Minnesota Senate passes public safety bill Floor debate at the state capitol centered on what DFL lawmakers believed was missing from the Republican bill, namely police accountability reforms. Author: John Croman Updated: 2:20 AM CDT April 16, 2021 ST PAUL, Minn. — Senate Republicans spent four hours Thursday rebuffing efforts by Democrats to add police accountability amendments to the omnibus public safety bill. The package of mainly funding measures lacked police reforms supported by DFL lawmakers, who hadn't been able to get committee hearings for their reform bills in the GOP-controlled body. Their last-ditch, unsuccessful efforts to add amendments during the floor debate came days after the police shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old man killed during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center.