2026 Legislative Session - Week 10

April 28, 2026

 

ACTION ALERT

You'll see in the legislative update below that the House and Senate are moving their Omnibus Jobs bills through their respective bodies. We have been advocating for a business relief package that would support small businesses that were impacted by the recent federal immigration enforcement this session. The Senate is moving SF4535 which would create a $100 million forgivable loan program that would provide critical supports for small businesses. The House has not been able to move a similar package forward. 

Please reach out to your state elected officials and urge them to support moving a package of supports for small businesses forward. It's worth talking with House and Senate members but most critical that House members know that this needs to be done this legislative session.  

We’ve reached the point of the legislative session where both bodies of the legislature are spending lots of time on the floor passing big Omnibus bills and legislative leadership are meeting to hash out the big deals that will come together (hopefully) at the end of the legislative session. Members are reporting they are making good progress on hashing out a bonding package, which is welcome news to many. A summary of where key bills stand at present: 

Jobs and Workforce Committee Omnibus Bills 

Senate 
Senate Jobs Economic Recovery 

  • SF4535 (Champion) Minnesota business recovery loan program establishment and appropriation. As amended by the A-2 amendment. The bill appropriates $100 million for a forgivable loan program to businesses that have been impacted by the federal enforcement efforts. You can find the spreadsheet here for this bill. The bill passed out of Senate Finance and was sent to the floor.  
  • The Committee also took up SF3664 (Champion) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development policy and supplemental appropriations as amended by the A-48 amendment. You can review the spreadsheet for this bill here. The bill was laid over.  


House 
HF3732 (Pinto) Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Bill as amended by the DE2. You can find the spreadsheet for this here. The bill passed out of Committee and was sent to the General Register. The bill includes some notable provisions:  

  • Would create a new subcommittee of the Governor's Workforce Development Board to recommend grants from the Workforce Development Fund up to $10 million dollars worth.
  • Creates a new Healthcare Workforce Grant Program
  • Extends UI benefits to laid off iron ore mining workers.  
  • Creates an Office of Community Investment at DEED that provides oversight, strategic direction, program design and tracks grant outcomes.  
  • The House funds two things in their bill (both included in the policy language noted above):
  • Office of Community Investment at $400,000 ongoing annually
  • Subcommittee for the Governor's Workforce Development Board at $401,000 ongoing annually

Housing Omnibus Bills  

Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee – SF0203 (Port) Housing infrastructure bonds issuance authorization and appropriation. This is the Housing Finance and Policy Omnibus bill and includes funding HIB bonds at $50 million. This bill was sent to the General Register. Housing infrastructure bonds issuance authorization and appropriation. This is the Housing Finance and Policy Omnibus bill and includes funding HIB bonds at $50 million. This bill was sent to the General Register.  

House Housing Omnibus Bill 
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee – Heard HF1141 (Howard) Issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated. This bill appropriates $20 million for the Greater Minnesota Workforce Housing grant program, $40 million for FHPAP and $150,000 for homebuyer education training. The bill also authorized $100 million in HIB bonds. The policy language in the bill also requires multiple changes to agency reporting on fiscal balances. This bill was sent to the General Register.
 

Significant Upcoming Hearings  

The House and Senate are likely to take up the Housing bills early this week and the Jobs Omnibus bills late this week.   

Additional hearings are likely to be posted throughout the week.

Key Bills We’re Watching 
  • SF3695 (Port) Federal immigration enforcement operation economic impact study requirement provision and appropriation.  
  • SF3608 (Rest) Requirements modification for return of excess tax increments
  • HF3663/SF4212 (Jones/McEwen) State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.
  • SF3664/HF3732 (Champion/Pinto) – Agency policy bill  
  • HF3843/SF4427 (Baker/Housley) Requires a sub-committee of the Workforce Development Board to make recommendations for appropriations from the Workforce Development Fund.
  • SF3839/HF3806 (Port/Howard) Housing infrastructure bond issue and appropriation
  • HF3600 (Perryman) – Competitive selection processes modified for certain housing development programs.  
  • SF4123/HF3895 (Port/Igo) Zoning authority of local governments over certain housing types limited.
  • SF4158/HF4602 (Jasinski/Skraba) BDPI bond issue and appropriation  
  • HF4077/SF4379 (Greenman/Maye Quade) Municipalities prohibition from entering into nondisclosure agreements. This bill was sent to the General Register in the House and Judiciary Committee in the Senate. 
  • HF4097/SF4272 (Frazier/Pha) Adds $2 million in additional funding for the Emerging Entrepreneur Loan Program.
  • HF4342/SF4527 (Frazier/Pha) Relief program for small businesses negatively impacted by federal enforcement activity established, report required, and money appropriated.
  • SF4535/HF4477 (Champion/Xiong) Minnesota business recovery loan program establishment and appropriation 
  • SF4690 (Rest) Various individual income and corporate franchise taxes and property taxes policy and technical changes provisions modifications, obsolete JOBZ provisions removal provision, and other miscellaneous tax provisions modifications
  • HF3179/SF3429 (Jones/McEwen) Building energy performance standards establishment and appropriation
  • SF4548/HF4814 (Hauschild/Huot) Ban local elected officials from entering certain nondisclosure agreements – data centers ONLY.
  • SF4555 (Xiong) Omnibus State and Local Government policy bill – this bill had all of the NDA prohibition bills and their variations amended into this bill when passing the Senate floor.