Rep. Leon Lillie

Maddy summaryHF 3198 appropriates $2 million for fiscal year 2026 and $1 million for fiscal year 2027 from the state general fund to the city of Brooklyn Park. This funds the Northwest Metro Regional Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), which serves six participating cities (Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, New Hope, and Robbinsdale) to enhance public safety through real-time data analysis, coordination between law enforcement agencies, and community intervention staff. The RTCC must operate as a centralized facility with technology and staff to monitor and respond to criminal activity across jurisdictional lines. An advisory board, composed of police department representatives and mayors from each city, oversees the center and must submit biennial reports to the governor and legislative committees starting in 2027.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies Minnesota's Mary C. Murphy Library Construction Grants Program to increase funding for public library building projects. It raises the maximum grant amount from $1 million to $2 million for renovating or expanding existing library buildings or constructing new ones, while also requiring libraries to match grants with non-state funds. The legislation authorizes the state to issue up to $10 million in bonds to fund these grants and appropriates that money to the commissioner of education. These changes will take effect for grants awarded after June 30, 2026, and the bond sale can begin immediately after the bill is enacted.

Maddy summaryThis bill clarifies that Minnesota employees can voluntarily choose to skip their required meal breaks, provided they do so in writing or electronically and can revoke the waiver with reasonable notice for future shifts. It also mandates that employers must pay employees for any time worked during a waived meal break and prohibits employers from forcing employees to give up their breaks. The change directly affects workers covered by Minnesota's meal break laws and their employers, establishing clearer rules for how break waivers must be requested and documented.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies Minnesota's local government correctional service retirement plan by lowering contribution rates for both employees and employers while increasing the minimum postretirement cost-of-living adjustment. Starting January 1, 2027, employees will contribute six percent of their salary instead of the previous 6.83 percent, and employers will contribute nine percent instead of 10.25 percent. The plan's annual benefit increases for retirees will be raised from a minimum of 1.5 percent to 2 percent, with a maximum increase of 3 percent instead of the previous 2.5 percent, unless the plan's assets fall below certain thresholds. These changes directly affect correctional officers and other employees covered by the Public Employees Retirement Association's local government correctional retirement plan in Minnesota.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes the issuance of up to $4.5 million in state bonds to fund a pedestrian bridge in Oakdale, Minnesota. The project will create a safe crossing over Interstate 694 at 40th Street, connecting local trails, parks, and workplaces for residents. The funds will be used to design and construct the bridge and related improvements through a grant from the commissioner of transportation. The legislation takes effect immediately upon final passage by the legislature.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a formal process for updating the investment return assumption used to calculate joint and survivor annuities in Minnesota's covered retirement plans. It sets a default assumption of 6.5 percent but allows retirement plan governing boards to propose different percentages, which must be approved by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement or deemed approved after one year without commission action. The executive director of the commission is required to update the official actuarial standards appendix whenever an assumption change is approved or deemed approved. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026, and directly affects retirement plan administrators and the state's pension commission.

Maddy summaryHF 3748 appropriates $250 million from the general fund for grants to replace lead service lines in municipal water systems. This funding directly helps water utilities and homeowners affected by lead pipes, which pose health risks. The grants are administered by the Public Facilities Authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.077, and are available until June 30, 2034. The bill provides one-time state funding to accelerate the replacement of hazardous lead pipes in drinking water infrastructure.

Maddy summaryThis bill allocates $20 million in state funding to the Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame nonprofit to build a facility in Inver Grove Heights that will include a museum, ice rink, and event spaces. It also authorizes the state to issue up to $5 million in bonds to provide infrastructure improvements like roads, utilities, and sidewalks to support the project. The funding is designated for construction and development costs, with the money available until the project is finished or abandoned. Both sections of the bill take effect immediately upon final passage by the legislature.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires sellers of emotional support dogs to provide written notice to buyers stating that the dog is not a service animal and does not have the special training required for service dogs. The notice must be printed in bold 12-point type and included on the purchase receipt or a separate document, informing buyers that the dog is not entitled to the legal rights and privileges granted to service animals. Additionally, the bill increases criminal penalties for intentionally misrepresenting an emotional support dog as a service dog, raising the offense from a petty misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor for repeat violations. These changes apply to all sales of emotional support dogs and take effect on August 1, 2026.

Maddy summaryHF 3456 implements recommendations from the state auditor's fire relief association working group by updating Minnesota's firefighter retirement statutes. It clarifies key terms like "firefighting service" to include fire prevention and volunteer emergency medical personnel, and defines "separate from active service" and "break in service" more precisely. The bill adds new rules allowing firefighters who leave service and return to active duty to regain pension eligibility, provided they meet specific service requirements under the relief association's bylaws. This directly affects firefighters who take breaks in service but later return to active roles with their fire department.