Bill > HF2094

This bill establishes the Minnesota Migration Act, which creates a state-level initiative to address the historical impacts of slavery and systemic racism on Black Minnesotans. The bill creates a 19-member Advisory Council tasked with analyzing the economic benefits of slavery, documenting institutional racism, and developing criteria for distributing reparation grants to descendants of enslaved people. The council will review international standards for remedying historical injustices, provide input on formal apologies, study laws that negatively affect African Americans, and determine appropriate forms of compensation. The bill requires the council to issue annual reports, with an initial report due by March 31, 2026, and includes provisions for appointing members with lived experience of racial discrimination. The legislation appropriates funding, including $100 million to a newly established Minnesota Migration Act account, and requires the state to acknowledge historical injustices such as slavery at Fort Snelling, the destruction of the Rondo neighborhood, and systemic discrimination in housing, education, and law enforcement. The bill explicitly states that this is not a substitute for federal reparations but represents a state-level effort to address the long-term impacts of slavery and racism on Black communities in Minnesota.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2094&ssn=0&y=2025