Mary K. Kunesh
Minnesota
Record ID: MN-Senate-39-KUNESH-M
- 3209 Minnesota Senate Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55155
- 651-296-4334
- sen.mary.kunesh@mnsenate.gov
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 4282 | A bill for an act relating to government aids; clarifying paraprofessional qualifications; providing for permanent school fund aid for Tribal contract schools; authorizing certain school district fund transfers; making forecast adjustments for the Department of Education, Department of Human Services, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and Metro Mobility; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.83, by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 14; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 121A.642, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 3, subdivisions 1, 3; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 28, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12; article 2, section 24, subdivisions 2, 14, 15, 24; article 3, section 15, subdivisions 3, 13; article 5, section 19, subdivision 2; article 6, section 6, subdivisions 2, 7; article 7, section 11, subdivisions 2, 4, 7, 8, 9; article 8, section 18, subdivisions 3, 5, 6; article 9, section 11, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 10; article 10, section 10, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; article 11, section 2, subdivisions 2, 4. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5296 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for school employee health insurance; increasing the minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel; providing for paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.316, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; 121A.642, as amended; 125A.08, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 24, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 123B; 124D; 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.316, subdivision 11. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4059 | A bill for an act relating to state government finance; appropriating and transferring money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, higher education, state government, environment and natural resources, energy, renewable development, jobs and economic development, labor, public safety, and corrections; making policy and technical changes related to those appropriations; deleting land from a state park; authorizing the sale of certain state lands; modifying provisions relating to peace officer compensation; renaming a state building; establishing a battery stewardship program; modifying the Board of Barber Examiners and Board of Cosmetologist Examiners; modifying Medicaid fraud, campaign finance, clemency provisions, the Data Practices Act, and consumer protection restitution account; authorizing administrative rulemaking; imposing penalties; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 8.16, subdivision 1; 10A.01, by adding subdivisions; 10A.02, subdivision 15; 10A.025, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 10A.20, subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 115A.03, by adding subdivisions; 115A.554; 115A.9157; 115C.08, subdivision 4; 115C.09, by adding a subdivision; 116.92, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 122A.20, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.98, by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 14; 136A.64, subdivision 1; 136A.675, by adding a subdivision; 136A.822, subdivision 9; 136A.823, subdivision 1; 154.001, subdivision 2; 154.003; 154.01; 154.02, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 154.05; 154.07, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 154.08; 154.09; 154.11, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 155A.20; 155A.23, subdivisions 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 18, by adding a subdivision; 155A.25, subdivisions 1a, 3, 5, 7; 155A.27, subdivisions 5a, 10, by adding subdivisions; 155A.271, subdivision 2; 155A.29, subdivision 2; 155A.30, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12; 155A.31; 155A.32; 155A.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 177.27, subdivision 4; 181.03, subdivision 6; 260E.15; 260E.28, subdivision 1; 299A.41, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 299D.03, subdivisions 2, 2a; 325E.125, subdivision 5; 325E.1251, subdivision 2; 471.6161, by adding a subdivision; 609.352, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 609.52, subdivision 2; 638.09, by adding a subdivision; 638.12, subdivision 2; 638.14, subdivision 5; 638.16, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 8.37, subdivisions 3, 5; 126C.10, subdivision 3; 126C.15, subdivision 2; 136A.69, subdivision 1; 136A.821, subdivision 5; 136A.824, subdivisions 1, 2; 136A.833, subdivision 2; 216B.16, subdivision 15; 256B.12; 260E.065, by adding a subdivision; 260E.20, subdivision 1; 609.902, subdivision 4; 628.26; Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 12, as amended; Laws 2024, chapter 90, article 1, section 52; Laws 2024, chapter 104, article 1, section 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 8, section 18, subdivision 5; article 12, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 115A; 181; 216B; 216C; 299A; 299D; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.9155; 115A.961, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 136A.657; 136A.834, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 155A.275; 325E.125, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4; 325E.1251, subdivision 1; 609.466; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.834, subdivisions 1, 5; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 29; Minnesota Rules, parts 2100.2500; 2100.2600; 2100.2900; 2100.3000; 2100.3200; 2100.3300; 2100.4500; 2100.5200, subparts 1, 2, 5; 2100.5300; 2100.6000. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SR 85 | A Senate resolution congratulating 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year David Davis | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5233 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a reduction to local government aid to a county or city that uses the incorrect state flag; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4668 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; allowing meat processing training and retention incentive grantees more time to complete projects; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4368 | A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2027; modifying the allocation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2028; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 3; 126C.15, subdivision 2. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3593 | A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8; modifying the investment, management, and distribution policy for the permanent school fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 11A.16, subdivisions 5, 6; 127A.32. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4511 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting certain wagers and other activities regarding prediction markets; making certain criminal convictions a disqualification for receiving a lawful gambling license; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 299L.03, subdivision 12; 609.75, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4525 | A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying notice requirements for water discharges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115.061. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3551 | A bill for an act relating to education; providing supplemental funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, school facilities and student safety; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.20, subdivisions 1, 2; 123B.63, subdivision 3; 124D.094, subdivision 2; 124D.65, by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 14; 126C.15, subdivision 1; 126C.17, subdivision 9; 260E.15; 260E.28, subdivision 1; 275.60; 471.6161, by adding a subdivision; 609.352, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 3; 126C.15, subdivision 2; 260E.065, by adding a subdivision; 260E.20, subdivision 1; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 1, section 22, subdivision 2; article 10, section 5, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 28, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12; article 2, section 24, subdivisions 2, 4, 14, 15, 24; article 3, section 15, subdivisions 3, 6, 13; article 5, section 19, subdivision 2; article 6, section 6, subdivisions 2, 7; article 7, section 11, subdivisions 2, 4, 7, 8, 9; article 8, section 18, subdivisions 3, 5, 6; article 9, section 11, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 10; article 10, section 10, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; article 11, section 2, subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.30, subdivision 15; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124F.01. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3899 | A bill for an act relating to state government; designating marked Trunk Highway 610 as Hortman Memorial Highway; renaming state buildings after Melissa Hortman and Kari Dziedzic; establishing a working group for Melissa and Mark Hortman Memorial State Park; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5209 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying procedures and training related to the treatment of potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 390.11, by adding subdivisions; 626.8451, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5038 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; aids to local governments; establishing a onetime aid to reimburse certain city costs of federal enforcement actions; appropriating money. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5210 | A bill for an act relating to school safety; enhancing school safety plans; establishing an anonymous threat reporting system; modifying circumstances when firearms are permitted on school property; providing for additional student support personnel aid; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.035; 609.66, subdivision 1d; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5000 | A bill for an act relating to finance; establishing a onetime school safety aid and grant program; appropriating money. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SR 76 | A Senate resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4737 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing foraging on state land; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.027, subdivision 13a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4374 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources; adding requirements for state park license plate contest; amending Laws 2024, chapter 116, article 3, section 53. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5137 | A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for the Office of the Inspector General within the Department of Education; providing for access to records by the Office of the Inspector General; classifying data; providing for immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation; establishing a process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 127A.21, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4, 6, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 13.82, subdivision 1; 127A.21, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5102 | A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for a grant to fund renewable energy projects in the Lower Sioux Indian Community; requiring reports. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5107 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing criminal penalties for certain domestic violence-related crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 518B.01, subdivision 14; 609.2242, subdivision 4; 629.75, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5108 | A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Minnesota Museum of American Art. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4995 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public safety facility in the city of St. Anthony Village; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5001 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; defining domestic assault by strangulation as a violent crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.1095, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3852 | A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain users of large amounts of groundwater to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.281, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 103G.271, subdivision 5b. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3870 | A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, the Read Act, teachers, charter schools, health and safety, libraries, school boards, and state agencies; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120A.05, subdivision 10a; 120B.021, subdivision 2; 120B.022, subdivision 1b; 120B.11, subdivision 1; 120B.119, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 120B.123, by adding a subdivision; 120B.124, by adding a subdivision; 120B.363, subdivisions 1, 2; 121A.031, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, by adding subdivisions; 121A.035, subdivision 2; 121A.425, subdivision 1; 121A.49; 121A.73; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.092, by adding a subdivision; 122A.16; 122A.182, subdivisions 1, 5; 122A.187, subdivision 6; 123B.045; 123B.09, subdivision 1; 124D.119, by adding a subdivision; 124E.05, subdivisions 6, 8; 124E.07, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 124E.08; 127A.353, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 134.351, subdivisions 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 120B.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4, 4a; 120B.123, subdivisions 1, 5; 120B.124, subdivision 5; 121A.031, subdivision 4; 121A.224, subdivision 2; 121A.241, by adding a subdivision; 121A.642, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivision 1; 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.182, subdivision 3; 123B.09, subdivision 1b; 124D.09, subdivisions 5, 7; 124D.111, subdivision 2a; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.07, subdivisions 2, 3; 124E.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 124E.27; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A; 120B; 122A; 127A; 134; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 120B.124, subdivision 6; 124E.16, subdivision 4. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3625 | A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for educator licensing and standards; modifying rulemaking authority for paraprofessional credentials; providing for additional data sharing agreements; modifying professional development requirements for mental health; extending an appropriation; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.363, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.092, by adding a subdivision; 122A.182, subdivisions 1, 5; 122A.187, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 122A.18, subdivision 1; 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.182, subdivision 3; Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 10, section 5, subdivision 2. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3685 | A bill for an act relating to public libraries; prohibiting certain terms in libraries' electronic book and digital audiobook license agreements or contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 134. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SR 71 | A Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate honoring the long-standing partnership between the Province of Québec and the State of Minnesota | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3684 | A bill for an act relating to public libraries; modifying the Mary C. Murphy Library Construction Grants Program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 134.45, subdivisions 4, 5b. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3594 | A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the duties of the school trust lands director; modifying required reports to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.027, subdivision 18; 127A.353, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3864 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying a previous appropriation; amending Laws 2025, chapter 34, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 1, 3, as amended. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4782 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a grandparent special license plate; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4816 | A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for data centers. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4743 | A bill for an act relating to health; extending the time period natural organic reduction facilities may hold dead human bodies before initiating natural organic reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 149A.91, subdivision 3; 149A.94, subdivision 1; 149A.955, subdivision 14. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4750 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; prohibiting withholding of federal income tax from state employee pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.92, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.13. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4751 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; extending the authority for the city of Fridley to transfer tax increment; amending Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 8, section 11, subdivision 5. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4752 | A bill for an act relating to child support; providing that a parent whose parental rights are terminated must remain liable for child support obligations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.317, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3750 | A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to amend rules related to school storm shelters. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4056 | A bill for an act relating to human rights; providing protection for veterans in the Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 363A.02, subdivision 1; 363A.03, by adding a subdivision; 363A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.09, subdivisions 1, 2; 363A.11, subdivision 1; 363A.12, subdivision 1; 363A.13, subdivision 2; 363A.20, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4052 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting the sale and distribution of certain seeds coated or treated with systemic insecticides without the approval of the commissioner of agriculture; prohibiting the application or treatment of ornamental outdoor plants and turf with neonicotinoid insecticides; providing for civil penalties; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.01, by adding subdivisions; 18B.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3609 | A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants for meat cutting and butchery training; requiring a report. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4275 | A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for large animal projects. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4209 | A bill for an act relating to libraries; limiting access to public libraries by officials engaged in immigration enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 134. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3768 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring health plans to cover doula services; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray the cost of coverage of doula services; modifying language relating to doula services coverage in the medical assistance program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3611 | A bill for an act relating to education; limiting access to school sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3865 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a subtraction for AmeriCorps stipends and living allowances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 290.0132, subdivision 16. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3914 | A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a school district or charter school to opt out of statewide assessments. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3915 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying pesticide provisions to protect wild-rice water; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 18B.01, by adding a subdivision; 18B.03, by adding a subdivision; 18B.04; 18B.045; 18B.063; 18B.305. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3916 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources; protecting wild rice by requiring a wild rice risk justification before authorizing certain activities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3771 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying certain trespass offenses to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement; prohibiting detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3732 | A bill for an act relating to energy; exempting Tribal lands from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 216B.40. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3748 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting operation of watercraft in a manner that threatens uncultivated wild rice beds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.311, subdivision 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3749 | A bill for an act relating to state government; amending description of wild rice as state grain; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 1.148. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3590 | A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public and creating specific exceptions for law enforcement officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.735. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3643 | A bill for an act relating to state government; adding the Minnesota Board on Aging to the definition of "agency"" in the statute governing government-to-government relationships with Tribal governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3552 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing special rules for the city of Columbia Heights. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3619 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a charter school in the Lower Sioux Indian Community. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 194 | A bill for an act relating to state lands; requiring conveyance of certain state lands to Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians; requiring a report; appropriating money. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |