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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 328 requires voter approval for regional transportation sales tax in 2026
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and PolicySponsor: Elliott Engen
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 328 requires voter approval at the 2026 general election for counties in the metropolitan area to impose the regional transportation sales and use tax, restricting the tax beginning January 1, 2027, to only those counties where a majority of voters approve it.
Changes how es apply across metropolitan counties by making tax continuation conditional on individual county election results rather than automatic metropolitan-wide imposition.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Metropolitan Council
Must restrict the imposition of the regional transportation sales and use tax beginning January 1, 2027, to only those counties that approve the tax at the 2026 general election.
Metropolitan area voters
Retail buyers and sellers in the metropolitan area
Subject to the regional transportation sales and use tax rate of three-quarters of one percent, with applicability after 2026 depending on individual county election outcomes.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current tax rate for the regional transportation sales and use tax?
How is voter approval calculated for each county?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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