Nick A. Frentz
Minnesota
Record ID: MN-Senate-18-FRENTZ-N
- 3109 Minnesota Senate Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55155
- 651-296-6153
- sen.nick.frentz@mnsenate.gov
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF 4276 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; making administrative and technical changes; Public Employees Retirement Association local government correctional service retirement plan; reducing the employee and employer contribution rates and increasing postretirement adjustments; public employees police and fire retirement plan; reducing the waiting period for post-retirement adjustments; providing direct state aid; Teachers Retirement Association; making administrative changes; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; decreasing employee contributions; providing direct state aid; modifying the termination process for firefighter relief associations; implementing recommendations of the state auditor's fire relief association working group; special legislation for the Maple Plain fire department termination of participation in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan; modifying the definition of salary to exclude pay for Minnesota paid leave; requiring the employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions to the pension plan that covers the annuitant; authorizing elected officials to participate in the health care savings plan; Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program; making administrative changes; revising enrollment, notice, annual reporting, and board of director requirements; State Board of Investment; modifying expense apportionment among funds managed by the State Board of Investment; establishing work groups on relief associations and duty disability; establishing the Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; establishing the Local Government Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement Plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association; transfers from the general fund to the new probation and telecommunicator to fund a temporary reduction in employee contribution rates; special legislation for an individual's periods of omitted service; special legislation for an individual with a missing higher education individual retirement account; making technical changes; appropriating and transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 6.496; 11A.07, subdivision 5; 11A.17, subdivision 1; 43A.346, subdivisions 8, 10; 144F.01, subdivision 2; 187.03, by adding subdivisions; 187.05, subdivisions 1, 7, by adding a subdivision; 187.06, subdivision 3; 187.07, by adding a subdivision; 187.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 8; 299K.03, subdivision 3; 299N.02, subdivision 1; 352.01, subdivision 13; 352.021, subdivision 2; 352.029, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 352.115, subdivisions 7a, 8, 9, 10; 352.1155, subdivision 3; 352.75, subdivision 2; 352.87, subdivisions 1, 2; 352.951; 352.98, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.01, subdivisions 10, 16, 37; 353.0141, subdivision 1; 353.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 353.15, subdivision 1; 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7b, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.33, subdivisions 3, 7a, 11; 353.34, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.37, subdivision 5; 353.371, subdivisions 6, 7; 353.46, subdivision 2; 353D.03, subdivision 6; 353E.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 353G.02, subdivision 4; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 353G.18, subdivision 4; 354.05, subdivisions 35, 37, by adding a subdivision; 354.07, subdivision 2; 354.44, subdivision 5; 354.444, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 354.445; 354.48, subdivisions 4, 6; 354A.011, subdivisions 14b, 24; 354A.021, subdivision 8; 354A.095; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 3a, 3c; 354A.29, subdivision 7; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.216; 356.219, subdivision 1; 356.24, subdivision 3; 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.302, subdivisions 1, 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.315, subdivision 9; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415, subdivisions 1g, 2, by adding a subdivision; 356.461, subdivisions 1, 2; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.48, subdivision 1; 356.611, subdivision 6; 356.635, subdivision 2a; 356.65, subdivision 1; 356B.02; 423A.02, subdivisions 1b, 3; 424A.001, subdivisions 8, 9, 9a, 9b; 424A.01, subdivision 3; 424A.014, subdivision 1; 424A.016, subdivision 4; 424B.10, subdivision 1b; 424B.22, subdivisions 5, 7, 8, 9, as amended; 465.90; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 11A.04; 11A.07, subdivision 4; 151.37, subdivision 12; 181.101; 187.03, subdivisions 5, 6a; 187.05, subdivisions 1a, 4; 187.07, subdivision 1; 187.08, subdivision 3; 187.11; 187.12, subdivision 1; 299A.465, subdivision 1; 352.029, subdivision 3; 352.905, by adding a subdivision; 352.907, by adding a subdivision; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 353.65, subdivision 3b; 353D.01, subdivision 2; 353D.02, subdivision 7; 356.215, subdivisions 8, 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 356.415, subdivision 1c; 423A.022, subdivision 2; 424A.016, subdivision 6; 424A.05, subdivision 3; Laws 2022, chapter 65, article 3, section 1, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 1, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 187; 352; 424A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353H; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.87, subdivision 8; 424A.01, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 187.07, subdivision 3. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4503 | A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing requirements for thermal energy network plans; designating thermal energy networks as public improvements and waterworks; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 429.011, subdivision 5; 429.021, subdivision 1; 444.075, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 216B.16, subdivision 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4504 | A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing provisions regulating plug-in solar photovoltaic devices; expanding the ability of the commissioner of commerce to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts; providing for energy security planning; extending or modifying various energy-related grant programs; providing additional financing mechanisms to support Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority activities; modifying recoverable expenses; extending a sunset; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.16, subdivision 17; 216C.02, subdivision 1; 216C.05, subdivision 1; 216C.377, subdivisions 10, 13; 216C.391, subdivisions 6, 7; 216C.441, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 216C.46, subdivision 3; Laws 2005, chapter 97, article 10, section 3, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5101 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a sports and events reimbursement program; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168E.09, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 290.62; 295.75, subdivision 11, by adding a subdivision; 295.81, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 295.81, subdivision 10; 297A.94; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 270C. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5045 | A bill for an act relating to gambling; dedicating certain electronic pull-tab revenue for support of the Minnesota-bred Thoroughbred industry; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297E.02, subdivision 3. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5174 | A bill for an act relating to environment; enacting the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act; establishing a covered electronics device manufacturer electronic waste recycling program; establishing an Electronics Recycling Advisory Task Force; creating civil penalties; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115A.1310, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 115A.1312; 115A.1314; 115A.1316; 115A.1318; 115A.1320; 115A.1322; 115A.1323; 115A.1324; 115A.1326; 115A.1328; 115A.1330; 115A.9157, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 325E.125, subdivisions 3, 4, 5. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4405 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing Minnesota Main Streets special license plates; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4444 | A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; authorizing credit unions to obtain insurance from a credit union share insurance provider; regulating credit union share guaranty corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 52.063, subdivision 3; 52.24, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5072 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying election of a member's retirement annuity for deferred vested members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 354.44, subdivision 9. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5093 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; revising various retirement statutes to include references to the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353.01, subdivisions 16, 37; 353.0141, subdivision 1; 353.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 353.15, subdivision 1; 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7b, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.33, subdivisions 3, 7a, 11; 353.34, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.37, subdivision 5; 353.46, subdivision 2; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.302, subdivisions 1, 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.315, subdivision 9; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415, subdivision 2; 356.461, subdivision 2; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.48, subdivision 1; 356.611, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 356.215, subdivision 8. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5096 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan; transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.415, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353H. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5097 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing the probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; revising various retirement statutes to include references to the probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.75, subdivision 2; 352.951; 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.315, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4928 | A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring a person who sells emotional support dogs to provide notice that the dog is not a service dog; increasing criminal penalties for misrepresenting service animals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.833, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5006 | A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the city of St. Peter local sales tax; amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 8, section 17, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5008 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for classroom and lab space for the dental assisting program at South Central College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 5009 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of the boiler system at South Central College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3760 | A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the exemptions to the certificate of need requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243, subdivision 8. | failed | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4897 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for classroom and lab space improvements and boiler replacement at South Central College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4590 | A bill for an act relating to energy; making technical and clarifying changes to statutes related to the Public Utilities Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216.13; 216.16; 216.161; 216.17, subdivision 3; 216A.01; 216A.03, subdivisions 1, 6; 216A.05, subdivision 2; 216B.027, subdivision 7; 216B.06; 216B.098, subdivision 2; 216B.16, subdivision 19; 216B.1611, subdivision 3a; 216B.2412, by adding a subdivision; 216B.2422, subdivision 3; 216B.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 216B.43; 216B.62, subdivision 3a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.1681; 216B.1695; 216B.2412, subdivision 3. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4797 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying certain provisions of the Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 187.03, by adding subdivisions; 187.05, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 187.06, subdivision 3; 187.07, by adding a subdivision; 187.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 8; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 187.03, subdivisions 5, 6a; 187.05, subdivisions 1a, 4; 187.07, subdivision 1; 187.08, subdivision 3; 187.11; 187.12, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 187; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 187.07, subdivision 3. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4632 | A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying the strengthen Minnesota homes program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 65A.299, subdivisions 5, 6. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4636 | A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a license for artificial intelligence independent verification organizations; establishing an advisory council; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4139 | A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing sports betting and regulating to ensure it is conducted responsibly; establishing licenses; prohibiting local restrictions; providing for taxation of sports betting; providing civil and criminal penalties; providing for amateur sports grants; providing for charitable gambling and modifying certain rates of tax on lawful gambling; providing for pari-mutuel horse racing; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 240.01, subdivision 1b; 245.98, subdivision 2; 260B.007, subdivision 16; 270B.07, by adding a subdivision; 297E.02, by adding a subdivision; 349.12, subdivision 25; 609.75, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 609.755; 609.76, subdivision 2; 609.761, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116U; 240; 240A; 245; 299L; 609; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297J. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4653 | A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing the propane school bus deployment program; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4664 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an air traffic control tower at the Mankato Regional Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4714 | A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel horse racing; modifying the definition of advance deposit wagering; providing for certain advance deposit wagering proceeds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 240.01, subdivision 1b; 240.131, subdivision 6. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4720 | A bill for an act relating to energy; expanding the commissioner of commerce's ability to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts; providing for energy security planning; extending or modifying various energy-related grant programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216C.02, subdivision 1; 216C.05, subdivision 1; 216C.374, subdivision 3; 216C.377, subdivisions 10, 13; 216C.391, subdivisions 6, 7; 216C.46, subdivision 3. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4721 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; local government correctional service retirement plan; reducing the employee and employer contribution rates; increasing postretirement adjustments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 353E.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 356.415, subdivision 1g. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4742 | A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing human services systems modernization pilot projects; providing appointments; establishing an account; requiring a report; appropriating money. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4256 | A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing nursing homes and assisted living facilities to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4588 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing a process to change the investment return assumption for computing joint and survivor annuities; requiring an investment return assumption for computing joint and survivor annuities that has been approved or deemed approved to be included in the appendix to the standards for actuarial work; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 356.461, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4591 | A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing standards for distributed energy resource aggregators; authorizing certain fees; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4157 | A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing for and regulating short-term rental guarantees and reimbursement insurance policies; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 59E. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4450 | A bill for an act relating to energy; transferring renewable development account funds to the preweatherization account. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4479 | A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing counties to designate certain agricultural lands as unsuitable for electric power facilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 394. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3718 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at Minnesota State University, Mankato; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4373 | A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; Public Employees Retirement Association; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association; modifying the definition of "salary"" to exclude pay from the family and medical benefit insurance account for Minnesota paid leave; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024 | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4239 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame in the city of Inver Grove Heights; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4153 | A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring state agencies to provide certain data to the Legislative Budget Office; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.8853, subdivision 4; 13.64, subdivision 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4142 | A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing additional financing mechanisms to support Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216C.441, subdivisions 3, 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 4035 | A bill for an act relating to common interest communities; limiting late fee charges; requiring associations to adopt policies on fines and collection; requiring disclosures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 515B.1-103; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-115; 515B.3-1151; 515B.4-1021; 515B.4-107. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3629 | A bill for an act relating to civil law; creating a cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law; regulating state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604. | unknown | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3866 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; exempting certain retail fuel transactions from the retail delivery fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 296A.01, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168E.01, subdivision 8a. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3934 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the University of Minnesota for capital improvements on the Saint Paul campus; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3953 | A bill for an act relating to transportation; expanding the Minnesota agriculture special plates to additional vehicle classes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.1285, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3954 | A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying reporting requirements for recoverable expenses in rate cases; eliminating the sunset of cost recovery for gas utility infrastructure costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.16, subdivision 17; repealing Laws 2005, chapter 97, article 10, section 3, as amended. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3961 | A bill for an act relating to watercraft; allowing the use of personal watercraft earlier in the day; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.313, subdivision 1. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3966 | A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3977 | A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant for Professional Golfers' Association of America championship events. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3798 | A bill for an act relating to legacy; clarifying which children's museums are eligible to receive children's museum competitive grants from the arts and cultural heritage fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, by adding a subdivision. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |
| SF 3730 | A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rules about unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.106, subdivision 4. | in_committee | 2026 Regular |