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HF3393 • 2026
Additional benefits for certain iron ore mining employees adopted.
Additional benefits for certain iron ore mining employees adopted.
Labor
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
Bill History
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2026-04-20
House
Author added Skraba
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2026-02-23
House
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
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2026-02-19
House
Author added Johnson, P.
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2026-02-17
House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Official Summary Text
Additional benefits for certain iron ore mining employees adopted.
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A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; adopting additional benefits for certain iron ore mining employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin IRON ORE MINING ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PROGRAM. new text end new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Availability of additional benefits. new text end new text begin Additional unemployment benefits are available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund to an applicant who was laid off due to lack of work between January 15, 2026, and March 15, 2026, from: new text end new text begin (1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry that laid off 50 percent or more of the employer's workforce between January 15, 2026, and March 15, 2026; or new text end new text begin (2) an employer that is in the explosive manufacturing industry and providing goods or services to an employer in the iron ore mining industry, if the applicant was laid off due to the cessation or substantial reduction in operations of an employer in the iron ore mining industry as described in clause (1). new text end new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Eligibility requirements. new text end new text begin An applicant is eligible to receive additional unemployment benefits under this section for any week through the week ending March 19, 2027, if: new text end new text begin (1) the applicant established a benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07, with 50 percent or greater of the wage credits from an employer as described in subdivision 1, and has exhausted the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available on that benefit account; and new text end new text begin (2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment benefits must meet under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.069, subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Weekly and maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits. new text end new text begin (a) The weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits is the same as the weekly benefit amount of regular unemployment benefits on the benefit account established in subdivision 2, clause (1). new text end new text begin (b) The maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available to an applicant under this section is an amount equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount. new text end new text begin (c) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account that meets the requirements of subdivision 4, paragraph (b), before the applicant has been paid additional unemployment benefits, and the new regular benefit account meets the requirements of subdivision 2, clause (1), the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount is equal to the weekly unemployment benefit amount on the applicant's new regular benefit account. new text end new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Qualifying for a new regular benefit account. new text end new text begin (a) If, after exhausting the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available as a result of the layoff under subdivision 1, an applicant qualifies for the new regular benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07, the applicant must apply for and establish the new regular benefit account. new text end new text begin (b) If the applicant's weekly benefit amount under the new regular benefit account is equal to or higher than the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount, the applicant must request unemployment benefits under the new regular benefit account. An applicant is ineligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section until the applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on the new regular benefit account. new text end new text begin (c) If the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount on the new regular benefit account is less than the applicant's weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits, the applicant must request additional unemployment benefits. An applicant is ineligible for new regular unemployment benefits until the applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available under this section. new text end new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Eligibility for federal Trader Readjustment Allowance benefits. new text end new text begin An applicant who has applied and been determined eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits is not eligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section. new text end new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective retroactively from January 15, 2026. new text end