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2025 - 2026
SENATE INDEX

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MINNESOTA SENATE NINETY-FOUR LEGISLATURE

COMMITTEE LIST

2025 - 2026

Higher Education
Wednesday, May 14, 2025


SF 47 Putnam; Fateh; Mitchell
Revisor No.: 25-00796
Short Description: State grant program appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/16/202566Introduction and first reading 
01/16/2025Referred to Higher Education
01/21/2025143Author added Fateh
03/27/20251112Author added Mitchell


SF 164 Weber; Fateh; Abeler; Kupec
HF 862 Schomacker
Revisor No.: 25-01270
Short Description: Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/16/202585Introduction and first reading 
01/16/2025Referred to Higher Education
01/21/2025144Author added Fateh
02/24/2025524aComm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services
03/06/2025646Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Higher Education
03/06/2025673Authors added Abeler; Kupec


SF 208 Oumou Verbeten
HF 479 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 25-00531
Short Description: Certain higher education state grant modifications and tuition and fees maximum for certain students created
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/16/202592Introduction and first reading 
01/16/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 377 Oumou Verbeten; Fateh; Putnam; Gruenhagen
HF 421 Hanson, J.
Revisor No.: 25-00532
Short Description: Legacy admissions prohibition
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/21/2025125Introduction and first reading 
01/21/2025Referred to Higher Education
02/24/2025491Authors added Putnam; Gruenhagen


SF 710 Lucero
Revisor No.: 25-01187
Short Description: Public postsecondary institutions requirement to keep certain student information private establishment; consent requirement before collecting student location data
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/27/2025193Introduction and first reading 
01/27/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 721 Lucero; Gruenhagen; Utke; Bahr
Revisor No.: 25-01186
Short Description: Certain provisions modification for resident tuition and state student aid
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/27/2025195Introduction and first reading 
01/27/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/24/20251024Author stricken Eichorn


SF 777 Hoffman
Revisor No.: 25-01483
Short Description: Loan forgiveness and grants establishment for home care worker education
DATED-PG ACTIONS
01/30/2025220Introduction and first reading 
01/30/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 1035 Port; Oumou Verbeten; Mohamed; Maye Quade; Duckworth
HF 2008 Hanson, J.
Revisor No.: 25-00079
Short Description: Provisions modification related to campus sexual misconduct
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/06/2025299Introduction and first reading 
02/06/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/06/2025637aComm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety
03/06/2025673Author added Duckworth
04/07/20251682aComm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Higher Education


SF 1074 Klein; Kupec; Duckworth
HF 982 Clardy
Revisor No.: 25-01809
Short Description: Education benefit establishment for dependents of disabled veterans
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/06/2025305Introduction and first reading 
02/06/2025Referred to Higher Education
02/10/2025347Author added Kupec
03/27/20251113Author added Duckworth


SF 1474 Gustafson; Abeler; Boldon; Mann; Duckworth
HF 1128 Mueller
Revisor No.: 25-02469
Short Description: Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/17/2025407Introduction and first reading 
02/17/2025Referred to Education Policy
02/24/2025471Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Higher Education
02/24/2025493Authors added Boldon; Mann; Duckworth


SF 1607 Oumou Verbeten; Clark; Fateh; Champion
Revisor No.: 25-02415
Short Description: University of Minnesota health care initiatives in underserved areas appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/20/2025440Introduction and first reading 
02/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
02/24/2025493Author added Champion


SF 1611 Oumou Verbeten; Clark; Duckworth
HF 2061 Coulter
Revisor No.: 25-02038
Short Description: Student loan debt counseling appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/20/2025440Introduction and first reading 
02/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
02/27/2025580Author added Duckworth


SF 1676 Hoffman; Rarick
HF 1165 Bahner
Revisor No.: 25-01454
Short Description: 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
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/20/2025450Introduction and first reading 
02/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
02/27/2025581Withdrawn and re-referred to Health and Human Services
03/03/2025627Author added Rarick


SF 1700 Draheim; Putnam; Duckworth; Kupec; Rarick
Revisor No.: 25-01927
Short Description: Low-interest student loan program (HELP) establishment and appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/20/2025455Introduction and first reading 
02/20/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 1742 McEwen; Hauschild; Kunesh
HF 1980 Kozlowski
Revisor No.: 25-02285
Short Description: Center of American Indian and Minority Health appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/20/2025462Introduction and first reading 
02/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/20/2025941Author added Kunesh


SF 1940 Kupec; Seeberger; Duckworth
HF 1603 Coulter
Revisor No.: 25-02208
Short Description: Current paramedic scholarship program continuation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/27/2025563Introduction and first reading 
02/27/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/03/2025628Author added Seeberger
03/13/2025776Author added Duckworth


SF 1978 Rarick; Drazkowski; Gruenhagen; Coleman; Jasinski
HF 1323 Schultz
Revisor No.: 25-03909
Short Description: Nondocumented noncitizens ineligibility for state financial aid programs establishment
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/27/2025569Introduction and first reading 
02/27/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 1989 Draheim; Utke
HF 2649 Knudsen
Revisor No.: 25-02861
Short Description: Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study requirement; institution eligibility for state student aid modification
DATED-PG ACTIONS
02/27/2025571Introduction and first reading 
02/27/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/17/2025874Author added Utke


SF 2044 McEwen; Rarick
HF 1940 Zeleznikar
Revisor No.: 25-04034
Short Description: Remediation fund permissible usage allowing for PFAS contamination at emergency response training centers cost reimbursement provision and appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/03/2025606Introduction and first reading 
03/03/2025Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy
03/20/2025943Withdrawn and re-referred to Higher Education


SF 2069 Koran; Rasmusson
Revisor No.: 25-04031
Short Description: Metropolitan State University cyber range services funding authorization and appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/03/2025611Introduction and first reading 
03/03/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2203 Pappas; Johnson Stewart
HF 1360 Koegel
Revisor No.: 25-03954
Short Description: Empowering small Minnesota communities program establishment
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/06/2025658Introduction and first reading 
03/06/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/27/20251115Author added Johnson Stewart
03/27/20251117Withdrawn and re-referred to Transportation


SF 2248 Kupec; Utke; Putnam
HF 2114 Norris
Revisor No.: 25-02949
Short Description: Real-time stenographic writer training institutional grant program establishment and appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/06/2025665Introduction and first reading 
03/06/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2330 Putnam
HF 2308 Vang
Revisor No.: 25-04357
Short Description: College Possible grant appropriation to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/10/2025707Introduction and first reading 
03/10/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2331 Putnam
HF 2417 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 25-04359
Short Description: Wallin Education Partners grant appropriation to support college admission and graduation programming for low-income students
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/10/2025707Introduction and first reading 
03/10/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2343 Kupec
HF 2504 Hanson, J.
Revisor No.: 25-03039
Short Description: Minnesota State Colleges and University campuses mental health services appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/10/2025709Introduction and first reading 
03/10/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2362 Clark
HF 2253 Coulter
Revisor No.: 25-04166
Short Description: University of Minnesota operations and maintenance appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/10/2025713Introduction and first reading 
03/10/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2401 Putnam; Kupec; Oumou Verbeten
HF 1751 Hanson, J.
Revisor No.: 25-02327
Short Description: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation to provide hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage to part-time or adjunct faculty
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025745Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2406 Oumou Verbeten
HF 2572 Noor
Revisor No.: 25-04160
Short Description: Office of Higher Education appropriation for emergency grants to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities students
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025745Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2449 Kupec
HF 2163 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 25-04162
Short Description: University of Minnesota student programs and services appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025754Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2481 Putnam; Fateh; Oumou Verbeten
HF 2737 Hicks
Revisor No.: 25-03596
Short Description: Hunger-Free Campus grant program appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025759Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/23/20253737Author added Oumou Verbeten


SF 2482 Fateh
HF 2312 Rarick
Revisor No.: 25-00542
Short Description: Certain higher education provisions modifications
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025759Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2483 Fateh
HF 2431 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 25-00543
Short Description: Omnibus Higher Education policy and appropriations
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025759Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/22/20252323aComm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance
04/29/20254148aComm report: To pass as amended 
04/29/20254149Second reading 
Referred to for comparison with HF2431
04/30/20254277aRule 45-amend, subst. General Orders HF2431, SF indefinitely postponed


SF 2495 Putnam
HF 2090 Frazier
Revisor No.: 25-02942
Short Description: 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
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025762Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2516 Putnam; Howe
HF 2229 Perryman
Revisor No.: 25-03226
Short Description: CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025765Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2518 Kupec; Fateh; Putnam
Revisor No.: 25-04167
Short Description: Workforce development scholarship program parameters modifications and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities various needs appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025765Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2527 Rarick
HF 2131 Rarick
Revisor No.: 25-04670
Short Description: Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expansion provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025767Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2528 Rarick; Farnsworth; Pratt; Mathews
HF 2241 Scott
Revisor No.: 25-02878
Short Description: North Star Promise scholarships recipients in-state residency and work requirement imposition provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/13/2025767Introduction and first reading 
03/13/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2597 Rarick; Fateh
Revisor No.: 25-03646
Short Description: Higher education institutions grant program modifications
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/17/2025856Introduction and first reading 
03/17/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2617 Kupec; Wiklund
HF 2414 Liebling
Revisor No.: 25-04164
Short Description: University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/17/2025859Introduction and first reading 
03/17/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2683 Utke; Farnsworth; Koran
HF 2192 Schultz
Revisor No.: 25-03081
Short Description: North Star Promise scholarship program elimination
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/17/2025871Introduction and first reading 
03/17/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2703 Gustafson; Fateh; Carlson
Revisor No.: 25-03924
Short Description: Enrollment fraud working group creation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025912Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
03/27/20251116Authors added Fateh; Carlson


SF 2729 Putnam
HF 2840 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 25-04040
Short Description: Minitex library information and resource sharing program appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025916Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2734 Hauschild
HF 2520 Skraba
Revisor No.: 25-02952
Short Description: Minnesota Green Iron initiative at the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025917Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2739 Fateh
Revisor No.: 25-04074
Short Description: Certain higher education student bank account minimum standards requirement provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025918Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2753 Kupec; Rasmusson; Duckworth
HF 2610 Rarick
Revisor No.: 25-04231
Short Description: Cybersecurity offering as an applied doctoral degree authorization provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025920Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/01/20251263Author added Duckworth


SF 2816 Clark; Duckworth
Revisor No.: 25-04073
Short Description: Higher education institution unused student meal plan balances refund requirement
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/20/2025931Introduction and first reading 
03/20/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2881 Hauschild; Rarick
Revisor No.: 25-04391
Short Description: Permanent university fund mining royalty income allocation modifications
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/24/20251005Introduction and first reading 
03/24/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2888 Lucero; Fateh; Hawj; Duckworth; Pappas
HF 2561 Bahner
Revisor No.: 25-04237
Short Description: Authority to offer doctoral degrees at state universities expansion
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/24/20251006Introduction and first reading 
03/24/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 2931 Seeberger; Duckworth; Kupec
HF 2454 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 25-04703
Short Description: Law enforcement grant program establishment and appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/24/20251013Introduction and first reading 
03/24/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/01/20251263Author added Kupec


SF 2932 Oumou Verbeten; Fateh; Draheim
Revisor No.: 25-04528
Short Description: College Financing Literacy Act establishment provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/24/20251013Introduction and first reading 
03/24/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/01/20251263Author added Draheim


SF 3005 Clark; Champion
HF 2151 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 25-02988
Short Description: Plant-based foods production training pilot program establishment
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/27/20251095Introduction and first reading 
03/27/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/02/20251280Author added Champion


SF 3052 Rarick
HF 2747 Howard
Revisor No.: 25-04673
Short Description: Minnesota Independence College and Community grant appropriation for student scholarships and other specified purposes
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/27/20251103Introduction and first reading 
03/27/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3079 Duckworth
HF 2634 Bakeberg
Revisor No.: 25-04671
Short Description: North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students enrolled in programs in high-demand industries and occupations provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
03/27/20251108Introduction and first reading 
03/27/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3108 Clark
HF 2385 Huot
Revisor No.: 25-04163
Short Description: University of Minnesota promising industry sectors research appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251244Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3120 Putnam; Kupec
HF 2908 Kotyza-Witthuhn
Revisor No.: 25-04410
Short Description: Statewide children's savings account program for higher education establishment; local partner design and implementation grants establishment; appropriating money
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251245Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3128 Kunesh; Champion
Revisor No.: 25-05116
Short Description: Increase Teachers of Color Act modification; pilot scholarship for aspiring teachers of color permanency establishment; appropriating money
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251247Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Education Finance
04/03/20251286Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Higher Education
04/03/20251355Author added Champion


SF 3155 Hoffman; Abeler; Dibble; Utke; Hawj
HF 2930 Hill
Revisor No.: 25-05066
Short Description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research appropriation provision and appropriation cancellation provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251252Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3159 Oumou Verbeten; Fateh
HF 3086 Noor
Revisor No.: 25-04803
Short Description: Student Basic Needs Advisory Council establishment
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251252Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3164 Nelson; Boldon
HF 3089 Liebling
Revisor No.: 25-05109
Short Description: University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/01/20251253Introduction and first reading 
04/01/2025Referred to Higher Education
04/22/20253722Author added Boldon


SF 3248 Putnam
Revisor No.: 25-05269
Short Description: Certain assets of colleges and universities certain growth participation fee establishment provision and special revenue fund account establishment provision
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/03/20251346Introduction and first reading 
04/03/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3286 Lucero
HF 3101 Rymer
Revisor No.: 25-00930
Short Description: Intellectual Freedom Protection Act creation to regulate public postsecondary institutions
DATED-PG ACTIONS
04/03/20251352Introduction and first reading 
04/03/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3471 Oumou Verbeten
HF 3222 Coulter
Revisor No.: 25-05498
Short Description: For-profit educational institutions ineligibility for the state grant program establishment
DATED-PG ACTIONS
05/01/20254332Introduction and first reading 
05/01/2025Referred to Higher Education


SF 3491 Duckworth
Revisor No.: 25-05468
Short Description: Certain disclosures and implementation of corequisite model requirement related to developmental courses
DATED-PG ACTIONS
05/07/20254520Introduction and first reading 
05/07/2025Referred to Higher Education