Purpose

The bill would officially rename the state government building in St. Paul to honor Melissa Hortman. It designates the building’s new name and provides instructions for updating references in state legal texts to reflect the change.

Main Provisions and What It Seeks to Accomplish

• Section 1: Renaming the building
  • The state building located at 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in St. Paul would be renamed the Melissa Hortman State Office Building.
• Section 2: Revisor instruction
  • The revisor of statutes is directed to replace every occurrence of “State Office Building” with “Melissa Hortman State Office Building” wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Creates a formal, statewide naming change for the building and requires consistent language updates across statutory and regulatory texts. This ensures all official references reflect the new name in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.

Administrative Notes

• The change is focused on nomenclature and does not describe changes to the building’s function, ownership, or operations beyond updating how it is named in legal documents.

Implementation Details

• The revisor of statutes has a direct instruction to update references, which means future statutory and regulatory documents should reflect the new name automatically when applicable.

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Relevant Terms - Melissa Hortman State Office Building - State Office Building - Renaming / rename - Revisor of statutes - Minnesota Statutes - Minnesota Rules - 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul - Section 1 / Section 2 (Sec. 1 / Sec. 2)