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SF4153 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

State agencies to provide certain data to the Legislative Budget Office requirement

Related bill: HF3680

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • The bill requires state agencies, including the supreme court, to provide data to the Legislative Budget Office (LBO) when the LBO director requests it. This data is used to prepare fiscal notes or to verify the accuracy of fiscal notes on enacted legislation.
  • It allows sharing of data that may not be public under current law, but only for the purpose of evaluating fiscal notes, and only if federal or other laws do not prohibit sharing.
  • It creates penalties for misuse or improper handling of not public data by LBO staff, and sets limits on how the data can be used or shared.

Main Provisions

  • Data Access on Request: Upon request by the LBO director, the head or chief administrative officer of each state government department or agency (including the supreme court) must promptly supply data used to prepare a fiscal note or to review the accuracy of a fiscal note.
  • Not Public Data: The data may include not public data as permitted by law, provided federal laws or regulations do not prohibit sharing.
  • Restricted Use and Dissemination: Not public data provided to the LBO may only be used for reviewing the department or agency’s work on fiscal notes and may not be shared with legislators or other legislative branch officers, departments, agencies, or committees.
  • Enforcement: Violations by LBO staff can lead to removal, suspension without pay, or immediate dismissal under the oversight commission.
  • Additional Sharing Requirements: The bill requires the data to be shared with the LBO in relation to:
    • data used to prepare a fiscal note or to review the accuracy of a fiscal note on enacted legislation, and
    • data provided consistent with standards and procedures adopted under another provision (section 3.8853, subdivision 3), including timeliness standards.
  • Cost Protections: A responsible authority may not require the LBO to pay costs for supplying data requested under this subdivision.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Expanded Access to Data: Agencies must provide not only public data but also not public data to the LBO for fiscal note purposes, subject to legal limits.
  • New Use and Privacy Controls: Data provided to the LBO is restricted to fiscal note preparation and accuracy review; dissemination to non-LBO actors is prohibited.
  • Enforcement Mechanism: Introduction of potential removal, suspension, or dismissal for violations related to handling not public data by LBO staff, directed by the oversight commission.
  • Financial/Procedural Standards: Establishes that data sharing must follow standards and timeliness procedures and clarifies that the LBO should not incur costs to obtain data.

Terminology and Key Concepts used in the Bill

  • Legislative Budget Office (LBO)
  • fiscal note
  • data used to prepare a fiscal note
  • accuracy of a fiscal note
  • enacted legislation
  • not public data
  • state government departments or agencies
  • supreme court
  • director (LBO director)
  • data sharing
  • timeliness
  • standards and procedures
  • federal laws or regulations
  • oversight commission
  • removal / suspension without pay / immediate dismissal
  • costs for data provision

Relevant Terms - Legislative Budget Office (LBO) - fiscal note - data sharing - not public data - department or agency of state government - supreme court - director - standards and procedures - timeliness - enacted legislation - accuracy - oversight commission - removal, suspension, dismissal - costs

Bill text versions

Past committee meetings

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 05, 2026SenateActionIntroduction and first reading
March 05, 2026SenateActionReferred toState and Local Government

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Requires agencies to provide data used to prepare fiscal notes to the Legislative Budget Office, including not public data under applicable law."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 3.8853, subdivision 4, to require state agencies to promptly supply data used to prepare fiscal notes to the Legislative Budget Office, including data that are not public data, subject to applicable law and federal prohibitions.",
      "modified": [
        "Expands the data-sharing framework for fiscal notes and clarifies restrictions on the use and dissemination of not public data."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "3.8853",
    "subdivision": "4"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Not public data and timeliness standards may apply to data sharing with LBO; data sharing is required upon director's request."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 13.64, subdivision 4, to require the data used to prepare a fiscal note to be shared with the Legislative Budget Office, potentially including not public data, consistent with 3.8853(4) and subject to federal prohibitions.",
      "modified": [
        "Aligns 13.64 with the data-sharing obligations in 3.8853 subdivision 4 and clarifies cost- and timeliness-related provisions."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "13.64",
    "subdivision": "4"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "References to existing standards and procedures under 3.8853 subdivision 3."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill references Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 3.8853, subdivision 3, in relation to standards and procedures governing data sharing and timeliness for fiscal-note data requests.",
      "modified": [
        "Notwithstanding the specific change to subdivision 4, the bill preserves the standard-setting framework under subdivision 3."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "3.8853",
    "subdivision": "3"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Clarifies that the LBO is not required to pay data-supply costs under this subdivision."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "The bill notes a provision: Notwithstanding section 13.05 subdivision 9, a responsible authority may not require the Legislative Budget Office to pay a cost for supplying data requested under the subdivision.",
      "modified": [
        "Adds cost-assistance limitation to data provision obligations when sharing data for fiscal notes."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "13.05",
    "subdivision": "9"
  }
]

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