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Walz signed two higher education bills in 2023 and 2024 that covered tuition costs at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities for students whose families earn less than $80,000 annually.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a trio of bills into law on Thursday, effectively making the state a sanctuary for abortion and gender-transition surgeries.
As governor, Walz also signed the Local Jobs and Projects Plan, which gave roughly $1.9 billion to support construction and renovation projects, including affordable housing projects.
Walz signed a bill enshrining the right to abortion and other reproductive healthcare into Minnesota state statues in January 2023, seven months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade .
The Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz signed the extensive “omnibus justice reforms bill” into law on the 29th May, 2024 - that included an additional provision added abolishing the “gay and trans panic defense”. The law goes into effect from August 1.
As Vice President Harris highlighted at Tuesday’s rally in Philadelphia, as governor, Walz signed a bill in 2023 restoring the voting rights of formerly incarcerated Minnesotans.
In 2017, Walz was floated as a possible candidate for the 2018 special election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Al Franken, even though Walz had already announced his campaign for governor. [132] He declined to run and endorsed Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith after she launched her campaign for the seat.
Walz signed legislation to move the state toward achieving 100% clean energy by 2040 and to establish a universal free school meal program that provides breakfast and lunch.