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Minn. House passes bill to share agency savings with frontline workers, adds 2030 sunset
Summary
The Minnesota House passed House File 289, a measure to let frontline state workers share in certain agency savings and form committees to decide uses of those funds. Lawmakers adopted an amendment restoring a June 30, 2030, sunset and approved the bill 133-0 on a roll call.
The Minnesota House on a roll-call vote of 133-0 approved House File 289, an act relating to state government that would allow frontline state workers to share in certain agency savings and establish committees to decide how to use the funds; the chamber also adopted an amendment adding a June 30, 2030, sunset.
Representative Quam of Olmsted County, the bill’s author, told the House the proposal grew out of discussions with unionized frontline staff and is intended to give employees “a greater voice” in how savings are spent. “If we're to have the most effective and efficient…
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