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,

The move by the DFL, which is unprecedented in Minnesota state politics, intends to block Minnesota House Republicans from electing State Rep. Lisa Demuth, their leader, to House Speaker while the party holds a temporary, one-seat advantage.

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.

Following the contentious first day of the 2025 Minnesota Legislative session, where members of the DFL failed to show, partisan tensions are rising as lawmakers claim House Republicans attempted to select a speaker.

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.

The struggle over who has control of the Minnesota House is heading to the state Supreme Court. The House DFL Caucus and Secretary of State Steve Simon filed