Minnesota SF 1832: Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriations

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; establishing a biennial budget for jobs, labor, and​
1.3 economic development; appropriating money for the Department of Employment​
1.4 and Economic Development, Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of​
1.5 Mediation Services, and Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals; modifying​
1.6 economic development provisions; modifying Explore Minnesota provisions;​
1.7 making labor policy changes; modifying provisions governing the certification of​
1.8 underground telecommunications installers; canceling prior appropriations; creating​
1.9 accounts; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.431,​
1.10 subdivision 2; 116J.659, subdivisions 4, 5; 116J.8733, subdivision 4; 116J.8752,​
1.11 subdivision 2; 116L.04, subdivisions 1, 1a; 116L.05, subdivision 5; 116L.98,​
1.12 subdivision 2; 116M.18, subdivision 3; 116U.05; 116U.06; 116U.15; 116U.30;​
1.13 116U.35; 177.253, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 177.254, subdivisions​
1.14 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 177.27, subdivision 5; 248.07, subdivisions 7, 8;​
1.15 268.085, subdivision 15; 268.184, subdivision 1; 326B.103, by adding subdivisions;​
1.16 326B.184, subdivisions 1a, 2; 326B.198, subdivisions 2, 3; 326B.31, subdivision​
1.17 29; 326B.33, subdivision 21; 326B.37, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, by adding​
1.18 a subdivision; 326B.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 326B.986, subdivision 9; 327.31, by​
1.19 adding a subdivision; 327.32, subdivisions 1a, 1e, 7; 327.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a,​
1.20 2b, 2c, by adding subdivisions; 327B.01, subdivisions 1, 7, 19, by adding​
1.21 subdivisions; 327B.04, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 7a; 327B.041; 327B.05, subdivision​
1.22 1; 469.54, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 15, section 33, subdivision​
1.23 4, as amended; article 18, sections 2, subdivisions 1, 4; 3, subdivisions 1, 4, 5;​
1.24 article 20, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; article 21, section 7, as amended;​
1.25 Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 14, section 3; proposing coding for new law in​
1.26 Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 326B; repealing Laws 2024, chapter 120, article​
1.27 1, section 13.​
1.28 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.29 ARTICLE 1​
1.30 APPROPRIATIONS; JOBS​
1.31 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.​
1.32 (a) The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the​
1.33 agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the​
1​Article 1 Section 1.​
S1832-4 4th Engrossment​SF1832 REVISOR SS​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1832​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: CHAMPION)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​486​02/24/2025​
Referred to Jobs and Economic Development​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance​1798a​04/10/2025​
Rule 12.10: report of votes in committee​1870​
Comm report: To pass as amended​3970a​04/25/2025​
Second reading​4010​
General Orders: Stricken and re-referred to Finance​4115​04/28/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended​4141a​
Second reading​4142​
Special Order: Amended​4150a​04/29/2025​
Third reading Passed as amended​4172​
Returned from House with amendment​4879​05/12/2025​
Senate not concur, conference committee requested​4880​
Senate conferees Champion; McEwen; Mohamed; Hauschild; Oumou Verbeten; Draheim​4937​
House conferees Pinto; Greenman; Frazier; Baker; Zeleznikar; Mekeland​4943​05/13/2025​
Joint rule 3.02, conference committee discharged​6285​
Laid on table​

2.1 general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for​
2.2 each purpose. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations​
2.3 listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027,​
2.4 respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The​
2.5 biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.​
2.6 (b) If an appropriation in this article is enacted more than once in the 2025 regular or​
2.7 special legislative session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.​
2.8 (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the​
2.9 commissioners of the agencies receiving grant appropriations in this article must not use​
2.10 any amount of the grant appropriations for administration costs unless otherwise appropriated​
2.11 or stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.035, subdivision 7.​
2.12 APPROPRIATIONS​
2.13 Available for the Year​
2.14 Ending June 30​
2027​2.15 2026​
2.16 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT​
2.17 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT​
149,835,000​$​159,277,000​$​2.18 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation​
2.19 Appropriations by Fund​
2027​2.20 2026​
108,433,000​113,113,000​2.21 General​
700,000​700,000​2.22 Remediation​
40,702,000​45,464,000​
2.23 Workforce​
2.24 Development​
2.25 The amounts that may be spent for each​
2.26 purpose are specified in the following​
2.27 subdivisio