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81st Minnesota Legislature

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Website
  
www.leg.state.mn.us

President
  
Allan Spear

Members
  
67 Senators

81st Minnesota Legislature

Jurisdiction
  
Minnesota, United States

Meeting place
  
Minnesota State Capitol

Term
  
January 5, 1999 (1999-01-05) – January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03)

The eighty-first Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 5, 1999. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election of November 5, 1996, and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1998.

Contents

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1999 to May 17, 1999. A continuation of the regular session was held between February 1, 2000 and May 17, 2000. There were no special sessions of the 81st Legislature, and the Legislature met for a total of 118 regular legislative days.

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Senate

President of the Senate
Allan Spear (DFL-Minneapolis)
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine)
Senate Minority Leader
Dick Day (R-Owatonna)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Steve Sviggum (R-Kenyon)
House Majority Leader
Tim Pawlenty (R-Eagen)
House Minority Leader
Tom Pugh (DFL-South St. Paul)

References

81st Minnesota Legislature Wikipedia