summary
Introduced
06/09/2025
06/09/2025
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/10/2024
06/10/2024
Introduced Session
94th Legislature 2025 1st Special Session
Bill Summary
A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating money for transportation purposes, including Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and Metropolitan Council activities; modifying various transportation finance and policy provisions; imposing and modifying certain taxes, including to establish a per-kilowatt hour tax on public electric vehicle charging, modify calculation of electric vehicle surcharge, and establish surcharge on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; establishing electricity as vehicle fuel working group; requiring rulemaking; requiring various transportation and transit-related studies; requiring reports; transferring money; making technical and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 4.076, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 13.6905, subdivision 8; 16A.88, subdivision 1a; 161.088, subdivision 4a; 161.115, subdivision 177; 161.14, by adding subdivisions; 161.178, subdivision 4; 168.002, subdivision 6; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 1m, by adding a subdivision; 168.091; 168.27, subdivisions 8, 11, 16, 22; 168.33, by adding a subdivision; 168A.11, subdivision 1; 168E.01, by adding subdivisions; 168E.05, subdivision 1; 169.011, subdivision 36; 169.06, subdivision 5; 169.686, subdivision 1; 169.865, subdivisions 1a, 3; 169.974, subdivision 5; 171.01, by adding subdivisions; 171.05, subdivision 1; 171.0605, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, by adding a subdivision; 171.0701, by adding a subdivision; 171.0705, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivision 2; 171.13, subdivisions 1, 7, 8; 171.17, subdivision 1; 171.2405, subdivision 1; 171.301, subdivisions 1, as amended, 5, 6; 171.306, subdivisions 1, as amended, 4, as amended, 8; 174.07, subdivision 3; 174.38, subdivision 4; 174.49, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 174.634, subdivision 2; 289A.51, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 296A.01, by adding subdivisions; 296A.02, subdivision 3; 296A.06, subdivision 2; 296A.061; 296A.19; 296A.22, subdivision 3; 297A.94; 297A.9915, subdivisions 1, 4; 297A.993, subdivision 2a; 299A.55, subdivisions 2, 4; 360.511, by adding subdivisions; 360.55, subdivisions 4, 4a, 8, by adding a subdivision; 398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 473.129, by adding a subdivision; 473.13, subdivisions 1, 6; 473.142; 473.1425; 473.386, subdivision 10; 473.39, subdivision 6, by adding subdivisions; 473.408, by adding a subdivision; 473.412, subdivision 3; 473.4465, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 45; Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 10, section 9; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, sections 2, subdivisions 2, 3; 17, subdivision 13; article 2, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; article 4, section 109; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3; Laws 2025, chapter 29, 1 section 13, subdivisions 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 137; 162; 168; 168A; 171; 174; 296A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.452.
AI Summary
This bill appropriates funds for transportation purposes for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, totaling $8,942,673,000.
* **Department of Transportation:**
* Multimodal Systems: $86,964,000 in 2026 and $86,814,000 in 2027. This includes funding for Airport Development and Assistance, Aviation Support Services, Civil Air Patrol, Transit and Active Transportation, Safe Routes to School, Passenger Rail, and Freight.
* State Roads: $2,967,157,000 in 2026 and $1,985,657,000 in 2027. This covers Operations and Maintenance, Program Planning and Delivery, State Road Construction, Corridors of Commerce, and Highway Debt Service.
* Local Roads: $1,394,348,000 in 2026 and $1,433,442,000 in 2027. This includes funding for County State-Aid Highways, Municipal State-Aid Streets, and Other Local Roads (disaster support and traffic calming).
* Agency Management: $135,043,000 in 2026 and $138,726,000 in 2027, for Agency Services, Buildings, and Tort Claims.
* **Metropolitan Council:** $114,258,000 in 2026 and $120,091,000 in 2027, from the General Fund, for Transit System Operations and Special Transportation Service.
* **Department of Public Safety:** $297,718,000 in 2026 and $299,229,000 in 2027, from various funds including General, Highway User Tax Distribution, Special Revenue, and Trunk Highway funds. This covers Administration and Related Services, State Patrol, Driver and Vehicle Services, and Traffic Safety.
* **Board of Water and Soil Resources:** $3,000,000 in 2026 from the General Fund for wetland replacement.
* **Department of Administration:** $48,513,000 in 2026 and $48,513,000 in 2027 from the Trunk Highway Fund for a State Patrol headquarters building.
* **Department of Employment and Economic Development:** $250,000 in 2026 from the General Fund for grants to businesses affected by highway construction.
* **University of Minnesota:** $2,000,000 in 2026 and $2,000,000 in 2027 from the General Fund for the empowering small Minnesota communities program.
The bill also includes numerous policy changes related to transportation finance and operations, including modifications to vehicle registration taxes, surcharges for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, rental motor vehicle plates, and various studies and reporting requirements.
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Laid on table (on 06/09/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0018&ssn=1&y=2025 | 06/09/2025 |
| BillText | https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF18&version=0&session=ls94&session_year=2025&session_number=1&format=pdf | 06/09/2025 |
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