State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Thursday, March 5, 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 Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4149: A bill for an act relating to state government; changing provisions for grants management; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16B.97, subdivisions 4, 5; 16B.98, subdivision 11; 16B.991, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4150: A bill for an act relating to cannabis; requiring cannabis business license applications to be available in Spanish; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 342.14, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators McEwen and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4151: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Duluth International Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Farnsworth and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4152: A bill for an act relating to real property; temporarily exempting plats in St. Louis County from certifications related to taxes.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pratt, Marty, Johnson, Dahms, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4153: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring state agencies to provide certain data to the Legislative Budget Office; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.8853, subdivision 4; 13.64, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4154: A bill for an act relating to public defenders; appropriating money for the Board of Public Defense.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4155: A bill for an act relating to local government; repealing deadlines for establishment of special service districts and housing improvement districts; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 428A.101; 428A.21.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4156: A bill for an act relating to education; allowing districts that provide digital instruction to administer state assessments remotely; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.30, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 24, subdivision 29.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Utke and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4157: A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing for and regulating short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 59E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Jasinski, Hauschild, Putnam, and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4158: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 4159: A bill for an act relating to driver and vehicle services; providing public safety commissioner debt collection authority; authorizing in-person pickup of physical items delivered following Driver and Vehicle Services online transactions; modifying deputy registrar fee retention procedures; appropriating money to reimburse deputy registrars and driver's license agents for no-fee transactions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.0135, subdivision 3; 168.33, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 168.33, subdivision 7a; 171.061, subdivision 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4160: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting the sale and use of paraquat dichloride; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to collect and dispose of paraquat dichloride; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4161: A bill for an act relating to intoxicating liquor; authorizing seasonal licenses for resorts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.404, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4162: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a fire station in the city of Cass Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Jasinski, Gruenhagen, Howe, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4163: A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing provisions related to the transportation greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment; modifying a prior appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.03, subdivision 1c; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 174.49, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 161.178, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; 161.1782; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 161.178, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4164: A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; modifying various provisions governing nondepository financial institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 47.20, subdivision 1; 47.59, subdivision 1; 47.60, subdivision 1; 53.04, subdivision 3a; 53B.74; 53C.09, subdivision 4; 56.002; 56.01; 56.05; 58.06, subdivision 2; 58B.051; 332.52, subdivision 3; 332B.04, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 56.08; 332A.02, subdivision 2; 332A.04, subdivision 1; 332B.02, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4165: A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the commissioner of health to award grants for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs and programs to train high school students as peer mentors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.56, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Coleman and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 4166: A bill for an act relating to health; advancing reproductive health education; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Hoffman, Westlin, Murphy, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4167: A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for security and protective services of certain state officials; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 299D.03, subdivision 1; 299E.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299E.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 4168: A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying the application of certain residential mortgage loan fees and penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 58.137, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Johnson Stewart and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4169: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying tax on electricity sold as vehicle fuel; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 296A.01, subdivisions 43a, 43b; 296A.051; 296A.075, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5; 296A.19; 296A.22, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 4170: A bill for an act relating to health; making physical therapists and physical therapist assistants eligible for loan forgiveness under the health professional education loan forgiveness program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1501, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Port and Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 4171: A bill for an act relating to housing; providing for submetered utility service final billing for vacating tenants; modifying provisions related to the payment of rent by tenants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.023, by adding a subdivision; 504B.118; 504B.216, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 4172: A bill for an act relating to veterans; modifying eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 197.236, subdivisions 8, 9.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Kupec and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 4173: A bill for an act relating to environment; exempting veterinary products from the prohibition on products containing PFAS; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.943, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 4174: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials used in certain projects in the city of Albert Lea.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4175: A bill for an act relating to children and families; appropriating money for a grant to Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches for site selection and property acquisition for a new services and supports facility.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Fateh, Maye Quade, Hoffman, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4176: A bill for an act relating to immigration; limiting state and local government participation in federal civil immigration enforcement efforts; restricting where certain arrests can be made; creating a cause of action for certain violations of constitutional rights; requiring hospitals to establish and implement policies for interactions with law enforcement agents; providing for enforcement; providing immunity for certain acts; 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; classifying data; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 13.32, subdivision 5; 181.932, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 120A; 135A; 144; 604; 629; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 631.50; 631.51.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 4177: A bill for an act relating to business organizations; modernizing and correcting provisions governing business services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5.23, subdivision 1; 268.058, subdivision 1; 336A.08, subdivisions 1, 4; 336A.09, subdivision 1; 336A.13; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5.23, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 4178: A bill for an act relating to corrections; limiting use of urinalysis tests for supervised individuals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.05, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Koran, Kreun, Heintzeman, and Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4179: A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing the penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.43.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4180: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4181: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; authorizing Douglas County to impose a local sales tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Mohamed, Port, Pha, Clark, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4182: A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; permitting local moratoriums on evictions based on nonpayment of rent; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Gustafson, Hauschild, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4183: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant for a local news talent pipeline program.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4184: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; modifying requirements and limitations relating to Medicare-related coverage; repealing Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, sections 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Westlin, and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 4185: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Forensic Science Laboratory; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 4186: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying definitions and registration requirements for motorized bicycles and motorcycles powered by electric motors; requiring sellers of certain motorized bicycles and motorcycles powered by electric motors to have a dealer license; prohibiting certain vehicles from using public roads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.787, subdivision 7; 84.788, subdivision 12; 168.27, subdivision 1; 169.011, subdivisions 40b, 45; 169.02, subdivision 1; 169.223, by adding a subdivision; 169.974, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168.27, subdivision 22.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Pappas, Oumou Verbeten, Hawj, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4187: A bill for an act relating to infectious waste; requiring notice of unlawfully transported infectious waste; requiring inspections of infectious waste generators; assessing financial penalties for unlawfully transporting infectious waste; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116.78, by adding a subdivision; 116.79, by adding a subdivision; 116.83, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Rarick and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4188: A bill for an act relating to taxes; local sales and use; authorizing the Cloquet Area Fire District to impose a local sales tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Coleman and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4189: A bill for an act relating to health; directing the commissioner of health to study and report on activities to support innovations in cell and gene therapy to treat rare diseases; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4190: A bill for an act relating to public safety; classifying functions performed by protective agent license holders and their employees; establishing minimum preservice and continuing training requirements for protective agents and their employees based on the functions performed by the person; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326.3361, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 326.3381, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.