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HF4492 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Commander Task Force established.

Related bill: SF4560

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • Establishes the Commanders Task Force to advise the Minnesota Legislature, the governor, and the commissioner on matters related to veterans and veterans’ families, and to serve as a liaison between state government and veteran service organizations.

Main Provisions

  • Establishment

    • Creates a new Commanders Task Force under Minnesota law to focus on veterans and their families.

  • Membership

    • The task force must include the elected leaders from eight congressionally chartered veteran service organizations in Minnesota:
    • The American Legion
    • American Veterans
    • Disabled American Veterans
    • Jewish War Veterans
    • Marine Corps League
    • Military Order of the Purple Heart
    • Paralyzed Veterans of America
    • Veterans of Foreign Wars

  • Organization

    • The task force will adopt standing rules and an order of business for regular meetings.
    • The task force must annually elect a chair and a vice-chair from among its current members.

  • Duties

    • Advise the commissioner, the legislature, and the governor on matters relating to veterans, veterans’ families, and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
    • Act as a liaison between state government and the member organizations that make up the task force.

  • Compensation

    • Members are not entitled to compensation, per diem, reimbursement for child care expenses, or other state-funded expense reimbursement.

  • Expiration

    • The task force is established to continue indefinitely and does not have an expiration date.

Significance / What it changes

  • Creates a permanent advisory body focused on veterans issues and families, linked to major veterans organizations, with formal rules, leadership elections, and ongoing engagement with state government.
  • Sets a clear stance on financing, prohibiting compensation or expense reimbursements from state funds for task force members.

Relevant Terms

  • Commanders Task Force
  • veterans
  • veterans families
  • Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
  • The American Legion
  • American Veterans
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Jewish War Veterans
  • Marine Corps League
  • Military Order of the Purple Heart
  • Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • liaison
  • standing rules
  • chair
  • vice-chair
  • per diem
  • compensation
  • state funds
  • expiration date
  • indefinitely

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 18, 2026HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toVeterans and Military Affairs Division

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "The bill references Minn. Stat. 15.059, subd. 6 to govern expiration; it includes a not-withstanding clause that the Commanders Task Force shall not expire, effectively altering how 15.059 applies to this body.",
      "modified": [
        "Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 6 the task force shall not expire; the bill uses a not-withstanding clause to extend or exempt the duration of the Task Force."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "15.059",
    "subdivision": "6"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

Sponsors

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