78th Minnesota Legislature

The seventy-eighth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 5, 1993. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1992.

Sessions
The legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1993, to May 17, 1993. A special session was convened on May 27, 1993, to consider the state budget, health and human services finance, higher education finance, financial disclosure of election campaign contributions, contingency airplane replacement funding, sentencing for repeat domestic abusers, and a revisor's bill to correct technical errors.

A continuation of the regular session was held between February 22, 1994, and May 6, 1994. An additional special session was convened on August 31, 1994, to strengthen legislation regarding sexual predators.

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
 * Dean Johnson (R-Willmar)

House of Representatives

 * Speaker of the House
 * Until September 15, 1993 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis)
 * After September 15, 1993 Irv Anderson (DFL-International Falls)


 * House Majority Leader
 * Until March 23, 1993 Alan Welle (DFL-Willmar)
 * From March 25, 1993, to September 15, 1993 Irv Anderson (DFL-International Falls)
 * After September 15, 1993 Phil Carruthers (DFL-Brooklyn Center)


 * House Minority Leader
 * Steve Sviggum (R-Kenyon)