SF 4745

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/14/2026 09:40 a.m.

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.

new text begin [16C.37] PAYROLL REPORTING PORTAL AND DATABASE.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Portal and database. new text end

new text begin No later than July 1, 2027, 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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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Information required; availability to public. new text end

new text begin (a) Beginning July 1, 2027, 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 information
required under section 177.30, paragraph (a), clause (6).
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new text begin (b) The database must be searchable by contractor name, project name, county in which
the work was performed, and project owner.
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new text begin (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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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Portal registration. new text end

new text begin All projects covered by state prevailing wage requirements,
including but not limited to the requirements under sections 177.41, 177.42, 177.43, and
116J.871, subdivisions 2 and 3, must be registered in the portal by the project owner and
assigned an identifying project number prior to the commencement of work.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reporting and notice requirements. new text end

new text begin (a) All contractors covered by state
prevailing wage requirements, including but not limited to the requirements under sections
177.41, 177.42, 177.43, 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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new text begin (b) The commissioner must provide notice to the project owner when a report is made
by a contractor under this section.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Fulfillment of other prevailing wage reporting
requirements. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 177.43, subdivision 6, submission of certified
payrolls under this section fulfills the contractor reporting requirements under sections
177.30, paragraph (a), clause (6), and 177.43, subdivision 3, but does not diminish the
prevailing wage enforcement authority of the Department of Labor and Industry.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Local governments and project owner opt-in. new text end

new text begin Local units of government and
project owners may opt-in to participation in the portal and database created under this
section for the purpose of collecting certified payroll in compliance with a local prevailing
wage ordinance or labor standards policy.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1 is effective July 1, 2026. Subdivisions 2 to 6 are
effective July 1, 2027, and apply to construction projects that begin on or after that date.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PAYROLL REPORTING PORTAL AND DATABASE.
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new text begin $....... 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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