Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2589 Compare Versions

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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 rulemaking; requiring grants; requiring a report; appropriating
4	4	1.4 money; proposing coding 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 11 voting members appointed by the
9	9	1.9governor in the manner provided in section 15.0597.
10	10	1.10 (b) In addition to the members appointed under paragraph (a), a representative of the
11	11	1.11contractor providing administrative support under subdivision 4 shall serve as the board's
12	12	1.12secretary and is an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board. The contractor's representative
13	13	1.13is not subject to the qualification standards in subdivision 2.
14	14	1.14 (c) The board shall elect a chair and other officers from among the board's membership.
15	15	1.15 Subd. 2.Qualifications for appointment.(a) When appointing board members under
16	16	1.16subdivision 1, the governor must ensure the inclusion of community leaders from a range
17	17	1.17of subsectors of the nonprofit, public, and business volunteerism communities. To the extent
18	18	1.18practicable, appointees must be geographically balanced according to community indicator
19	19	1.19regions adopted by the state demographer, must reflect a diversity of Minnesota's population,
20	20	1.20and must include at least two people between the ages of 16 and 24. The governor must not
21	21	1.21appoint a current or former legislator.
22	22	1Section 1.
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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. 2589
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Freiberg03/20/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1 (b) The community indicator regions adopted by the state demographer under paragraph
32	32	2.2(a) must reflect the Minnesota Compass regions adopted by Wilder Research or another
33	33	2.3similar metric for identifying and measuring community indicators in individual regions of
34	34	2.4the state.
35	35	2.5 Subd. 3.Terms of appointment; removal; compensation.Members of the board shall
36	36	2.6be appointed for a five-year term. Members may be removed and vacancies filled as provided
37	37	2.7in section 15.0575, subdivisions 4 and 5. Members serve without compensation or
38	38	2.8reimbursement for expenses, except for compensation or expense reimbursement that the
39	39	2.9member may receive in the ordinary course of employment or from another nonstate source
40	40	2.10that is not a grant applicant or recipient.
41	41	2.11 Subd. 4.Administrative staff support.The commissioner of administration must assist
42	42	2.12the board in entering a contract for professional services for administrative support. The
43	43	2.13contractor must have existing, demonstrated expertise in volunteerism, community
44	44	2.14engagement, or volunteer resources leadership.
45	45	2.15 Subd. 5.Duties.The board shall:
46	46	2.16 (1) gather information about, analyze, and build upon Minnesota's current capacity for
47	47	2.17high-quality, results-driven, evidence-based, innovative volunteerism in order to expand
48	48	2.18Minnesotans' ability to act on challenges and opportunities that correspond directly to
49	49	2.19Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community indicators, and positively impact
50	50	2.20Minnesota communities;
51	51	2.21 (2) assess the capacity of Minnesota nonprofit, public, and business organizations to
52	52	2.22expand and deepen volunteer efforts that address community challenges and opportunities
53	53	2.23through high-quality, results-driven volunteerism; make recommendations to community
54	54	2.24and volunteer engagement leaders; and report results and recommendations to the governor
55	55	2.25and the legislature;
56	56	2.26 (3) gather baseline information about the capacity of Minnesota volunteer-involving
57	57	2.27organizations to demonstrate results by tracking, analyzing, and reporting grant activities,
58	58	2.28success stories, and measurable grant results with a common grant-tracking and
59	59	2.29grant-reporting system; and
60	60	2.30 (4) administer the grant program required under section 10.701.
61	61	2.31 Subd. 6.Legislative reports.By November 15 of each year, the board shall prepare
62	62	2.32and deliver to the legislature and the governor a report that includes:
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR SGS/EN 25-0477303/14/25 3.1 (1) a financial statement showing receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending
65	65	3.2the preceding June 30, including a listing of the nonstate gifts and contributions to the
66	66	3.3Minnesota volunteerism innovation account established in section 10.702 that are valued
67	67	3.4in excess of $1,000, along with the donor who contributed the gift;
68	68	3.5 (2) a brief description of the activities of the board for the preceding year;
69	69	3.6 (3) the number of meetings and approximate hours spent by board members in meetings
70	70	3.7and on other board activities;
71	71	3.8 (4) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted during the period, with
72	72	3.9appropriate citations to the State Register and published rules; and
73	73	3.10 (5) the number of grant applications received by the board and the number of grants
74	74	3.11awarded, with a brief description of the purpose and outcomes of each awarded grant and
75	75	3.12the region of the state where the grantee is located.
76	76	3.13 Subd. 7.Expiration.The board expires June 30, 2030.
77	77	3.14 Sec. 2. [10.701] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION GRANTS.
78	78	3.15 Subdivision 1.Grants; measures of progress.The Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation
79	79	3.16Board must administer a grant program intended to increase measurable results of innovative
80	80	3.17volunteer efforts aligned with Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community
81	81	3.18indicators, in areas that impact Minnesotans' quality of life. The measures must serve as
82	82	3.19indicators of progress to be measured in order to determine the recipient's progress toward
83	83	3.20identified community goals. An applicant for a grant must identify the measures to be used
84	84	3.21when applying for a grant.
85	85	3.22 Subd. 2.Eligibility; nonstate match required.Grants may be awarded to organizations
86	86	3.23in the public, nonprofit, and business sectors that directly engage primarily nonstipend
87	87	3.24volunteers. To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must match the grant funds requested to
88	88	3.25be awarded in full. The match may be demonstrated through a direct contribution of funds
89	89	3.26or through in-kind contributions, including the value of staff and volunteer time provided
90	90	3.27by the applicant, the applicant's community partners, or other nonstate sources. The value
91	91	3.28of time of volunteers who receive a stipend may not be counted toward the match
92	92	3.29requirement. The value of time of volunteers who receive reimbursement for direct
93	93	3.30volunteer-related expenses may be counted toward the match requirement. The board may
94	94	3.31reduce the match requirement for low-income applicants. Grants may be renewed at the
95	95	3.32discretion of the board.
96	96	3Sec. 2.
97	97	REVISOR SGS/EN 25-0477303/14/25 4.1 Subd. 3.Rules and laws governing grantmaking process.The board must adopt
98	98	4.2administrative rules to establish procedures governing the application for grants, evaluation
99	99	4.3of applications, match requirements for low-income applicants, and other requirements for
100	100	4.4awarding grants, including procedures to ensure that grant awards are equitably distributed
101	101	4.5to applicants in all regions of the state to the extent practicable. Sections 16B.97 to 16B.991
102	102	4.6apply to the award of grants by the board. The terms of the grant agreement must require
103	103	4.7that all activities funded by the grant be completed no later than June 30, 2030.
104	104	4.8 Subd. 4.Expiration.This section expires June 30, 2030.
105	105	4.9 Sec. 3. [10.702] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION ACCOUNT.
106	106	4.10 (a) A Minnesota volunteerism innovation account is established in the special revenue
107	107	4.11fund. The account consists of amounts appropriated to the account by law and other gifts
108	108	4.12and contributions to the account received by the commissioner of management and budget
109	109	4.13under section 16A.013 from nonstate sources for deposit in the account. Amounts in the
110	110	4.14account are appropriated to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board for the purposes
111	111	4.15in sections 10.70 and 10.701.
112	112	4.16 (b) This section expires June 30, 2030.
113	113	4.17 Sec. 4. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
114	114	4.18APPOINTMENTS; FIRST MEETING.
115	115	4.19 Initial appointments to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board must be made no
116	116	4.20later than August 1, 2025. The commissioner of administration must convene the first
117	117	4.21meeting of the board no later than September 1, 2025. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
118	118	4.22section 10.70, subdivision 6, the board is not required to prepare and deliver a legislative
119	119	4.23report in 2025.
120	120	4.24 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
121	121	4.25APPROPRIATION.
122	122	4.26 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are transferred from
123	123	4.27the general fund to the Minnesota volunteerism innovation account in the special revenue
124	124	4.28fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 10.702. Of this amount, no more than $80,000
125	125	4.29may be used in each fiscal year for administrative costs associated with implementing the
126	126	4.30requirements of this act. All remaining amounts must be distributed as grants under Minnesota
127	127	4.31Statutes, section 10.701.
128	128	4Sec. 5.
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