Fiscal notes requests from ranking minority members of standing legislative committees authorization

SF 484 amends Minnesota law to allow ranking minority members of standing legislative committees to request fiscal notes about proposed bills, expanding access previously limited to committee chairs. This directly affects minority committee members in both the House and Senate who now have equal standing to seek cost analysis for legislation. The bill updates Minnesota Statutes section 3.98 to require state departments to prepare fiscal notes upon request from either the committee chair or ranking minority member. It also specifies that completed notes must be distributed to the committee chair, ranking minority member, bill author, and budget officials. This change aims to improve transparency by giving minority committee members the same tools to evaluate fiscal impacts as majority leaders.