2021 – 2022 Minnesota Senate Committee Structure

The Minnesota Senate released information on committees for the 2021-2022 legislative session, which begins on January 5, 2021, at noon. Included in the information is the list of committees that will be formed, the standing committee meeting days and times, and the chair of each committee. Further information, including the size and specific members who will serve on each committee, will come at a later date, closer to the start of the legislative session.

Most of the major committees are unchanged from last session. However, as expected, both Senator Tom Bakk and Senator David Tomassoni, who recently announced they were leaving the DFL Caucus to form a new caucus (but meet with the Republican Caucus), were given gavels to key committees. Sen. Tom Bakk will chair the Capital Investment committee, and Sen. David Tomassoni will chair the Higher Education committee. Senator David Senjem, who previously chaired the Capital Investment committee, will now chair the Energy Finance & Policy committee.

Another noteworthy change is Senator Carla Nelson taking over as chair of the Tax committee. She and former tax chair, Senator Roger Chamberlain, are switching committees, with Sen. Chamberlain taking over as the chair of the Education Finance & Policy committee.

The House is expected to release committee information next week. A full list of the information released today follows.