Work zone safety and contracting requirements establishment; provisional driver's license requirements modification

This bill establishes new safety requirements for highway construction contracts and modifies provisional driver's license rules. For work zones, it requires contractors to include flagging hours in bids for projects where workers are near active traffic lanes (effective August 2025). For teen drivers, it adds a mandatory 30-minute online course on work zone safety and first responder protocols as a requirement to obtain a provisional driver's license (effective August 2026). These changes directly affect highway construction contractors and 16-year-olds applying for their first driver's license in Minnesota.