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HF4648 • 2026

Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hanson, J.
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

What This Bill Does

  • Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Additional compensation to state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment authorized.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to state government; authorizing additional compensation to certain state

employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.17, subdivision 8.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.17, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Exceptions.

The commissioner shall prescribe procedures to assure payment

is made only for hours worked except:

(1) for leave under a collective bargaining agreement;

(2) for leave under a plan according to section
43A.18
or the rules of the Department of

Management and Budget;
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or
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(3) to resolve a formal employee grievance permitted by law or collective bargaining

agreement
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(4) to distribute a financial penalty paid by an agency responsible for late payroll payment

issuance when a penalty is required under a collective bargaining agreement
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