Minnesota Votes

Appropriates $191.1 million from Minnesota's Outdoor Heritage Fund for 54 projects involving wildlife habitat restoration, land conservation, and the protection of natural areas.

Proposes an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that would allow the state to increase annual distributions from its Permanent School Fund to public-school districts.

Would have required individuals under age 18 to wear helmets when operating electric-assisted bicycles.

Would have imposed additional regulations on manufactured-home-park owners.

Would have permanently prohibited pharmaceutical manufacturers from restricting discounted drug deliveries to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies participating in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

Expands eligibility for Minnesota's Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative program.

Changed MinnesotaCare eligibility by removing access for illegal migrants.

Appropriates state funding for a wide range of climate, energy, and renewable-development programs for the 2026-27 biennium.

Minnesota's omnibus environment and natural-resources policy and appropriation bill for fiscal years 2026-27.

Imposes that landlords and homeowners' associations cannot charge extra pet fees for training service dogs.

Adds new safety requirements for anyone using scuba gear while commercially removing or managing aquatic plants.

Condemns President Donald Trump's pardon of participants of the January 6 incident.

Appropriates approximately $783 million for "jobs and economic development," including grants to "LGBTQ+-owned small businesses," "African Immigrants Community Services," and the "Black Women's Wealth Alliance."

Mandates that all health plans provide coverage for "gender-affirming care," with certain exceptions.

Extends "four-day school week" approvals; implements "language access plans" for non-English-speaking students; and specifies criteria for the "federal child and adult care food program and federal summer food service program."

Requires small and large businesses to pay their employees the same minimum wage and stipulates an annual increase by the lesser of 5 percent or the inflation-rate percentage.

Clarifies that the "trigger activator" ban covers semiautomatic firearms with a "binary firing system" and expands the crime of a "straw purchase" to involve the transfer of "all firearms" to an "ineligible person."

Urges Congress to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

Would propose an "equal rights" amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.

Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.

Prohibits the enforcement or application of a law from another state that allows a state agency to remove a child from their parent or guardian for permitting the child to undergo sex-change surgery.

Enacts that the department is required to allocate state funding to every Minnesota school enrolled in the free school meals program.

Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.

Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.

Serves as the $21.2 billion omnibus PreK-12 public education bill, which allocates $554.2 million in new spending, incorporates provisions from the Increase Teachers of Color Act, and prohibits "lunch shaming."

Provides for the use of federal COVID-19 funds for rental and housing assistance in Minnesota.

Appropriates $18.8 billion to extend Medicaid coverage, raise welfare payouts for low-income families, and assist with child care and student loan forgiveness.

Aims to reduce statewide energy consumption, specifically by requiring utility "load management" and "fuel switching."

Would have ended the COVID-19 peacetime public emergency declared by Governor Tim Walz on March 13, 2021, under Executive Order 20-1 and extended under subsequent executive orders.

Allows Minnesota law enforcement agencies to enforce orders for protection issued in Canada without a requirement that such orders be filed with a court in the United States.