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2021 Legislation Tracking

2021 Legislation Tracking

Below are the bills we're tracking listed with accompanying descriptions, links to bill pages, and updates on their progress. They are categorized into the four sections of the Minnesota Equity Blueprint, with an additional cross-sectional category.

Human Capital

HF 11	MinnesotaCare eligibility expanded and public option established, enrollee premiums modified, affordability definition modified for families, and alternative delivery and payment system implementation plan and recommendations required	Updates:
HF 198	School districts required to provide access to military, skilled trades, and manufacturing career options
HF 217/SF 446	Increase Teachers of Color Act strengthened, teachers of color and Native American teachers in Minnesota percentage increase sought, reports required, and money appropriated
HF 1041/SF 797	Increase Teachers of Color Act in higher education strengthened, and student teacher grants and teacher shortage loan forgiveness provisions modified, report required, and money appropriated
HF 1774/SF 1643	Minnesota Health Plan establishment and appropriation
HF 2195/SF 2111	Health carriers allowed to offer reference-based pricing health plans
SF 188	Minnesota inclusion initiative grant program establishment and appropriation
SF 404	Workforce development internationally trained professionals to earn state professional licenses grants appropriation
SF 604	MNsure state insurance plan transition to a federally facilitated marketplace; appropriation
SF 1440	Phased-in minimum wage increase; low-income workers basic needs fulfillment; working family credit, low-income workers child care assistance and reimbursement rates, and Minnesota family investment program grants increases; high-income individuals social security tax loophole closure; sliding fee child care assistance program forecast; appropriation
SF 2010	Benefit and cost analysis of universal health reform proposal to assist the legislature in comparing it to the current health care financing system; appropriating money
HF 2528/SF 2434	Minneapolis regional apprenticeship training center appropriation

Economic Development

HF 1	Economic assistance provided for housing, MFIP, food, and broadband; funding provided, and money appropriated	Updates: On House Calendar for the Day May 13
HF 5	COVID-19; state appropriations replaced with federal funds, child care providers public health support funds funding provided, basic sliding fee program funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 145	Child care assistance program, basic sliding fee child care and MFIP child care provisions repealed
HF 245/SF 269	Family child care regulation modernization project established, report required, and money appropriated
HF 311/SF 291	Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF 316	Family, friend, and neighbor child care grant program established; report required; and money appropriated
HF 414	Greater Minnesota child care facility program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 426/SF 434	Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 1105/SF 1078	Youth job skills and career development appropriation
HF 1784	Small business support program funding provided, report required, and money appropriated
HF 2068/SF 2187	Entrepreneurial development funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 2139	Microenterprise development program established, reports required, and money appropriated
HF 2352/SF 465	Department of Employment and Economic Development Child Care Business Development appropriation
SF 210	Employment and economic development department job training competitive grants award priority for high-wage and high-demand careers
SF 547	Women of Color Opportunity Act
SF 800	Racial injustice and systemic racism provisions establishment and appropriation
SF 1618	Minority business development appropriation
SF 2150	Workforce training and entrepreneurship investments intended to help close the state's opportunity gaps for Minnesotans of color appropriation
HF 1342/SF 1098	Omnibus workforce and business development finance and policy bill	In conference committee hearing May 10 & 11
SF 2505	Job skills training for recently released inmates appropriation

Infrastructure

HF 14/SF 22	Broadband grant program money deposit transferred	Updates: In House Ways and Means committee hearing April 13
HF 40/SF 333	State rent assistance program established for low-income cost-burdened households, and money appropriated
HF 430/SF 1903	Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure grant program bond issue and appropriation
HF 443/SF 768	Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing preservation loans or grants appropriation
HF 545	Local government aid portion dedicated to city housing
HF 747	Housing; state's investment maximized, displacement prevented, and Housing Finance Agency-financed rental housing projects required to be affordable for at least 30 years.
HF 1118	Naturally occurring affordable housing rehabilitation added to housing infrastructure bonds allowable uses
HF 1252	Housing finance agency policy provisions adopted; affordable housing, workforce housing, and disaster recovery program eligibility requirements expanded; agency debt limit increased; community land trust program individual and family household income limit increased; rehabilitation loan program requirements and use expanded; and technical and conforming changes made
HF 1916/SF 1904	Housing rehabilitation outside the seven-county metropolitan area appropriation
HF 1991/SF 1906	Public housing rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF 2174/SF 2343	Electric transit vehicle infrastructure appropriation bonds issuance authorization and appropriation
HF 2319/SF 2224	Housing Finance Agency Housing Justice Project funding provided, and money appropriated
SF 168	Department of transportation pavement investment guide development, implementation, and adherence requirement
SF 241	Distance learning broadband access grant program establishment; appropriation
SF 474	Minnesota family investment program, housing, food and broadband assistance appropriation
SF 889	Rental housing projects financed at least in part by the Housing Finance Agency to be affordable for at least 30 years requirement
HF 1077/SF 969	Omnibus housing finance and policy bill	In conference committee hearing May 3

Environmental Resilience

HF 10	Clean Energy First Act established	Updates: On House General Register May 12
HF 99	Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) and other conservation purposes funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF 164/SF 227	Energy Conservation and Optimization Act of 2021 established	On Senate General Orders May 5
HF 278	Electric utility renewable energy standard obligations modified, and Public Utility Commission authority to issue electric generation facility site permits modified
HF 661/SF 1506	Forever Green Agriculture Initiative and the University of Minnesota appropriation
HF 977	State building solar energy system loan fund established, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF 1093/SF 1745	Environmental Justice Board establishment in the Pollution Control Agency authorization
HF 1256	Minnesota efficient technology accelerator established to benefit utility consumers by deployment acceleration and cost reduction of emerging and innovating efficient technologies
HF 1323/SF 1997	Solar energy system loan established in state buildings, bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF 1428/SF 1630	State greenhouse gas reduction goals amended, governmental actions required to be consistent with goals, and report frequency increased
HF 1750/SF 1556	Energy Transition Legacy Office established, transition communities and worker advisory committee, state transition plan development required for communities and worker impacted by power plan retirement, and money appropriated
HF 2028/SF 1797	Pollution Control Agency authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions clarified
HF 2044/SF 1999	Minnesota Innovation Finance Authority establishment
HF 2081/SF 2367	State building energy guidelines required to incorporate provisions on addressing climate change resiliency	In capital investment hearing April 8
HF 2083/SF 2027	Future Fuels Act; transportation fuels carbon intensity reduction standard establishment
HF 2109	Solar photovoltaic device installation in state-owned buildings funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 2174	Electric transit vehicle infrastructure appropriation bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF 2200	Climate change grant program established to provide financial assistance to cities, and money appropriated
HF 2211/SF 2191	Multifamily building composting encouragement and increase pilot project grant funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 2334/SF 2127	Environmental justice considerations in determining certain state permitting authorization
HF 2407/SF 51	Environmental emission revenue-neutral assessment provided, refundable FICA and property tax credit provided, credit against income tax to be paid as dividends provided, energy efficiency and renewable energy project loans authorized, rulemaking authority provided, reports required, and money appropriated
SF 51	Carbon Assessment and Dividend Act
SF 338	Biomass as an eligible energy technology definition modification; energy that electricity-generating utilities must supply from renewable sources and setting target dates by which those goals must be achieved proportion increase
SF 1086	All-electric vehicles surcharge modification; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles surcharge authorization; motor vehicle tax fuels tax adjustment establishment
SF 2033	Construction materials environmental impact study appropriation
HF 1076/SF 959	Omnibus environment, natural resources, and tourism policy and finance bill	In conference committee May 13

Cross-Sectional

HF 1270	Clean energy sector career training pilot project for youth from underserved communities funding provided, and money appropriated	Updates:
HF 1278/SF 1814	Great Start for All Minnesota Children Task Force establishment and appropriation
SF 1259	Clean energy career training pilot project appropriation