HF 1234

HF1234 SECOND ENGROSSMENT  REVISOR  SGS  H1234-2
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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  1234
02/20/2025     Authored by Scott, Hollins, Mekeland, Feist, Sexton and others
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy
03/18/2026     Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
03/23/2026     By motion, recalled and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy
04/07/2026     Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
04/13/2026     By motion, recalled from the Committee on Ways and Means and placed on the General Register
  Read for the Second Time
04/28/2026     Referred to the Chief Clerk for Comparison with S. F. No. 1714
04/30/2026     Postponed Indefinitely
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state government; requiring payment transparency in public contracts;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.72, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.72, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.6to read:
1.7Subd. 1a. Payment information requests. (a) Upon written request from a contractor
1.8or subcontractor of any tier that can provide documentation of participating in the public
1.9improvement project, a public contracting agency must provide information regarding any
1.10progress payment, retainage payment, final payment, or other payment made by the
1.11contracting agency.
1.12(b) The information provided under paragraph (a) must include:
1.13(1) the amount of the payment;
1.14(2) the date the payment was made or approved; and
1.15(3) a copy of the payment application submitted by the contractor.
1.16For highway construction contracts, a copy of the estimate or voucher generated by the
1.17public contracting agency meets this requirement.
1.18(c) The public contracting agency must provide the requested information within seven
1.19calendar days of receipt of the request.
1.20(d) The public contracting agency must make available to subcontractors the contact
1.21information for the public contracting agency for payment information under this section.
Section 1.  1
      HF1234 SECOND ENGROSSMENT  REVISOR  SGS  H1234-2
2.1 If the public contracting agency has a website, the agency must post the contact information
2.2 on the agency's public website for solicitations or bids or on another apparent location on
2.3 the agency's website. If a public contracting agency has an automated internet-based system
2.4 to provide this information, the agency may request a requestor to use that system.
2.5     (e) No cost or fees may be charged to the contractor or subcontractor providing
2.6 information required under this section.
      Section 1.  2