Legislative Brief — 2026-08-06
Summary
- Total tracked bills: 32
- Priority items: 3
- Minnesota: 10
- Federal: 22
Categories
Minnesota priority items1 bill
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Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts.
Minnesota other tracked bills9 bills
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Individual income, corporate franchise, sales and use, and gross receipts taxes and other various taxes and tax-related provisions modified; federal conformity provided; sustainable aviation fuel credit modified; firearms gross receipts tax imposed; social media tax imposed; and money appropriated.
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Minnesota Historical Society grant funding provided to digitize legacy media, and money appropriated.
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Venue in child sexual abuse material law provided; on-scene preview of digital evidence in child sexual abuse material investigations provided; possession, sale, creation, dissemination, and purchase of child-like sex dolls prohibited; and defense of duress modified to include victims of trafficking.
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Photo ID required to register to vote and to vote, SAVE Minnesota Act established, proof of citizenship to vote required, voter identification card created, provisional ballots established, driver's license requirements modified, and money appropriated.
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Spending authorized to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions, new programs established and existing programs modified, prior appropriations modified, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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BioImaging Center at the Hormel Institute in Austin funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Red River Basin; flood hazard mitigation projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Classroom instruction related to gender identity prohibited in public schools; parental notification required; grant program to include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education courses established; and money appropriated.
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New multimodal shared-use trail from La Crescent to Hokah and Houston to complete Root River State Trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Federal priority items2 bills
senate bill 5224: S. 5224
A bill to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5231: S. 5231
A bill to remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Department of Veterans Affairs on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.
Federal other tracked bills20 bills
senate resolution 828: S.Res. 828
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that President Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, the resulting settlement from that lawsuit, the purported “Anti-Weaponization Fund”, and the purported grant of immunity from
senate resolution 829: S.Res. 829
A resolution reaffirming the policy of the United States to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela through free and fair elections.
senate resolution 830: S.Res. 830
A resolution recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Fullbright Program.
senate bill 5225: S. 5225
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include certain curriculum expenses as permissible use of funds, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5226: S. 5226
A bill to require social media platform providers to obtain parental consent with respect to children creating or maintaining accounts or profiles on their platforms, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5227: S. 5227
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified tuition programs for first home purchases, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5228: S. 5228
A bill to amend the Revised Statutes to provide that a person who refuses to answer certain questions or is finally convicted of perjury before either House of Congress shall be debarred from Federal employment, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5229: S. 5229
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain cases of gift card fraud, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5230: S. 5230
A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to approve the wildlife conservation and restoration program of a State within a certain period of time, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5232: S. 5232
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize rural residency planning and development grant programs, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5233: S. 5233
A bill to terminate the Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding and require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a study on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mounta
senate bill 5234: S. 5234
A bill to amend the Act of March 2, 1931, to establish a Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5235: S. 5235
A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5236: S. 5236
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services and primary care services furnished on the same day.
senate bill 5237: S. 5237
A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to award a competitive grant for the Antibiotic Resistance Leadership Group for the purpose of facilitating a clinical research network on antibiotic res
senate bill 5238: S. 5238
A bill to preserve the democratic republic of the United States from the overreach of authoritarian tactics.
senate bill 5239: S. 5239
American Glove Act of 2026
senate bill 5240: S. 5240
A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
senate bill 5241: S. 5241
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the “John Madden Memorial Post Office”.
senate bill 5242: S. 5242
A bill to provide for digital communication of prescribing information for drugs (including biological products), and for other purposes.