SF 22 - Capital Investment Bill Summary

• Appropriates $13,264,000 in fiscal year 2026 for capital projects including law enforcement emergency entry devices at schools ($1,000,000), administration projects including a Hubert H. Humphrey statue replacement ($1,325,000), public safety officer hearing protection program ($500,000), and housing finance authority programs ($2,439,000).

• Establishes a local public housing program allowing cities, counties, and American Indian tribes to receive grants or loans to develop or acquire affordable housing, with income restrictions requiring 30-50% of units serve households at or below area median income levels.

• Creates $4,000,000 in grants for skate park construction and renovation across Minnesota, with specific allocations to cities including Winona ($550,000), Northfield ($500,000), Brainerd ($750,000), Rochester ($650,000), St. Paul ($500,000), Minnetonka ($400,000), and Minneapolis ($650,000).

• Authorizes replacement of the Henry Mower Rice statue in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall with a Hubert H. Humphrey statue, requiring the governor to submit a replacement request to Congress by January 1, 2028.

• Requires prevailing wage rates for all project workers and sustainable building guidelines for state-owned facilities; repeals the prior public skate parks statute and cancels previous general fund appropriations except those extended in other 2025 legislation.