>> Mary: OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

>> Eric: WHEN YOU WRITE IT, COME BACK, WE'LL PLUG IT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Mary: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCE'S DEATH THE MINNESOTA HOUSE PASSED A BILL RENAMING A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY IN HIS NAME.

TO EMBRACE THE BIPARTISAN MOMENT THAT SENDS THE BILL TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK TO BE SIGNED.

♪♪ >> SINGING: DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO GET THROUGH THIS THING CALLED LIFE ... >> Mary: THE LIFE OF PRINCE WILL BE PERMANENTLY MEMORIALIZED WITH A HIGHWAY NAMED AFTER HIM IN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN WHERE HE BUILT HIS EMPIRE AND STUDIO.

>> MEMBERS, OR I SUPPOSE DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO GET THROUGH THIS THING CALLED THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IT IS WITH BOTH SADNESS AND CELEBRATION THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEDICATE A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY PRINCE ROGERS NELSON.

>> THE SIGNS WERE DONATED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS.

>> WHAT I'VE KNOWN ABOUT PRINCE, PRINCE NEVER ASKED NOBODY FOR ANYTHING.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS WE CAN GIVE HIM.

>> HE WAS ABLE TO CREATE THIS WONDERFUL WONDERFUL MUSIC THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER, FOREVER.

FOREVER.

>> SENATORS TOLD THE STORY OF GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SENATE PRESIDENT BOBBY JOE CHAMPION ALLEGEDLY ONCE TURNING PRINCE DOWN.

>> THERE IS A MYTH OUT THERE, Mr. PRESIDENT, DID YOU KNOW THIS MYTH, I THINK, MAYBE YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE STORY AND I WILL NOT TELL ANY MORE BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH A CERTAIN SENATOR IN THIS BODY.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, COULD YOU CONOR DENY THAT YOU COMMITTED THE SIN OF ONCE TURNING PRINCE DOWN?

>> I WILL NOT CONFIRM OR DENY THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE NEVER MEAN TO CAUSE YOU ANY SOROW, WE NEVER MEAN TO CAUSE YOU ANY PAIN, WE ONLY WANT TO SEE YOU LAUGHING, LAUGHING AND CELEBRATING WITH THIS PURPLE SIGN.

>> PRINCE WAS AN ICON JUST IN OUR FAMILY.

LIKE WHO HE WAS WAS A EART AND SOUL FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND SO I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE WILL HONOR HIM IN THIS WAY, THAT OUR STATE WILL HONOR HIM IN THIS WAY BECAUSE THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON US THROUGH HIS USIC, WHICH WAS REMARKABLE.

HE USED TO DRUM IN THE BASEMENT WITH MY UNCLE.

>> LET'S GO CRAZY AND MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL PURPLE MEMORIAL TO A MINNESOTA LEGEND A REALITY.

>> THERE BEING 55 AYES AND 5 NOES, THE BILL IS PASSED AND ITS TITLE AGREED TO.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE PRINCE HIGHWAY BILL AND WITH THEIR MORE RELAXED RULES, THEY HAD A UNIQUE CELEBRATION.

>> THE BILL IS PASSED AND ITS TITLE AGREED TO.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

>> I RISE FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO GET SIGNS ON HIGHWAY 5.

MEMORIAL SIGNS IN LAW FOREVER, AND THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG TIME.

BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

>> THERE WAS VOCAL BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE.

>> PAY TRIBUTE TO A PERSON THAT INVESTED HEAVILY IN OUR CULTURE HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND DID A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE.

AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID VERY QUIETLY AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY NICE WAY TO HONOR PRINCE.

>> ASPIRE TO BE MUSICIANS AND ACTIVISTS AND MAKE SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN HAD EQUITY IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

HE USED TO PROVIDE, YES, A LOT OF FUNDING AND SECRETLY BECAUSE HE WASN'T ABOUT HIMSELF, HE WAS ABOUT THE MOMENTUM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN TO BE GREAT IN THIS GREAT STATE.

>> IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT THIS ONE MAN HAD NOT ONLY ON CHANHASSEN AND THE TWIN CITIES AND OUR STATE BUT REALLY NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING AT THE SUPER BOWL WHEN IT WAS ABOUT PRINCE, I MEAN, THAT IS GLOBAL IMPACT.

>> SINGING: PURPLE RAIN, PURPLE RAIN ... >> INSTEAD OF ASKING ME HOW MUCH MONEY IT WILL COST, ASK ME HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

BECAUSE IN THIS BODY, THINGS CAN GET REAL HARD TO GET INTO STATUTE.

ON THIS VOTE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

♪♪ >> SINGING: 'CAUSE IN THIS LIFE, THINGS ARE MUCH HARDER IN THE AFTER WORLD.

IN THI