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Krista Knudsen R

State Representative
Minnesota House of Representatives District 5A
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
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On Record (40)

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RELEASE: Knudsen Responds to Walz Backing Out of Reelection Bid  MN House of Representatives (.gov)
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
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Life-sustaining treatment for unemancipated minor patients provided.
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Individuals participating in certain public assistance programs prohibited from using money transmission to send money to a foreign country, and money transmitters required to report certain information on individuals.
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Frazee; North River Drive improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made.
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Becker County; Heartland State Trail appropriation amended.
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Nine-county regional waste management system in northwest Minnesota funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Tribally licensed residential substance use disorder treatment providers required to enroll in the substance use disorder demonstration project.
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Phase 2 of a multiuse trail to connect Itasca State Park to the Heartland Trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Commissioner of human services required to revalidate providers enrolled in Minnesota health care programs every three years.
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Group family day care child-adult capacity ratios and age distribution restrictions modified.
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Independent School District No. 186, Pequot Lakes; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction projects.
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Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters.
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Athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth required.
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Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study required, institution eligibility for state student aid modified, and report required.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Certain sex offenders prohibited from accessing social media platforms.
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Independent School District No. 186, Pequot Lakes, PSEO adjustment provided, and money appropriated.
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Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement.
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Changes to born alive infant provisions made.
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Home-based businesses permitted in residential dwellings.
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CIVIL Act established.
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Prohibition on American Indian mascots modified, and money appropriated.
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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.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Protection to children and vulnerable adults from exposure to fentanyl provided, and criminal penalties for violation imposed.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Certain retired law enforcement officers permitted to carry firearms in schools.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for MinnesotaCare.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement.
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Affidavits of candidacy modified.
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Eligibility criteria modified for the voluntary prekindergarten program.
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Required mathematics academic standards and credit requirements modified.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Placement of crosswalks at roundabouts limited.
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Exclusion amount increased for homesteads of veterans with a disability.
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Persons subject to stays of adjudication in criminal sexual conduct cases required to register as predatory offenders.
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Penalties for creating, distributing, and possessing sexually explicit materials involving children increased.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Born alive infant provisions modified.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Payments to postsecondary institutions and schools for the postsecondary enrollment options program modified.
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Office of the Legislative Auditor directed to evaluate the postsecondary enrollment options program, and report required.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Health plans required to credit enrollees for services provided by an out-of-network provider at a lower cost than the plan's in-network providers, and commissioner of commerce enforcement authorized.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against entry.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Town roads and bridges funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Valid work authorization required to receive benefits under the Minnesota Paid Leave Law.
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Licensing boards required to take action against a license or application when a licensee or applicant is convicted of certain theft or fraud offenses.
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Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.
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Prohibition on conversion therapy with minors and vulnerable adults repealed.
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Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex.
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Expiration of the pass-through entity tax modified.
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Legislators and executive branch appointees prohibited from receiving compensation from any nonprofit organization that receives state grant funding.
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Residents of long-term care facilities provided with the right to a designated support person.
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Informed consent for sensitive examinations performed on an anesthetized or unconscious patient required, and criminal penalty provided.
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Long-term care facilities residents right to designated support person provided.
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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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Individual income tax; child credit marriage penalty eliminated and credit phaseout increased, and working family credit limited based on earned income to taxpayers with qualifying children.
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Cell-cultured meat and poultry definitions and labeling requirements provided.
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Sales and use tax; vendor allowance provided.
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Gender-affirming care provisions removed that limit the impact of laws.
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Safe Place for Newborns provisions modified.
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Approval of the use of state money required to acquire real property in fee.
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Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Standard for determining the residence of an individual subject to a civil commitment order established.
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions in prekindergarten through grade 12 education repealed.
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Mandatory minimum sentences established for malicious punishment of a child.
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Employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits made permissive.
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Town roads and bridges funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Student discipline provisions modified.
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Age verification required for websites with material harmful to minors, enforcement by the attorney general provided, and private right of action created.
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Browerville High School new gymnasium funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Eligibility criteria for participation in the challenge incarceration program amended.
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Training requirements modified for mandatory reporters.
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Statewide wolf population survey required.
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Earned sick and safe time modified.
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Commissioner of human services or commissioner of children, youth, and families prohibited from rescinding public assistance benefits due to vaccination status.
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Vehicle registration tax amended for disabled veterans.
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Minnesota declared to be a mining-friendly state.
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Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund.
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Special license plates authorized for firefighters who are also emergency medical technicians, and rulemaking authorized.
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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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Requirements related to the return of absentee ballots on election day modified, and absentee voting period modified for certain voters.
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Women's athletics exemption created in the Human Rights Act.
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Commissioner prohibited from adopting rules that apply only to construction and demolition landfills.
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Cooperative electric associations exempted from clean and renewable energy standards.
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Employee definition modified for purposes of earned sick and safe time.
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Legislator compensation prohibited.
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Parent rights established in education of their child, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Optometrists prescribing and administering drugs limitations modified.
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Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction provided.
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Orderly annexation election proceedings and detachment provisions modified.
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Hospitality education grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Drivers' license and identification card designs modified.
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Sales and use tax exemption established for food service establishment equipment.
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Net metering; various governing provisions modified.
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Castration or sterilization of minors criminalized, and criminal penalties imposed.
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Lawful gambling; combined net receipts tax rates reduced and brackets expanded.
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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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Assaulting a police officer penalty enhanced.
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Military service member, veteran, or public official impersonation prohibited for political gain.
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K-12 education income tax provisions modified, and tuition credit extension provided.
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Child care licensing; variances to licensed capacity allowed.
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Family child care capacity limits amended.
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Presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances allowed in safety-related items and clothing used by juveniles operating all-terrain vehicles or dirt bikes.
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Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extended.
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Anti-human trafficking training funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Report on vacant state office space required.
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Sexual extortion attempts criminalized.
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Deadly force by peace officer modified to protect person from death.
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American Indian mascot requirement exemption amended.
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American Indian mascot prohibition repealed.
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Kindergarten through grade 3 student dismissal limitations modified.
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Day care costs paid by the taxpayer provided a subtraction.
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Wellness in the Woods grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Composition of apportionment of legislative districts changed, conforming statutory changes made, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Commissioner of corrections required to house only biological female inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee.
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Individual income tax subtraction provided for gratuities paid to employees.
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Age of eligibility established to apply for permit to carry pistol at 18 years old.
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Individual income tax subtraction for provided overtime pay.
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Policies related to establishing rates for home and community-based waiver services modified, and room and board rates for individuals receiving home and community-based services increased.
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Penalties related to the solicitation, collection, acceptance, or delivery of certain absentee ballots or absentee ballot applications modified.
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Action for damages for highway obstruction authorized, and civil penalties imposed.
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Property tax credit established for certain acres certified under the Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Term limits established for the office of governor.
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Penalty for certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry or for the benefit of a transnational crime organization increased.
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Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for early release from incarceration, and undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for prosecutor-initiated sentence adjustments.
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Motor Fuels tax indexed increases repealed.
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Information collected and scope of background check conducted expanded for noncitizen permit to carry applicants.
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Fishing license fees reduced for persons 65 years of age and older, and money transferred.
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Small employers exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law until January 1, 2028.
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Commissioner of veterans affairs required to provide grave markers for veterans, and money appropriated.
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Reallocation of an appropriation for Northern Lights Express passenger rail provided, study of Minneapolis-Duluth intercity bus service required, transfer made, and money appropriated.
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Imposition and allocation of certain taxes amended, and retail delivery fee repealed.
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Browerville Public Schools; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for purchased construction materials.
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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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Individual income tax; first tier rate modified.
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All individual income tax rates reduced by one percentage point.
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Individual income tax subtraction modified for National Guard and reserve compensation.
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Yearly reporting of trafficking data required.
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Mandatory minimum sentences established for sex trafficking offenses.
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Penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors increased.
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Vaccine recipient bill of rights established.
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Automatic voter registration repealed, and conforming changes made.
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Authority to adopt rules implementing statewide health standards repealed, and certain funds cancelled.
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Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; and equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified.
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Taxes imposed on all lawful gambling receipts repealed, and technical changes made.
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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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Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
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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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Postsecondary institutions required to notify a pupil's school of the pupil's grades, and number of college credits granted each school year for postsecondary course enrollment limited.
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Crime of disruption of worship services established.
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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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Metropolitan Council abolished, duties transferred to commissioners of administration and natural resources, transportation and transit-related functions transferred to Department of Transportation, metropolitan area sanitary sewer district created, and money appropriated.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Commissioner of human services required to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility, Clay County facility funding provided, facility start-up and capacity-building grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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County attorneys required to record and report reason for dismissing charges, Sentencing Guidelines Commission required to report information on dismissals to legislature, and county attorneys required to post information on dismissals to publicly accessible website.
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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Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded for purposes of self-defense, presumption …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Surcharge on all-electric vehicles amended; surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles imposed; types of electric motorcycles defined; and surcharge rate adjustment required.
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 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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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