A massive search is stretching into its second day for a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her suburban Minneapolis home.

Slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman was the state House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage two years ago.

Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota Legislature convened for its 2023 session Tuesday.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. AdDemocratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, acknowledged at a news conference that House Democrats, who hold just a 70-64 majority, weren’t united. She said they needed “a few Republican votes" to pass the bill but were told they weren’t getting any. Republican Sen. Bill Weber, of Luverne, also cited the city's $8 million cut to its police budget. Hortman told reporters she is already in discussions with Gazelka and House Republican leaders about what comes next.

The package also bans chokeholds and so-called warrior-style training, which critics say promotes excessive force. “It is vitally important for the world to see us pass this legislation," Winkler said. The House Democratic majority last week blocked a GOP effort to void those powers, just as it did in June. And that would give lawmakers another chance to pass one of their main unfinished pieces of business, a public construction package known as a bonding bill. The House voted 75-57 in favor of the $1.8 billion package early Tuesday.