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Governor’s Journal

Date	Time	Action
11.21	11:18am	Governor wrote a message to be delivered to Andrea Volker, Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee
11.21	11:20am	Page left to deliver message
11.21	11:26am	Governor sent a message to the Chair of the General Legislation Committee, Abagail Frenske, requesting that HF3777 be moved up on the agenda of the committee.
11.21	11:30am	Page left to deliver the message
11.21	11:30am	Representative Jesica Hanson came to the Governor’s office to check-in
11.21	11:40am	Representative Jesica Hanson left
11.21	11:46 am	Governor wrote message to Transportation Committee Chair, William Lefluer, asking for HF3490 to be moved to the top of the agenda.
11.21	11:48am	Page left to deliver the message
11.21	11:57am	Governor, Lt. Governor, Page, and Clerk left for lunch
11.21	12:50 pm	Clerk returned from lunch
11.21	12:52pm	Governor, Lt. Governor, and page returned from lunch
11.21	12:53pm	Governor sent message to Andrea Volker, Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee to proclaim his support for HF0196
11.21	12:53pm	Governor sent message to Alexa Smith, Chair of the Education Committee proclaiming his opposition for HF1765
11.21	12:54pm	Page left to deliver message
11.21	12:56 pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Chair of Judiciary Committee, Alaina Meier, expressing their opposition for HF5274 and asking the Chair to move it to the bottom of the agenda
11.21	12:59 pm	Governor received a message from Wyatt Pohlman
11.21	1:01 pm	Page returned
11.21	1:01 pm	Page sent to deliver message.
11.21	1:03 pm	Gene Pelowski and his son arrived to the Governor’s office.
11.21	1:07 pm	Page returned .
11.21	1:10 pm	Gene Pelowski and son left.
11.21	1:12 pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Andrea Volker, Chair of Health and Human Services Committee with a request to move HF0247 to the top of their agenda.
11.21	1:12 pm	Page left to deliver message.
11.21	1:17 pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Jonah Bunke, from the Environmental and Agriculture Committee requesting that they come to the Governor’s office to discuss their bill.
11.21	1:18 pm	Page returned.
11.21	1:18 pm	Page departed with message.
11.21	1:22 pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Morgan Guyer, Chair of the Commerce Committee requesting that HF3876 gets moved to the top of the agenda.
11.21	1:25pm	Jonah Bunke arrived with the page to speak to the governor.
11.21	1:25pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Greggory Gile, member of the Transportation Committee requesting his presence in the Governor’s Office.
11.21	1:28pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Dylan Kryzer, of the Environmental and Agriculture Committee requesting his presence in the Governor’s Office to discuss his bill.
11.21	1:32pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Chair Abagail Frenske of the General Legislation Committee declaring support for HF4639.
11.21	1:35pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Andrea Volker of the Health and Human Services Committee requesting that HF1037 be moved to the top of the agenda.
11.21	1:38pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Alexa Smith, Chair of the Education Committee, opposing HF0663 and requesting that it does not be passed.
11.21	1:40pm	Page returned with a new message for the governor, with the committee denying Greggory Giles’ presence in the governor’s office.
11.21	1:42pm	Page left with messages.
11.21	1:42pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Alexa Smith requesting that HF3188 be passed in the Education Committee and moved to the top of the agenda.
11.21	1:45pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Greggory Gile of the Transportation Committee, once again requesting to speak with him and asking for his presence in the Governor’s Office.
11.21	1:48pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Alexa Smith of the Education Committee, proclaiming support for HF0005 and requesting that it be passed.
11.21	1:49pm	Governor and Lt. Governor received a message from Haylee Payne, requesting that her bill, HF3490, be moved to the top of the agenda in the Health and Human Services Committee.
11.21	1:50pm	Page returned with Dylan Kryzer.
11.21	1:50pm	Governor and Lt. Governor spoke with Dylan Kryzer about his bill.
11.21	1:50pm	Page left with messages and Dylan Kryzer.
11.21	1:55pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Emily Benke of the Ways and Means and Taxes Committee requesting that HF2609 be moved to the bottom of the agenda.
11.21	1:58pm	Page returned with another page, looking for a box, Governor could not help her.
11.21	2:00pm	Page sent away with messages.
11.21	2:03pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Andrea Volker, Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, requesting her presence in the Governor’s Office.
11.21	2:07pm	Page returned.
11.21	2:09pm	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Morgan Guyer, Chair of the Commerce Committee requesting that HF1794 be moved to the top of the committee’s agenda.
11.21	2:10pm	Greggory Gile arrived.
11.21	2:11pm	Page sent with messages.
11.21	2:15pm	Governor finished speaking with Greggory Gile, and he left.
11.21	2:20pm	Page returned, informed the governor that Andrea Volker refused to visit with the governor.
11.21	2:28pm	Governor and Lt. Governor left the office.

11.22	9:00am	Governor and Lt. Governor entered the office.
11.22	9:15am	Governor and Lt. Governor received message from Haylee Payne requesting her bill be moved to the top of the agenda.
11.22	9:15am	Governor, Lt. Governor, and clerk left office to walk around and watch the committees.
11.22	9:36am	Governor, Lt. Governor, and clerk returned to the office.
11.22	9:43am	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Alexa Smith, Chair of the Education Committee, requesting that HF3188 SF3130 be passed.
11.22	9:43am	Page left to deliver message.
11.22	9:49am	Page returned.
11.22	10:02am	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Matthew Hengel, requesting his presence in the Governor’s office to inquire about why his vote failed.
11.22	10:05am	Page left with message.
11.22	10:13am	Page returned with Matthew Hengel.
11.22	10:13am	Governor spoke with Matthew Hengel about why his bill failed with a tie vote.
11.22	10:28am	Governor and Lt. Governor received a message from Haylee Payne, requesting her bill be moved to the top of the agenda in the Rules Committee.
11.22	10:30am	Matthew Hengel left to return to his committee.
11.22	10:30am	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Haylee Payne of the Education Committee, informing her that he will not be requesting that the Rules Committee move her bill up on the agenda.
11.22	10:30am	Page left to deliver message to Haylee Payne.
11.22	10:35am	Andrea Volker returned to speak with the Governor, answering the message from yesterday. She spoke with the Governor
11.22	10:37am	The Governor and Lt. Governor received a message from Addison Thompson requesting that her bill be pulled into the House or the Senate.
11.22	10:41am	The Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to General Legislation requesting that Addison Thompson’s bill be moved to the top of the agenda.
11.22	10:43am	The Governor and Lt. Governor wrote a message to Addison Thompson, informing her that they requested her bill be moved to the top of the General Legislation agenda.
11.22	10:45am	Page sent to deliver messages to Addison Thompson and the chair of the General Legislation Committee.
11.22	10:46am	Page delivered message to the Governor and the Lt. Governor from Matthew Maynard, requesting that his bill be moved up on the Rules Committee agenda.
11.22	10:48am	Page delivered message to the Governor and the Lt. Governor from Elaine Griffin, requesting that her bill be removed from the committees and brought to the house.
11.22	10:53am	Page returned from delivering messages.
11.22	10:53am	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Elaine Griffin of the Judiciary Committee, apologizing that they cannot remove the bill from a committee and move it straight to the house.
11.22	10:53am	Governor and Lt. Governor wrote message to Matthew Maynard of the Transportation Committee, apologizing that they are unable to raise his bill to the top of the agenda in the Rules Committee, because the Rules Committee just needs to focus on getting bills through.
11.22	10:56am	Page sent to deliver messages.
11.22	11:02am	Page returned from delivering messages.
11.22	11:02am	Governor, Lt. Governor, and clerk sent message to Garett Haugen, Winona State representative of the Rules Committee, to ensure that Larissa Ryan and Nathaniel Redig’s bills went to the correct chamber.
11.22	11:04am	Page left to deliver messages.
11.22	11:10am	Page returned.
11.22	11:40	Governor, Lt. Governor, Clerk, and page left for lunch
11.22	12:35pm	Clerk returned
11.22	12:45pm	Governor and Lt. Governor returned from lunch
11.22	1:40pm	Bill from senate delivered to Governors by page, HF0110. Governor and Lt. Governor signed the bill.
11.22	1:45pm	Bill sent to be delivered to the senate by the page.
11.22	1:51pm	Governor and Lt. Governor received two bills, one from house and one from senate. Governors debated signing the bills, and decided on signing HF1212 introduced by Carter Skree.
11.22	1:55pm	Bill sent to be delivered to the senate by page.
11.22	1:55pm	Governors debated HF0017, introduced by Andrea Volker. They decided to veto the bill based on the fact that there was no dollar amount for appropriations.
11.22	1:57pm	Page returned.
11.22	2:03pm	Page sent to be delivered vetoed bill.
11.22	2:15pm	Page delivered a bill to the governors, HF2389.
11.22	2:16pm	Page delivered a bill to the governors, HF1794.
11.22	2:16pm	Governors debated HF2389, and decided to pass the bill.
11.22	2:18pm	Page delivered the bill to the house.
11.22	2:19pm	Governors debated HF1794, and decided to pass the bill.
11.22	2:20pm	Page returned
11.22	2:25pm	Page delivered bill HF179.
11.22	2:30pm	Governor and Lt. Governor left office.