Senate Taxes Committee advances omnibus tax bill, adopts amendments that cut Minneapolis funding and remove sports-betting study

The Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee on May 13 voted to adopt two amendments to Senate File 2374, the omnibus tax bill, and recommended the bill as amended be sent to general orders.

Sen. Rest, Minnesota state senator, offered what was labeled the A16 amendment, saying it made technical and substantive adjustments to revenue sources and program language in the omnibus bill and included provisions ranging from deleting a film tax credit reference to limiting certain tribal-owned property tax exemptions in Cook County. "I move the A16 amendment," Rest said before the committee adopted it by voice vote.

Why it matters: The bill bundles many tax and aid changes that affect local government aid and program funding across the state and repurposes or removes several targeted provisions, including a grant tied to Minneapolis. Committee action advances the package toward floor and conference committee consideration.

Key actions and provisions

- A16 amendment: The amendment deleted the film credit reference and limited the property tax exemption for tribal-owned property in Cook County to no more than five parcels (described in the amendment as coming from a House member's proposal). It also shifted the funding source for an agricultural water-quality property tax credit from the Clean Water Fund to the General Fund, required repayment of land bank abatement…