Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2404 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/10/2025

                            1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to All Square​
1.3 of Minnesota.​
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ALL SQUARE OF MINNESOTA.​
1.6 $300,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner​
1.7of employment and economic development for a grant to All Square of Minnesota. The​
1.8grant must be used to support the operations of All Square's workforce development programs​
1.9that operate in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and correctional facilities in the​
1.10surrounding area to assist Minnesotans who are incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, or​
1.11directly impacted by the existence of a criminal record in overcoming employment barriers​
1.12that prevent economic and emotional freedom. Grant proceeds may be used for any or all​
1.13of the following All Square programs: (1) the Restaurant and Food Truck Fellowship​
1.14program; (2) the Prison to Law Pipeline program; or (3) the Legal Revolution Law Firm.​
1.15This is a onetime appropriation.​
1​Section 1.​
25-04092 as introduced​02/25/25 REVISOR SS/AC​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2404​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED and Oumou Verbeten)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​03/13/2025​
Referred to Jobs and Economic Development​