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2026 MCLA Bill Tracker

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MCLA'S ROLE: supporting

Access by federal immigration officers to public postsecondary campuses limited, and access to educational data modified 

HF3411 / SF3570

Authors: Coulter; Xiong; Jones; Howard; Wolgamott | Senate: Clark; Champion; Klein

 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; limiting access by federal immigration officers to public postsecondary campuses; modifying access to educational data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 13.32, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: Supporting

Access to child care center facilities limited

HF3415 / SF3616

Authors: Sencer-Mura; Pérez-Vega; Coulter; Rehrauer; Jones; Kraft; Howard; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Wolgamott | Senate: Maye Quade; Hauschild; Pha; Oumou Verbeten; Fateh 

 
Limits the access to child care facilities of immigration enforcement agents, requiring certain paperwork and access to certain areas thereafter.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Access to schools limited

HF 3435 / SF 3611

Authors: Jordan; Sencer-Mura; Kraft; Youakim; Clardy; Lee, F.; Kozlowski; Feist; Greenman; Jones; Lee, K.; Lee, X.; Mahamoud; Agbaje; Xiong; Curran; Gomez; Huot; Coulter; Johnson, P.; Smith; Greene; Virnig; Gottfried; Acomb; Frederick; Moller; Berg; Falconer; Howard; Carroll; Pinto; Bahner; Koegel; Tabke | Senate: Kunesh; Maye Quade; Fateh; Champion; Clark

 
A bill for an act relating to education; limiting access to school sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision. Limits immigration authority access on school grounds due to those with specifically identified documents, and into spaces without students present.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Treaspass offenses modified to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement, and detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government prohibited 

HF3483 / SF3771

Authors: Feist; Curran; Lee, K.; Gomez; Xiong; Noor; Liebling; Finke; Mahamoud; Frazier; Moller; Berg; Falconer; Youakim; Howard; Rehrauer; Jones; Wolgamott | Senate: Maye Quade; Oumou Verbeten; Hauschild; Kunesh; Gustafson

 
A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying certain trespass offenses to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement; prohibiting detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: SupportING

Certified salt applicator program establishment 

HF793 / SF492

Authors: Scott; Hollins; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Acomb; Freiberg; Hudson; Youakim; Kraft; Elkins; Johnson, P.; Fischer; Moller; Dippel; Jones | Senate: Putnam; McEwen; Howe; Hawj; Carlson

 
Creates a new voluntary salt applicator certificate program with the MPCA and provides limited liability protection for certified applicators

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supporting

Circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public modified and specific exceptions for law enforcement officers created 

HF3412 / SF3590

Authors: Finke; Moller; Sencer-Mura; Pinto; Greenman; Gomez; Kozlowski; Hollins; Freiberg; Frazier; Lee, K.; Reyer; Howard; Clardy; Mahamoud; Kraft; Johnson, P.; Lee, F.; Agbaje; Coulter; Greene; Gottfried; Smith; Youakim; Keeler; Acomb; Noor; Virnig; Pursell; Falconer; Curran; Lee, X.; Pérez-Vega; Berg; Xiong | Senate: Port; Kunesh; Fateh; Clark; Oumou Verbeten

 
A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public and creating specific exceptions for law enforcement officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.735. 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: Leading

Civil arrests prohibition for persons attending court proceedings

HF / SF3699

Authors:  | Senate: Latz; Hawj; Champion; Oumou Verbeten 

 
Ensures individuals attending immigration hearings are protected from arrest for the sake of those hearings, and subject to damages should they be arrested because of their appearance in court for those hearings. Entitles them to certain companions for the sake of their case.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supporting

Comunidades Organizando el poder la Accion Latina (COPAL) grant to equip a new center for community engagement appropriation 

HF2247 / SF1625

Authors: Sencer-Mura | Senate: Fateh; Pha

 
A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) to equip a new center for community engagement.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: Leading

County program aid increase to offset county costs associated with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) changes

HF3616 / SF3618

Authors: Coulter; Gomez; Kotyza-Witthuhn | Senate: Maye Quade

 
Individual income tax rates modified, county program aid increased to offset county costs associated with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program changes, school district revenue adjusted, commissioner required to estimate costs, and money appropriated.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: Leading

Denial of education based on immigration status prohibited provision 

HF3409 / SF3803

Authors: Sencer-Mura; Lee, K.; Kozlowski; Frazier; Curran; Hollins; Pérez-Vega; Jordan; Gomez; Xiong; Feist; Rehrauer; Smith; Jones; Howard; Kraft; Kotyza-Witthuhn; | Senate: Mann; Boldon; Cwodzinski; Maye Quade

 
Affirms the entitlement of all residents (including undocumented residents) and public education in the state of Minnesota. A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting denial of an education based on immigration status; providing a civil cause of action when right to education is denied based on immigration status; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.319, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: SupportING

Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties established, and money appropriated 

HF / SF3785

Authors: | Senate: Abeler; Oumou Verbeten; Lang

 
A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying employee identification numbers as not public data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 13.43, subdivision 2.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supporting

Minnesota Latino Museum bond issue and appropriation 

HF208 / SF961

Authors: Pérez-Vega; Koznick; Gomez; Kozlowski; Schwartz | Senate: Pappas; Mann; Mohamed

 
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Latino Museum; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: SupportING

Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties established, and money appropriated 

HF3403 / SF3596

Authors: Kozlowski; Agbaje; Rehrauer; Xiong; Lee, F.; Hussein | Senate: Port; Fateh; Clark; Dibble; Champion

 
A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties and Tribal governments; appropriating money; requiring a report.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: Leading

Detention and transport of suspects in vehicles that are not designed for detaining humans and designated as law enforcement vehicles prohibited 

HF3358 / SF3652

Authors: Finke; Kozlowski; Moller; Lee, K.; Hollins; Feist; Johnson, P.; Pinto; Tabke; Clardy; Berg; Greenman; Frazier; Huot; Gomez; Jones; Falconer; Howard; Smith; Pursell; Coulter; Acomb; Greene; Kraft; Fischer; Virnig; Hicks; Noor; Buck; Luger-Nikolai; Curran; Xiong; Kotyza-Witthuhn; Freiberg; Wolgamott | Senate: Dibble; Mohamed; Clark; Johnson Stewart; Hemmingsen-Jaeger 

 
Requires all law enforcement authorities detain and transport individuals only in appropriate vehicles, including those which include conspicuous markings identifying the agency.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supporting

Regional food bank grant program established, and money appropriated 

HF3586 / SF3770

Authors: Gander; Johnson, W.; Fischer; Hussein; Rehrauer; Zeleznikar; Smith; Kraft; Myers; Freiberg; Greenman; Greene | Senate: Boldon; Hemmingsen-Jaeger; Kupec; Abeler; Putnam

 
A bill for an act relating to food support; establishing a regional food bank grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142F.

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Treaspass offenses modified to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement, and detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government prohibited 

HF3483 / SF3771

Authors: Feist; Curran; Lee, K.; Gomez; Xiong; Noor; Liebling; Finke; Mahamoud; Frazier; Moller; Berg; Falconer; Youakim; Howard; Rehrauer; Jones; Wolgamott | Senate: Maye Quade; Oumou Verbeten; Hauschild; Kunesh; Gustafson

 
A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying certain trespass offenses to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement; prohibiting detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Prohibit certain contracts to provide detention facilities federal immigration purposes

HF3886 / SF3653

Authors: Sencer-Mura | Senate: Mohamed; Hawj; Johnson Stewart; Boldon; McEwen

 
Barrs local governments from entering into agreements with federal authorities to detain individuals in violation of federal immigration law.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of Force Investigations Unit required to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal agents

HF3405 / SF3660

Authors: Moller; Gomez; Hollins; Stephenson; Frazier; Long; Finke; Berg; Curran; Greenman; Tabke; Johnson, P.; Pinto; Jones; Rehm; Agbaje; Howard; Lee, F.; Mahamoud; Sencer-Mura; Jordan; Coulter; Youakim; Smith; Xiong; Rehrauer; Hussein; Freiberg; Lillie; Kraft; Wolgamott | Senate: Latz; Hawj; Klein; Champion; Oumou Verbeten

 
A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of Force Investigations Unit to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivisions 1, 3.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Cause of action for violations of civil rights under the color of law creation

HF3477 / SF3628

Authors: Long; Pinto; Greene; Rehrauer; Clardy | Senate: Champion; Fateh; Latz; Hoffman; Boldon 

 
A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating a cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law; regulating state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

Cause of action for violations of civil rights under the color of law creation

HF3414 / SF3629

Authors: Long; Freiberg; Reyer; Smith; Elkins; Rehrauer; Jones; Kraft; Howard; Wolgamott | Senate: Fateh; Champion; Hoffman; Frentz; Marty

 
Provides liability for individuals whose civil rights (as defined by Minnesota and federal constitutions) are impeded upon, and signed agreement to respect those constitutional rights by federal law enforcement in order to engage in partnerships with local authorities. (Very similar to HF 3477)
 

 


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MCLA'S ROLE: supportING

State, county, and local government units prohibited from entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements; and termination of certain existing immigration enforcement agreements required 

HF3413 / SF3842

Authors: Hollins; Moller; Curran; Frazier; Rehm; Feist; Finke; Pérez-Vega; Agbaje; Kozlowski; Smith; Xiong; Howard; Kraft | Senate: Oumou Verbeten; Boldon; Champion

 
A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting state, county, and local government units from entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements; requiring the termination of certain existing immigration enforcement agreements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
 

 


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