Employers that offer employees a monetary parking benefit required to offer equivalent benefits for other modes of transit.

Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Jones, Kraft, Rehm, Freiberg
Last action: 2026-04-16
Official status: Author added Freiberg
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-04-16 House
Author added Freiberg
2026-03-09 House
Author added Rehm
2026-03-05 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Employers that offer employees a monetary parking benefit required to offer equivalent benefits for other modes of transit.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to employment; requiring employers that offer employees a monetary

parking benefit to offer equivalent benefits for other modes of transit; proposing

coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Section 1.

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[181.745] TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT PARITY REQUIREMENT.

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(a) An employer that provides a monetary parking benefit to an employee must offer

the employee the option to receive, in lieu of the monetary parking benefit, a benefit of

equal monetary value for using modes of transit other than driving a personal vehicle.

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(b) The commissioner of labor and industry must enforce this section.

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