State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, March 23, 2026
11:00 A.M.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4619: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for school-linked behavioral health grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4620: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for children's mental health grants for respite care services.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4621: A bill for an act relating to transportation; exempting wheelchair accessible vehicles from the motor vehicle sales tax and the rental motor vehicle tax and fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.64, subdivision 4; 297B.01, by adding a subdivision; 297B.03.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 4622: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; conforming to the federal exclusion from gross income for employer contributions to Trump accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.01, subdivision 31.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lucero, Housley, Coleman, Rasmusson, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 4623: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring proof of citizenship or lawful immigration status as a prerequisite to receipt of rental assistance or down payment assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.07, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4624: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; adopting the federal deduction for qualified overtime compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4625: A bill for an act relating to local government; updating terminology related to Ramsey County human resources personnel structure; adjusting certain positions to unclassified service for consistency with other similar positions; repealing obsolete language; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383A.281, subdivision 13; 383A.283, subdivisions 2, 3; 383A.284, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 383A.285, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 10; 383A.286, subdivisions 2, 3; 383A.288, subdivisions 5, 6; 383A.289, subdivisions 1, 3; 383A.291, subdivision 1a; 383A.292, subdivisions 1, 2; 383A.294, subdivision 6; 383A.295, subdivisions 1, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383A.298; 383A.301.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Lieske, Green, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4626: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying county cost-share requirements for economically distressed counties; modifying opiate epidemic response fund appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 246.54, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 254B.03, subdivision 4; 256.043, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 4627: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing funding for the Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Marty, and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4628: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring state agencies to include a summary page in all requests for proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4629: A bill for an act relating to labor; expanding eligibility for paid blood donation leave to include employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.187.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Gustafson and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4630: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools to implement a wearable panic alert system; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 4631: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Hopkins.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Latz, Port, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4632: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying the strengthen Minnesota homes program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 65A.299, subdivisions 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 4633: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for a state program fraud tip line public relations campaign.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hauschild, Hawj, and Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 4634: A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying the film production credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.27, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 116U.27, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4635: A bill for an act relating to foster youth; establishing a trust for current and recent foster youth receiving benefits and other income; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.609, subdivisions 11, 12; 260C.331, subdivision 7; 260C.452, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Frentz and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 4636: A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a license for artificial intelligence independent verification organizations; establishing an advisory council; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4637: A bill for an act relating to state government; permitting contracts for state historic sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 138.669.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4638: A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing supplemental funding for the state grant program; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4639: A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing the cities of Moorhead, Dilworth, and Detroit Lakes to issue a social district license.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Kupec, Lieske, Seeberger, Kreun, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4640: A bill for an act relating to state government; precluding state employees and legislators from taking employment with grant recipients in certain situations; amending the definition of serious crime for purposes of recalling a state officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.38, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 211C.01, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 181.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4641: A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel horse racing; appropriating money for support of Minnesota-bred Thoroughbred industry.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4642: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying membership of Board of Medical Practice; establishing requirements for complaint review committee membership and processes; establishing requirements for information on provider profiles on Board of Medicine website; establishing requirements for posted information at points of patient contact; requiring an audit; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 147.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 147.02, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 147.091, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4643: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a social services and mental health grant program for victims of Operation Metro Surge; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Weber, Hoffman, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 4644: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Mountain Lake; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 9, section 9.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4645: A bill for an act relating to food support; modifying provisions governing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; setting work requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents at the federal maximum; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 4646: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expenditures relating to local road and related infrastructure improvements in an area near the city of Rogers.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 4647: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of Caledonia to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Bahr, Koran, Dahms, Weber, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 4648: A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing the transactional gold and silver act; recognizing gold and silver specie as legal tender; requiring the commissioner of commerce to authorize a bullion depository; authorizing an electronic payment system; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 45.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Bahr, Johnson, Wesenberg, Housley, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 4649: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, by adding a section; exempting local governments and school districts from state mandates unless funding is provided to comply with the mandate; providing implementation language; authorizing contested case hearings; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 465.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Bahr, Drazkowski, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4650: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a subtraction for income earned by senior taxpayers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Heintzeman, Bahr, Drazkowski, Lucero, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 4651: A joint resolution applying to Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 4652: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; establishing a trusted contact program to mitigate financial exploitation and fraud; limiting liability; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 45A.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mathews, Kupec, Frentz, and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4653: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing the propane school bus deployment program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4654: A bill for an act relating to commerce; consumer protection; eliminating obsolete dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.171, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4655: A bill for an act relating to commerce; eliminating obsolete dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 58B.051.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Klein, Mohamed, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4656: A bill for an act relating to public safety; assisting the return to Minnesota of persons removed to other states due to alleged immigration law violations; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4657: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to modify the evaluation and planning process for certain transportation projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 174.02, subdivisions 2a, 3, by adding subdivisions; 174.03, by adding a subdivision; 174.75, subdivisions 2, 2a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4658: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying certain requirements governing transit planning, project development, performance, and related transit-oriented development, including to establish performance measures, require a transit system investment framework, limit certain highway projects, and establish zoning requirements; providing for certain reallocations of funds; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.121, by adding a subdivision; 473.146, subdivision 3; 473.1466; 473.371, by adding a subdivision; 473.405, subdivision 3; 473.852, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4659: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a state rapid start program; providing for the operation of local rapid start programs to treat patients who are HIV-positive; prohibiting prior authorization, cost sharing, and step therapy for antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention services; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4660: A bill for an act relating to medical examiners; modifying the procedure to select the Hennepin County medical examiner; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 390.0065.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4661: A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying provisions governing disposition of decedents' personal property by coroners and medical examiners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 390.225, subdivision 5; 525.393.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4662: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a memorial to Melissa Hortman on the site of the State Office Building.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4663: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing medical assistance prepayment review requirements; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4664: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an air traffic control tower at the Mankato Regional Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 4665: A bill for an act relating to driving under the influence; establishing revocation and licensing requirements for violations of impaired driving laws involving substances other than alcohol; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 171.178; 171.306, subdivisions 1, 4, 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 4666: A bill for an act relating to consumer data privacy; requiring certain mandatory privacy notices to be titled as surveillance notices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.16, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Seeberger, Howe, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 4667: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding eligibility for survivor benefits to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4668: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; allowing meat processing training and retention incentive grantees more time to complete projects; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 4669: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a contract to support teacher retention; amending Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 24, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Weber, Kupec, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 4670: A bill for an act relating to taxation; making certain school district lease levy amounts eligible for the school building bond agricultural credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 275.07, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dahms, Kupec, and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 4671: A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing a facilities grant program for certain cooperative units; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4672: A bill for an act relating to mental health; making technical changes; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.096; 245.73, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245.4661, subdivision 9; 245.4889, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4673: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to a section of Old Shakopee Road in the city of Bloomington; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Duckworth, Coleman, Kreun, Cwodzinski, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4674: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; creating a social media behavioral threat assessment reporting requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.31; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Dibble, Pha, and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4675: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a community schoolyards grant program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Coleman, Duckworth, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4676: A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; establishing a task force to improve veterans' access to mental health services in rural areas; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Seeberger and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4677: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for restrictive procedures and seclusion; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.0942.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 4678: A bill for an act relating to the legislature; modifying the number of members of the house of representatives and the senate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 2.021; 2.031.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Kupec, Hawj, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4679: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing stewardship program for batteries; prohibiting mercury in batteries; modifying provisions for lead acid batteries and rechargeable consumer products; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115.071, subdivision 1; 115A.03, by adding subdivisions; 115A.554; 115A.9157; 116.92, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 325E.1151, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 325E.12; 325E.125, subdivisions 3, 5; 325E.1251, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.9155; 115A.961, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 325E.115; 325E.1151, subdivision 4; 325E.125, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4; 325E.1251, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Kreun, Seeberger, Coleman, Housley, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4680: A bill for an act relating to crime; providing criminal penalties for the failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds in certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.456, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mathews and Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 4681: A bill for an act relating to data centers; modifying the criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers; exempting certain data centers' electricity sales in calculating a utility's solar energy standard; exempting certain data centers from paying a fee; exempting certain data centers from paying sales tax on electricity purchases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 103G.265, subdivision 5; 216B.02, subdivision 12; 216B.1623; 216B.1691, subdivision 2f; 216B.72; 297A.68, subdivision 42.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 4682: A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Blaine to impose certain special taxes within the city.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4683: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline special license plates; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Abeler and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4684: A bill for an act relating to health professions; establishing requirements for voluntarily retired licenses, procedures for reinstatement of voluntarily retired and terminated licenses, an administrative hold status, and interim procedures for registration reinstatement; modifying independent examination requirements; permitting a third-party presence in independent examinations; requiring rulemaking; making technical changes; establishing fees; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 148.01, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 148.09; 148.10, by adding a subdivision; 148.102, subdivision 3; 148.105, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 148.108, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 2500.0100, subparts 5b, 6, 12; 2500.1900; 2500.2020; 2500.2040; 2500.2100; 2500.2110.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4685: A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting the imposition of certain fees for residential improvements necessary to accommodate the disability of a veteran; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326B.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4686: A bill for an act relating to employment; regulating the use of electronic monitoring tools in employment settings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Rest introduced--
S.F. No. 4687: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; removing deposit limit on the consumer protection restitution account; setting distribution limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 8.37, subdivisions 3, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4688: A bill for an act relating to public safety; making changes to the regulation of transfers of pistols and semiautomatic military-style assault weapons to include ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 624.7131, subdivisions 4, 7, 8, 10, by adding a subdivision; 624.7132, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, by adding a subdivision; 624.7134, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 624.7131, subdivision 1; 624.7132, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4689: A bill for an act relating to employment; regulating the use of automated decision systems in employment settings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Rest, Weber, Hauschild, and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4690: A bill for an act relating to taxation; making various policy and technical changes to individual income and corporate franchise taxes and property taxes; removing obsolete JOBZ provisions; modifying other miscellaneous tax provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123B.53, subdivision 1; 123B.535, subdivision 1; 270B.14, subdivision 3; 270B.15; 270C.055, by adding a subdivision; 273.032; 273.111, subdivision 9; 289A.08, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 29; 290.0137; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.0922, subdivisions 2, 3; 295.52, subdivision 5; 297B.03; 428A.02, subdivision 1; 428A.13, subdivision 1; 469.175, subdivision 4a; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 268.19, subdivision 1; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 297A.94; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, subdivisions 31, 64; 272.029, subdivision 7; 273.11, subdivisions 19, 20; 273.1315, subdivision 1; 273.1385; 273.25; 273.65; 273.66; 273.67; 274.07; 289A.12, subdivision 15; 290.06, subdivision 29; 297A.68, subdivision 37; 428B.02, subdivision 7; 469.310; 469.311; 469.312; 469.313; 469.314; 469.315; 469.316; 469.317; 469.318; 469.3181; 469.319; 469.3191; 469.3192; 469.3193; 469.320; 469.3201; 477A.085; 477A.18.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4691: A bill for an act relating to state-operated human services; modifying Direct Care and Treatment data requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.04, subdivision 4a; 13.384, subdivision 1; 13.46, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 13.46, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4692: A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying certain income eligibility requirements for the North Star Promise scholarship program; modifying funding amounts for North Star Promise scholarships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.1465, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 5.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4693: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Trunk Highway 7 transportation management organization.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4694: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing continued enrollment for certain online students with a temporary break in residency; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120A.20, subdivision 1; 126C.05, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4695: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to marked Trunk Highway 7; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kreun, Gustafson, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 4696: A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing requirements for social media platforms related to accounts for minors; establishing enforcement mechanisms for regulations on child social media accounts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Pratt, Hoffman, and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4697: A bill for an act relating to employment; exempting elected officials from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4698: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the community first services and supports program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.85, subdivisions 6, 10, 18a, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.85, subdivisions 12, 17a.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Carlson, Johnson Stewart, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 4699: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessible; requiring nondiscrimination policies; establishing wheelchair accessible vehicle services account; establishing wheelchair accessible vehicle services subsidy program; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 221.091, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4700: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; limiting the amount a provider can charge an enrollee for denied covered services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Marty, Fateh, Duckworth, Maye Quade, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 4701: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting virtual currency kiosks; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 53B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 53B.69, subdivisions 3b, 3c, 11, 12; 53B.75.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Heintzeman introduced--
S.F. No. 4702: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Itasca County Family YMCA facility in the city of Grand Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Latz, Mohamed, Oumou Verbeten, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4703: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the processes for applying for, securing, and enforcing extreme risk protection orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 624.7171, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 624.7172; 624.7173; 624.7174; 624.7175; 624.7176, subdivision 1; 624.7177, subdivision 2; 624.7178, subdivisions 1, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Heintzeman, Howe, Hauschild, Farnsworth, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 4704: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; eliminating fees for some nonmotorized watercraft; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 86B.415, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.415, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Heintzeman introduced--
S.F. No. 4705: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; amending the authorization for the city of Baxter to impose a local sales tax; amending Laws 2006, chapter 259, article 3, section 10, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dibble, Maye Quade, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4706: A bill for an act relating to health; providing a cause of action for harmful conversion therapy practices; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Dibble, Maye Quade, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4707: A bill for an act relating to health care; prohibiting health plan coverage of conversion therapy for minors and vulnerable adults; requiring the commissioner of human rights to protect Minnesotans from conversion therapy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.06, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Heintzeman introduced--
S.F. No. 4708: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for certain energy efficiency projects in the city of Brainerd.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Abeler, Hoffman, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4709: A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to Thrive Family Recovery Resources; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4710: A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for behavioral health fund payments for uncollectible withdrawal management debt; extending the span of eligibility for behavioral health fund services; establishing a pilot program to permit additional alternative licensing inspections for substance use disorder treatment programs; authorizing counties to temporarily retain administrative functions related to the behavioral health fund; modifying adolescent substance use disorder treatment rate; modifying funding for withdrawal management start-up and capacity-building grants; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 254B.03, by adding a subdivision; 254B.04, subdivision 1; 254B.06, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 254B.04, subdivisions 1a, 6; 254B.0509, subdivision 1; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, sections 21; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Port, Klein, Maye Quade, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4711: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting predatory pricing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4712: A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing use of private residential pools for certified swimming classes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4713: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater system infrastructure in Nobles County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pratt and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4714: A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel horse racing; modifying the definition of advance deposit wagering; providing for certain advance deposit wagering proceeds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 240.01, subdivision 1b; 240.131, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Green, Heintzeman, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4715: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; exempting elk from live Cervidae importation prohibition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 35.155, subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Heintzeman, Dahms, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4716: A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Brainerd to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to an event center.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4717: A bill for an act relating to criminal law; establishing a crime for certain damage to farm machinery and equipment; establishing a crime for certain trespasses on agricultural land; providing for criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4718: A bill for an act relating to transportation; eliminating fees for certain replacement license plates and validation stickers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.29; 168.33, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4719: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a Human Services Systems Steering Committee; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4720: A bill for an act relating to energy; expanding the commissioner of commerce's ability to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts; providing for energy security planning; extending or modifying various energy-related grant programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216C.02, subdivision 1; 216C.05, subdivision 1; 216C.374, subdivision 3; 216C.377, subdivisions 10, 13; 216C.391, subdivisions 6, 7; 216C.46, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Frentz, Nelson, Rasmusson, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4721: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; local government correctional service retirement plan; reducing the employee and employer contribution rates; increasing postretirement adjustments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353E.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 356.415, subdivision 1g.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4722: A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of St. Cloud to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 4723: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing exemption for an electric generation facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4724: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of Taylors Falls to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4725: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds; expanding the targeting property tax refund for taxes payable in 2026.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4726: A bill for an act relating to human services; the behavioral health administration policy bill; making changes to requirements for licensing and funding for mental health and substance use disorder services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245F.02, subdivision 17; 245F.15, subdivision 7; 245G.04, by adding a subdivision; 245G.11, subdivision 8; 245I.04, by adding a subdivision; 245I.08, subdivision 4; 245I.10, subdivision 6; 254B.052, subdivision 1; 256B.0624, subdivisions 6b, 7; 256B.0625, subdivision 47; 256B.0759, subdivision 3; 256B.0943, subdivision 6; 256B.0946, subdivision 4; 256B.0947, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245.469, subdivision 1; 245F.08, subdivision 3; 245G.11, subdivision 7; 245I.04, subdivision 17; 254A.03, subdivision 3; 254B.0505, subdivision 8; 254B.052, subdivision 6; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0943, subdivision 1; 256B.0947, subdivision 3a; 256L.03, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0759, subdivisions 2, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4727: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; authorizing the city of Vergas to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4728: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the nursing facility level of care for purposes of certain home and community-based waiver services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.0724, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0911, subdivision 26; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144.0724, subdivisions 2, 11.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4729: A bill for an act relating to intoxicating liquor; authorizing the city of Erhard to issue a license.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4730: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money to construct a geothermal energy system.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Carlson, Abeler, Hoffman, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4731: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles for operators of autonomous vehicles; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4732: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the fourth-degree assault crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4733: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring economic interest disclosures for Three Rivers Park District candidates and officials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383B.041, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4734: A bill for an act relating to elections; authorizing periodic competitions to update the design of "I VOTED" stickers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.49.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Gustafson, Kreun, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 4735: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying criminal sentencing in cases involving age deception; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.10, subdivision 5a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pha and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4736: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a week of observance for Hmong heritage; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Pha and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4737: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing foraging on state land; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.027, subdivision 13a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4738: A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring postsecondary institutions to provide priority registration for pregnant and parenting students; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 135A.1582, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4739: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; enhancing restrictions on automated license plate reader data; centralizing automated license plate reader data in the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; regulating the use of automated license plate readers by private entities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.824, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 7, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299C; 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4740: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring provider-based clinics to obtain and use a unique National Provider Identifier (NPI) for reimbursement claims; requiring data submitted as all-payer claims data to include a provider-based clinic's unique NPI; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62U.04, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4741: A bill for an act relating to state government; addressing gaps in identifying and investigating hate incidents and hate crimes targeting persons of Asian and Asian Indian descent; establishing Office of Ombudsperson for Anti-Asian, Anti-Asian Indian, and Anti-Religious Hate Prevention; providing duties and authority; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Frentz, Boldon, and Holmstrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4742: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing human services systems modernization pilot projects; providing appointments; establishing an account; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Marty, Kunesh, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4743: A bill for an act relating to health; extending the time period natural organic reduction facilities may hold dead human bodies before initiating natural organic reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 149A.91, subdivision 3; 149A.94, subdivision 1; 149A.955, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 4744: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; appropriating money for hiring to support activities under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4745: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring creation of a centralized certified payroll reporting portal and database for all state projects covered by prevailing wage requirements; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4746: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying requirements for licensure by reciprocity for marriage and family therapists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148B.35.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 4747: A bill for an act relating to real property; modifying the mortgage foreclosure process to allow for online sales and private selling officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 580.032, subdivisions 6, 7; 580.04; 580.041, subdivisions 2, 2a; 580.042, subdivision 3; 580.06; 580.09; 580.11; 580.12; 580.14; 580.19; 580.23, subdivision 1; 580.30, subdivision 2; 582.031; 582.032, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, 9; 582.041, subdivision 2; 582.042, subdivisions 3, 4; 582.25; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 580.07, subdivisions 1, 2; 580.10, by adding a subdivision; 580.24; 582.03, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 580.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 4748: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of Northfield to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4749: A bill for an act relating to housing; establishing the Task Force on Housing Taxes and Fees; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4750: A bill for an act relating to taxation; prohibiting withholding of federal income tax from state employee pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.92, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.13.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4751: A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; extending the authority for the city of Fridley to transfer tax increment; amending Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 8, section 11, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 4752: A bill for an act relating to child support; providing that a parent whose parental rights are terminated must remain liable for child support obligations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.317, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 4753: A bill for an act relating to public safety; determining responsibility for detention costs in certain juvenile delinquency matters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260B.181, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4754: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a pedestrian bridge in the city of Oakdale; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Port introduced--
S.F. No. 4755: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to marked Trunk Highway 13 and associated local roads; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Kreun and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4756: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing levy limits for local governmental units; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 275.71, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Bahr, Lucero, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4757: A bill for an act relating to higher education; limiting the governor's appointment power to fill vacancies on the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 137.0246, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4758: A bill for an act relating to environment; exempting agricultural products and equipment from certain regulations governing products containing PFAS; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.28, subdivision 3; 116.943, subdivisions 3, 7, 8; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 116.943, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.01, subdivision 15c; 18B.26, subdivision 7; 18C.005, subdivisions 6b, 23a; 18C.111, subdivision 5; 18C.202; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 18B.26, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.