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SF3725 • 2026

Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites improvements bond issue and appropriation to prepare for future redevelopment

Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites improvements bond issue and appropriation to prepare for future redevelopment

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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
Pappas
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites improvements bond issue and appropriation to prepare for future redevelopment

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the

Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites to prepare for future

redevelopment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1.
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CENTENNIAL OFFICE BUILDING SITE REDEVELOPMENT.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriations.

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(a) $12,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds

fund to the commissioner of administration for Phase 1 of capital improvements to the

Centennial Office Building site on the Capitol complex. This appropriation includes money

for design, demolition of the Centennial Office Building, and other site preparation work

needed to facilitate redevelopment of the site.

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(b) $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the

commissioner of administration for mechanical, electrical, and life safety modifications in

the Freeman Office Building on the Capitol complex to prepare for the relocation of the

cellular Distributed Antenna System from the Centennial Office Building to the Freeman

Building, and to relocate associated fiber optic infrastructure.

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Subd. 2.

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Bond sale.

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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond

proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of

the state in an amount up to $12,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect

prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota

Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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