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HF3916 • 2026

Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Luger-Nikolai, Kraft
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Author added Kraft
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

What This Bill Does

  • Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Author added Kraft

  2. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Use of a transponder in aircraft flight required.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to aeronautics; requiring certain use of a transponder in aircraft flight;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 360.018, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 360.018, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 13.

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Aircraft operation; transponder.

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(a) No person may operate an aircraft in

the navigable air space overlying the state without an operable and activated transponder

that automatically transmits responses to air traffic control radar interrogation.

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(b) In consultation with the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner may issue

an exemption from the requirements under this subdivision upon making a determination

of cause due to an identified compelling security concern or extraordinary circumstances.

Each exemption must be:

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(1) by application submitted in the manner specified by the commissioner;

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(2) for operation of a single aircraft on a specified date; and

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(3) limited to (i) a geographic area only as necessary for the purposes of the flight, and

(ii) a period that does not exceed the necessary flight time between two identified locations

or the duration of an identified activity necessitating the exemption.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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