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HF4492

Commander Task Force established.
Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026)

Related bill: SF4560

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • Establishes the Commanders Task Force to advise the Minnesota Legislature, the governor, and the commissioner on matters related to veterans and veterans’ families, and to serve as a liaison between state government and veteran service organizations.

Main Provisions

  • Establishment

    • Creates a new Commanders Task Force under Minnesota law to focus on veterans and their families.

  • Membership

    • The task force must include the elected leaders from eight congressionally chartered veteran service organizations in Minnesota:
    • The American Legion
    • American Veterans
    • Disabled American Veterans
    • Jewish War Veterans
    • Marine Corps League
    • Military Order of the Purple Heart
    • Paralyzed Veterans of America
    • Veterans of Foreign Wars

  • Organization

    • The task force will adopt standing rules and an order of business for regular meetings.
    • The task force must annually elect a chair and a vice-chair from among its current members.

  • Duties

    • Advise the commissioner, the legislature, and the governor on matters relating to veterans, veterans’ families, and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
    • Act as a liaison between state government and the member organizations that make up the task force.

  • Compensation

    • Members are not entitled to compensation, per diem, reimbursement for child care expenses, or other state-funded expense reimbursement.

  • Expiration

    • The task force is established to continue indefinitely and does not have an expiration date.

Significance / What it changes

  • Creates a permanent advisory body focused on veterans issues and families, linked to major veterans organizations, with formal rules, leadership elections, and ongoing engagement with state government.
  • Sets a clear stance on financing, prohibiting compensation or expense reimbursements from state funds for task force members.

Relevant Terms

  • Commanders Task Force
  • veterans
  • veterans families
  • Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
  • The American Legion
  • American Veterans
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Jewish War Veterans
  • Marine Corps League
  • Military Order of the Purple Heart
  • Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • liaison
  • standing rules
  • chair
  • vice-chair
  • per diem
  • compensation
  • state funds
  • expiration date
  • indefinitely

Bill text versions

Past committee meetings

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 18, 2026HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toVeterans and Military Affairs Division
April 09, 2026HouseActionCommittee report, to adopt
April 09, 2026HouseActionSecond reading

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "The bill references Minn. Stat. 15.059, subd. 6 to govern expiration; it includes a not-withstanding clause that the Commanders Task Force shall not expire, effectively altering how 15.059 applies to this body.",
      "modified": [
        "Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 6 the task force shall not expire; the bill uses a not-withstanding clause to extend or exempt the duration of the Task Force."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "15.059",
    "subdivision": "6"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

Sponsors

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