Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF719: Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Status: Signed into law, May 17, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the conveyance of state bond-financed property; modifying and canceling prior appropriations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; providing for a temporary registration tax reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 446A.077, subdivisions 3, 4…
From the engrossed text, May 18, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the conveyance of state bond-financed property; modifying and canceling prior appropriations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; providing for a temporary registration tax reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 446A.077, subdivisions 3, 4; 446A.086, subdivision 11; 457A.03, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 134.45, subdivision 4; 446A.082; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, sections 16, subdivision 39; 17, subdivision 13, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, sections 16, subdivision 19; 21, subdivision 9. ARTICLE 1 APPROPRIATIONS Section 1.new text begin[ADDED: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.]new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, clauses …