HF 25 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.

HF 25 establishes a state grant program administered by Minnesota's Department of Health to fund nonprofit women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes. The program provides financial support for services like housing, medical care, parenting education, and mental health resources to help pregnant women and new mothers - particularly those facing homelessness or crisis - carry pregnancies to term and care for their children. Eligible organizations must be nonprofits offering free or low-cost services without promoting abortion, providing abortion care, or referring women to abortion providers. Grant funds cannot be used for abortion-related activities, and strict privacy rules require written consent before sharing personal information about clients. The bill appropriates state funds for this program while reducing other health-related appropriations.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 3 edits · Mar 3, 2025

MINOR

The bill was updated from the 1st to the 2nd engrossment, reflecting a revision in the legislative process. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new requirement that any data collected on individuals receiving services from women's pregnancy centers or maternity homes must be classified as private data. This change strengthens privacy protections for individuals accessing these services by explicitly categorizing their information under existing state privacy definitions.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding data privacy was expanded to include specific protections for individuals receiving services at women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandate requiring the commissioner to classify all collected data on individuals using women's pregnancy centers or maternity homes as private data to ensure privacy compliance.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill title and versioning from '1st Engrossment' to '2nd Engrossment' and adjusted the posting date to reflect the new legislative status.

Removed several specific section numbers (4.35, 7.34, 12.35, 13.34) and inserted new section numbers (8.34, 10.34, 10.35, 16.31, 17.3-17.6), indicating structural reorganization of the bill's text.

Floor votes · House Mar 13, 2025

How they voted

67–64

Passed

Total votes 131

Mar 13, 2025

D Democratic64

64 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican67

67 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Amendments offered

lower

Mar 13, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (67-64)

house

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy

lower

1 primary · 32 co-sponsors