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HF5056 • 2026

Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gomez, Hussein, Bahner, Clardy, Jones, Falconer, Koegel, Kraft, Mahamoud, Hollins, Lee, X., Gottfried, Berg, Carroll, Virnig, Luger-Nikolai, Fischer, Pursell, Greene, Johnson, P., Curran, Kozlowski, Youakim, Lee, K., Cha, Hanson, J., Bierman, Liebling, Xiong, Frazier, Tabke, Finke, Agbaje, Pérez-Vega, Frederick
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Legacy Finance
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

What This Bill Does

  • Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Legacy Finance

Official Summary Text

Community resilience memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to arts and culture; appropriating money for community resilience

memorial.

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

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APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MEMORIAL.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriation.

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(a) $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from

the arts and cultural heritage fund to the commissioner of administration for a grant to the

city of Minneapolis to design, commission, construct, furnish, and install a public memorial

honoring Renée Good and Alex Pretti, whose deaths prompted public dialogue regarding

civil rights, public safety, and the protection of community members during federal

immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota.

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(b) The memorial must include:

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(1) public art installations or statues commemorating Renée Good and Alex Pretti;

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(2) educational exhibits, interpretive signage, or digital materials documenting the events

and their significance in Minnesota's civic history; and

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(3) reflection space for community gathering, dialogue, and remembrance.

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Subd. 2.

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Community partnerships.

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The city of Minneapolis must develop the memorial

through a community engagement process involving local residents, civil rights organizations,

artists and historians, community cultural institutions, and immigrant community leaders.

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Project oversight.

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The memorial project must be overseen by a partnership

that includes the city of Minneapolis; one member of the house of representatives, appointed

by the speaker of the house; one member of the senate, appointed by the Committee on

Rules and Administration; and representatives of community organizations and cultural

institutions.

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Matching contributions.

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The city of Minneapolis may accept private donations,

philanthropic contributions, and nonprofit partnerships to support the design, programming,

and long-term maintenance of the memorial.

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