State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, April 20, 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 Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 5172: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying off-highway vehicle safety and conservation program and uses of off-highway vehicle accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.794, subdivision 2; 84.803, subdivision 2; 84.9011, subdivision 2; 84.927, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 5173: A bill for an act relating to state government; expanding the scope of vehicles requiring an overweight vehicle special permit; restricting local ordinances affecting aggregate mining or production facilities; requiring a legislative audit of the aggregate production tax; appropriating money for aggregate resource inventory; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.869, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 5174: A bill for an act relating to environment; enacting the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act; establishing a covered electronics device manufacturer electronic waste recycling program; establishing an Electronics Recycling Advisory Task Force; creating civil penalties; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1310, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 115A.1312; 115A.1314; 115A.1316; 115A.1318; 115A.1320; 115A.1322; 115A.1323; 115A.1324; 115A.1326; 115A.1328; 115A.1330; 115A.9157, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 325E.125, subdivisions 3, 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 5175: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for municipal infrastructure supporting an industrial park in the city of East Grand Forks; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 5176: A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing a cooperative development grant program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 5177: A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; establishing a tax credit for employer-provided child care expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 5178: A bill for an act relating to taxation; federal taxes; adopting the Interstate Fiscal Sovereignty Compact; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 289B.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Nelson, Housley, Duckworth, Abeler, and Heintzeman introduced--
S.F. No. 5179: A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting coercing a pregnant minor female into seeking or obtaining an abortion; screening and reporting suspected cases of human trafficking of minors; requiring certain information to be displayed; adding action for wrongful death resulting from abortion; requiring rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 5180: A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring acceptance of best evidence to determine subsurface sewage treatment system compliance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115.55, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 5181: A bill for an act relating to retirement; creating a career rule for teachers aged 60 with 30 years of service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 37; 354.42, subdivision 3; 354.44, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 5182: A bill for an act relating to pensions; modifying employee and employer contributions to the general employees retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 5183: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying a prior appropriation for Thompson County Park in Dakota County; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 11, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Johnson introduced--
S.F. No. 5184: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a runway extension and other capital improvements at the Thief River Falls Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.