Stable budget outlook projects $3.7 billion surplus now, no deficit in next biennium

Event Schedule

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4222 (Gottfried) State parks added to and deleted from, and sales and conveyances of surplus state lands authorized.
HF4224 (Fischer) Notice requirements for water discharges modified.
HF3643 (Fischer) Melissa and Mark Hortman Memorial State Park established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
Chair remarks (if necessary).
HF4266 (Allen) Lowest recognized family responsibility amount modified for purposes of determining state grant awards.
University of Minnesota bonding request presentation.

House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
Office of School Trust Lands presentation and update.
Minnesota State Board of Investment: Permanent School Fund Task Force Report.
HF3900 (Igo) Permanent school fund modified to calculate distributable earnings, and constitutional amendment proposed.

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
Form Energy presentation.
HF4059 (Luger-Nikolai) Additional financing mechanisms to support Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority activities provided.
HF76 (Greenman) Rate recovery of executive pay limited for certain public utilities.

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4141 (Johnson, W.) Criminal penalty provided for assaulting housing and redevelopment authority employees.
HF3951 (Igo) Submetered utility service final billing for vacating tenants provided, and provisions related to the payment of rent by tenants modified.

House Education Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
Department of Education presentation: Charter authorizers and schools.
HF3487 (Rehrauer) Anonymous threat reporting systems required, and report required.
HF3421 (Clardy) Early literacy field experience required for teacher candidates providing early literacy instruction, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3771 (Johnson, P.) Reporting date on the disaster assistance contingency account.
HF3658 (Frazier) Processes for applying for, securing, and enforcing extreme risk protection orders modified.
HF3453 (Hanson) Legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.
HF3358 (Finke) Detention and transport of suspects in vehicles that are not designed for detaining humans and designated as law enforcement vehicles prohibited.
HF1775 (Pinto) Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4277 (West) Requirements for child care centers to use video security cameras modified.
HF3819 (West) Licensing inspection requirements for child care providers modified, program integrity requirements for child care assistance program established, and report required.
HF3489 (Bennett) Field trip policy established, reporting to licensing boards required, and criminal offense of grooming established.
Safe Passage presentation: Child Fatalities in Minnesota.
HF4408 (Nelson) Public disclosure of information related to child fatalities and near fatalities required, and child mortality review panel annual report requirements modified.
HF3901 (Johnson, W.) Investigative powers added to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson.
HF4316 (Olson) Child care background study notification requirements modified, child care leadership made responsible for maltreatment at centers, and maltreatment notification requirements modified.

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 3/17/2026 5:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3919 (Cha) Benefits available to veterans of the Secret War in Laos modified, commissioner of veterans affairs directed to establish an eligibility process, and technical changes made.
HF3791 (Greene) Security and protective services of certain state officials provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1781 (Tabke) Various policy changes made, including authorizing aircraft electronic attestation, defining terms, modifying injury crash reporting, modifying legislative routes, and updating yellow traffic signal indications.
HF3908 (Kraft) Ignition interlock program license revocation requirements modified, driver's license indicators classified as private data, and technical corrections made.
HF4233 (Kraft) Requirements governing the excavation notice system, including to require electronic positive response modified.
HF3966 (Jones) Transit and bicycle related parking enforcement through use of transit obstruction camera systems authorized, penalty established, data practices provided, and money appropriated.
HF3430 (Kraft) Surcharges for all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles modified, and vehicle weight surcharge established.

WEDNESDAY: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF3843 (Baker) Report to the legislature recommending appropriations from the workforce development fund required.
HF3597 (Mueller) Certain S corporations exempted from the paid leave program.
HF4003 (Baker) Rural Cancer Institute appropriation modifications.
HF3167 (Zeleznikar) University of Minnesota; Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF4193 (Rehrauer) Rulemaking expanding eligibility for extended employment program required.

WEDNESDAY: House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
SF1750 (Bahner) Common interest communities rights and duties modified, unit owner rights modified, termination threshold modified, meet and confer process established, notice of meetings modified, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations.
HF4250 (Koegel) Ticket resale disclosures and price regulated, and reports required.
HF3938 (Klevorn) Owners of firearms required to have liability insurance, and homeowners' and tenants' policies required to include liability coverage for accidental discharge of firearms.
HF3904 (Hanson) Reimbursement rate parity for clinical trainees providing alcoholism, mental health, and chemical dependency services required.

WEDNESDAY: House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 8:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF3935 (Klevorn) Policies and procedures required at assisted living facilities modified, and training requirements for unlicensed personnel at assisted living facilities modified.
HF2216 (Moller) Conditions for admission to or continued residence in certain facilities prohibited, review and approval of increases in amounts charged by assisted living facilities required, termination or nonrenewal of assisted living contracts on certain grounds prohibited, and arbitration in assisted living contracts governing provisions modified.
HFXXXX (Frederick) Direct Care and Treatment policy.
HF4210 (Fischer) Senior nutrition programs modified.
HF4212 (Virnig) Access to certain information allowed, references to chapter 144D removed, documentation on use of patient restraints required, and change of ownership provisions clarified.

WEDNESDAY: House Legacy Finance Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 10:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
Minnesota Humanities Center status update: Fiscal Years 2025-26 appropriations.
HF4148 (Burkel) Requirements for hiring executive director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established.

WEDNESDAY: House Taxes Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 10:15 AM
Watch: Live Event
Selected state safety net hospital presentations: Hennepin County Medical Center/Hennepin County; Department of Health; Minnesota Hospital Association; North Memorial Health.
HF4343 (Lee, K.) Advertising services tax imposed.

WEDNESDAY: Session Daily Update
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 12:10 PM
Watch: Live Event
Updates from the House.

WEDNESDAY: House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 12:15 PM
Watch: Live Event
House Floor Session.

WEDNESDAY: House Health Finance and Policy Committee – part 1
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4048 (Robbins) Gross receipts tax on hospitals and health care providers; licensed chiropractors excluded from the providers subject to the tax.
HF3893 (Scott) Use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy services regulated, and civil penalties provided.
HF4142 (Nadeau) Medical assistance coverage of prescription drugs solely for weight loss prohibited.
Department of Health presentation: 340B Covered Entity Report.
HF3609 (Zeleznikar) Disallowance of drug manufacturers from restricting delivery of 340B prescription drugs continued, enforcement provided, and expiration date removed.

WEDNESDAY: House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3698 (Gottfried) Certain terms in libraries' electronic book and digital audiobook license agreements or contracts prohibited.
HF4243 (Freiberg) Reporting thresholds increased, deadlines and filing periods clarified, conforming changes for local candidates made, and technical changes made.
HF4239 (Freiberg) Lobbying material; certain requirements for reports and disclaimers modified.
HF4241 (Freiberg) Procedure to select the Hennepin County medical examiner modified.
HF4242 (Freiberg) Provisions governing disposition of decedents' personal property by coroners and medical examiners modified.
HF4240 (Freiberg) Various changes related to election administration made, provisions related to absentee voting modified, timelines modified, technical and clarifying changes made, and money appropriated.

WEDNESDAY: House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4080 (Hansen) Certain retailers prohibited from obtaining an ownership interest in livestock dealers or meat packing companies, and certain exclusive contracts prohibited.
HF3693 (Lee, F.) Previous Department of Agriculture appropriation modified.
HF1857 (Smith) Cats; elective declawing of cats prohibited and civil penalties imposed.
HF4350 (Hansen) Agriculture policy provisions modified.

WEDNESDAY: House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3169 (Olson) Commissioner of transportation required to study, develop, and implement suicide prevention methods for construction of new bridges; report required; and money appropriated.
HF3749 (Olson) Various transportation-related policies enacted, bridge inspection standards established, active transportation education funding modified, mandated reporting expiration dates modified, scenic byway designations removed, and truck parking improvement program established.
HF2605 (Olson) Driver and vehicle services; full-service provider account established, and fee distributions modified.
HF3541 (Duran) Division of Capitol Security's responsibilities clarified.
HF4102 (Koznick) State Patrol compensation study requirements modified.
HF3513 (Koznick) Automated vehicles regulated.
HF268 (Koznick) Certain limitations on use of interest or investment income from transportation revenue established.

WEDNESDAY: House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3547 (Swedzinski) Manufacture, sale, and use of fireworks regulated; and portion of revenues from the sale of fireworks dedicated to public safety purposes.
HF4095 (Davis) Crime of disruption of worship services established.
HF3651 (Harder) State Fire Code alcohol-blended fuel equipment compatibility standards established.
HF4043 (Witte) Powers exclusive to law enforcement officers clarified, and authority to investigate the unauthorized practice of law enforcement duties clarified.
HF4282 (Witte) Persons detained in jails provided medications.

WEDNESDAY: House Education Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3714 (Clardy) Enrollment and eligibility priority modified for children in foster care for various children, youth, and families education and financial assistance programs; Northstar foster care child care allowance modified; and licensing agencies required to provide license holders with information about child care costs and early childhood education programs.
HF4399 (Leibling) Independent School District #535, Rochester; school board elections provided.
HF4176 (Youakim) Site-governed school requirements modified.
HF2544 (Virnig) Dual Enrollment Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated.

WEDNESDAY: House Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4207 (Howard) Housing provisions modified, wage provisions modified, eligible uses for housing aid funds clarified, emergency rental assistance reporting requirements eliminated, and technical changes made. HF3639 (Hussein) Landlords prohibited from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a lease or eviction complaint.
HF3981 (Lee, K.) Process for a termination of lease upon the death or infirmity of a tenant modified.
HF3064 (Hussein) Saint Paul; public housing agency grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2123 (Hussein) Tenant on-time payment credit reporting option provided, and money appropriated.

WEDNESDAY: House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3665 (Pinto) Out-of-home placement plan requirements modified to include early childhood education and child care programs, and agencies and guardians ad litem required to provide information on early childhood education and child care programs for children in foster care.
HF4217 (Hicks) Medical assistance allowed to be paid for any person receiving foster care benefits past 18 years of age, terminology and definitions modified, and eligibility criteria and requirements related to extended foster care modified.
HF4174 (Hanson) Parent support outreach program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF4125 (Agbaje) Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modified, and money appropriated.

WEDNESDAY: House Health Finance and Policy Committee – part 2
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 7:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3769 (Curran) Multiple levels of substance abuse care provided by the commissioner of corrections clarified in law, access to mental health unit beds for incarcerated persons expanded, and mandatory tuberculosis screening in correctional facilities clarified.
HF3978 (Reyer) Protections provided to participants in and employees and operators of a health care provider wellness program.
HF3476 (Liebling) Patient-Centered Care program established, direct state payments to health care providers authorized, contracting with administrative services organizations authorized, conforming changes made, and money appropriated.
HF3939 (Bierman) Helping Paws grant funding provided to breed, train, and place service dogs; and money appropriated.

THURSDAY: No House meetings scheduled in observance of Eid
Thursday, March 19 2026 3/19/2026 8:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
No House meetings scheduled in observance of Eid

MONDAY: House Floor Session*
Monday, March 23 2026 3/23/2026 3:30 PM
Watch: Live Event
* Time of convening has not yet been set.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
HF3741 (Hill) Educational assistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money appropriated.
HF3731 (Greenman) Class A installer license eliminated from the electrical code.
HF3802 (Hollins) Exemptions to the certificate of need requirement for transmission.
HF3241 (Stier) Display of dynamic electronic content while operating a motor vehicle limitations modified.
SF3623 (Allen) Vehicles approaching school buses required to stop for flashing red lights.