State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, May 11, 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 Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 5273: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements governing electronic motor vehicle documents; requiring certain electronic titling and lien release; providing for certain electronic transmission and signatures related to motor vehicles; modifying rulemaking authority; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.33, subdivision 8a; 168A.06; 168A.09, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 168A.14, as amended; 168A.18; 168A.20; 168A.24; 168A.29, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168A.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5274: A bill for an act relating to education; providing anonymous threat reporting system grants to schools; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5275: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; increasing the amount of the Minnesota child credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0661, subdivisions 3, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 5276: A bill for an act relating to housing; creating eligibility for assistance to manufactured home owners experiencing economic displacement; eliminating maximum threshold for assistance through the manufactured home relocation trust fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 327C.015, by adding a subdivision; 327C.03, subdivision 6; 327C.095, subdivision 13; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 327C.095, subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Champion, McEwen, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 5277: A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying the definition of employee under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act and whistleblower protections to explicitly include incarcerated people; modifying the Public Employee Labor Relations Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 to include incarcerated persons; reclassifying inmates in state correctional institutions as employees; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 177.23, subdivision 7; 179A.03, subdivision 14; 181.931, subdivision 2; 182.651, subdivision 9; 241.27, subdivision 1; 243.23; 243.88, subdivision 2; 363A.03, subdivision 15.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators McEwen and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 5278: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring covered employers to provide commuter benefits to covered employees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 5279: A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the operating referendum ballot notice; eliminating the authority for the school board to renew a referendum without seeking voter approval unless notice requirements are met; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 126C.17, subdivision 9b.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Dibble and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 5280: A bill for an act relating to transportation; creating a mobility hub working group; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.