SF3846 • 2026

Segment of U.S. Highway 169 four-lane highway expansion appropriation and previous appropriation cancellation provision

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Farnsworth, Green, Heintzeman
Last action: 2026-02-26
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

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Segment of U.S. Highway 169 four-lane highway expansion appropriation and previous appropriation cancellation provision

Segment of U.S.

What This Bill Does

Segment of U.S.
Highway 169 four-lane highway expansion appropriation and previous appropriation cancellation provision

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Bill History

2026-02-26 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Segment of U.S. Highway 169 four-lane highway expansion appropriation and previous appropriation cancellation provision

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to transportation; canceling previous appropriation; appropriating money

for expansion of a segment of U.S. Highway 169 to a four-lane highway.

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

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CANCELLATION; PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT.
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$117,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 2,

subdivision 2, paragraph (d), for capital improvements and betterments for the

Minneapolis-Duluth Northern Lights Express intercity passenger rail project is canceled on

the effective date of this section.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.
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U.S. HIGHWAY 169 EXPANSION; APPROPRIATION.
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$117,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the

commissioner of transportation for predesign; design; engineering; environmental analysis

and remediation; property acquisition, including easements; and construction of an expansion

of marked U.S. Highway 169 from a two-lane to a four-lane divided highway between

Taconite and Pengilly. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2029.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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