Steve Elkins

Data brokers required to register with the attorney general, account established, enforcement and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated.

Price for prescription drugs subject to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established.

Hospital charity care payment program administered by the commissioner of health established, money collected from the hospital surcharge deposited in a charity care account in the special revenue fund, and money appropriated.

Ownership, possession, and sale of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines regulated; provisions for possessing dangerous weapons in schools, negligently storing firearms, and reporting on law enforcement firearms discharge modified; ghost guns criminalized; other gun safety provisions modified; and money appropriated.

Sales and use tax exemptions for preferred athletic facility seating and amenities included with the privilege of admissions repealed, safe harbor shelter and housing grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established.

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Public nuisance cause of action for certain conduct related to the sale, marketing, importing, distribution, and manufacturing of firearms created.

Aids to local governments; new fifth tier individual income tax rate established, and local government aid and county program aid appropriations increased.

Health plans required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, medical assistance and MinnesotaCare required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, and money appropriated.

All property insurance coverage required to allow appraisal of damages and alternative resolution.

Immunization provisions changed.

Quantity limits on coverage for home care nursing services prohibited, and home care nursing services defined.

Person who sells emotional support dogs required to provide notice that the dog is not a service dog, and criminal penalties for misrepresenting service animals increased.

Uses of legislative email, telephone numbers, and office space restricted.

Technical changes made to various provisions governed or administered by the Department of Commerce.

Requirements necessary for a health carrier to discontinue individual health plans eliminated, and state exception for a health carrier's uniform modification of coverage under an individual market health plan established.

Strengthen Minnesota homes program modified, and money appropriated.

Augmentative and alternative communication systems health insurance coverage required, and money appropriated.

Rulemaking required to adopt standards based on the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety's 2025 FORTIFIED Roof High Wind Standard with Hail Supplement and tailored to the climate of Minnesota as part of the State Building Code.