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April 7, 2005 (HF0006)

The Minnesota Senate has rejected an attempt to force a vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The Senate voted 36-30 against a request by Republican Sen. Michelle Bachmann of Stillwater to bypass the usual committee process and bring her bill directly to the floor.

Result: Rejected

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Ellen R. Anderson	DFL	66	AGAINST
Michele M. Bachmann	Republican	52	FOR
Thomas M. Bakk	DFL	06	AGAINST
William V. Belanger	Republican	40	FOR
Linda Berglin	DFL	61	AGAINST
Don Betzold	DFL	51	AGAINST
Satveer Chaudhary	DFL	50	AGAINST
Richard J. Cohen	DFL	64	AGAINST
Dick Day	Republican	26	FOR
D. Scott Dibble	DFL	60	AGAINST
Steve Dille	Republican	18	FOR
Michelle L. Fischbach	Republican	14	FOR
Leo T. Foley	DFL	47	AGAINST
Dennis R. Frederickson	Republican	21	FOR
David Gaither	Republican	43	FOR
Chris Gerlach	Republican	37	FOR
David Hann	Republican	42	FOR
Linda Higgins	DFL	58	AGAINST
John C. Hottinger	DFL	23	AGAINST
Dean E. Johnson	DFL	13	AGAINST
Debbie J. Johnson	Republican	49	FOR
Michael J. Jungbauer	Republican	48	FOR
Steve Kelley	DFL	44	AGAINST
Bob Kierlin	Republican	31	FOR
Sheila M. Kiscaden	DFL	30	AGAINST
Dave Kleis	Republican	15	FOR
Paul E. Koering	Republican	12	AGAINST
Gary W. Kubly	DFL	20	AGAINST
Keith Langseth	DFL	09	AGAINST
Cal Larson	Republican	10	FOR
Brian LeClair	Republican	56	FOR
Warren Limmer	Republican	32	FOR
Becky Lourey	DFL	08	AGAINST
Sharon Marko	DFL	57	AGAINST
John Marty	DFL	54	AGAINST
Mike McGinn	Republican	38	FOR
James P. Metzen	DFL	39	AGAINST
Geoff Michel	Republican	41	FOR
Mee Moua	DFL	67	AGAINST
Steve Murphy	DFL	28	AGAINST
Thomas M. Neuville	Republican	25	FOR
Sean R. Nienow	Republican	17	FOR
Gen Olson	Republican	33	FOR
Julianne E. Ortman	Republican	34	FOR
Mark Ourada	Republican	19	FOR
Sandra L. Pappas	DFL	65	AGAINST
Pat Pariseau	Republican	36	FOR
Lawrence J. Pogemiller	DFL	59	AGAINST
Yvonne Prettner Solon	DFL	07	AGAINST
Jane B. Ranum	DFL	63	AGAINST
Mady Reiter	Republican	53	FOR
Ann H. Rest	DFL	45	AGAINST
Claire A. Robling	Republican	35	FOR
Julie A. Rosen	Republican	24	FOR
Carrie L. Ruud	Republican	04	FOR
Dallas C. Sams	DFL	11	AGAINST
Tom Saxhaug	DFL	03	AGAINST
Linda Scheid	DFL	46	AGAINST
David H. Senjem	Republican	29	FOR
Rod Skoe	DFL	02	AGAINST
Wesley J. Skoglund	DFL	62	AGAINST
Dan Sparks	DFL	27	AGAINST
LeRoy A. Stumpf	DFL	01	AGAINST
David J. Tomassoni	DFL	05	AGAINST
Betsy L. Wergin	Republican	16	FOR
Charles W. Wiger	DFL	55	AGAINST

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Attempt to dislodge stalled same-sex marriage bill fails in Senate (04/07/2005)

House approves marriage definition bill
March 31, 2005 (HF0006)

The Minnesota House has agreed to put a ban on same-sex marriages to voters next year. If the Senate concurs, Minnesotans would face a ballot question to restrict marriage to relationships between one man and one woman. Supporters of the measure argue such a constitutional change would preserve the traditional notion of marriage. Opponents say it's discriminatory and unnecessary.

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Jim Abeler	Republican	48B	FOR
Bruce Anderson	Republican	19A	FOR
Irv Anderson	DFL	03A	AGAINST
Joe Atkins	DFL	39B	AGAINST
Michael Beard	Republican	35A	FOR
Connie Bernardy	DFL	51B	AGAINST
Greg Blaine	Republican	12B	FOR
Fran Bradley	Republican	29B	FOR
Laura Brod	Republican	25A	FOR
Mark Buesgens	Republican	35B	FOR
Lyndon Carlson	DFL	45B	AGAINST
Mike Charron	Republican	56A	FOR
Karen Clark	DFL	61A	AGAINST
Tony Cornish	Republican	24B	FOR
Ray Cox	Republican	25B	AGAINST
Lloyd Cybart	Republican	37A	FOR
Gregory M. Davids	Republican	31B	FOR
Jim Davnie	DFL	62A	AGAINST
Chris DeLaForest	Republican	49A	FOR
Matt Dean	Republican	52B	FOR
Randy Demmer	Republican	29A	FOR
Jerry Dempsey	Republican	28A	FOR
David Dill	DFL	06A	FOR
Denise Dittrich	DFL	47A	FOR
Dan Dorman	Republican	27A	FOR
John Dorn	DFL	23B	AGAINST
Rob Eastlund	Republican	17A	FOR
Kent Eken	DFL	02A	FOR
Keith Ellison	DFL	58B	AGAINST
Tom Emmer	Republican	19B	FOR
Matt Entenza	DFL	64A	AGAINST
Ron Erhardt	Republican	41A	AGAINST
Sondra Erickson	Republican	16A	FOR
Brad Finstad	Republican	21B	FOR
Patti Fritz	DFL	26B	FOR
Pat Garofalo	Republican	36B	FOR
Paul Gazelka	Republican	12A	FOR
Barbara Goodwin	DFL	50A	AGAINST
Mindy Greiling	DFL	54A	AGAINST
Bob Gunther	Republican	24A	FOR
Tom Hackbarth	Republican	48A	FOR
Rod Hamilton	Republican	22B	FOR
Rick Hansen	DFL	39A	AGAINST
Alice Hausman	DFL	66B	AGAINST
Bud Heidgerken	Republican	13A	FOR
Debra Hilstrom	DFL	46B	AGAINST
Bill Hilty	DFL	08A	AGAINST
Mary Liz Holberg	Republican	36A	FOR
Joe Hoppe	Republican	34B	FOR
Frank Hornstein	DFL	60B	AGAINST
Melissa Hortman	DFL	47B	AGAINST
Larry Hosch	DFL	14B	FOR
Larry Howes	Republican	04B	FOR
Thomas Huntley	DFL	07A	AGAINST
Mike Jaros	DFL	07B	AGAINST
Jeff Johnson	Republican	43A	FOR
Ruth Johnson	DFL	23A	AGAINST
Sheldon Johnson	DFL	67B	AGAINST
Al Juhnke	DFL	13B	FOR
Phyllis Kahn	DFL	59B	AGAINST
Margaret Anderson Kelliher	DFL	60A	AGAINST
Karen Klinzing	Republican	56B	FOR
Jim Knoblach	Republican	15A	FOR
Lyle Koenen	DFL	20B	FOR
Paul Kohls	Republican	34A	FOR
Philip Krinkie	Republican	53A	FOR
Morrie Lanning	Republican	09A	FOR
Dan Larson	DFL	63B	AGAINST
Ron Latz	DFL	44B	AGAINST
Ann Lenczewski	DFL	40B	AGAINST
John Lesch	DFL	66A	AGAINST
Tina Liebling	DFL	30A	AGAINST
Bernard Lieder	DFL	01B	FOR
Leon Lillie	DFL	55A	AGAINST
Diane Loeffler	DFL	59A	AGAINST
Doug Magnus	Republican	22A	FOR
Tim Mahoney	DFL	67A	AGAINST
Carlos Mariani	DFL	65B	AGAINST
Paul Marquart	DFL	09B	FOR
Denny McNamara	Republican	57B	FOR
Doug Meslow	Republican	53B	AGAINST
Frank Moe	DFL	04A	AGAINST
Joe Mullery	DFL	58A	AGAINST
Mary Murphy	DFL	06B	AGAINST
Michael Nelson	DFL	46A	AGAINST
Peter Nelson	Republican	17B	FOR
Scott Newman	Republican	18A	FOR
Bud Nornes	Republican	10A	FOR
Mark Olson	Republican	16B	FOR
Joe Opatz	DFL	15B	AGAINST
Mary Ellen Otremba	DFL	11B	FOR
Dennis Ozment	Republican	37B	FOR
Erik Paulsen	Republican	42B	FOR
Michael Paymar	DFL	64B	AGAINST
Gene Pelowski, Jr.	DFL	31A	FOR
Maxine Penas	Republican	01A	FOR
Joyce Peppin	Republican	32A	FOR
Aaron Peterson	DFL	20A	FOR
Neil W. Peterson	Republican	41B	FOR
Sandra Peterson	DFL	45A	AGAINST
Jeanne Poppe	DFL	27B	AGAINST
Duke Powell	Republican	40A	FOR
Tom Rukavina	DFL	05A	AGAINST
Connie Ruth	Republican	26A	FOR
Maria Ruud	DFL	42A	AGAINST
Brita Sailer	DFL	02B	AGAINST
Char Samuelson	Republican	50B	FOR
Bev Scalze	DFL	54B	FOR
Marty Seifert	Republican	21A	FOR
Anthony Sertich	DFL	05B	AGAINST
Dan Severson	Republican	14A	FOR
Katie Sieben	DFL	57A	AGAINST
Steve Simon	DFL	44A	AGAINST
Dean Simpson	Republican	10B	FOR
Nora Slawik	DFL	55B	AGAINST
Steve Smith	Republican	33A	FOR
Judy Soderstrom	Republican	08B	FOR
Loren Solberg	DFL	03B	AGAINST
Steve Sviggum	Republican	28B	FOR
Barb Sykora	Republican	33B	FOR
Cy Thao	DFL	65A	AGAINST
Paul Thissen	DFL	63A	AGAINST
Kathy Tingelstad	Republican	49B	FOR
Dean Urdahl	Republican	18B	FOR
Ray Vandeveer	Republican	52A	FOR
Jean Wagenius	DFL	62B	AGAINST
Neva Walker	DFL	61B	AGAINST
Lynn Wardlow	Republican	38B	FOR
Andy Welti	DFL	30B	AGAINST
Andrew Westerberg	Republican	51A	FOR
Torrey Westrom	Republican	11A	FOR
Tim Wilkin	Republican	38A	FOR
Kurt Zellers	Republican	32B	FOR

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House approves marriage definition bill (03/31/2005)

House Ways and Means Committee vote
March 22, 2005 (HF0006)

The House Ways and Means Committee approved the bill calling for a constitutional amendment on the definition of marriage on a voice vote. No record of individual votes was taken. In passing the legislation, the committee added an amendment stating that "the state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status similar to marriage."

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Jim Abeler	Republican	48B	FOR
Mindy Greiling	DFL	54A	AGAINST
Bill Hilty	DFL	08A	AGAINST
Jim Knoblach	Republican	15A	FOR
Mary Ellen Otremba	DFL	11B	FOR
Neva Walker	DFL	61B	AGAINST

The House Civil Law and Elections Committee vote
March 18, 2005 (HF0006)

The House Civil Law and Elections Committee approved the bill on a party-line vote during a hearing in Grand Rapids.

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Laura Brod	Republican	25A	FOR
Chris DeLaForest	Republican	49A	FOR
Matt Dean	Republican	52B	FOR
Keith Ellison	DFL	58B	AGAINST
Tom Emmer	Republican	19B	FOR
Bill Hilty	DFL	08A	AGAINST
Jeff Johnson	Republican	43A	FOR
John Lesch	DFL	66A	AGAINST
Peter Nelson	Republican	17B	FOR
Steve Simon	DFL	44A	AGAINST
Nora Slawik	DFL	55B	AGAINST
Torrey Westrom	Republican	11A	FOR