Minnesota House Bills

Commissioner of health directed to conduct a feasibility study of establishing a mobile lung cancer screening program in greater Minnesota, and money appropriated.

Local government aid reduced for denial of projects that would expand tax base.

Operating referendum ballot notice modified, and authority for the school board to renew a referendum without seeking voter approval unless notice requirements are met eliminated.

Domestic assault by strangulations defined as a violent crime.

Criminal penalties for domestic violence-related crimes enhanced.

Certain defined terms maintained, and data center exemptions modified.

Greater Minnesota public television station operations funding provided, and money appropriated.

Public employees insurance program regulated, participation by certain school employers required, and money appropriated.

Parent's bill of rights created.

Marked U.S. Highway 8 reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Action of nudifying an image of another person made a crime, and criminal penalties provided.

Funding provided for hiring to support activities under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act, and money appropriated.

Partnerships for dental services provided in correctional facilities authorized, commissioner of corrections required to improve correctional facilities' dental services, report required, and money appropriated.

New data center moratorium established, and Public Utility Commission required to submit a report.

Timber permit extensions required.

Amount of pay for commissioned officers and enlisted members engaged in state active service modified.

Health and human services finance and policy bill.

Rounding of a payment or transfer of case authorized, and commissioner of administration required to provide a standard template page for request proposals.

County, municipality, and township funding provided for planning and assistance to support drinking water regionalization; report required; and money appropriated.

North Branch; Interstate Highway 35 and 400th Street interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Eveleth; Progress Parkway construction project prior appropriation modified.

Short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies provided and regulated.

Laos war; veterans benefits relating to the Secret War in Laos modified, veterans affairs commissioner directed to establish an eligibility process, technical changes made, appropriation canceled, and money appropriated.

Chief justice security provided, base funding beginning in fiscal year 2028 redistributed, judicial branch funding provided, and money appropriated.

Optometrist clarified to be able to prescribe certain window glazing materials for motor vehicles.

Employment and economic development finance and policy bill.

Veterans affairs department standards established for legislatively directed competitive and direct grants, and report required.

Continuing operations of the legislature provided in advance of the legislature becoming duly organized, chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate term of office provided to continue until a successor is elected and qualified, and mandatory reports required to be submitted to members of legislative committees electronically.

Honor guard detail provided, and eligibility modified for burial in state veterans cemeteries.

Companion Animal Board established, and money appropriated.

Licensing for practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine modified, and terminology changed.

Disposition of abandoned pipelines provided, and pipeline abandonment plan required.

Rate recovery of executive pay limited for certain public utilities.

Use of sonar when fishing for muskellunge or northern pike prohibited in certain waters.

Process to vacate an order any time based on error or false information established.

McKinley; street and water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Cambridge; infrastructure improvements along marked Trunk Highway 95 funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Definition of employee under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act modified and whistle blower protections modified to explicitly include incarcerated people, Public Employee Labor Relations Act and Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 modified to include incarcerated persons, and inmates in state correctional institutions reclassified as employees.

Motor vehicle registration tax modified.

Reduction to local government aid to a county or city that uses the incorrect state flag established.

Sports and events reimbursement program established, and reports required.

Tamarack; municipal infrastructure improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth, and Families forecasted program adjustments made.

Thrive Family Recovery Resources grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Sale and use of paraquat dichloride prohibited, commissioner required to collect and dispose of paraquat dichloride, and report required.

Public employees police and fire retirement plan; application of the reduction for reemployment earnings taken from disability benefits to members who began disability payments before July 1, 2023 modified.

Outdoor heritage fund; prior appropriations extended and modified, and money appropriated.

High school diploma established for armed forces veterans.

Nonprofit sales and use tax exemption modified to provide that certain purchases of prepared food by nonprofit organizations are exempt.

Common interest communities rights and duties modified, unit owner rights modified, termination threshold modified, meet and confer process established, notice of meetings modified, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations.

Financial assurance requirements for nonferrous permit to mine modified.

Alexandria; funding provided to furnish and equip a critical access dental clinic, and money appropriated.

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District public health lab capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Rosemount; new water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Permanent School Trust Lands Task Force established to address permanent school trust lands located within or near the boundaries of Tribal lands, report required, and money appropriated.

Hennepin County local sales tax authority modified, and grants provided to county health care facilities and to ballpark authority for improvements.

Chisago County authorized to impose local sales and use tax.

Elected officials exempted from Minnesota Paid Leave Law.

Forests and forestry capital projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Counties allowed to designate agricultural lands as unsuitable for electric power facilities.