Reparations · State · MN
Minnesota bill would create 'Migration Act' account to study and fund reparation grants
- Direction
- +0 — points in neither direction
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Developing
- Date
- 2025-03-10
Why this rating
The bill is only in early committee stage (introduced, referred, no vote or funding enacted per the material provided), so it carries no current force of law or disbursed funding. The material does not specify eligibility criteria, so it cannot be confirmed whether any prospective benefit would be lineage-specific to Freedmen (1870-census-traceable descendants) as opposed to a broader Black American or migrant population. Per rubric, a proposal at this stage without enacted funding or confirmed lineage-specific mechanism defaults to 0.
Summary
House File 2094, introduced in the Minnesota Legislature on March 10, 2025, would establish a 'Minnesota Migration Act,' create a dedicated account, and provide funding to study and issue reparation grants, with a report requirement and a money appropriation. The bill was referred to the House State Government Finance and Policy Committee. Additional authors (Reps. Katie Jones and Jay Xiong) were added on March 20 and April 1, 2025, joining lead sponsor Rep. Cedrick Frazier.
The source material provided (LegiScan bill record) contains only the bill's title, short description, and procedural history — it does not include the substantive bill text specifying who would be eligible for reparation grants, the criteria for the required study, the amount appropriated, or the definition of the population the Act targets. The bill's title referencing a 'Migration Act' suggests a possible focus on descendants of the Great Migration to Minnesota, but the material does not confirm whether eligibility is tied to lineage traceable to the 1870 census (the Freedmen Ledger's tracking criterion) or defined more broadly.
As of the last recorded action (April 1, 2025), the bill remains in committee with no vote, passage, or enactment reflected in the material.
Sources
- Minnesota Migration Act established, account established, funding provided to study and provide reparation grants, report required, and money appropriated. — bill text · primary · legiscan
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