2026 Legislative Agenda
Impact MN is advancing seven priority bills this session and next rooted in evidence, health, and justice. This page tracks each bill’s status and key details.
Removing Random Drug Testing from SNAP
SF2868 / HF1900 · Clark / Nadeau
Removes the 10-year random drug testing provision for people with a felony drug conviction receiving SNAP — eliminating a discriminatory barrier that applies to no other felony.
- Hearings complete in Senate and House
Closing Loopholes in Drug Paraphernalia Laws
SF3472 / HF2091 · Oumou Verbeten / Frazier
Strengthens Minnesota’s 2023 paraphernalia reform by closing unintended gaps and extending protections that promote public health and safety.
- Did not get a hearing this session — planning for a 2027 push
Reforming Drug-Free Zone Sentence Enhancements
SF3207 / HF2980 · Oumou Verbeten / Gomez
Clarifies and narrows Minnesota’s drug-free zone laws, which currently allow significant sentence enhancements with limited public safety benefit.
- 2027 priority — preparatory work underway
Clarifying Drug Offenses Involving Children or Vulnerable Adults
TBD
Clarifies that a child or vulnerable adult must be present in the same unit — not merely elsewhere in the same building — eliminating unintended over-criminalization.
- 2027 priority — preparatory work underway
Enhancing Good Samaritan Protections for Overdose Responses
SF3731 / HF3613 · Mohamed / Hollis
Expands protections for people who render aid during an overdose — preventing arrest and adding civil protections in housing, education, and parental rights.
- Chief sponsors secured
Increasing Methadone Access
Bill Details in Development
Seeks to expand methadone access where geography poses barriers to treatment, building on upcoming Opioid Treatment Program rate increases.
- Collaborating with State Agency Partners
Sustaining Opioid Settlement-Funded Programs
Budget & funding strategy
Develops a long-term plan to sustain programs supported by opioid settlement funds before they sunset, and protects those funds from supplanting existing sources.
- Coordinating with state agency partners
2026 Endorsement Agenda
Prohibiting Housing Discrimination Based on Public Assistance
SF2097 / HF2021 · Oumou Verbeten / Howard
Prohibits landlords from rejecting tenants solely because they use public assistance to pay rent. Housing stability is directly linked to overdose prevention and recovery.
Led by Source of Income Discrimination Coalition, Clare Housing, and the HIV Public Policy Coalition
Decriminalizing HIV
HIV Public Policy Priorities
Ends laws that impose heightened criminal penalties on people living with HIV for conduct that is legal or less severely punished for others.
Led by Clare Housing, Center for HIV Law and Policy, and the HIV Public Policy Coalition