HF 2441 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Labor policy bill; minor league baseball players exempted from minimum wage and overtime requirements, various labor and employment provisions modified, and money appropriated.

HF 2441 establishes a biennial budget for Minnesota's Department of Labor and Industry, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Bureau of Mediation Services, appropriating $54.6 million for fiscal year 2026 and $51.3 million for 2027. Key provisions include $2.05 million annually for wage theft prevention, $1.70 million for prevailing wage enforcement, $1.90 million for earned sick leave enforcement, and $351,000 for addressing employee misclassification. The bill directly affects workers through enhanced enforcement of labor rights and employers through compliance requirements, while funding state agencies to administer these programs. It focuses on concrete budget allocations rather than new policy creation, amending existing statutes to align with these funding priorities.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action May 11, 2026

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1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 6 edits · May 6, 2026

MODERATE

This bill transitions from a draft version to its final second engrossment, incorporating significant new requirements for a state payroll reporting portal and database. The changes establish a centralized system where contractors must submit certified payroll data online, replacing or supplementing previous paper-based methods. It also updates existing statutes to clarify project owner responsibilities and funding allocations for the new system.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include mandatory registration for project owners and specific registration requirements for state and Metropolitan Council projects, while exempting certain highway construction projects. It also added provisions allowing local governments to opt into the system for their own prevailing wage ordinances.

REQUIREMENT

Established a new payroll reporting portal and database requiring contractors to submit certified payroll information electronically by October 1, 2027.

Mandated that project owners register through the portal for state-funded projects starting January 1, 2028, with work prohibited until registration is complete.

Created an exemption for large cities and counties that already have their own prevailing wage compliance programs from registering as project owners.

Amended existing prevailing wage laws to explicitly state that project owners are solely responsible for ensuring contractors comply with reporting requirements.

FISCAL

Appropriated $1,958,000 for fiscal year 2027 and a base of $1,381,000 for subsequent years to fund the portal and database.

TIMELINE

Set the effective date for the new reporting system as July 1, 2026, with project registration requirements beginning January 1, 2028.

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Committee

May 7, 2026

Committee

Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF2373

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May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended

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May 7, 2025

Committee

Joint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration

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May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means

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Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors