State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, April 13, 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 Heintzeman, Drazkowski, Hoffman, Johnson Stewart, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 5068: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring an easement to be granted in Crow Wing County.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 5069: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for research and educational dairy facilities at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Nelson introduced--
S.F. No. 5070: A bill for an act relating to fraud; requiring nonemergency medical transportation providers to operate vehicles equipped with a global positioning system and rear-facing camera, compile certain information for each trip, and retain recordings for two years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 17b, 18h; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 174.30, subdivision 3; 256B.0625, subdivision 17.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 5071: A bill for an act relating to health; creating an exception to assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements for a facility in Hennepin County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144G.45, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 5072: A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying election of a member's retirement annuity for deferred vested members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 354.44, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 5073: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying prior appropriations; modifying agriculture policy provisions; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 17.458, subdivision 1; 18J.01; 18J.02; 18J.03; 18J.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 18J.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 18J.06; 18J.07, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 18J.09; 18K.02, subdivisions 5, 6; 18K.04, subdivision 1; 21.111; 21.112, by adding a subdivision; 21.113; 21.115; 21.117; 21.119; 21.1195; 21.891, subdivision 2; 28A.0752; 32D.30, subdivision 5; 41A.19; 41B.048, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 17.1017, subdivision 9; 28A.04, subdivision 1; 28A.08, subdivision 3; Laws 2025, chapter 34, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 2, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 21; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18K.02, subdivision 7; 18K.03, subdivision 2; 28A.075.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators McEwen, Hawj, Port, Maye Quade, and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5074: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring an employer to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection; prohibiting employers from allowing federal immigration into nonpublic work areas; imposing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 5075: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; modifying the early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age; increasing employer contributions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 37; 354.44, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 5076: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to Saint Paul Regional Water Services for improvements to the Fridley pump station and to replace lead drinking water service lines; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pha, Dibble, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 5077: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; repealing the exemptions for preferred athletic facility seating and amenities included with the privilege of admissions; appropriating money for safe harbor shelter and housing grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.61, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 297A.67, subdivisions 35, 38; 297A.68, subdivision 46.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 5078: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new water tower in the city of Hanska; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 5079: A bill for an act relating to veterans; canceling an appropriation.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 5080: A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying the Minnesota correctional industries program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.27, subdivisions 6, 7, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 5081: A bill for an act relating to taxation; proposing a plastic bottle excise tax to fund water infrastructure projects; establishing an account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297H.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 5082: A bill for an act relating to weights and measures; modifying certain sign and label requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 239.7511; 239.761, subdivision 4b.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Holmstrom and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 5083: A bill for an act relating to legacy; requiring recipients of legacy money to include alternative text on websites to describe legacy logo; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 85.53, subdivision 2; 97A.056, subdivision 11; 114D.50, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 129D.17, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Holmstrom, Duckworth, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 5084: A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying the definition of gifted and talented students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.15.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Dibble, Johnson Stewart, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Mohamed, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 5085: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a program to make all pedestrian crossings in the state compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Fateh and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 5086: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for phase 2 of the Avivo regional treatment, career, and employment center campus in Hennepin County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 5087: A bill for an act relating to public safety; civil law; creating a public nuisance cause of action for certain conduct related to the sale, marketing, importing, distribution, and manufacturing of firearms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 5088: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a code of ethics for the legislative branch; changing data practices provisions; requiring rounding for cash transaction; determining a mandate to direct funds to a specific or uniquely qualified person is not valid; changing grant management and procurement provisions; defining terms; changing a provision under state personnel management; waiving building permit in a certain site; requiring return and cancellation of tax-forfeited settlement appropriation not needed; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.02, subdivisions 7a, 16; 13.605, subdivision 1; 16B.98, by adding a subdivision; 16B.981, subdivision 2; 16C.02, by adding subdivisions; 16C.06, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 43A.23, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 16A.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Pappas and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 5089: A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the West 7th Street Improvement Project in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 5090: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring social media platforms to implement interoperability interface; providing for enforcement and penalties; 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.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 5091: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; repealing certain exemptions; making changes to deposit of revenues; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.82, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.82, subdivisions 4, 4a.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 5092: A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying the date by which manufacturers are required to submit information about products containing intentionally added PFAS; clarifying the use of PFAS in certain products as currently unavoidable uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.943, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 116.943, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Frentz, Pappas, Westlin, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 5093: A bill for an act relating to retirement; revising various retirement statutes to include references to the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353.01, subdivisions 16, 37; 353.0141, subdivision 1; 353.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 353.15, subdivision 1; 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7b, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.33, subdivisions 3, 7a, 11; 353.34, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.37, subdivision 5; 353.46, subdivision 2; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.302, subdivisions 1, 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.315, subdivision 9; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415, subdivision 2; 356.461, subdivision 2; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.48, subdivision 1; 356.611, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 356.215, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 5094: A bill for an act relating to children and families; modifying the commissioner's duties related to allocating federal SNAP fiscal disallowances or sanctions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.01, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 142A.03, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 5095: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for clean water infrastructure in the city of Cottage Grove.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Frentz, Pappas, Westlin, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 5096: A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.415, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353H.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Frentz, Pappas, Westlin, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 5097: A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing the probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; revising various retirement statutes to include references to the probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.75, subdivision 2; 352.951; 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.315, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5098: A bill for an act relating to children and families; requiring public disclosure of information related to child fatalities and near fatalities; modifying requirements for the child mortality review panel annual report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 260E.35, subdivision 7; 260E.39, subdivisions 4, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 5099: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring fraud risk scoring and fraud risk score benchmarks for grants to political subdivisions; establishing a pilot program; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 5100: 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; providing for data center energy generation redundancy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116D.04, subdivision 4a; 216B.02, by adding a subdivision; 216B.243, subdivision 8; 216I.02, by adding a subdivision; 216I.07, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 103G.265, subdivision 5; 216B.02, subdivision 12; 216B.1623; 216B.1691, subdivision 2f; 216B.72; 216I.07, subdivision 3; 297A.68, subdivision 42.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Miller, Rest, Jasinski, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5101: A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a sports and events reimbursement program; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168E.09, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 290.62; 295.75, subdivision 11, by adding a subdivision; 295.81, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 295.81, subdivision 10; 297A.94; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 270C.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dahms and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5102: A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for a grant to fund renewable energy projects in the Lower Sioux Indian Community; requiring reports.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 5103: A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting contractual provisions between hospitals and health plan companies; defining terms relating to provider contracting agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.733, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 5104: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a Youth Stabilization Program grant; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 5105: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Northgate Development, LLC, for workforce training for employment in renewable energy and related construction.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 5106: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing utility wildfire safety plans; authorizing certain cost recovery; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 216B; 604.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5107: A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing criminal penalties for certain domestic violence-related crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 518B.01, subdivision 14; 609.2242, subdivision 4; 629.75, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5108: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5109: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring health impact assessments to be conducted in certain circumstances to assess the impact of proposed projects on human health; assigning duties to the commissioner of health; authorizing rulemaking by the Environmental Quality Board; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116D.04, subdivision 1a; 116D.045; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5110: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new secure psychiatric residential treatment facility operated by Direct Care and Treatment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 5111: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing safe schools revenue; making safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.44.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 5112: A bill for an act relating to transit; requiring notice to the legislature regarding certain light rail transit project changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.3993, subdivision 1; 473.3999, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Jasinski, Miller, Kreun, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5113: A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxation; modifying motor vehicle registration tax; transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.081, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168.013, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Abeler, Gustafson, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5114: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring food manufacturers and brand owners to report ortho-phthalate testing results of packaged food products to the commissioner of agriculture; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 34A.01, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 34A.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Koran, Lang, Pratt, and Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 5115: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring certain materials used in covered projects to be manufactured in the United States; providing for waivers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators McEwen, Maye Quade, and Hemmingsen-Jaeger introduced--
S.F. No. 5116: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing a state general levy for certain residential homestead property; modifying the city aid formula for certain cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 477A.013, subdivision 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.013, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.