HF 4543
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/26/2026 05:28 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; requiring creation of a centralized certified payroll
reporting portal and database for all state projects covered by prevailing wage
requirements; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 16C.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[16C.37] PAYROLL REPORTING PORTAL AND DATABASE.
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new text begin Portal and database. new text end
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No later than ....., 2026, the commissioner shall
develop and maintain a payroll reporting portal and database capable of accepting and
retaining certified payrolls submitted in compliance with this section.
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(a) Beginning ....., 2026, and
by the 16th day of each month following the month the work was performed, the
commissioner must make available to the public on the department's website the following
information from certified payrolls submitted in compliance with this section regarding
each worker's:
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(1) classification or classifications;
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(2) skill level, such as apprentice or journeyworker;
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(3) gross wages paid in each pay period;
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(4) number of hours worked each day;
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(5) starting and ending times of work each day;
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(6) hourly wage rate;
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(7) hourly overtime wage rate; and
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(8) hourly fringe benefit rate.
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(b) The database must be searchable by contractor name, project name, county in which
the work was performed, and contracting agency.
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(c) The reporting portal must accept certified payroll forms provided by the commissioner
that are fillable and designed to accept electronic signatures.
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(a) All contractors covered by state
prevailing wage requirements, including but not limited to the requirements under sections
177.41 to 177.44 and 116J.871, subdivisions 2 and 3, must report the certified payroll
information required under subdivision 2 and section 177.30 to the commissioner.
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(b) The commissioner must provide notice to the contracting authority when a report is
made by a contractor under this section.
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new text begin Fulfillment of other prevailing wage reporting requirements. new text end
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Submission
of certified payrolls under this section fulfills the contractor reporting requirements under
section 177.43, subdivision 3.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PAYROLL REPORTING PORTAL AND DATABASE.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
administration for information technology costs and administration of the payroll reporting
portal and database established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.37.
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