State policy profile

Minnesota

A focused view of tracked state legislation and federal items tied to Minnesota's congressional delegation.

14Tracked items

14State bills

0Federal items

Coverage noteState legislation is title-matched for precision, so this profile is a high-signal sample—not a complete census. Read limitations →

Policy themes

Tax Incentives11 Siting & Land Use9 Energy6 Water4 Carbon3 Ratepayer3 Grid Reliability3 Certification & Standards2 Job Creation0

Policy mechanisms

Tax incentive / clawback10

Siting & permitting1

Disclosure & reporting0

Moratorium0

Utility rate / large-load tariff0

Water standard0

Grid & interconnection0

Community participation0

Emissions standard0

Signals inferred from titles and summaries; they are not legal conclusions.

Policy posture

Development & siting1

Power & grid—

Water constraints—

Cost & incentives10

Community & political—

Compliance & carbon—

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StateMN-HF4990MN95%

Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, other data center exemptions provided, and data center energy generation redundancy provided.

CarbonEnergyGrid ReliabilitySiting & Land UseTax IncentivesWater

Apr 16, 2026: Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

StateMN-HF2928MN95%

Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.

Certification & StandardsEnergyRatepayerSiting & Land UseWater

Apr 9, 2026: Author added Jones

StateMN-HF4153MN95%

Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, and data centers exempted from paying sales tax on electricity purchases.

Certification & StandardsEnergySiting & Land UseTax IncentivesWater

Mar 12, 2026: Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy

StateMN-SF5100MN85%

Data centers provisions modifications

CarbonEnergyGrid ReliabilityRatepayerSiting & Land UseWater

Apr 13, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

StateMN-SF4681MN75%

Various data center exemptions and provisions modifications

EnergySiting & Land UseTax Incentives

Mar 23, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

StateMN-SF3968MN75%

Data centers provisions modification

EnergyGrid ReliabilityRatepayerSiting & Land Use

Feb 26, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

StateMN-SF3265MN75%

Sales and use tax exemption for data centers repeal

Tax Incentives

Apr 22, 2025: Author added Carlson

StateMN-HF1277MN75%

Data centers sales and use tax exemption modified.

Siting & Land UseTax Incentives

Mar 6, 2025: Author added Zeleznikar

StateMN-SF769MN75%

Certain data centers tax exemption modification

Siting & Land UseTax Incentives

Jan 30, 2025: Referred to Taxes

StateMN-SF4203MN72%

Exemption of data centers modification for sales and use tax

Siting & Land UseTax Incentives

Mar 17, 2026: Author added Boldon

StateMN-HF5125MN60%

Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed.

Tax Incentives

May 17, 2026: Author added Pursell

StateMN-HF4173MN60%

Certain defined terms maintained, and data center exemptions modified.

Tax Incentives

May 6, 2026: Author added Kozlowski

StateMN-SF5231MN60%

Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal

Tax Incentives

Apr 28, 2026: Author added Boldon

StateMN-HF3304MN50%

Sustainable aviation fuel income tax credit and exemptions for data centers and construction of sustainable aviation fuel facilities repealed, increased general fund amounts reallocated from repealed tax provisions to increase the renter's credit, and corresponding technical changes made.

CarbonTax Incentives

May 8, 2025: Authors added Virnig and Jones

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