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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to state government; establishing a Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation
3	3	1.3 Board; requiring grants; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding
4	4	1.4 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. [10.70] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD.
7	7	1.7 Subdivision 1.Board established; membership.(a) A Minnesota Volunteerism
8	8	1.8Innovation Board is established. The board consists of the following members:
9	9	1.9 (1) three members appointed by the governor;
10	10	1.10 (2) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
11	11	1.11 (3) one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;
12	12	1.12 (4) two members appointed by the president of the senate; and
13	13	1.13 (5) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
14	14	1.14 (b) In addition to the members appointed under paragraph (a), a representative of the
15	15	1.15contractor providing administrative support under subdivision 4 shall serve as the board's
16	16	1.16secretary and is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the board. The contractor's representation
17	17	1.17is not subject to the qualification standards in subdivision 2.
18	18	1.18 (c) The board shall elect a chair and other officers from among its membership.
19	19	1.19 Subd. 2.Qualifications for appointment.(a) The appointing authorities must coordinate
20	20	1.20appointments to ensure the inclusion of community leaders from a range of subsectors of
21	21	1.21the nonprofit, public, and business volunteerism communities. Appointees must be
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 1990
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Freiberg03/06/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1geographically balanced according to community indicator regions adopted by the state
32	32	2.2demographer, and must reflect a diversity of Minnesota's population.
33	33	2.3 (b) The community indicator regions adopted by the state demographer under paragraph
34	34	2.4(a) must reflect the Minnesota Compass regions adopted by Wilder Research, or another
35	35	2.5similar metric for identifying and measuring community indicators in individual regions of
36	36	2.6the state.
37	37	2.7 Subd. 3.Terms of appointment; removal; compensation.Members of the board shall
38	38	2.8be appointed for a five-year term. Members may be removed and vacancies filled as provided
39	39	2.9in section 15.0575, subdivisions 4 and 5. Members of the board serve without compensation
40	40	2.10or reimbursement for expenses, except for compensation or expense reimbursement that
41	41	2.11the member may receive in the ordinary course of employment or from another nonstate
42	42	2.12source that is not a grant applicant or recipient.
43	43	2.13 Subd. 4.Administrative staff support.The commissioner of administration must assist
44	44	2.14the board in entering a contract for professional services for administrative support. The
45	45	2.15contractor must have existing, demonstrated expertise in building the capacity of
46	46	2.16organizations to effectively engage volunteers according to best practices in volunteer
47	47	2.17resources leadership.
48	48	2.18 Subd. 5.Duties.The board shall:
49	49	2.19 (1) gather information about, analyze, and build upon Minnesota's current capacity for
50	50	2.20sustained high-quality, results-driven, evidence-based, innovative volunteerism in order to
51	51	2.21expand Minnesotans' ability to act on challenges and opportunities that correspond directly
52	52	2.22to Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community indicators, and positively
53	53	2.23impact Minnesota communities;
54	54	2.24 (2) study and assess the capacity of Minnesota nonprofit, public, and business
55	55	2.25organizations to expand and deepen volunteer efforts that address community challenges
56	56	2.26and opportunities through sustained high-quality, results-driven volunteerism and make
57	57	2.27recommendations to community and volunteer engagement leaders and report the study
58	58	2.28results and recommendations to the governor and the legislature;
59	59	2.29 (3) gather baseline information about the capacity of Minnesota volunteer-involving
60	60	2.30organizations to demonstrate results through volunteering best practices and by tracking,
61	61	2.31analyzing, and reporting grant activities and measurable grant results with a common
62	62	2.32grant-tracking and grant-reporting system; and
63	63	2.33 (4) administer the grant program required by section 10.701.
64	64	2Section 1.
65	65	REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25 3.1 Subd. 6.Legislative reports.By November 15 of each year, the board shall prepare
66	66	3.2and deliver to the legislature and the governor a report that includes:
67	67	3.3 (1) a financial statement showing receipts and disbursements for the year ending the
68	68	3.4preceding June 30, including a listing of the nonstate gifts and contributions to the Minnesota
69	69	3.5volunteerism innovation account established in section 10.702 that are valued in excess of
70	70	3.6$1,000 along with the donor who contributed the gift;
71	71	3.7 (2) a brief description of the activities of the board for the preceding year;
72	72	3.8 (3) the number of meetings and approximate hours spent by board members in meetings
73	73	3.9and on other board activities;
74	74	3.10 (4) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted during the period with appropriate
75	75	3.11citations to the State Register and published rules; and
76	76	3.12 (5) the number of grant applications received by the board and the number of grants
77	77	3.13awarded, with a brief description of the purpose and outcomes of each awarded grant and
78	78	3.14the region of the state where the grantee is located.
79	79	3.15 Subd. 7.Expiration.The board expires June 30, 2028.
80	80	3.16 Sec. 2. [10.701] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION GRANTS.
81	81	3.17 Subdivision 1.Grants; measures of progress.The Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation
82	82	3.18Board must administer a grant program intended to increase measurable results of innovative
83	83	3.19volunteer efforts aligned with Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community
84	84	3.20indicators, in areas that impact Minnesotans' quality of life. The measures must serve as
85	85	3.21indicators of progress to be measured in order to determine the recipient's progress toward
86	86	3.22identified community goals. An applicant for a grant must identify the measures to be used
87	87	3.23when applying for a grant.
88	88	3.24 Subd. 2.Eligibility; nonstate match required.Grants may be awarded to organizations
89	89	3.25in the public, nonprofit, or business sector that directly engage primarily nonstipend
90	90	3.26volunteers. To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must match the grant funds requested to
91	91	3.27be awarded in full. The match may be demonstrated through a direct contribution of funds,
92	92	3.28or through in-kind contributions, including the value of staff and volunteer time provided
93	93	3.29by the applicant, the applicant's community partners, or other nonstate sources. The value
94	94	3.30of time of volunteers who receive a stipend may not be counted toward the match
95	95	3.31requirement. The value of time of volunteers who receive reimbursement for direct
96	96	3.32volunteer-related expenses may be counted toward the match requirement. Grants may be
97	97	3.33renewed at the discretion of the board.
98	98	3Sec. 2.
99	99	REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25 4.1 Subd. 3.Rules and laws governing grantmaking process.The board must adopt
100	100	4.2administrative rules to establish procedures governing the application for grants, evaluation
101	101	4.3of applications, and other requirements for awarding grants, including procedures to ensure
102	102	4.4that grant awards are equitably distributed to applicants in all regions of the state. Sections
103	103	4.516B.97 to 16B.991 apply to the award of grants by the board. The terms of the grant
104	104	4.6agreement must require that all activities funded by the grant be completed no later than
105	105	4.7June 30, 2030.
106	106	4.8 Subd. 4.Expiration.This section expires June 30, 2030.
107	107	4.9 Sec. 3. [10.702] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION ACCOUNT.
108	108	4.10 A Minnesota volunteerism innovation account is established in the special revenue fund.
109	109	4.11The account consists of amounts appropriated to the account by law, and other gifts and
110	110	4.12contributions to the account received by the commissioner of management and budget under
111	111	4.13section 16A.013 from nonstate sources for deposit in the account. Amounts in the account
112	112	4.14are appropriated to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board for the purposes described
113	113	4.15in sections 10.70 and 10.701.
114	114	4.16 Sec. 4. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
115	115	4.17APPOINTMENTS; FIRST MEETING.
116	116	4.18 Initial appointments to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board must be made no
117	117	4.19later than August 1, 2025. The commissioner of administration must convene the first
118	118	4.20meeting of the board no later than September 1, 2025.
119	119	4.21 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
120	120	4.22APPROPRIATION.
121	121	4.23 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
122	122	4.24the general fund to the Minnesota volunteerism innovation account in the special revenue
123	123	4.25fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 10.702. Of this amount, no more than $80,000
124	124	4.26may be used in each fiscal year to support administrative costs associated with implementing
125	125	4.27the requirements of this act. All remaining amounts must be distributed as grants under
126	126	4.28Minnesota Statutes, section 10.701.
127	127	4Sec. 5.
128	128	REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25