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HF4391 • 2026

St. Paul and West St. Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

St. Paul and West St. Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Pérez-Vega, Clardy, Hansen, R., Hussein, Xiong
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Author added Xiong
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.

St. Paul and West St. Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

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What This Bill Does

  • St.
  • Paul and West St.
  • Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 House

    Author added Xiong

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

St. Paul and West St. Paul; grant funding provided for economic development and job retention efforts for small businesses, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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relating to economic development; appropriating money for grants to the cities of

St. Paul and West St. Paul for economic development and job retention efforts for

small businesses.

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

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
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(a) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the

commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city of St. Paul

for the West Side Community Organization to address economic development and job

retention efforts for businesses employing the equivalent of ten or less full-time employees.

Grant money may be used for: technical assistance; establishing revolving loan funds;

issuing loans, including no interest and forgivable loans; and grants to small businesses for

operating expenses. This appropriation is onetime and available until June 30, 2028.

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(b) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the

commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city of West

St. Paul to work in consultation with the Residents of Color Collective on economic

development and job retention efforts for businesses employing the equivalent of ten or less

full-time employees. Grant money may be used for: technical assistance; establishing

revolving loan funds; issuing loans, including no interest and forgivable loans; and grants

to small businesses for operating expenses. This appropriation is onetime and available until

June 30, 2028.

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