HF3699 • 2026

State park license plate contest requirements added.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Gottfried, Falconer, Hansen, R., Warwas, Zeleznikar
Last action: Final Acti
Official status: Presentment date 04/28/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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State park license plate contest requirements added.

What This Bill Does

State park license plate contest requirements added.

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Bill History

Final Acti House
Presented to Governor 04/28/2026
Final Acti Senate
Presentment date 04/28/26
2026-04-22 House
Returned from Senate
2026-04-21 Senate
Special Order
2026-04-16 House
Author added Zeleznikar
2026-04-15 Senate
Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF4374
2026-04-14 Senate
Received from House
2026-04-13 House
Third reading
2026-04-09 House
House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 13, 2026
2026-03-16 House
Committee report, to adopt as amended
2026-03-12 House
Author added Hansen, R.
2026-02-25 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

State park license plate contest requirements added.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to natural resources; adding requirements for state park license plate

contest; amending Laws 2024, chapter 116, article 3, section 53.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2024, chapter 116, article 3, section 53, is amended to read:

Sec. 53.
STATE PARK LICENSE PLATE DESIGN CONTEST.

The commissioner of natural resources must hold a license plate design contest to design

a new state park license plate available under Minnesota Statutes, section
168.1295,

subdivision 1
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The license plate design must:
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(1) celebrate the North Shore and the Lake Superior Agate;

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(2) not be created in whole or in part using artificial intelligence;

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(3) be created by a resident of Minnesota; and

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(4) be selected no later than December 18, 2026.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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