ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House voted 70-61 to require prisons to to state-owned and state-operated. There is a companion bill in the Senate. How southeast Minnesota members of the House voted:
To ban private prisons
Kim Hicks, D-25A (Rochester)
Gene Pelowski, D-26A (Winona)
Andy Smith, D-25B (Rochester
Against
Peggy Bennett, R-23A (Albert Lea)
Greg Davids, R-26B (Preston)
Tina Liebling, D-24B (Rochester)
Patricia Mueller, R-23B (Austin)
Bjorn Olson, R-22A (Elmore)
John Petersburg, R-19B (Waseca)
Joe Schomacker, R-21A (Luverne)
Marj Fogelman, R-21B (Fulda)
Steve Jacob, R-20B (Elba)
Brian Pfarr, R-22B (LeSueur)