Legislature ends 60-day session with millionaires tax, three budgets and a string of public-safety and health measures

Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson summarized the legislature’s work at the close of the 60-day session, saying lawmakers "landed all of our three budgets" and passed a package of bills he said will protect residents and improve affordability.

The session produced what leaders called the "millionaires tax," which Peterson said will remove sales tax on everyday items including groceries, over-the-counter medicines and diapers, and create revenue the legislature can use for investments the public values. "We passed the millionaires tax, which is gonna make sure that people are not small businesses are getting the biggest tax break in history," Peterson said in the event transcript.

Why it matters: Leaders portrayed the session as focused on two priorities — shielding the state from federal actions they described as harmful, and improving affordability. The House speaker told attendees the two chambers largely shared priorities and listed additional measures the legislature advanced: a bill described in the transcript as a "flock camera" bill, an immigrant-rights protection act, a law to prohibit impersonation of law-enforcement officers, and creation of uniform standards for officers across the state. The House speaker also highlighted free school lunches included in the budget as an affordability measure.

Supporting details: The transcript names several items without bill numbers or vote tallies. It references an expansion of a senior-and-disabled property-tax credit credited to "Senator Krishnadasan" and an energy-assistance bill attributed to "Representative Mena"; both were mentioned as part of the session’s affordability agenda. Leaders said the legislature worked intensively with budget teams and with the governor’s office to reach agreement on difficult revenue and spending choices.

What wasn’t specified: The transcript does not record formal vote tallies, motion texts, or bill numbers for the items leaders described. Where the record does not provide a figure or formal vote outcome, this article states that information is "not specified." For example, leaders said budgets and the listed bills were passed, but the transcript itself did not include vote counts or references to final enrollment numbers.

What’s next: Leaders said many items will be sent to the governor for signature and that outstanding priorities — including juvenile rehabilitation, education-funding reforms and a jobs package responding to federal tariffs — will be pursued in the interim and returned to the next session.

Ending: After the leaders’ remarks the event moved into questions from attendees and closed with brief thanks from both chambers’ leadership.