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Conference committee discusses major changes to e-bike rebate but withdraws immediate action
Summary
Lawmakers reviewed an A43 conference amendment that would cancel the original appropriation, change eligibility to income-sensitive or disability-based criteria, and convert the program to a lottery; an oral amendment to lower the rebate amount was proposed and later withdrawn and the committee set the bill aside for further work.
A conference committee for Minnesota transportation policy reviewed an amendment (A43) that would significantly alter the electric-assisted bicycle rebate program but did not adopt final language on May 12, 2025.
The A43 amendment would cancel the original appropriation at the end of the fiscal period, change eligibility to make beneficiaries either income-eligible or persons with disabilities (rather than requiring both), convert parts of the program from first-come-first-served to a lottery, and delete a Department of Revenue report requirement tied to the 2024 administration of the program. Counsel described the operative eligibility change as replacing a requirement that recipients both meet an income limit and be a person with a disability with a rule that an eligible individual can satisfy either criterion.
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