SF 4337 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Certain children in foster care grant establishment and appropriation

This bill establishes a one-time $300,000 grant program in fiscal year 2027 to help children in Minnesota's foster care system who are noncitizen immigrants. The funds will support partnerships between social services agencies and qualified nonprofit organizations to help these children obtain legal documentation and permanent immigration status. To receive funding, applicants must show a partnership between a social services agency and a nonprofit with specific expertise in immigration law and experience working with diverse communities. The grant money must be used to screen foster children for legal documentation needs and provide legal assessments and representation to help them attain legal status. The bill also includes data privacy protections that limit how personal information about children receiving services can be shared.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 11, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 3 edits · Mar 23, 2026

MINOR

The bill was updated from its introduction to its first engrossment, reflecting a change in status and a more recent posting date. Substantively, the section governing data privacy was renamed from 'Confidentiality' to 'Data privacy' to better reflect modern terminology. The core policy change involves a shift in how data sharing is regulated: the original text imposed a strict prohibition on sharing data with exceptions, while the new text establishes a general permission to share data subject to specific statutory limitations.

Scope change

The scope of data sharing rules was broadened from a default prohibition to a default permission, aligning the bill's language with existing state privacy statutes.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the default rule for data sharing from 'must not share' to 'may share,' provided the sharing complies with Minnesota Statutes section 13.393.

DEFINITION

Renamed the section header from 'Confidentiality' to 'Data privacy' to update the terminology used in the legislation.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document title and posting date to reflect the bill's progression to its first engrossment stage.

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Committee

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors