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SF3899 • 2026
State Office Building renaming after Melissa Hortman
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
The plain English breakdown is still being put together. The official documents below are already here.
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance
Introduction and first reading
State Office Building renaming after Melissa Hortman
A bill for an act relating to state government; renaming the State Office Building after Melissa Hortman; specifying signage cost. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin MELISSA HORTMAN STATE OFFICE BUILDING. new text end new text begin The state building located at 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in St. Paul is renamed as the Melissa Hortman State Office Building. new text end Sec. 2. new text begin SIGNAGE COSTS. new text end new text begin The commissioner of administration must pay for the cost of modifying or replacing signage as necessary to conform with section 1 using general fund appropriations available for operations or in lieu of rent under Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 1, section 11. The commissioner must not include these costs in determining lease rates for fiscal years 2028 and 2029 or otherwise pass the cost of signage on to tenants of the building in section 1. new text end Sec. 3. new text begin REVISOR INSTRUCTION. new text end new text begin The revisor of statutes shall replace "State Office Building" with "the Melissa Hortman State Office Building" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules. new text end