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John Burkel R

State Representative
Minnesota House of Representatives District 1A
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
1 Total

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Photo URL: https://www.house.mn.gov/hinfo/memberimgls94/01A.gif

On Record (43)

Bill Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, and ATVsNatural Resources Department
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REP. BURKEL VOTES FOR BILL PROHIBITING BOYS FROM PLAYING IN GIRLS SPORTS  MN House of Representatives (.gov)
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Red River Basin; flood hazard mitigation projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Hazard mitigation grant program established to support mitigation planning and mitigation projects that diminish potential effects of emergencies, report required, and money appropriated.
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Appeals of certain damages authorized to be appraised, negotiated, and tried under the procedures of chapter 117.
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Veterinary products from the prohibition on products containing PFAS exempted.
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Middle River; well and well pump house funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Term limits established for public members of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.
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Roseau; local sales tax imposition authorized.
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Kennedy; water storage tanks funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Limitation on the value of prizes awarded for a county agricultural society to be exempt from the licensure requirement modified.
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Depredation compensation payments funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Exemptions removed from eminent domain procedures for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority.
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Requirements for water appropriations permits modified.
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Independent School District No. 561, Goodridge; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials for certain projects.
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Annual open season for wolves required.
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Thief River Falls; historic sites rehabilitation funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Wind energy conversion systems residential setbacks established.
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Feedlots; county feedlot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Minnesota Turf Seed Council grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Farmed Cervidae provisions modified.
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Program established to provide grants to prevent the spread of avian influenza, and money appropriated.
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Definition of all-terrain vehicle modified.
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Minnesota FFA funding provided for new and expanded access for members involved in art- and history-related FFA activities, and money appropriated.
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Outdoor heritage fund; leveraging of certain land for federal grant funds provided, and money appropriated.
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River watch program funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
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Red River mediation agreement funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Red River Basin flood hazard mitigation projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Annual open season for wolves required.
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Karlstad; airport relocation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Kennedy; underground water storage tank funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Stephen; water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Depredation compensation payment funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Wolf and elk depredation compensation payments funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Requirements governing cost participation on trunk highway projects established, and money appropriated.
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Application requirements for special agricultural homestead modified.
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Meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities funding provided; and money appropriated.
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Requirement that fencing must prevent physical contact between farmed Cervidae and free-roaming Cervidae removed, and authority to revoke registrations under certain conditions removed.
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Requirements for hiring executive director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established.
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Definition of currently avoidable use in the pesticide control chapter amended.
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Prohibition on new white-tailed deer farms removed.
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Unfunded mandates by the state to local governments prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Counties allowed to designate agricultural lands as unsuitable for electric power facilities.
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Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Town roads and bridges funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Eggs allowed to be donated past their quality assurance date.
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Requirement to adopt a new residential energy code repealed.
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Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.
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Nine-county regional waste management system in northwest Minnesota funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex.
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Sales and use tax exemption for agriculture processing materials modified.
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Outdoor School for All grant program created, and money appropriated.
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Orderly and environmentally responsible development of the state's gas resources facilitated, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
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School food waste reduced, free school milk provided without the need to take full school lunch, and money appropriated.
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Research on autonomous mower technology by the Department of Transportation authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
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Teachers Retirement Association; age lowered from 62 to 60 for the enhanced early retirement reduction, and postretirement adjustment delay clarified.
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All pharmacies required to make ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine available without a prescription.
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Small employers exempted from requirement to provide paid leave.
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Food certificate payment provisions modified.
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Report on payment in lieu of taxes on natural resources lands required.
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Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Funding provided for mental health outreach and support and farm safety grant and outreach programs, and money appropriated.
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Funding provided for the developing markets for continuous-living cover crops program, reports required, and money appropriated.
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Agriculture grant program established to promote certain nutrient management practices, and money appropriated.
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Northern Crops Institute grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Construction of schools near former landfills prohibited.
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Portability of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount provided, and technical changes made and obsolete provisions removed.
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Clarifying that there is no duty to retreat before making a threat to use force in self-defense in certain circumstances.
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Stillbirth individual income tax credit modified.
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Excess money in the grain indemnity account required to be transferred to the agricultural emergency account.
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Property tax; shareholder limit for entity-owned agricultural homestead property increased.
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Property tax; qualified relatives expanded for special agricultural homestead.
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Wolf depredation compensation program modified, compensation program for crop or fence damage caused by elk modified, and money appropriated.
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Paper products exempted from the extended producer responsibility program managing solid waste.
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Solid waste management; dedication to the resource management account increased.
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Moose license lottery and auction required, moose research account established, fees established, and money appropriated.
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Statewide wolf population survey required.
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Wilderness programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Clay County; nonsecure juvenile detention facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Commercial transportation provided, commercial driver training assistance program established, and money appropriated.
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Commissioner prohibited from adopting rules that apply only to construction and demolition landfills.
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All-terrain vehicle registration fee eliminated for veterans with a total service-connected disability.
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Grain buyers financial reporting requirements modified.
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Employee definition modified for purposes of earned sick and safe time.
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Public waters definition modified, and appropriation for public waters inventory eliminated.
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Orderly annexation election proceedings and detachment provisions modified.
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Sales and use tax exemption for grain bins and related construction materials and supplies and tractor tires provided.
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Designation and election of presidential electors provided, and Minnesota withdrawn from the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
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Agricultural Utilization Research Institute funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Net metering; various governing provisions modified.
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A resolution memorializing Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose fiscal constraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for …
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Department of Human Rights prohibited from maintaining a collection or database on incidents of protected speech.
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Licensed veterans organizations authorized to use gross profits from lawful gambling for repair, maintenance, or improvement of real property.
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Electronic gambling devices and games restrictions removed.
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Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Dairy development and profitability enhancement and dairy business planning grant program funding provided for continuation, and money appropriated.
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Education learning centers funding provided for two special education cooperatives in Minnesota, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Provisions for operating all-terrain vehicles on public roads modified.
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Money appropriated from the parks and trails fund.
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Electric generation facility decommission and repurpose plan submission required for a scheduled retirement.
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Political subdivision bans prohibited on natural gas or propane service to any building.
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Statutory appropriation of the pollinator account eliminated, and lawns to legumes grant program repealed.
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Property tax credit established for certain acres certified under the Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.
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All-terrain vehicle trails funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Grant-in-aid surcharge added to the all-terrain vehicle registration fee, and fee increased for nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail passes.
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C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail Master Plan update to allow for all-terrain vehicle use on a portion of the trail funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Public water inventory revision process modified.
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Public water inventory temporary modifications prohibited, and report required.
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Imposition and allocation of certain taxes amended, and retail delivery fee repealed.
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Ten-year phaseout of the estate tax provided.
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All lawful gambling receipts subjected to a flat rate tax, and combined net receipts tax repealed.
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Process for seniors to receive an advance credit of the homestead credit refund established, and advance credit established.
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Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction allowed, individual income tax rates modified, and property tax refunds modified.
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Estate tax; general subtraction amount increased.
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County fairs funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles exempted from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products.
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Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified.
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Automatic voter registration repealed, and conforming changes made.
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Set filing period for special elections established.
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Taxes imposed on all lawful gambling receipts repealed, and technical changes made.
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Certain social media algorithms that target children prohibited.
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Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified.
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Biofuel infrastructure grant funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
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Definition of sustainable aviation fuel modified.
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County agricultural inspector grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
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Data center energy generation redundancy provided.
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Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
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Born alive infant provisions modified.
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Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified.
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Supermajority approval by each house of the legislature required to extend a peacetime emergency beyond 14 days.
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Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified.
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Education savings accounts established, and rules required.
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Sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products expanded.
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Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced.
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Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established.
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Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated.
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Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year.
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State-funded payments to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens provided to be ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program.
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Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened.
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Gambling; prize and ticket limits modified.
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Persons convicted of a crime of violence made ineligible for MFIP, medical assistance and food support, and MinnesotaCare.
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Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-direct community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.
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Commissioner of human services required to select a state pharmacy benefit manager through procurement, commissioner required to enter into a master contract with the state pharmacy benefit manager, program authority and eligibility requirements specified, and report required.
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Teachers Retirement Association; unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service provided, early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age modified, postretirement adjustments increased, other various retirement provisions modified, and money appropriated.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Legislative approval required to extend a declared emergency beyond five days, citizen rights protected, legislative enactment required before certain executive orders and rules may have the force and effect of law, terms defined, and criminal penalties repealed.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Governor's power to declare emergency repealed, legislative emergency declaration and extension process established, governor's authority to adopt orders and expedited rules during an emergency repealed, citizen rights protected, and technical corrections made.
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Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibited, use of immigration-related data provided, and county attorneys required to notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested for a crime of violence.
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Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, school security systems grants created, report required, and money appropriated.
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Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; reason for dismissing charges; liability and vicarious liability; assaulting a police officer penalty; penalties increased for obstructing trunk …
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Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; school performance reporting system established; fund transfers for fiscal years …
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Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, previous appropriation and transfer modified, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.
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