Chapter One Federal Government - Minnesota State Legislature

Chapter
Four
State Legislature
Chapter Four State Legislature
HOUSE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OFFICE
45 State Office Building, St. Paul 55155, (651) 296-4860
Web site: www.house.mn/sergeant/sergeant.htm
Function: The sergeant’s office serves as a liaison with Capitol security in providing security for
house office areas. The chief sergeant is responsible for decorum and protocol and may be
requested by the speaker to locate and escort members to the chamber during a roll call vote. The
sergeant’s office oversees house pages who serve as support staff for all house and conference
committee hearings and aid all departments. The office coordinates the house’s high school page
program and the college internship program. The office organizes and leads seminars about the
legislative process and conducts tours for constituents and special guests upon request. The office
also assigns parking spaces for members and staff and operates the house post office and house
duplicating.
Chief Sergeant-at-Arms: Shawn M. Peterson
First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Andrew H. Carter
Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Jacob A. Jewell
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, DFL Caucus: Sandra A. Dicke
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
645 State Office Bldg., St. Paul 55155, (651)296-3398
Web site: www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp, e-mail: refdesk@lrl.leg.mn
Law provides: The library provides public policy resources to legislators, legislative staff members,
and citizens and serves as a depository for state agency publications. The library also serves
as custodian for recordings of committee meetings and floor sessions, committee logs, and minute
books. (Minnesota Statutes, Section 3.302, 3.3025, and 3.195)
OFFICE OF THE REVISOR OF STATUTES
700 State Office Bldg., 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul 55155, (651)296-2868
Fax: (651)296-0569
Web site: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/revisor.html
Function: The office drafts bills, resolutions, amendments, motions, committee reports, and other
documents for the legislature; drafts administrative rules for state agencies; edits and publishes
Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules; assists with the engrossment and
enrollment of bills; reports to the legislature on statutory deficiencies noted in opinions of the
supreme court; provides computer services to the legislature; and performs other services upon
request of the legislature.
Revisor of Statutes: Michele L. Timmons
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
231 State Capitol, St. Paul 55155, (651)296-0271
Function: The secretary of the senate is the chief operating officer of the senate, under the jurisdiction
of the committee on rules and administration. The main functions are to act as parliamentarian
and as administrator of the internal operations of the senate. The production of the senate journal,
all calendars, the introductions and engrossment of senate bills, and the certification of bills passed
are under the direction for the secretary of the senate. The secretary of the senate calls the roll during
floor sessions, reads bills and other documents, and moves legislation through the Orders of
Business. The office is responsible for keeping minutes and coordinating the functions of the sessions.
The office supervises senate personnel and directs the daily operation of the senate.
Secretary of the Senate: Patrick E. Flahaven
SENATE COUNSEL AND RESEARCH
G-17 State Capitol, St. Paul 55155, (651)296-4791
Function: The office provides legal, research, and technical assistance to senate members and
committees in the development of public policy and legislation.
Director: Jo Anne Zoff Sellner
SENATE INDEX
110 State Capitol, St. Paul, 55155, (651)296-5560
Web site: www.leg.state.mn.us
Function: to index bills in the senate by subject, author committee, companion bill and chapter
numbers, content, and senate journal page numbers for floor actions and to track bill status.
Director: Judy Askeland
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