MN HF4996

Appropriates $300,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Minnesota Historical Society for competitive grants to cultural, historical, and veterans organizations commemorating 50 years of Southeast Asians in Minnesota.

Appropriates $200,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Minnesota Historical Society for preparing and coordinating community commemoration programs celebrating 50 years of Hmong Americans in Minnesota and the arrival of the first Hmong family in October 1975.

Minnesota Historical Society must administer the grants using established grant mechanisms with assistance from an advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4.

Both appropriations are available until June 30, 2026.