Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

MN - HF8 Efficiency of Wetland Conservation Act determinations improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency permit provisions modified, environmental assessment worksheet provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF112 Definition of financial assistance modified to include certain tax increment financing or allocations of low-income housing credits, and definition of project expanded.

MN - HF111 Sanneh Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF110 Hmong American Partnership grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF109 Propel Nonprofits grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF108 Ujamaa Place funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF107 Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under certain conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute.

MN - HF106 Neighbors, Inc. grant funding provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF105 Aspirus Lake View Hospital grant funding provided for certified nursing assistant training, and money appropriated.

MN - HF47 Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified.

MN - HF23 Whistleblower protections for public employees modified.

MN - HF11 Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year.

MN - HF263 Grant to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency allowed to be used for creation of a regional hub building to provide services, and appropriation of money extended.

MN - HF262 Subminimum wages prohibited for persons with disabilities, MnCHOICES system enhancements funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF261 Grant funding provided for equine-experiential mental health therapy to first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF260 Small employers exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law until January 1, 2028.

MN - HF259 Employment of unauthorized individuals prohibited.

MN - HF758 Employee definition modified for purposes of earned sick and safe time.

MN - HF725 Brooklyn Park workforce development programming funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF718 Hired grand funding provided.

MN - HF689 County attorneys authorized to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations.

MN - HF662 State Building Code; adoption of rules authorized to increase accessibility for examination rooms.

MN - HF661 Bridges to Healthcare funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF610 Emergency medicine career pathways program funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF606 FATHER Project grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF552 Uncollectible judgements against prime contractors permitted to be paid from contract retainage, and direct payments to subcontractors under certain circumstances required.

MN - HF545 Public union release time restricted.

MN - HF510 Made in Minnesota program funding provided for small business growth acceleration, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF500 Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board repealed.

MN - HF498 Urban League Twin Cities grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF477 Workforce development fund appropriations modified.

MN - HF339 Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board funding provided for certified worker organization grants, and money appropriated.

MN - HF335 Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1057 Employee definition modified for purposes of earned sick and safe time.

MN - HF1037 St. Paul; Metropolitan Center for Independent Living funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1007 World Junior Hockey Championships funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1004 Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1003 Career pathways program supported and strengthened, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF996 Jobs Foundation grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF989 30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF961 Hospitality education grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF929 Contractor recovery fund modified to include private residential pools.

MN - HF915 Small local government employers exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law.

MN - HF849 Duluth Promise initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF848 Loggers safety grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF844 Provisions governing broadband workforce plan data modified, investigative authority modified, and provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure modified.

MN - HF1216 Apprenticeship readiness programming funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1210 TaikoArts Midwest grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1186 FilmNorth grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1182 Ombudsperson for safety, health, and well-being of agricultural and food processing workers established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1152 Explore Minnesota duties and missions modified, and promotional authority contracts modified.

MN - HF1137 Threshold for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections increased, and commissioner of labor and industry required to establish a cost per square foot valuation of certain properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees.

MN - HF1130 Bloomington; workforce development efforts funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1114 Funding provided for GroundBreak capital access and innovation fund, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1110 Grants for dental assisting and hygiene education programs made, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1107 Black Women's Wealth Alliance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1096 Summit Academy OIC funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1326 Centers for independent living grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1325 Earned sick and safe time modified.

MN - HF1320 Hastings; water treatment plants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1316 Independent contractors and payors added to the centralized work reporting system, and payors required to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system.

MN - HF1315 Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1274 Shakopee; Innovation Hub funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1272 Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modified.

MN - HF1267 Northside Boxing Club grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1263 Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund.

MN - HF1246 Neighborhood Development Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1241 Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund.

MN - HF1236 Authority for exclusive representatives to charge fair share fees removed.

MN - HF1223 Big Brothers Big Sisters funding provided for youth programming, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1484 Employers required to disclose in job postings whether employee health plan options comply with cost-sharing limits.

MN - HF1469 Job skills training for recently released inmates funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1462 Cosmos; multifamily housing with supportive services and child care center funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1439 Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation grant funding provided for the Carts to Careers initiative, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1416 Availability for relocation grants extended.

MN - HF1414 Rochester; accessible housing units owned by Accessible Space, Inc. funding provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1400 Circumstances when supervisory employee organizations can act as exclusive representative modified.

MN - HF1376 FATHER Project grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1355 Holders of permits to harvest or destroy aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operations requirements established.

MN - HF1610 Kids in Need Foundation funding provided for a school supply distribution and educator resource center, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1602 Latino Economic Development Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1600 Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1588 Community energy transition grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1577 Statewide education campaign funding provided to inform employers about the benefits of second-chance hiring, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1546 Outdated fire safety measures pre-dating the statewide fire code repealed.

MN - HF1545 Persons 17 years of age permitted to serve alcoholic beverages.

MN - HF1542 Employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits made permissive.

MN - HF1538 Teacher apprenticeships funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1523 Agricultural workers exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law.

MN - HF1506 Entrepreneur Fund grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1739 Workforce innovation and job placement programs for individuals in recovery funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1715 Northrop; grant funding provided for costs incurred relating to an elevator explosion and fire, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1713 Tax-stressed cities demolition grant program created, special revenue fund account created, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1712 Northrop; grant funding provided for costs incurred relating to an elevator explosion and fire, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1696 Requirements for certificates of insurance established to prevent fraud.

MN - HF1671 Labor and industry; policy and technical changes made.

MN - HF1655 Rural economic development technical assistance grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1639 New American workforce training funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1638 Equaspace grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1625 Emerge Community Development grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1622 Minnesota Made Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Alternative grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1856 Automatic external defibrillators; AED worker safety requirements to establish access provided.

MN - HF1851 Grantee performance annual reports and evaluations required relating to employment and economic development.

MN - HF1847 STEM Ecosystem grant provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1830 Unemployment benefits; fraud reporting portal required for employers.

MN - HF1826 North Minneapolis; Grant funding provided to Change Starts With Community violence prevention jobs program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1768 Additional circumstances under which a covenant not to compete is valid and enforceable provided.

MN - HF1764 Coalition of Asian American Leaders grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1948 Headwaters community food and water economic resiliency program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1941 American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1939 Twin Cities R!SE funding provided for a capacity increase of the Empowerment Institute, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1938 Twin Cities R!SE performance grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1936 Youth job skills and career development funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1907 Youthprise funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1905 Individuals working in positions regulated by the United States Department of Transportation exempted from earned sick and safe time requirements.

MN - HF1887 Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2005 State Building Code; straw bale construction and hempcrete construction rulemaking required.

MN - HF1985 Grant funding provided for programs related to employment support services to persons with mental illness, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1983 Continuous living cover crops grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1976 Minnesota Paid Leave Law modified.

MN - HF1965 Small business assistance partnership program funding provided.

MN - HF1960 Displaced homemaker programs funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1957 Minnesota Technology Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - SF2300 Earned sick and safe time provisions modifications

MN - HF2146 Annual reports from partnership entities of the Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2145 Employer misrepresentation and misconduct penalties increased.

MN - HF2139 Gateways2Growth Initiative funding provided to expand training in information technology, transportation, and health care across the state; report required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2129 Private sector equipment training opportunity program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2122 Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2121 Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition grant provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2113 Small employers exempted from requirement to provide paid leave.

MN - HF2111 Fursad Fund Initiative grant funding provided to support small businesses in greater Minnesota through technical assistance, capacity building, and access to capital; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2101 YMCA of the North grant funding provided for workforce development services, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2072 Community energy transition grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2058 Office of New Americans eliminated.

MN - HF2049 Minnesota Strategic Industrial Development Enhancement tax credits established, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF2039 Minnesota youth program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2036 Funding provided to assist individuals with disabilities with employment, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2033 Maximum amount of state contributions to cannabis microbusinesses amended, commissioner's deadline to approve loan applications amended, nonprofit corporations allowed to retain loan interest payments to cover expenses, loan interest rates required to be reported, and nonprofit corporations allowed to use contract funds to cover expenses.

MN - HF2025 Earned sick and safe time provisions modified.

MN - HF2024 Paid leave program modified.

MN - HF2269 Penalties on employers for failure to notify employees about the Minnesota Paid Leave Law delayed.

MN - HF2266 YWCA Minneapolis grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2264 8218 Truce Center funding provided for worker training, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2262 St. Paul; Right Track youth internship program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2258 2026 Special Olympics USA Games funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2252 Annual volume cap allocations and allocation procedure for public facility projects funded by public facility bonds modified.

MN - HF2251 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Board membership modified, state services for the blind vendor facilities modified, and reporting requirements modified.

MN - HF2250 Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board expedited rulemaking authority removed.

MN - HF2247 Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) grant funding provided to equip a new center for community engagement, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2240 Union members allowed to allocate union dues to local, state, or national organization of their choice.

MN - HF2238 Commissioner directed to approve youth skills training programs in construction trades.

MN - HF2183 Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2171 A house resolution memorializing Congress that the state of Minnesota reaffirms ratification of the Child labor amendment to the United States Constitution.

MN - HF2157 Mille Lacs County; Lake Mille Lacs area economic relief program loan forgiveness provided.

MN - HF2332 Rethos grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2325 Overtime pay required on holidays.

MN - HF2323 Nonprofit grant funding provided to train students in global competency skills, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2287 Somali American Youth Enrichment Club (SAYEC) grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2286 Minnesota Independence College and Community funding provided for workforce development services for adults with autism and learning differences, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2495 InspireMSP grant provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2479 Pillsbury United Communities grant provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2478 Project for Pride in Living funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2468 Mental health in the construction industry funding provided to promote initiatives, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2441 Biennial budget for Department of Labor and Industry, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Bureau of Mediation Services established; various policy changes made; reports required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2440 Biennial budget for Department of Employment and Economic Development and Explore Minnesota established, various policy changes made, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2427 St. Paul; funding provided for construction mitigation grants to businesses affected by construction on Arcade Street and East 7th Street, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2390 Southeast Minnesota Workforce Development Area grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2623 Bolder Options funding provided for youth programming, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2616 Equitable Development Action grant funding provided for training and support of direct support professionals.

MN - HF2583 Redemption Project funding provided for workforce development services for adults leaving incarceration and justice-impacted individuals, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2582 Child care improvement grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2581 Fortis Capital grant funding provided for a revolving loan fund, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2567 Stay-or-pay provisions made prohibited, unenforceable, and against public policy.

MN - HF2565 Ramsey County grant funding provided for workforce development programming, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2558 Rondo Community Land Trust grant funding provided for culinary training, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2549 Housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2546 Interfaith Action grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2545 Interfaith Action grant funding provided for workforce development, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2518 WomenVenture grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2776 All Square of Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2735 MAD DADS of Minneapolis grant funding provided for a youth workforce development program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2719 Isuroon microbusiness support funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2710 Test and professional licensure preparation services provided relating to economic development, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2650 Cost of earned sick and safe time benefits allowed to be included in prevailing wage calculation under certain conditions.

MN - HF2635 Northeastern Minnesota regional career technical education center construction funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2872 Online early childhood development professional educator program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2869 Survivor employment readiness pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2850 Ambassadors of Culture, Hooyo Hour, and United Way grant funding provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2849 OneCommunity Alliance funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2838 Vocational rehabilitation services program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2831 Girls Rock funding provided for worker training, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2810 Grant funding provided for equine-experiential mental health therapy for first responders suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2807 List of essential employees expanded.

MN - HF2789 Center for Rural Policy and Development funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2921 Rural Cancer Institute grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2920 MNSBIR grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2896 Union members who are teachers allowed to allocate union dues to the local, state, or national organization of their choice; and public employees who are teachers required to be notified of their rights under state and federal law.

MN - HF2882 Certain well contractors exempted from Department of Labor and Industry plan review and inspection requirements; and existing exemptions to contractor licensing, registration, and bonding requirements clarified.

MN - HF3030 Approval of site-specific modifications to sulfate water quality standards during pendency of related rulemaking facilitated, reactive mine waste storage provided, and additional unemployment insurance benefits provided.

MN - HF3023 Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted.

MN - HF3020 Parents in Community Action funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3013 Milestone Community Development funding provided for a cybersecurity training program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3011 Maplewood; Department of Employment and Economic Development grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3004 Funding provided to create a centralized digital platform to provide youth with information about workforce opportunities, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2996 Unemployment insurance; definition of available for suitable employment modified , and money appropriated.

MN - HF2994 Hennepin County Sheriff's Office grant funding provided for a child care pilot program to assist with retention of law enforcement and first responders, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2991 Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers grant funding provided for a program for Black Minnesota undergraduates exploring law school and legal careers, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2990 Employee rights; mandatory break laws modified.

MN - HF2984 St. Paul; Rondo Restorative Development Authority established for operations of a land bridge in the Rondo neighborhood.

MN - HF2982 Funding provided for a nonprofit to create a credit union, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2981 Avivo grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2969 Full-time graduate students exempted from the definition of public employee.

MN - HF2962 Paid leave program modified.

MN - HF3079 Aids to local governments; availability of an appropriation extended.

MN - HF3078 Acceptance of certain offers of deferred resignation made to not constitute a quit from employment.

MN - HF3074 Collective bargaining rights for transportation network company drivers created and regulated, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF3068 Payment of wages for employees of staffing services required for canceled assignments.

MN - HF3061 African Development Center, social benefit corporations, and small businesses in the St. Paul Midway area funding provided; reports required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3111 Exemption from earned sick and safe time requirements provided.

MN - HF3108 Additional unemployment insurance benefits for iron ore mining industry workers provided.

MN - HF3095 Inspire Change Clinic grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3094 Mind the G.A.P.P. grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3091 St. Paul and West St. Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3164 Veteran relocation bonus program for veterans who were recently terminated from federal employment established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3162 Funding provided for costs related to the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative annual meeting, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3157 Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities funding provided for workforce development services, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3129 Commissioner of labor and industry required to adopt rules about unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies.

MN - HF3167 University of Minnesota; Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3217 Payments to bioindustrial facilities funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3191 Al Maa'uun grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3228 Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted.

MN - HF3248 SEWA-AIFW grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3243 Paid leave call center required to be fully operational on January 1, 2026.

MN - HF3263 Asian Economic Development Association funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3272 HealthcareMN grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3313 Dakota County Community Development Agency for Expo 2031 funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3310 Grant funding provided to pay for staff to issue entry permits for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3319 Job accommodation request form for an employee with a known disability required.