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HF 1046

Mankato; children's museum funding provided, and money appropriated.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Luke Frederick

HF 1046 proposes funding a Mankato children's museum with state money; final text may change after amendments and SF 644 substitution.

Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment
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Bill Summary · HF 1046

Summary — HF 1046 (2025) — "Mankato; children's museum funding provided, and money appropriated"

Overview / Purpose

House File 1046 is titled to provide funding for a children's museum in Mankato and to appropriate money for that purpose. The official bill was introduced on May 12, 2025, and referred to the Capital Investment Committee. During consideration an amendment (H‑1335) was filed that would have added several provisions touching public safety staffing, pretrial risk-assessment use, corrections appropriations flexibility, and use of inmate labor; that amendment was later withdrawn (see Procedural History). SF 2020 is the companion senate bill.

Because amendment H‑1335 was filed and then withdrawn and another bill (SF 644) was substituted, some of the provisions described below may not remain in HF 1046 as it moves forward. This summary describes the bill’s title intent and the content of amendment H‑1335 as it was filed.

Key provisions (as introduced and in amendment H‑1335)

Note: the amendment H‑1335 text was filed May 13, 2025 and withdrawn May 14, 2025.

  • Mankato children's museum funding (bill title)

    • The bill’s stated title allocates funding and appropriates money for a children's museum in Mankato. (The body text providing the specific appropriation amount and conditions was not included in the amendment excerpt provided.)

  • Limits on special agent assignments to gambling sites (amendment)

    • Expresses legislative intent that no more than two special agents shall be assigned to any excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack enclosure.
    • Allows the Department of Public Safety to reassign those agents to other Division of Criminal Investigation work, the State Patrol, or the Office to Combat Human Trafficking.
    • Two textual edits change instances of the number “three” to “two” in the affected sections.

  • Pretrial assessment limitation (fragment from amendment)

    • A provision (fragmentary in the excerpt) would prohibit use of the “public safety assessment” in pretrial detention/release hearings until the General Assembly specifically authorizes its use.

  • Department of Corrections — reallocation of appropriations

    • Authorizes the Department of Corrections (DOC), notwithstanding section 8.39, to reallocate moneys appropriated under the Act within the department to best meet correctional institutions, administration, and judicial district department needs.
    • Requires DOC to comply with section 904.116, notify the Legislative Services Agency, and also notify the Department of Management before the effective date of any reallocation or revision.
    • Prohibits reallocating an appropriation for the purpose of eliminating any program.

  • DOC inmate labor and reporting (intent and reporting requirements)

    • States DOC, in cooperation with townships, cemetery associations, and other nonprofit/government entities, may use inmate labor during FY beginning July 1, 2025, to restore or preserve rural cemeteries and historical landmarks; and, with counties, to clean up roads and water sources.
    • Requires DOC to provide an annual status report on private‑sector employment of offenders by January 15, 2026, including number employed, combined hours worked, total allowances paid, distributions under section 904.702, and related deposits (excerpt truncated).

Who is affected

  • Primary intended beneficiary named in title: Mankato children’s museum (local government / nonprofit operators) — would receive appropriated funding if contained in the bill text.
  • Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation, State Patrol, Office to Combat Human Trafficking — staffing/assignment limits and reassignment authority.
  • Courts, pretrial systems, and defendants — potential prohibition on use of the public safety assessment until legislative authorization.
  • Department of Corrections, correctional institutions, inmates, counties, townships, cemetery associations — reallocation authority, inmate labor uses, and reporting requirements.
  • Legislative oversight entities (Legislative Services Agency, Department of Management) — added notification requirements for reallocations.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Introduced in the House: May 12, 2025; placed on the Appropriations calendar and referred to Capital Investment (first reading).
  • Amendment H‑1335 filed: May 13, 2025; withdrawn: May 14, 2025.
  • On May 14, 2025: SF 644 was substituted for HF 1046 (substitution noted in the legislative actions).
  • Companion senate bill: SF 2020.

Notes and uncertainties

  • The amendment H‑1335 included multiple substantive provisions beyond the bill’s title; because H‑1335 was withdrawn and SF 644 substituted, those provisions are not necessarily part of the active HF 1046 text.
  • The excerpt supplied did not include the specific appropriation amount or detailed funding conditions for the Mankato children’s museum; those finance details (if present) should be confirmed in the bill’s full text or in the substitute SF 644.
  • Follow-up: check the committee actions and the text of SF 644 and SF 2020 to determine the final funding and policy language as the bills proceed.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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