1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to higher education; appropriating money for the University of Minnesota 1.3 to perform research in promising industry sectors. 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; INDUSTRY RESEARCH. 1.6 $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated 1.7from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to advance 1.8innovation and new technologies in the biomanufacturing, precision agriculture, hypersonics, 1.9and green energy and green iron industries. 1Section 1. REVISOR VH/VJ 25-0416302/28/25 State of Minnesota This Document can be made available in alternative formats upon request HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. F. No. 2385 NINETY-FOURTH SESSION Authored by Huot03/17/2025 The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy