal plan balances refund requirement | |
| Senate | SF2812 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Pratt | Minnesota's thoroughbred racing culture support appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2798 | 3 | 04/09/2025 | |
Duckworth | Nonresident school district enrollment authorization | |
| Senate | SF2797 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Duckworth | Certain motor vehicles vehicle registration renewal period modification provision, school bus stop-signal arm law violations penalties increase provision, annual school bus inspection report requirement and report contents specifications, and electric school bus grants modification to include propane buses | |
| Senate | SF2779 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Port | City of Burnsville marked Trunk Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue interchange reconstruction project bond issuance and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2753 | 3 | 04/01/2025 | |
Kupec | Cybersecurity offering as an applied doctoral degree authorization provision | |
| Senate | SF2716 | 2 | 03/20/2025 | |
Seeberger | Certain motor vehicle registration taxes and fees, including certain registration taxes, license plate fees, title fees, driver's license and identification card fees, and motor vehicle sale taxes veterans exemption provision | |
| Senate | SF2650 | 3 | 02/17/2026 | |
Seeberger | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act establishment | |
| Senate | SF2631 | 2 | 03/17/2025 | |
Pratt | Qualified newspaper publishing notice requirements modifications and public notices online publication when no qualified newspaper is available authorization provision | |
| Senate | SF2555 | 2 | 03/13/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Special education separate sites funding eligibility expansion and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2534 | 2 | 03/13/2025 | |
Kreun | Local units of government opting out of the Metropolitan Council regulatory jurisdiction authorization provision | |
| Senate | SF2514 | 2 | 03/13/2025 | |
McEwen | Lead service line replacement grants appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2212 | 4 | 04/01/2025 | |
Seeberger | Crime to obstruct certain first responders by approaching or remaining too closely after being warned; Criminal penalty increase for assaulting a firefighter, EMS personnel, or certain health care providers | |
| Senate | SF2206 | 2 | 03/06/2025 | |
Howe | State Patrol headquarters bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2191 | 5 | 03/20/2025 | |
Boldon | Diaper distribution grant program appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2126 | 2 | 03/03/2025 | |
Seeberger | Law Enforcement Appreciation Day establishment; law enforcement explorer programs in schools establishment; peace officer training funding establishment; pathway to policing reimbursement grants authorization; appropriating money | |
| Senate | SF2123 | 2 | 03/03/2025 | |
Duckworth | Teacher apprenticeships appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2118 | 2 | 03/03/2025 | |
Westlin | Economic and financial literacy education grant and teacher development activities provisions and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF2061 | 3 | 03/26/2026 | |
Duckworth | Residential property rights with regard to flag display limitation prohibition | |
| Senate | SF1961 | 5 | 03/11/2026 | |
Maye Quade | Infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services coverage by health plans requirement, MinnesotaCare and medical assistance coverage of infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services requirement, and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1940 | 4 | 03/13/2025 | |
Kupec | Current paramedic scholarship program continuation | |
| Senate | SF1930 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Howe | Continued education benefits provision to surviving spouses | |
| Senate | SF1924 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Pratt | A+ Energy Act establishment | |
| Senate | SF1900 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Pappas | Sanneh Foundation appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1885 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Minor sex abuses claims statute of limitations application retroactively provision | |
| Senate | SF1880 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Kreun | Department of Public Safety offering of road skills examinations for class D drivers' licenses in cities with populations greater than 70,000 requirement provision and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1869 | 3 | 03/13/2025 | |
Housley | City of Forest Lake veterans memorial appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1868 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | City of Lakeville certain projects construction materials refundable exemption provision and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1867 | 2 | 02/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | Interstate Highway 35 and Scott County State-Aid Highway 2 interchange bond issuance and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1842 | 5 | 03/02/2026 | |
Boldon | Teacher licensure requirements modifications and professional development on dyslexia requirement provision | |
| Senate | SF1792 | 2 | 02/24/2025 | |
Howe | Certain family child care providers income subtraction provision | |
| Senate | SF1791 | 2 | 02/24/2025 | |
Howe | Public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets appropriation; Faith's Law | |
| Senate | SF1756 | 2 | 02/24/2025 | |
Kupec | Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats program appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1702 | 3 | 03/24/2025 | |
Farnsworth | Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness state-owned land sale prohibition provision | |
| Senate | SF1701 | 2 | 02/20/2025 | |
Duckworth | Certain law enforcement training reimbursement funding made ongoing provision | |
| Senate | SF1700 | 2 | 02/20/2025 | |
Draheim | Low-interest student loan program (HELP) establishment and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1670 | 3 | 03/24/2025 | |
Duckworth | Teacher shortage report requirements modification provision | |
| Senate | SF1611 | 3 | 02/27/2025 | |
Oumou Verbeten | Student loan debt counseling appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1609 | 2 | 02/20/2025 | |
Oumou Verbeten | Law on retroactive relief clarification for certain felony murders | |
| Senate | SF1590 | 2 | 02/20/2025 | |
Howe | Income tax subtraction of back pay permission for military members discharged due to the military's COVID-29 vaccination mandate | |
| Senate | SF1554 | 2 | 02/17/2025 | |
Mathews | Credit provision for attendance at a nonpublic school | |
| Senate | SF1546 | 2 | 02/17/2025 | |
Duckworth | Definition of prior qualified human trafficking-related offense to include violations of certain state laws committed in the person's lifetime and violations of similar laws in other states modification | |
| Senate | SF1519 | 3 | 03/27/2025 | |
Port | Burnsville Water Treatment Plant bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1502 | 2 | 02/17/2025 | |
Duckworth | Read Act amendment | |
| Senate | SF1491 | 2 | 02/17/2025 | |
Howe | Volunteer emergency services providers authorization to purchase personal vehicle tires under municipal contracts | |
| Senate | SF1474 | 5 | 03/17/2026 | |
Gustafson | Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program unless granted an exemption and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1461 | 4 | 03/04/2026 | |
Maye Quade | School-age care programs to provide services to certain eligible prekindergarten students authorization | |
| Senate | SF1460 | 2 | 02/17/2025 | |
Maye Quade | School district to reauthorize a capital projects referendum by board action authorization | |
| Senate | SF1346 | 8 | 04/09/2025 | |
Boldon | Brady Aune and Joseph Anderson Safety Act | |
| Senate | SF1330 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Duckworth | Consecutive sentences requirement for assaults committed by certain inmates of local facilities | |
| Senate | SF1329 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Seeberger | Criminal penalty increase for assaulting a firefighter, EMS personnel or certain health providers | |
| Senate | SF1323 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Gustafson | Mission modification of the Minnesota math corps program | |
| Senate | SF1274 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Coleman | Metropolitan region sales and use tax repealer | |
| Senate | SF1266 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Duckworth | Acceptance of certain gifts permission related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer | |
| Senate | SF1265 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Duckworth | Dakota County Interstate 35 and County State-Aid Highway 50 interchange reconstruction bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1264 | 2 | 02/13/2025 | |
Duckworth | Lakeville Interstate Highway 35 bridge interchange project bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1215 | 2 | 02/10/2025 | |
Duckworth | Flavored nitrous oxide sale prohibition | |
| Senate | SF1214 | 2 | 02/10/2025 | |
Duckworth | Regional transportation sales and use tax proceeds usage for light rail or passenger projects prohibition provision | |
| Senate | SF1159 | 3 | 02/13/2025 | |
Howe | Veterans and surviving spouses taxable Social Security benefits full subtraction provision | |
| Senate | SF1119 | 6 | 04/01/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Access prohibition to nudification technology | |
| Senate | SF1086 | 3 | 02/10/2025 | |
Duckworth | General education basic formula allowance increase by an additional three percent per year | |
| Senate | SF1081 | 2 | 02/06/2025 | |
Klein | Heroes and Heritage Interpretive Trail Loop appropriation | |
| Senate | SF1074 | 4 | 03/27/2025 | |
Klein | Education benefit establishment for dependents of disabled veterans | |
| Senate | SF1056 | 2 | 02/06/2025 | |
Duckworth | District advisory committee requirement to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings | |
| Senate | SF1038 | 2 | 02/06/2025 | |
Hauschild | Duluth Air National Guard Base new aircraft shelters appropriations | |
| Senate | SF1035 | 5 | 04/07/2025 | |
Port | Provisions modification related to campus sexual misconduct | |
| Senate | SF0996 | 2 | 02/06/2025 | |
Duckworth | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibition from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose | |
| Senate | SF0949 | 2 | 02/03/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Registered special education apprenticeship programs in intermediate school districts grants appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0903 | 3 | 03/18/2026 | |
Rarick | Elementary counseling services inclusion for nonpublic pupils in nonpublic pupil aid | |
| Senate | SF0900 | 2 | 02/03/2025 | |
Coleman | Special license plates authorization for firefighters who are also emergency medical technicians | |
| Senate | SF0891 | 2 | 02/03/2025 | |
Dahms | Property owned or leased by a congressionally chartered veterans organization property tax exemption authorization | |
| Senate | SF0880 | 2 | 02/03/2025 | |
Duckworth | Success incentive aid program funding establishment and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0860 | 2 | 02/03/2025 | |
Gustafson | Certain discharges of indebtedness subtraction provision and certain discharges of indebtedness from income for purposes of the property tax refund and the renter's income tax credit exclusion provision | |
| Senate | SF0810 | 2 | 01/30/2025 | |
Coleman | Safe Routes to School Program appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0802 | 3 | 03/06/2025 | |
Nelson | Student physical privacy provision | |
| Senate | SF0801 | 2 | 01/30/2025 | |
Nelson | Teachers licensed in another state teaching in Minnesota provisions modifications | |
| Senate | SF0797 | 2 | 01/30/2025 | |
Wesenberg | School libraries certain material prohibition provision | |
| Senate | SF0772 | 3 | 02/17/2026 | |
Lieske | Veterans with disability market value exclusion increase provision | |
| Senate | SF0752 | 2 | 01/30/2025 | |
Coleman | Municipal approval requirement of guideway plans | |
| Senate | SF0738 | 2 | 01/27/2025 | |
Pratt | Innovation zone provisions modification | |
| Senate | SF0638 | 2 | 01/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | Being in a stolen motor vehicle prohibition | |
| Senate | SF0637 | 2 | 01/27/2025 | |
Duckworth | Safe Haven In Every Local District (SHIELD) Act | |
| Senate | SF0609 | 2 | 01/27/2025 | |
Wesenberg | Community volunteers supporting students in public schools authorization | |
| Senate | SF0551 | 2 | 01/23/2025 | |
Putnam | Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center funding provision and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0532 | 2 | 01/23/2025 | |
Anderson | Property market value exclusion to veterans with a disability modification | |
| Senate | SF0482 | 4 | 02/03/2025 | |
Rasmusson | Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extension | |
| Senate | SF0431 | 4 | 03/27/2025 | |
Draheim | Volunteer fire and rescue workers income tax subtraction establishment | |
| Senate | SF0392 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Abeler | School districts permission to donate surplus schoolbooks | |
| Senate | SF0388 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Lieske | State veterans cemetery burial fee removal for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans | |
| Senate | SF0364 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Boldon | Literary interventions grant provision | |
| Senate | SF0356 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Lieske | Reemployment earning limit applicable to disability benefit payments increase | |
| Senate | SF0334 | 7 | 02/10/2025 | |
Maye Quade | Read Act implementation professional development requirements modification | |
| Senate | SF0333 | 3 | 02/03/2025 | |
Dahms | Premium security plan account transfer to the commissioner of commerce removal provision; Commerce commissioner requirement to request the continuation of a state innovation waiver provision; money transfer from the general fund to a premium security plan account authorization | |
| Senate | SF0323 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Coleman | Crime of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle modification to add a heightened penalty for fleeing in a culpably negligent manner | |
| Senate | SF0293 | 2 | 01/21/2025 | |
Jasinski | Hangar construction revolving account deposit bond issuance and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0244 | 4 | 01/27/2025 | |
Rarick | Education savings accounts establishment | |
| Senate | SF0202 | 8 | 03/24/2025 | 2 | |
Kreun | Minnesota Partition Act Establishment |
| Senate | SF0196 | 2 | 01/16/2025 | |
Howe | Town roads and bridges bond issue and appropriation | |
| Senate | SF0189 | 3 | 01/23/2025 | |
Gustafson | Vehicle taxes and fee exemptions for eligible surviving spouses of a veteran authorization | |
| Senate | SF0185 | 4 | 02/13/2025 | |
Gustafson | Homestead market value exclusion amounts to veterans with a disability modification | |
| Senate | SF0180 | 2 | 01/16/2025 | |
Limmer | Highway obstruction action for damages and civil penalties imposition | |
| Senate | SF0177 | 2 | 01/16/2025 | |
Coleman | Corridors of Commerce appropriation | |
| Senate | HF0124 | 7 | 04/10/2025 | 7 | |
Duckworth | Acceptance of certain gifts permission related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer |
| Senate | HF0072 | 3 | 03/03/2025 | |
Duckworth | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibition from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose | |
| Senate | SR0071 | 2 | 03/26/2026 | |
Kunesh | A Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate honoring the long-standing partnership between the Province of Québec and the State of Minnesota | |
| Senate | SC0003 | 3 | 03/20/2025 | |
Fateh | A Senate concurrent resolution relating to the regent nomination joint committee |