1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to state government; limiting growth of state employment. 1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.4 Section 1. LIMITING GROWTH IN STATE EMPLOYMENT BASED ON STATE 1.5POPULATION. 1.6 The percentage growth of the total number of full-time equivalent positions employed 1.7by all executive branch state agencies from one fiscal year to the next must not exceed the 1.8percentage growth of the state population during the same time frame, as projected by the 1.9state demographer. "Executive branch state agencies" as used in this section has the meaning 1.10given for the same term in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.011, subdivision 12a, and does 1.11not include Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. 1Section 1. 25-01357 as introduced12/16/24 REVISOR SGS/BM SENATE STATE OF MINNESOTA S.F. No. 652NINETY-FOURTH SESSION (SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN and Anderson) OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE Introduction and first reading01/27/2025 Referred to State and Local Government