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Bills affecting Adoptive or foster parent in Minnesota (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 50 active Minnesota bills this session that affect adoptive or foster parent constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the adoptive or foster parent community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01MN · HF895Introduced
Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.
- 02MN · HF1424In committee
Relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements modified; Minnesota family investment program modified; and money appropriated.
- 03MN · SF3720In committee
2026 recommendations adoption of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
- 04MN · SF5178In committee
Interstate Fiscal Sovereignty Compact adoption provision and appropriation
- 05MN · HF4079In committee
Grant established for certain children in foster care, and money appropriated.
- 06MN · SF1815In committee
Ranked choice voting for local offices authorization, establishment of procedures for adoption, implementation, and usage of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions, and appropriation
- 07MN · SF3738In committee
Federal deduction for qualified tip income adoption
- 08MN · SF3739In committee
Federal deduction for qualified overtime compensation adoption
- 09MN · HF1918In committee
Department of Children, Youth, and Families policy language; TEACH early childhood program, great start compensation support payment program, child welfare policies, and out-of-home placement plans updated; and provisions to prevent foster care placements modified.
- 10MN · HF4287In committee
Definitions for adult foster care licensing requirements modified.
- 11MN · SF2131In committee
Ranked choice voting jurisdictional authorization for local offices provision, local jurisdictions ranked choice voting adoption, implementation, and usage procedures establishment, and appropriation
- 12MN · SF3970In committee
Eligibility requirements for foster care benefits after age 18 to include children for whom permanent legal and physical custody is transferred to a relative after age ten modification
- 13MN · HF29Introduced
Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
- 14MN · HF662In committee
State Building Code; adoption of rules authorized to increase accessibility for examination rooms.
- 15MN · HF683Introduced
Ranked choice voting provided; jurisdictions allowed to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting established; electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature allowed; and money appropriated.
- 16MN · HF3665In committee
Out-of-home placement plan requirements modified to include early childhood education and child care programs, and agencies and guardians ad litem required to provide information on early childhood education and child care programs for children in foster care.
- 17MN · SF4134In committee
Additional benefits adoption for certain iron ore mining employees
- 18MN · HF3714In committee
Enrollment and eligibility priority modified for children in foster care for various children, youth, and families education and financial assistance programs; Northstar foster care child care allowance modified; and licensing agencies required to provide license holders with information about child care costs and early childhood education programs.
- 19MN · SF2942In committee
Uniform Special Deposits Act adoption provision
- 20MN · SF3407In committee
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adoption
- What adoptive or foster parent bills are moving in Minnesota in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 50 Minnesota bills this session that affect adoptive or foster parent constituents including Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.; Relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements modified; Minnesota family investment program modified; and money appropriated.; 2026 recommendations adoption of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect adoptive or foster parent people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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