The 2025 Legislative Session begins on January 14th and is scheduled to end by May 19th. The legislature needs to pass a two-year budget during the session in order to keep state government functioning. Although capital bonding bills are typically passed during the event-numbered sessions, there was no agreement on a bonding bill during the 2024 session.
The Minnesota Transportation Alliance will be working for passage of a strong transportation budget bill and a significant capital bonding bill during the 2025 Session. Visit our Legislative Action page for more information throughout the session.
The Minnesota House and Senate have announced the Chairs and members of the standing committees for the 2023-24 biennium. Lists of committee members are available on the Minnesota House and Minnesota Senate web sites along with contact information for incoming legislators.
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President Biden signed the omnibus $1.7 trillion federal funding package into law.
The final Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill, meeting authorized spending levels for federal road, bridge and public transportation programs and providing supplemental investment…
Final apportionment number for highway and transit formula funds have been released. Minnesota's highway apportionment increased from $621 million in FY21 to about $850 million for FY22. For transit formula funds, Minnesota will receive $166.5 million for FY22.
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The Biden Administration released the first edition of its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law guidebook to help state, local, Tribal and territorial governments unlock the benefits from the historic investments in our nation’s infrastructure. The guidebook is a one-stop-shop on the law and contains the most comprehensive information to date on the more than 375 programs…
