State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, March 18, 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 Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4546: A bill for an act relating to education; requiring the Department of Revenue to designate scholarship granting organizations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Hoffman, Abeler, and Holmstrom introduced--
S.F. No. 4547: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing a county to approve up to 24 chickens on any lot by ordinance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 394.25, subdivision 3c.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4548: A bill for an act relating to local government; banning local elected officials from entering certain nondisclosure agreements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Bahr introduced--
S.F. No. 4549: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying escort requirements for certain oversized loads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.812, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Utke and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4550: A bill for an act relating to human services; creating the legislative working group on intellectual and developmental disabilities; providing appointments; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Utke and Koran introduced--
S.F. No. 4551: A bill for an act relating to fraud prevention; requiring providers, vendors, and individuals seeking to receive public money for providing services to submit proof of operation and finances for the most recent three years; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 142A; 245.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4552: A bill for an act relating to elections; Independent School District No. 535, Rochester; providing for school board elections under chapter 205A; amending Laws 1969, chapter 193, section 3, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4553: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance reimbursement rates for dental services and critical access dental providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.76, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4554: A bill for an act relating to energy; specifying required elements in an application to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of need for a petroleum pipeline; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 4555: A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying eligibility for public television station block grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 4556: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new facility for the Power of People Leadership Institute.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4557: A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for a grant to the public housing agency of the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 4558: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for road and utility infrastructure for the Sears site; authorizing the sale and issuance of appropriation bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4559: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying the definition of electronic voting system; permitting certain voting system rules and instructions to be made available to and acknowledged by a voter using mobile voting technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 203B.29, by adding a subdivision; 206.56, subdivision 8, by adding a subdivision; 206.58, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4560: A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing the Commanders Task Force; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4561: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying agriculture policy provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 17.81, by adding a subdivision; 18.77, subdivision 12, by adding subdivisions; 18.771; 18.79, subdivision 2; 18.81, subdivision 3; 18.82; 18.83, subdivision 3; 18.86; 18.91, subdivision 2; 18C.005, subdivisions 6, 6a, 25, 33, by adding a subdivision; 28A.0752; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 18.79, subdivision 3; 28A.04, subdivision 1; 28A.08, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18.77, subdivision 14; 28A.075.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Rasmusson and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 4562: A bill for an act relating to insurance; eliminating requirements necessary for a health carrier to discontinue individual health plans; establishing a state exception for a health carrier's uniform modification of coverage under an individual market health plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62A.65, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 62A.65, subdivisions 2, 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4563: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to sanitary sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the town of Silver Creek; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4564: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to expand the Essentia Wellness Center in the city of Hermantown; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4565: A bill for an act relating to housing; increasing the appropriation for the workforce housing development program; amending Laws 2025, chapter 32, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 1, 3.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4566: A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a onetime rate add-on for a nursing facility in Ely; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4567: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing enhanced penalties for theft from a vulnerable adult; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, subdivision 3a.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4568: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for construction materials for certain projects in the city of Ely.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Hauschild, Kupec, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 4569: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting a violation of the campfire maintenance law from being designated as a payable offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 88.15, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4570: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aid; modifying the minimum employment threshold to qualify as a peace officer in certain municipalities for purposes of police state aid apportionment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477C.01, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 4571: A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying eligible projects for the greater Minnesota housing infrastructure grant program; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota housing infrastructure grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462A.395, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 4572: A bill for an act relating to the State Board of Investment; modifying practices for billing, expenses, and reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 11A.07, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 11A.04; 11A.07, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4573: A bill for an act relating to employment; prohibiting certain use of artificial intelligence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.08, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4574: A bill for an act relating to consumer data privacy; creating the Minnesota Age-Appropriate Design Code Act; placing obligations on certain businesses regarding children's consumer information; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6505, by adding a subdivision; 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. 4575: A bill for an act relating to government records; prohibiting the use of generative artificial intelligence in official records; providing civil remedies and enforcement; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13E.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4576: A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring notice and a transitional employment period for employees displaced by artificial intelligence; imposing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Fateh and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 4577: A bill for an act relating to aeronautics; establishing certain requirements governing air transport and contracting related to detained individuals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.608, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 360.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4578: A bill for an act relating to solid waste; providing for methods of emissions measurements, emissions limits, and capacity limits for municipal solid waste incinerators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383B.235, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 4579: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Somali Museum of Minnesota.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4580: A bill for an act relating to state-operated human services; establishing classification alignment for Direct Care and Treatment employees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246C.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 4581: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing a child care assistance program absent days limit exemption; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.17, subdivision 10.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4582: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public and creating specific exceptions for law enforcement officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.735.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4583: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; providing protections to participants in and employees and operators of a health care provider wellness program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 214.41.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 4584: A bill for an act relating to children, youth, and families; appropriating money for youth intervention program supplemental grants.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 4585: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the wastewater treatment facility in the city of Greenfield; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4586: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying farm down payment assistance eligibility; modifying verification requirements for down payment assistance grant recipients; modifying a prior appropriation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 17.133, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2025, chapter 34, 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. 4587: A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying certain deferred compensation plan requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.24, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4588: A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing a process to change the investment return assumption for computing joint and survivor annuities; requiring an investment return assumption for computing joint and survivor annuities that has been approved or deemed approved to be included in the appendix to the standards for actuarial work; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.461, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 4589: A bill for an act relating to public safety; regulating visitor carrying of firearms on campuses of public postsecondary institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivision 18.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4590: A bill for an act relating to energy; making technical and clarifying changes to statutes related to the Public Utilities Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216.13; 216.16; 216.161; 216.17, subdivision 3; 216A.01; 216A.03, subdivisions 1, 6; 216A.05, subdivision 2; 216B.027, subdivision 7; 216B.06; 216B.098, subdivision 2; 216B.16, subdivision 19; 216B.1611, subdivision 3a; 216B.2412, by adding a subdivision; 216B.2422, subdivision 3; 216B.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 216B.43; 216B.62, subdivision 3a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.1681; 216B.1695; 216B.2412, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 4591: A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing standards for distributed energy resource aggregators; authorizing certain fees; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 4592: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for grants to Ignite Businesswomen Investment Group Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4593: A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing property tax refunds and renters credits by reducing co-pay percentages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 290.0693, subdivision 3; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4594: A bill for an act relating to employment; clarifying an employee's ability to waive a meal break; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.254, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Mohamed, Hoffman, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4595: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the Department of Human Services home and community-based services early and often licensor and compliance team; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.042, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Mohamed, Hoffman, Maye Quade, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 4596: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a Department of Human Services home and community-based services provider support and technical assistance team; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Kreun, Holmstrom, Gruenhagen, Rasmusson, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4597: A bill for an act relating to fraud; increasing the statute of limitations for crimes involving medical assistance fraud or other theft of money belonging to the government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 628.26.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Dibble and Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 4598: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements relating to design standards and variances in certain transportation projects; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 162.02, subdivision 3a, by adding subdivisions; 162.09, subdivision 3a, by adding subdivisions; 162.155; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Mohamed, Clark, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4599: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for a capital project grant to Agate Housing and Services; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 46.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Coleman and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4600: A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a task force on women's medical procedural pain; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Coleman and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4601: A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring ingredient disclosure for menstrual products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Coleman and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 4602: A bill for an act relating to civil law; requiring notification to a petitioner upon service of a harassment restraining order; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.748, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Rasmusson, Kreun, Koran, Lieske, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 4603: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring comparison of actual expenditures in forecasted programs to projected spending from prior forecasts; requiring notice to the legislative auditor when actual expenditures deviate from projected spending by a specified amount; establishing contingent cancellation of certain forecasted programs and services if actual expenditures deviate from projected spending by a specified amount; providing direction to the commissioner of management and budget regarding how to account for contingent cancellations of forecasted programs and services when preparing certain forecasts; requiring notice to certain committees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.972, subdivisions 2a, 2b, by adding a subdivision; 16A.103, by adding a subdivision; 142A.03, by adding subdivisions; 256.01, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mohamed, Hoffman, Rasmusson, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 4604: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring compliance training for high-risk medical assistance providers; requiring disclosure of the use of consultants to prepare certain license applications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245A.04, subdivisions 1, 7; 245A.05; 256B.051, subdivision 6; 256B.0701, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.051, subdivision 6b; 256B.0701, subdivision 11.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Kreun, Housley, and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 4605: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for asset preservation at the National Sports Center in the city of Blaine; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Mathews and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 4606: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; authorizing Sherburne County to impose a local sales and use tax.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Dornink, Kupec, Abeler, Howe, and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 4607: A bill for an act relating to employment; providing that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Abeler, Duckworth, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4608: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing levy limits for cities and counties; modifying the authorization process for additional levies above the limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 275.71, subdivisions 2, 4; 275.73, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 275.73, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Holmstrom, Lieske, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4609: A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing criminal penalties and expanding the scope of the doxxing crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.5151.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Johnson Stewart, Marty, and Clark introduced--
S.F. No. 4610: A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting certain single-use plastic use; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4611: A bill for an act relating to health; changing MNsure easy enrollment provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62V.13.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4612: A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating a reporting requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62V.05, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Wiklund introduced--
S.F. No. 4613: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provider disenrollment, premium payment requirements, and physician-directed clinic staff services coverage; recodifying certain language; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.01, subdivision 8; 245A.02, subdivision 5a; 245D.081, subdivision 3; 256B.057, subdivision 9; 256B.0625, subdivision 4; 256B.0949, subdivision 17; 256L.05, subdivision 3; 256L.06, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0949, subdivision 16; Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 4, section 12, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 4614: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying due process procedures for home and community-based residential services; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.095, by adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivisions 1b, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15.013, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Latz, Mann, Putnam, Duckworth, and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 4615: A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing the city of Edina to issue a social district license.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Pappas, Clark, Oumou Verbeten, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 4616: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to the Clemency Review Commission.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 4617: A bill for an act relating to local government; changing the length of terms for appointees to the Red Wing Port Authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 469.081, subdivision 3a.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 4618: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing operation of certain autonomous vehicles and on-demand autonomous vehicle networks; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.011, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.