Legacy media digitization grant appropriation

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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: Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Xiong
Last action: 2026-02-26
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-02-26 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Legacy media digitization grant appropriation

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a grant to digitize

legacy media.

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

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APPROPRIATION; DIGITIZED VIDEO GRANTS.
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$20,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund to

the governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society for a grant to a nonprofit

organization to repair and replace technology used to digitize videotape, film, audio, and

print materials, including news, commerce, documentaries, and local stories, in order to

preserve Minnesota history and share it with the public. The technology repaired or replaced

with grant money must be used to convert media to a digital format, and the grantee must

allow that material to be shared with the public.

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