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

Event Schedule

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.

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.

Rep. Jon Koznick Press Conference
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 11:00 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4112 autonomous vehicle legalization; other transportation updates.

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

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

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.

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee - part 1
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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
HF4095 (Davis) Crime of disruption of worship services established.

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.

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.

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.
HF4125 (Agbaje) Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modified, and money appropriated.
HF3002 (Hicks) Eligibility requirements for foster care benefits after age 18 modified to include children for whom permanent legal and physical custody is transferred to a relative after age ten.

House Health Finance and Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 5:00 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.

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee - part 2
Wednesday, March 18 2026 3/18/2026 5:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2526 (Duran) Exceptions to prohibition against gifts to local officials expanded.
HF3722 (Quam) Removal of deceased voters from statewide voter registration system required.
HF3723 (Quam) Voter verification required before mail delivery of an absentee ballot.

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.