On Friday at PICA Head Start Training Center in Minneapolis, Democratic leaders laid out their agenda for the session amid an ongoing power dispute with Republicans​ over who can and should control the chamber.

The debate over whether Minnesota House Republicans acted lawfully when they elected a speaker is headed to the state Supreme Court. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Secretary of State Steve Simon and the House DFL have filed lawsuits to stop Republicans from taking control of the House for the next two years,

Rep. Dan Wolgamott, DFL-St. Cloud, didn't make an appearance at the Minnesota State Capitol Tuesday for the start of the legislative session.

In a petition to the Supreme Court, Democrats in the state House accuse Republicans of acting "unlawfully" when they conducted House business on Tuesday, including electing a speaker, with no DFL members present.

The DFL's House delegation swore in all but one of its representative elects at the Minnesota History Center, with the other member having been sworn in on Friday.

On January 14, 2025, the DFL filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to declare that Republicans acted unlawfully when they organized the house in the absence of a quorum.

Half the Minnesota House chamber stands empty as DFL lawmakers made good on their threats to not show up for the opening session at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Republicans moved ahead Tuesday and elected D.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, presiding over a remarkable opening day of session in the Minnesota House, adjourned the chamber amid House Democrats' boycott Tuesday, only for Republicans to elect a Speaker in what the DFL has denounced as a "sham" hearing.

The Democratic lawmakers boycotted the opening of the 2025 session, while the Republicans declared a quorum and elected a speaker.