Bill > HF474

This bill appropriates $200,000 in fiscal year 2026 from the state's general fund to replace the existing statue of Henry Mower Rice in the United States Capitol's Statuary Hall with a new statue of Hubert H. Humphrey, a prominent Minnesota politician. The funding will cover the costs of removing and transporting the Rice statue to the Minnesota State Historical Society, recasting the existing Humphrey statue from the Minnesota State Capitol, and erecting the new Humphrey statue in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. The appropriation is designated as a one-time expenditure and will remain available until the project is completed or abandoned, in accordance with Minnesota statutes. Each state is allowed to contribute two statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection, and this bill represents Minnesota's effort to update its representation by honoring Humphrey, who was a significant U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential candidate known for his civil rights advocacy and political leadership.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0474&ssn=0&y=2025