State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, April 15, 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 Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 5130: A bill for an act relating to legacy; appropriating money from the clean water fund for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 5131: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from the environment and natural resources trust fund for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 5132: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for the city of Oakdale for the construction of certain government facilities.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 5133: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Oakdale; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 5134: A bill for an act relating to labor; creating and regulating collective bargaining rights for transportation network company drivers; authorizing rulemaking; establishing a civil penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181C.03; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179B.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5135: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rehabilitation of the Gateway State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 5136: A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing a civil cause of action for disparagement of perishable food products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 5137: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for the Office of the Inspector General within the Department of Education; providing for access to records by the Office of the Inspector General; classifying data; providing for immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation; establishing a process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.21, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4, 6, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 13.82, subdivision 1; 127A.21, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Mathews introduced--
S.F. No. 5138: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing criminal penalties for bribing or corruptly influencing a juror; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.425; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Rarick introduced--
S.F. No. 5139: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying class 2 agricultural property classification to include certain farm wineries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Rasmusson and Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 5140: A bill for an act relating to health occupations; authorizing the operation of remote pickup sites from which patients may obtain drugs and devices dispensed by a managing pharmacy; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 5141: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the Department of Public Safety from accepting private funds for any purpose; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.012.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Coleman, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5142: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage of medical services and prescription medications for the treatment of dementia; modifying step therapy requirements for medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mohamed, Marty, McEwen, and Mann introduced--
S.F. No. 5143: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting the sale and possession of toxic ammunition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 87A.02, subdivision 2; 87A.10; 97A.045, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325F; 624.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Mohamed, Johnson Stewart, McEwen, Wiklund, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 5144: A bill for an act relating to airports; requiring transparency regarding immigrant detention flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 5145: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Brooklyn Park.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 5146: A bill for an act relating to economic development; defining the Brooklyn Park City Council as the economic development authority; amending Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 2, section 12, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.