House DFL adds pregnancy decisions to Minnesota Equal Rights Act
Republicans and others testifying against the bill opposed the provision, which they characterized as a way to slip abortion protection into the state's constitution.
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Republicans and others testifying against the bill opposed the provision, which they characterized as a way to slip abortion protection into the state's constitution.
DFL Leaders want to put a constitutional amendment before Minnesota voters in 2026 that would extend to abortion rights and gender identity. It differs from a version that cleared the state Senate.
A House panel refused Tuesday to hear a bill by a bipartisan duo of lawmakers to shift House sexual harassment investigations to a third party, denying former Rep. Scotty Campbell a chance to testify for the measure.
The bill is set to be heard in the House Public Service Subcommittee as well as the Senate State and Local Government Committee Tuesday.
Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, and Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, join efforts to move sexual harassment cases from legislative control.