MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE
AND NOT ACTED UPON
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received prior
to adjournment sine die of the House and were not reported or acted upon:
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:
H. F. No. 719, A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the conveyance of state bond-financed property; modifying and canceling prior appropriations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; providing for a temporary registration tax reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 446A.077, subdivisions 3, 4; 446A.086, subdivision 11; 457A.03, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 134.45, subdivision 4; 446A.082; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, sections 16, subdivision 39; 17, subdivision 13, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, sections 16, subdivision 19; 21, subdivision 9.
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate has concurred in and adopted the report of the Conference Committee on:
H. F. No. 2438, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating money for transportation purposes, including Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and Metropolitan Council activities; modifying prior appropriations; transferring money; modifying various policy and finance provisions; modifying and providing for allocation of certain fees; directing certain rulemaking; requiring studies; modifying and requiring certain legislative reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 4.076, subdivisions 4, 5; 161.115, subdivision 177; 161.178, subdivisions 1, 2a, 8, by adding a subdivision; 162.16; 168.002, subdivision 6; 168.013, subdivision 1m; 168.091; 168.1287, subdivisions 1, 5; 168.27, subdivisions 8, 11, 16, 22; 168.33, by adding a subdivision; 168A.11, subdivision 1; 168E.01, by adding subdivisions; 168E.05, subdivision 1; 169.011, subdivision 36; 169.06, subdivision 5; 169.09, subdivision 8; 169.14, subdivision 1a; 169.686, subdivision 1; 169.865, subdivisions 1a, 3; 169A.55, subdivision 5; 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.05, subdivision 1; 171.06, by adding a subdivision; 171.0605, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, by adding a subdivision; 171.13, subdivisions 7, 8; 171.17, subdivision 1; 171.2405, subdivision 1; 171.301, subdivision 1; 171.306, subdivisions 1, 4; 174.02, by adding a subdivision; 174.03, subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision; 174.07, subdivision 3; 174.38, subdivision 4; 174.49, by adding a subdivision; 174.56; 174.634, subdivision 2; 289A.51, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 297A.993, subdivision 2a; 299A.01, by adding a subdivision; 360.511, by adding subdivisions; 360.55, subdivisions 4, 4a, 8, by adding a subdivision; 398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 473.13, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 473.408, by adding a subdivision; 473.4465, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 45; Laws 2023, chapter
60, article 10, section 9; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 2, 3; article 4, section 109; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 137; 168; 168A; 174.
The Senate has repassed said bill in accordance with the recommendation and report of the Conference Committee. Said House File is herewith returned to the House.
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:
H. F. No. 2484, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for library construction grants.
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
Madam Speaker:
This is to inform you that the Senate is about to adjourn the Ninety-fourth Session sine die.
Thomas S. Bottern, Secretary of the Senate
PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were received
prior to adjournment sine die of the House:
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL
55155
May 15,
2026
The
Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The
State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Demuth:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
H. F. No. 3709, relating to financial institutions; allowing certain virtual-currency custody services to be offered and performed.
H. F. No. 4987, relating to transportation; providing for certain local highway designations; designating a portion of Ramsey County State-Aid Highway 96 as "Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway."
H. F. No. 3522,
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Bobby Joe Champion
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2026 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2026 |
Date Filed 2026 |
856 92 9:59 a.m.
May 14 May
15
3709 93 10:00 a.m. May 14 May
15
4987 94 10:00 a.m. May 14 May 15
476 95 10:02
a.m. May 14 May 15
3522 96 9:58 a.m.
May 14 May
15
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL
55155
May 18,
2026
The
Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The
State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Demuth:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
H. F. No. 3404,
H. F. No. 1141, relating to housing; establishing supplemental budget for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; making policy, finance, and technical changes to housing provisions; authorizing an issuance of housing infrastructure bonds; modifying agency authority over the housing development fund; authorizing certain investment authority for housing and redevelopment agencies; modifying certain income provisions for lived-experience engagement with the agency; modifying agency meeting requirements; requiring reports; transferring money; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 4239, relating to campaign finance; providing for certain noncampaign disbursements; providing for classification of certain data; providing for certain complaints; modifying certain requirements for reports, written communications, and disclaimers.
H. F. No. 4240, relating to elections; making various changes related to election administration; modifying provisions related to absentee voting; modifying timelines; prohibiting elected officials and candidates from betting on elections; making technical and clarifying changes; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 3426, relating to natural resources; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; extending certain prior appropriations; modifying provisions on expenditures from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying requirements for community grants program.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
COMMUNICATIONS
REVEIVED
SUBSEQUENT
TO ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE
PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were received
subsequent to adjournment sine die of the House:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL 55155
May 19, 2026
The
Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The State
of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Demuth:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
H. F. No. 5074, relating to
claims against the state; providing for the settlement of certain claims;
appropriating money.
H. F. No. 4074,
relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; making
administrative and technical changes; Public Employees Retirement Association
local government correctional service retirement plan; reducing the employee
and employer contribution rates and increasing postretirement adjustments;
public employees police and fire retirement plan; reducing the waiting period
for post-retirement adjustments; providing direct state aid; Teachers
Retirement Association; making administrative changes; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association;
decreasing employee contributions; providing direct state aid; modifying the
termination process for firefighter relief associations; implementing
recommendations of the state auditor's fire relief association working group;
special legislation for the Maple Plain fire department termination of
participation in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan; modifying the
definition of salary to exclude pay for Minnesota paid leave; requiring the
employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions to the
pension plan that covers the annuitant; authorizing elected officials to
participate in the health care savings plan; Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement
Program; making administrative changes; revising enrollment, notice, annual
reporting, and board of director requirements; State Board of Investment;
modifying expense apportionment among funds managed by the State Board of
Investment; establishing work groups on relief associations and duty
disability; establishing the Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement subplan
administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; establishing the Local
Government Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement Plan administered by the
Public Employees Retirement Association; transfers from the general fund to the
new probation and telecommunicator to fund a temporary reduction in employee
contribution rates; special legislation for an individual's periods of omitted
service; special legislation for an individual with a missing higher education
individual retirement account; making technical changes; appropriating and
transferring money.
H. F. No. 3067, relating to
education; clarifying paraprofessional qualifications.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Bobby Joe Champion
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2026 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2026 |
Date Filed 2026 |
4760 97 4:22
p.m. May 18 May
18
3404 98 4:22
p.m. May 18 May
18
3210 99 4:23
p.m. May 18 May
18
1141 100 4:21
p.m. May 18 May
18
4239 101 4:15
p.m. May 18 May
18
4240 102 4:15
p.m. May 18 May
18
3720 103 4:17
p.m. May 18 May
18
3426 104 4:18
p.m. May 18 May
18
5074 105 1:47
p.m. May 19 May
19
4074 106 1:47
p.m. May 19 May
19
3067 107 1:49
p.m. May 19 May
19
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL
55155
May 26,
2026
The
Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The
State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Demuth:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
H. F. No. 4138, relating to
civil law; establishing requirements for social media platforms related to
accounts for minors; establishing enforcement mechanisms for regulations on
child social media accounts.
H. F. No. 3298, relating to
energy; establishing reimbursement program for underground petroleum storage
tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel piping.
H. F. No. 3900, relating to
state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article
XI, section 8; modifying the investment, management, and distribution policy
for the permanent school fund.
H. F. No. 3629, relating to
state government; providing program payment withholding for credible allegation
of fraud; changing grants management provisions; requiring program integrity
reports.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE
OF MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Bobby Joe Champion
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2026 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2026 |
Date Filed 2026 |
3891 110 9:11
a.m. May 26 May
26
4138 111 9:12 a.m. May 26 May 26
4339 112 9:13
a.m. May 26 May
26
3298 113 9:14 a.m. May 26 May 26
3900 114 9:15 a.m. May 26 May 26
3432 118 9:17
a.m. May 26 May
26
3629 122 9:20 a.m. May 26 May 26
4401 123 9:21
a.m. May 26 May
26
4612 127 9:23
a.m. May 26 May
26
5200 131 9:30
a.m. May 26 May
26
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT
PAUL 55155
May 27,
2026
The
Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The State
of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Demuth:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
H. F. No. 3489, relating to education;
requiring reporting to licensing boards; establishing the criminal offense of
grooming; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 3825, relating
to health occupations; modifying licensing and scope of practice for
acupuncture and herbal medicine practice, athletic training, mortuary science,
social work, dentistry practice, marriage and family therapy, pharmacy
practice, physical therapists, and advanced practice registered nurses;
establishing registration for massage therapists and Asian bodywork therapists;
establishing licensure for music therapists; modifying certain unlicensed
practice provisions; establishing advisory councils; imposing civil penalties;
requiring reports; imposing fees; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 4252, relating to
higher education; modifying student aid reporting requirements; limiting use of
student fees for maintaining certain athletic facilities; permitting lease of
land for Rochester Community and Technical College; modifying American Indian
Scholars program eligibility; modifying provisions related to private career
schools; modifying provisions related to private and out-of-state public
postsecondary institutions; expanding eligibility for paid blood donation leave
to include employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities;
requiring postsecondary institutions to provide priority registration for
pregnant and parenting students; requiring reports; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 2433, relating to
education finance; modifying the calculation of compensatory aid for fiscal
year 2027; modifying the allocation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2028;
requiring anonymous threat reporting systems; providing anonymous threat
reporting system grants to schools; requiring reports; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 4591, relating to
state government; providing for the operation of legislative organization,
government administrative and finance functions, Board of the Arts, Board of
Barber Examiners, and Board of Cosmetology Examiners; establishing the Melissa
and Mark Hortman Memorial State Park Working Group; establishing fees;
requiring a report; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 4188, relating to
commerce; adding and modifying various provisions governing consumer
protection, financial institutions, securities, insurance, unclaimed property,
weights and measures, and lawful gambling; modifying the Minnesota premium
security plan; eliminating the prescription drug affordability advisory
council; making various technical changes; requiring reports.
H. F. No. 4492, relating to
education; modifying the Read Act; requiring early literacy field experience
for certain teacher candidates; establishing a high school diploma for
veterans; requiring rulemaking.
H. F. No. 2438, relating to
financing and operation of state and local government; modifying individual
income taxes, corporate franchise taxes, property taxes and credits, local
government aids, sales and use taxes, minerals taxes, tax increment financing
provisions, public finance provisions, and other various taxes and tax-related
provisions; providing for federal income tax conformity; modifying income tax
credits; modifying provisions related to claims for income tax refunds;
providing for a direct free filing system for individual income taxes;
extending the pass-through entity tax; providing for seasonal tax base
replacement aid; modifying property tax exemptions and classifications;
providing a onetime increase in homestead credit refunds; modifying
distributions of minerals tax proceeds and exemptions for contributions to
certain funds; exempting certain sales and purchases; providing for return of
funds, cancellations, and transfers; making minor policy and technical changes;
requiring reports; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 2484, relating to
capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better land and
buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain
conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs;
requiring a report; modifying and canceling prior appropriations; appropriating
money.
H. F. No. 719, relating
to state government; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and
buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain
conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs;
authorizing the conveyance of state bond-financed property; modifying and
canceling prior appropriations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds; appropriating money; providing for a temporary registration tax
reduction.
Sincerely,
Tim
Walz
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Lisa Demuth
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Bobby Joe Champion
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2026 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
|
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2026 |
Date Filed 2026 |
3489 108 12:20 p.m. May 27 May 27
4282 109 12:20
p.m. May 27 May
27
3825 115 12:21 p.m. May 27 May 27
4252 116 12:23 p.m. May 27 May 27
2433 117 12:23 p.m. May 27 May 27
4591 119 12:24 p.m. May 27 May 27
334 120 12:24
p.m. May 27 May
27
4476 121 12:26
p.m. May 27 May
27
4188 124 12:30 p.m. May 27 May 27
4492 125 12:31 p.m. May 27 May 27
2077 126 12:31
p.m. May 27 May
27
2438 128 12:34 p.m. May 27 May 27
2484 129 12:35 p.m. May 27 May 27
719 130 12:35 p.m. May 27 May 27
Sincerely,
Steve
Simon
Secretary
of State
NOTE:
Representative Joe Schomacker from
district 21A resigned from the House of Representatives effective Sunday, June
21, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
CERTIFICATE
I certify that the Journal of the House
for Monday, May 18, 2026, including subsequent proceedings, has been corrected
and is hereby approved.
Patrick
Duffy Murphy, Chief
Clerk, House of Representatives