State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, April 27, 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 Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5212: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the local public housing program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 5213: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvement projects in the city of Osseo; canceling an appropriation for a grant to the city of Osseo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 5214: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing an interstate licensure compact for athletic trainers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Carlson introduced--
S.F. No. 5215: A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to establish a graduated sanctions grid for technical violations of probation, parole, and supervised release; mandating use of the graduated sanctions grid; limiting revocations for technical violations; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Westrom introduced--
S.F. No. 5216: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for bridge replacement in the city of Chokio; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 5217: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to provide coverage for cancer screenings pursuant to American Cancer Society guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62A.30, subdivision 2; 62Q.50; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 5218: A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting a license processing fee for a lifetime substitute teaching license application; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.21, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 5219: A bill for an act relating to transportation; taxation; modifying motor vehicle registration tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168.013, subdivision 1a.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 5220: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; modifying provisions relating to the statewide volunteer firefighting plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353G.01, by adding subdivisions; 353G.02, subdivision 4; 353G.05, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1d, 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; 353G.07; 353G.075; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 353G.082, subdivision 3; 353G.085; 353G.14, by adding a subdivision; 353G.18, subdivisions 2, 4; 353G.19, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 353G.01, subdivision 7b; 353G.11, subdivisions 2, 2a; 353G.19, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Lucero introduced--
S.F. No. 5221: A bill for an act relating to consumer data privacy; governing certain geolocation data; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Rarick, Jasinski, Farnsworth, Green, and Dornink introduced--
S.F. No. 5222: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for improvements at the Duluth International Airport.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 5223: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the National Service Park in the city of Plainview; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Holmstrom, Wesenberg, Lieske, Lucero, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 5224: A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the disorderly house crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.33, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Holmstrom, Wesenberg, Lieske, Lucero, and Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 5225: A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, by adding a section; recognizing that a preborn child has the right to life.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senators Kreun and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 5226: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying training requirements for school board members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.09, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Mohamed, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 5227: A bill for an act relating to economic security; establishing a prenatal and newborn benefit program to provide financial support to families with newborns; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268B.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 5228: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; establishing a sustainable construction and demolition waste grant program; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Pappas, Hawj, and Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5229: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local sales and use; modifying uses of the St. Paul local sales tax; amending Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivision 2b, as added.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 5230: A bill for an act relating to human services; delaying implementation of the single dental administrator for the medical assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0371, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.0371, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 5231: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; repealing the exemption for data centers; repealing the contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.02, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 216B.02, subdivision 12; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 297A.68, subdivision 42; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 7, section 8.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.