Higher Education
2025-2026 Regular Session
Report Date: May 10, 2025 4:03:13 PM
| Bill # | Senate Author | Description | Date Received | Hearing Date | Action Taken | Senate Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF47 | Putnam | State grant program appropriation | 01/16/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF164 | Weber | Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement | 01/16/2025 | 02/18/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services | |
| SF164 | Weber | Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement | 03/06/2025 | 02/18/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services | |
| SF208 | Oumou Verbeten | Certain higher education state grant modifications and tuition and fees maximum for certain students created | 01/16/2025 | |||
| SF377 | Oumou Verbeten | Legacy admissions prohibition | 01/21/2025 | 02/18/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF710 | Lucero | Public postsecondary institutions requirement to keep certain student information private establishment; consent requirement before collecting student location data | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF721 | Lucero | Certain provisions modification for resident tuition and state student aid | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF777 | Hoffman | Loan forgiveness and grants establishment for home care worker education | 01/30/2025 | |||
| SF1035 | Port | Provisions modification related to campus sexual misconduct | 02/06/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1035 | Port | Provisions modification related to campus sexual misconduct | 04/07/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1074 | Klein | Education benefit establishment for dependents of disabled veterans | 02/06/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1474 | Gustafson | Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program | 02/24/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1607 | Oumou Verbeten | University of Minnesota health care initiatives in underserved areas appropriation | 02/20/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1611 | Oumou Verbeten | Student loan debt counseling appropriation | 02/20/2025 | 03/13/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1676 | Hoffman | Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority restructuring and renaming to Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority provision, Authority construction and financing of health care facilities authorization provision, and increasing bonding capacity | 02/20/2025 | |||
| SF1700 | Draheim | Low-interest student loan program (HELP) establishment and appropriation | 02/20/2025 | |||
| SF1742 | McEwen | Center of American Indian and Minority Health appropriation | 02/20/2025 | 03/11/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1940 | Kupec | Current paramedic scholarship program continuation | 02/27/2025 | 03/11/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1978 | Rarick | Nondocumented noncitizens ineligibility for state financial aid programs establishment | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF1989 | Draheim | Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study requirement; institution eligibility for state student aid modification | 02/27/2025 | 03/13/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2069 | Koran | Metropolitan State University cyber range services funding authorization and appropriation | 03/03/2025 | |||
| SF2203 | Pappas | Empowering small Minnesota communities program establishment | 03/06/2025 | |||
| SF2248 | Kupec | Real-time stenographic writer training institutional grant program establishment and appropriation | 03/06/2025 | |||
| SF2330 | Putnam | College Possible grant appropriation to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2331 | Putnam | Wallin Education Partners grant appropriation to support college admission and graduation programming for low-income students | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2343 | Kupec | Minnesota State Colleges and University campuses mental health services appropriation | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2362 | Clark | University of Minnesota operations and maintenance appropriation | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2401 | Putnam | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation to provide hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage to part-time or adjunct faculty | 03/13/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2406 | Oumou Verbeten | Office of Higher Education appropriation for emergency grants to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities students | 03/13/2025 | 03/18/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2449 | Kupec | University of Minnesota student programs and services appropriation | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2481 | Putnam | Hunger-Free Campus grant program appropriation | 03/13/2025 | 03/18/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2482 | Fateh | Certain higher education provisions modifications | 03/13/2025 | 03/20/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2483 | Fateh | Omnibus Higher Education policy and appropriations | 03/13/2025 | 04/10/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | |
| SF2495 | Putnam | Default living and miscellaneous expenses allowance for the state higher education grant program authorization; State Grant Plus scholarship to supplement state grant awards establishment; grant programs establishment within the Office of Higher Education; appropriating money | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2516 | Putnam | CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital appropriation | 03/13/2025 | 03/18/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2518 | Kupec | Workforce development scholarship program parameters modifications and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities various needs appropriation | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2527 | Rarick | Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expansion provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2528 | Rarick | North Star Promise scholarships recipients in-state residency and work requirement imposition provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2597 | Rarick | Higher education institutions grant program modifications | 03/17/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2617 | Kupec | University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation | 03/17/2025 | |||
| SF2683 | Utke | North Star Promise scholarship program elimination | 03/17/2025 | |||
| SF2703 | Gustafson | Enrollment fraud working group creation | 03/20/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2729 | Putnam | Minitex library information and resource sharing program appropriation | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2734 | Hauschild | Minnesota Green Iron initiative at the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute appropriation | 03/20/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2739 | Fateh | Certain higher education student bank account minimum standards requirement provision | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2753 | Kupec | Cybersecurity offering as an applied doctoral degree authorization provision | 03/20/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2816 | Clark | Higher education institution unused student meal plan balances refund requirement | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2881 | Hauschild | Permanent university fund mining royalty income allocation modifications | 03/24/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF2888 | Lucero | Authority to offer doctoral degrees at state universities expansion | 03/24/2025 | |||
| SF2931 | Seeberger | Law enforcement grant program establishment and appropriation | 03/24/2025 | |||
| SF2932 | Oumou Verbeten | College Financing Literacy Act establishment provision | 03/24/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF3005 | Clark | Plant-based foods production training pilot program establishment | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3052 | Rarick | Minnesota Independence College and Community grant appropriation for student scholarships and other specified purposes | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3079 | Duckworth | North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students enrolled in programs in high-demand industries and occupations provision | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3108 | Clark | University of Minnesota promising industry sectors research appropriation | 04/01/2025 | |||
| SF3120 | Putnam | Statewide children's savings account program for higher education establishment; local partner design and implementation grants establishment; appropriating money | 04/01/2025 | |||
| SF3128 | Kunesh | Increase Teachers of Color Act modification; pilot scholarship for aspiring teachers of color permanency establishment; appropriating money | 04/03/2025 | |||
| SF3155 | Hoffman | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research appropriation provision and appropriation cancellation provision | 04/01/2025 | |||
| SF3159 | Oumou Verbeten | Student Basic Needs Advisory Council establishment | 04/01/2025 | |||
| SF3164 | Nelson | University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation | 04/01/2025 | |||
| SF3248 | Putnam | Certain assets of colleges and universities certain growth participation fee establishment provision and special revenue fund account establishment provision | 04/03/2025 | |||
| SF3286 | Lucero | Intellectual Freedom Protection Act creation to regulate public postsecondary institutions | 04/03/2025 | |||
| SF3471 | Oumou Verbeten | For-profit educational institutions ineligibility for the state grant program establishment | 05/01/2025 | |||
| SF3491 | Duckworth | Certain disclosures and implementation of corequisite model requirement related to developmental courses | 05/07/2025 |