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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Legislative Brief — 2026-04-16

Summary

  • Total tracked bills: 69
  • Priority items: 7
  • Minnesota: 10
  • Federal: 59

Categories

Minnesota priority items0 bills

No bills in this category.

Minnesota other tracked bills10 bills

ocd-bill/cbb9da4c-b88b-4597-9b3d-920200a04b27: Minnesota financial opportunity grant pilot program establishment

ocd-bill/a5c72860-c225-44df-ac38-18c50ee8120c: City of Rochester sanitary sewer infrastructure to support housing expansion bond issuance and appropriation

ocd-bill/4eadf4ab-e2fc-4c67-b38b-8bc4c8c72637: Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) pension adjustment revenue for school districts increase provision, employer contributions increase provision, unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service provision, and appropriation

ocd-bill/a28f5a7b-1c2a-4a42-a194-fffc92d11328: Community health board medical consultant acceptable professions to serve modification

ocd-bill/2fd2f615-44b5-4e93-b7d5-564d2ed3770d: Interfaith Action workforce development grant appropriation

ocd-bill/c11d011a-6b78-48d0-b84a-20d7872ad9ec: Macalester College geothermal energy system appropriation

ocd-bill/f3211ab0-e8fb-42ed-b7ed-0a955cd7e7f9: Hangar construction revolving account deposit bond issuance and appropriation

ocd-bill/7d9dab11-d5ca-47a6-9992-496564880524: Interfaith Action shelter operations and programming appropriation

ocd-bill/14152f85-437c-464d-9e69-61d4b82c41b9: Newport water and sewer infrastructure bond issue and appropriation

ocd-bill/5eb7acbe-36bf-46a1-bb37-7d245b112ffe: St. Paul Athletic Club building energy efficiency improvements appropriation

Federal priority items7 bills

house_bill 8283: H.R. 8283: Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026 (ai)

house_bill 8312: H.R. 8312: To establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing authorities within the Department of Treasury and a permanent governmentwide Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery, and for other purposes. (privacy)

house_bill 8295: H.R. 8295: To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology. (tech)

house_bill 8317: H.R. 8317: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to evaluate, develop, and expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. (tech)

house_bill 8285: H.R. 8285: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to require a competitive market review of applications for a license to export, reexport, or transfer in-country certain technology, and for other purposes. (tech)

house_resolution 1174: H.Res. 1174: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildf (privacy)

house_resolution 1175: H.Res. 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes. (privacy)

Federal other tracked bills52 bills

house_bill 8296: H.R. 8296: To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8294: H.R. 8294: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a surtax on high income individuals.

house_resolution 1178: H.Res. 1178: Commemorating the 5-year remembrance of the April 15, 2021, mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, and denouncing all forms of anti-Asian hate, including the resurgence of xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

house_bill 8311: H.R. 8311: To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, to expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those rules, and to modify the definition of the ter

house_bill 8314: H.R. 8314: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish that employers may offer employees a choice among tax-favored employer contributions.

house_bill 8287: H.R. 8287: To require the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research to submit a comprehensive report on the impact and effectiveness of United States semiconductor export controls on the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes

house_bill 8289: H.R. 8289: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to ensure expeditious processing of license applications, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8304: H.R. 8304: To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a grant program for States to improve or establish a credential repository, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8293: H.R. 8293: To abolish the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

house_resolution 1181: H.Res. 1181: Expressing support for the recognition of April as “National Arab American Heritage Month” (NAAHM) and celebrating the heritage and culture of Arab Americans in the United States.

house_resolution 1177: H.Res. 1177: Impeaching Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

house_bill 8310: H.R. 8310: To establish protections for health care providers who raise concerns about the quality of health care services, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8298: H.R. 8298: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to exclude in-kind support and maintenance from income for the purposes of the Supplemental Security Income program, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8307: H.R. 8307: To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a working group to review and establish guidance and best practices for responding to electric vehicle fires, and for other purposes.

house_resolution 1180: H.Res. 1180: Recognizing the enduring cultural and historical significance of emancipation in the Nation’s capital on the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which established the “

house_resolution 1179: H.Res. 1179: Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war.

house_resolution 1176: H.Res. 1176: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

house_bill 8284: H.R. 8284: Bureau of Industry and Security License Administration Enhancement Act

house_bill 8299: H.R. 8299: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program to populate downloadable tax forms with taxpayer return information.

house_bill 8309: H.R. 8309: To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit Presidents and Vice Presidents from receiving damages payments from the United States, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8316: H.R. 8316: To impose a one-time tax on the amount in excess of $10,000,000 of the net worth of certain individuals and trusts.

house_bill 8288: H.R. 8288: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide assistance for compliance with that Act.

house_bill 8301: H.R. 8301: To direct the Secretary of State to conduct a comprehensive review of whether to designate the Rapid Support Forces of Sudan as a specially designated global terrorist organization.

house_bill 8315: H.R. 8315: To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the assistance available for recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of such title for acquisition of real property interests, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8305: H.R. 8305: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the earned income tax credit for parents of young children.

house_bill 8308: H.R. 8308: To establish requirements for the termination of authorizations, the completion and coordination of reviews for authorizations, and judicial review of actions relating to authorizations, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8302: H.R. 8302: To amend the definition of aggravated felony in the Immigration and Nationality Act to include certain serious drunk driving offenses.

house_bill 8290: H.R. 8290: Exchange Rate Accountability Act of 2026

house_bill 8297: H.R. 8297: To restore and protect the Second Amendment rights of residents and United States citizens who visit the District of Columbia by modernizing the District’s firearm laws, eliminating prior restraints on acquisition and possession, establishing (guns)

house_bill 8313: H.R. 8313: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Trump accounts contribution pilot program, and for other purposes.

house_bill 8306: H.R. 8306: To require the Secretary of Commerce in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence to implement a process for establishing a rolling annual standard for the sale of certain integrated circuits to certain countries.

house_bill 8286: H.R. 8286: Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings From Politics Act

house_bill 8291: H.R. 8291: To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster

house_bill 8303: H.R. 8303: To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to revitalize schoolyards.

house_bill 8300: H.R. 8300: To prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for settlements of workplace misconduct claims involving Members of Congress or senior staff of the House of Representatives or the Senate, require personal financial accountability, ensure transparency of

house_bill 8292: H.R. 8292: To authorize a pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act to establish an automated process for providing additional credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages.

senate_bill 4294: S. 4294: A bill to require the Secretary of War to submit an annual report to Congress that assesses the capacity of the United States to fully implement the Taiwan Relations Act, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4292: S. 4292: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain family caregivers to contribute to a Roth IRA.

senate_bill 4293: S. 4293: A bill to close and dispose of Federal ownership of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4286: S. 4286: A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to streamline nutrition access for older adults and adults with disabilities, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4290: S. 4290: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require that a court decree, court order, or other similar process expressly provides for an annuity supplement payment.

senate_bill 4285: S. 4285: A bill to ensure National Guard members performing full-time National Guard duty in support of Federal law enforcement operations receive benefits equivalent to those provided for service during a national emergency.

senate_bill 4283: S. 4283: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a public health and bio-preparedness workforce loan repayment program.

senate_bill 4288: S. 4288: A bill to establish an Educational Equity Challenge Grant program administered by the Department of Education.

senate_bill 4287: S. 4287: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules for grantor trusts.

senate_bill 4289: S. 4289: A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4284: S. 4284: A bill to encourage the development and deployment of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4282: S. 4282: A bill to designate the POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes.

senate_bill 4291: S. 4291: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow additional catch-up contributions for certain family caregivers.

senate_resolution 669: S.Res. 669: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of “Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month”.

senate_resolution 668: S.Res. 668: A resolution designating April 2026 as “Second Chance Month”.

senate_resolution 667: S.Res. 667: A resolution honoring the 2026 Olympians and Paralympians from Oregon.