New Legislative Arrangements.  Given the COVID-19 precautions that are taking root across the state, the Minnesota Legislature will be adjusting its business practices over the next month.  Through April 14, the Legislature will be meeting on an on-call basis.  It appears that there will be committee meetings, but those meetings will be held in spaces where six-feet spaces between participants can be maintained.  There is also an agreement that all caucuses must agree on legislation to be discussed.  It's unclear whether that means bills brought to the floors of the House and Senate (or in committees in either House) must be, in effect, pre-confereed so that the content is the same in both bodies.  More details will be forthcoming, but here is the release from the House of Representatives on the decision.

Precaution: Legislature to be ‘on-call’ for four weeks