Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
This bill establishes a $10 million grant program to improve safety for students walking or biking to school. It appropriates $10 million from state bond proceeds to fund these grants, administered by the Minnesota Department of Transportation under statute 174.40. The funding comes from bonds the state will issue following specific legal procedures outlined in Minnesota law. The program directly affects school districts and communities seeking to create safer routes to schools.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 13, 2025
Signed May 27, 2026
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The scope of the bill's content is unknown because the original text was deleted and replaced with a list of section numbers, suggesting the bill was significantly rewritten or expanded with new provisions not shown in this diff.
CONTENT
The entire original bill text regarding capital investment and safe routes to school grants was removed.
A new list of section numbers (1.15 through 44.26) was added, indicating the insertion of extensive new legislative text.
TIMELINE
The posting date was updated from May 16, 2026, to May 27, 2026.
METADATA
The bill version was updated from '1st Engrossment' to '2nd Engrossment'.
Floor votes · House May 17, 2026
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
May 27, 2026
Signed into law
Governor's action Approval 05/27/26
executive
May 27, 2026
Introduced
Secretary of State, Filed 05/27/2026
lower
May 27, 2026
Signed into law
Governor approval 05/27/2026
executive
May 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading Passed
upper
May 17, 2026
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
May 17, 2026
Introduced
Received from House
upper
May 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill was passed as amended
lower
May 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt as amended
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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