Law appropriates $6.5 million from General Fund for capital projects

Several capital investment projects will be funded with just over $10.5 million from the General Fund.

The projects total $10.5 million, but the net cost is $6.5 million because just more than $4 million of prior authorizations are cancelled. The law also extends to Dec. 31, 2029, the availability of $4 million previously allocated for skate park projects in Brainerd, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Northfield, Rochester, St. Paul, and Winona.

Here’s what’s in the 2025 law:

• $3.5 million for a wastewater industrial treatment facility in Litchfield;

• $2.44 million for a new local public housing program to be administered by the Minnesota Housing Authority to fund capital costs for development or acquisition of housing owned by a city or county. The program also allows for funding for Tribes and Tribal housing entities to receive funding if the money comes from the housing development fund;

• $1 million for law enforcement entry devices at schools;

• $1 million for grants to businesses within the Capitol Area for capital improvements;

• $1 million to the city of Minneapolis for the Center for Communication and Development for operational and facility support to facilitate the center’s investment and expansion in the city of Minneapolis;

• $750,000 for improvements at the Minnesota Transportation Museum, including roof and roundhouse doors replacements, masonry stabilization, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act;

• $500,000 for an officer hearing protection program that will make hearing protection products available to qualified applicants at no cost; and

• $325,000 to replace the Henry Mower Rice statue in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol with a statue of Hubert H. Humphrey.

Sponsored by Rep. Fue Lee (DFL-Mpls) and Sen. Sandra Pappas (DFL-St Paul), the law took effect June 15, 2025.

2025 Special Session: SSHF17*/SSSF22/CH14

HF1014* / SF1758 / CH14