State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, February 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.
Senators Gruenhagen and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 3721: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring verification of eligibility for first-generation homebuyers down payment assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.41, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3722: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring notice of procedural safeguards for special education; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3723: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying disciplinary dismissals for students in early learning programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.425.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3724: A bill for an act relating to human rights; requiring a job accommodation request form for an employee with a known disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.08, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3725: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites to prepare for future redevelopment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 3726: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Northfield Community Resource Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Drazkowski, Kreun, Lang, Koran, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 3727: A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating automatic appointment confirmation when the legislature does not take up a confirmation; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.066, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3728: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road and infrastructure improvements in the city of Virginia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3729: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for sanitary sewer improvements in the city of Hibbing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hoffman, Jasinski, Frentz, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 3730: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rules about unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.106, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3731: A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability of bystanders of drug-related overdoses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 604A.05; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 260E.03, subdivision 15.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3732: A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting Tribal lands from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 216B.40.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Wiklund, Utke, Mann, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3733: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying method of deposit of fines collected related to home care licensing surveys and investigations; modifying criteria for appointment to home care and assisted living program advisory council; establishing special projects grant program for home care providers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 144A.474, subdivision 11; 144A.4799, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Utke, Mann, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3734: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying intensive residential treatment services and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services requirements; specifying that room and board services provided through intensive residential treatment services and residential crisis services are eligible for behavioral health fund payment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0947, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245I.23, subdivision 7; 254B.04, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3735: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer; establishing the crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm; establishing enhanced penalties for committing an offense while impersonating a peace officer; requiring individuals presenting as peace officers to identify themselves as peace officers; establishing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.4751.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Utke and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3736: A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 123A.21, subdivision 7; 171.3213.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Klein, Johnson Stewart, and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 3737: A bill for an act relating to state government; designating the month of January as Snow Professionals Appreciation Month; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Housley, Weber, Jasinski, Drazkowski, and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 3738: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; adopting the federal deduction for qualified tip income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Housley, Jasinski, Drazkowski, Utke, and Green introduced--
S.F. No. 3739: 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.
Senators Nelson and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3740: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; allowing a local unit of government to prohibit cannabis business operation within 500 feet of congregate housing for children, congregate housing for transplant recipients, and hospitals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 342.13.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 3741: A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for well testing to establish baseline groundwater quality before certain construction; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103H.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 3742: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Rochester Community and Technical College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 3743: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; prohibiting certain locations of cannabis businesses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.24, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Green introduced--
S.F. No. 3744: A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; creating a refundable exemption for certain items and services purchased to repair property damage caused by natural disasters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Coleman and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3745: A bill for an act relating to transit; governing certain light rail transit operating and capital maintenance costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.4051, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Coleman and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3746: A bill for an act relating to transit; reallocating certain Blue Line light rail transit extension project money for arterial bus rapid transit; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3747: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3748: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting operation of watercraft in a manner that threatens uncultivated wild rice beds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.311, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3749: A bill for an act relating to state government; amending description of wild rice as state grain; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 1.148.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Kunesh and Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3750: A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to amend rules related to school storm shelters.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3751: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Kupec and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3752: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rural Finance Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Putnam and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3753: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the nonprofit exemption to provide that certain purchases of prepared food by nonprofit organizations are exempt; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.70, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3754: A bill for an act relating to higher education; increasing the maximum income eligibility condition for the North Star Promise scholarship program; increasing a required transfer of money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.1465, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 5.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Hoffman, Fateh, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3755: A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing housing stabilization services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0658; 256L.03, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245C.03, subdivision 6; 245C.10, subdivision 6; 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0701, subdivision 9; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.051, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.051, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 8, 9, 10.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hoffman, Fateh, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3756: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money for the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Hoffman, Fateh, Utke, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3757: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an individual authorized budget reduction limit on reductions resulting from implementation of waiver reimagine phase II; requiring a cost-of-living adjustment in the waiver reimagine phase II methodology; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 73, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3758: A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing the sunset of the disproportionate share facility rate floor; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256S.205, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3759: A bill for an act relating to higher education; prohibiting using student fees to compensate student athletes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Frentz, Weber, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 3760: A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the exemptions to the certificate of need requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Farnsworth and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3761: A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying school district eligibility to levy for swimming pool operating costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.455.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Farnsworth and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3762: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; clarifying application of increased funding for water infrastructure grants.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Farnsworth, Heintzeman, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3763: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for expansion of a segment of U.S. Highway 169 to a four-lane highway; modifying a prior appropriation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 17, subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3764: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing Distinguished Flying Cross special license plates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3765: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure improvements in the city of Ely; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3766: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Lake Superior Zoo in the city of Duluth; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators McEwen, Maye Quade, Clark, Mohamed, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3767: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a state subtraction for certain damage awards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 35.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Mohamed, Maye Quade, and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3768: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover doula services; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray the cost of coverage of doula services; modifying language relating to doula services coverage in the medical assistance program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Klein, Mann, Lieske, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3769: A bill for an act relating to health care; continuing to disallow drug manufacturers from restricting delivery of 340B prescription drugs; providing for enforcement; removing an expiration date; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62J.96, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62J.96, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Boldon, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Kupec, Abeler, and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3770: A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing a regional food bank grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade, Oumou Verbeten, Hauschild, Kunesh, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3771: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying certain trespass offenses to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement; prohibiting detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Maye Quade, Marty, Oumou Verbeten, Boldon, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3772: A bill for an act relating to public safety; banning the sale or use of a specific chemical compound used in tear gas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.731, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Wesenberg and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 3773: A bill for an act relating to natural resources, appropriating money to replace the Sullivan Lake Dam.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wesenberg, Rarick, Lucero, Drazkowski, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3774: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; prohibiting certain uses of money appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wesenberg, Holmstrom, Lieske, Lucero, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3775: A bill for an act relating to health care; eliminating coverage of abortion services from the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs; eliminating abortion and abortion-related services as a mandatory health benefit for health plans other than large group plans; prohibiting the inclusion of coverage for abortions and abortion-related services in the State Employees Group Insurance Program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.22; 62Q.524, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62Q.524, subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0625, subdivision 16.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Wesenberg, Lieske, Lucero, Farnsworth, and Holmstrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3776: A bill for an act relating to human rights; modifying the definition of sexual orientation for purposes of the Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.03, subdivision 44.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Wesenberg, Lucero, Drazkowski, Lieske, and Holmstrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3777: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a statue commemorating the life of Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in Utah on September 10, 2025.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wesenberg, Drazkowski, Lieske, Farnsworth, and Holmstrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3778: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for volunteer service performed by school resource officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Seeberger and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 3779: A bill for an act relating to travel insurance; providing for the licensing and registration of limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers; providing for the sale and regulation of travel insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60K.383; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65C.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Rasmusson, Utke, Marty, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3780: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release unredacted initial Optum reports.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 3781: A bill for an act relating to crimes; authorizing death penalty for capital offenses; providing statutory framework, including procedures and criteria for imposition of death penalty; authorizing Board of Pardons to hear petitions for commutations of death penalty sentences; providing for automatic appellate review of death penalty cases; providing for appointment of attorneys in death penalty cases; providing administrative framework for implementing death penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 243.05, subdivision 1; 609.10, subdivision 1; 609.106, by adding a subdivision; 609.12, subdivision 1; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.185; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 638; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Dornink, Rarick, Wesenberg, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3782: A bill for an act relating to paid leave; exempting certain S corporations from the paid leave program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Mann, Abeler, and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3783: A bill for an act relating to health; amending the definition of compounding of a drug to exempt the use of a flavoring agent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.01, subdivision 35, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann, Klein, and Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 3784: A bill for an act relating to health care; providing an alternative mechanism for prompt payment of emergency room and ambulance charges incurred by patients enrolled in very high deductible health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 60A.23, subdivision 8; 62Q.01, by adding a subdivision; 62Q.025, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Abeler, Oumou Verbeten, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3785: A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying employee identification numbers as not public data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 13.43, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Abeler and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3786: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; limiting cost-sharing for epilepsy-related prescription drugs and medical supplies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.481, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Abeler and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3787: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing public interest review by the Minnesota Department of Health on hospital and hospital campus cessations in operations, curtailments of operations, relocations of health services, and cessations in offering certain health services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Koran, Mathews, and Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 3788: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; authorizing Isanti County to impose a local sales tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 3789: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing the city of Roseau to impose a local sales tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 3790: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an education learning center in East Grand Forks; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3791: A bill for an act relating to mortgage foreclosures; clarifying right to postpone a mortgage sale; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 580.07, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 580.07, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3792: A bill for an act relating to energy; prohibiting recreational camping area owners from charging fees associated with the use of utility services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327.20, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Kreun, Mathews, Rasmusson, Wesenberg, and Heintzeman introduced--
S.F. No. 3793: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Fraud Isn't Free Act; requiring corrective action plans, enrollment freezes, agency budget reductions, and employee dismissal when fraud is committed against a program administered by the state; incorporating fraud impacts in budget forecasts; repealing the expiration of agency payment withholding authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.103, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 16A.103, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 16A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15.013, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Seeberger and Miller introduced--
S.F. No. 3794: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; allowing certain virtual-currency custody services to be offered and performed; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 48; 52.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 3795: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rail crossing improvements in the city of Shakopee; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 3796: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for trail improvements in the city of Prior Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pratt and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3797: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater treatment improvements in the city of Jordan; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators McEwen, Heintzeman, Lang, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3798: A bill for an act relating to legacy; clarifying which children's museums are eligible to receive children's museum competitive grants from the arts and cultural heritage fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Hauschild, Johnson Stewart, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3799: A bill for an act relating to legacy; modifying provisions of Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission; extending the availability of previous grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivisions 5, 7, 8, 10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivisions 3, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Hoffman, Marty, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3800: A bill for an act relating to energy; naming the community solar garden program for Melissa Hortman; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1641, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Putnam, Mohamed, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 3801: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Wallin Education Partners.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Gustafson and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 3802: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to New Pathways.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 3803: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting denial of an education based on immigration status; providing a civil cause of action when right to education is denied based on immigration status; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.319, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Rest, Latz, Kreun, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3804: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; modifying data protection requirements in certain property tax proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.51, subdivisions 2, 4; 271.06, subdivision 6; 278.05, subdivisions 3, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Latz and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3805: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing a tax donation checkoff to benefit crime victims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 270C.445, subdivisions 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Gustafson and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3806: A bill for an act relating to state government; naming the toboggan as the state sled; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3807: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Gustafson and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 3808: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying hunter-harvested venison donation program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.303.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Lieske, Bahr, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3809: A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring referendums for certain capital improvement projects by economic development authorities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 465.71; 469.103, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Lieske and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3810: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a ten-year homestead property tax exemption; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lieske, Bahr, Holmstrom, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3811: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting classroom instruction related to gender identity in public schools; requiring parental notification; establishing a grant program to include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education courses; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Lieske, Holmstrom, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3812: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting classroom instruction related to gender identity in public schools; requiring parental notification; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Lieske, Bahr, Holmstrom, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3813: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education courses; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Lieske, Lucero, Coleman, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3814: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the definition of an adult operator of a motorboat; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.30, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 3815: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; redesignating certain districts of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area in St. Paul Park.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Lieske, Holmstrom, Bahr, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3816: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying ballot access and related provisions for minor party candidates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 200.02, subdivision 23; 204B.03; 204B.06, by adding a subdivision; 204B.09, subdivision 1; 204B.12, subdivision 1; 204B.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 204D.07, subdivision 2; 204D.12; 204D.13, subdivision 2; 208.03; 208.04, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 204B.07, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 202A.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Lieske, Holmstrom, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3817: A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a property tax exemption for certain property; providing a subtraction for certain income earned by public safety officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Lieske, Bahr, Holmstrom, and Wesenberg introduced--
S.F. No. 3818: A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; repealing the estate tax and making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.4963, subdivision 2; 270B.01, subdivision 8; 270B.03, subdivision 1; 289A.01; 289A.02, subdivision 5; 289A.35; 289A.38, subdivision 7; 289A.50, subdivision 1; 289A.56, subdivision 3; 354A.11; 356.401, subdivision 1; 524.3-916; 524.3-1001; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 270C.585; 289A.10; 289A.18, subdivision 3; 289A.19, subdivision 4; 289A.20, subdivisions 3, 3a; 289A.30, subdivision 2; 289A.55, subdivision 7; 291.005; 291.01; 291.016; 291.03, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1d, 8, 9, 10, 11; 291.031; 291.075; 291.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 291.13, subdivisions 1, 3; 291.16; 291.21, subdivision 1; 291.215, subdivision 1; 291.27; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 289A.20, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Howe and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3819: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the Benton County Government Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 3820: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing a tax donation checkoff to benefit crime victims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 270C.445, subdivisions 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3821: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying Board of School Administrators reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.14, subdivision 10.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3822: A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting the use of prior authorization and step therapy for drugs used in the treatment of opioid use disorder under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3823: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring all local officials to file statements of economic interest; modifying reporting periods for statements of economic interest; modifying place of filing for certain statements of economic interest; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 10A.07, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.08, subdivision 1; 10A.09, subdivisions 5a, 6a; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 10A.09, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3824: A bill for an act relating to transportation; enacting various transportation-related policies; establishing bridge inspection standards; modifying active transportation education funding; modifying mandated reporting expiration dates; removing scenic byway designations; establishing truck parking improvement program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 165.01, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 165.03; 174.07, subdivision 1; 174.38, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 174.07, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 165; 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.14, subdivisions 6, 15, 17, 50.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Limmer, Kreun, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3825: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring loaded firearms be stored in locations where persons prohibited from possessing firearms cannot access the firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.666, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Kreun, Holmstrom, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3826: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying selection process for members of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.841.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3827: A bill for an act relating to occupations; modifying eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326.32, subdivisions 8, 10, 10a, 10c, 12; 326.33, subdivision 1; 326.3381, subdivisions 2, 4; 326.3382, subdivisions 1, 4; 326.3385, subdivision 2; 326.3386, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3828: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association statewide volunteer firefighter plan; Maple Plain fire department; modifying the procedures for terminating participation in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan by the Maple Plain fire department; requiring the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association to allocate the surplus of plan assets over liabilities to firefighters in the Maple Plain fire department in a two-stage allocation.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3829: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of the Medina water treatment plant; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Hawj, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3830: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Immigrant Development Center for a cultural mall.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Maye Quade and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 3831: A bill for an act relating to commerce; clarifying that consumer small and short-term loans include an earned wage access payday loan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 47.60, subdivisions 1, 3; 47.601, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Kupec, Dornink, Dahms, Putnam, and Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 3832: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying eligibility for the Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 3833: A bill for an act relating to legislature; establishing a Legislative Commission on Legislative Security; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 3834: A bill for an act relating to data privacy; expanding personal information protections for judicial officials to state legislators; creating a legislative task force to study personal information protections for government officials; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 480.40, subdivision 1; 480.45, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3835: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; allowing eggs to be donated past their quality assurance date; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 29.21, by adding a subdivision; 29.26.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Latz, Carlson, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 3836: A bill for an act relating to government data practices; classifying as public and extending retention requirements for certain firearm permit data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.87, subdivision 2; 624.714, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Latz, Clark, Westlin, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3837: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for an extreme risk protection orders public awareness campaign.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Weber and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 3838: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying requirements for entities offering biodegradable or compostable products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325E.046, subdivision 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Port, Johnson Stewart, and Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3839: A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing the issuance of housing infrastructure bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 462A.37, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3840: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing State Fire Code alcohol-blended fuel equipment compatibility standards; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3841: A bill for an act relating to insurance; making technical and date adjustments to the Minnesota premium security plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62E.23, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 62E.23, subdivision 1a; 297I.20, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.