Scope: State (Minnesota)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: April 22, 2026
HF 5055 is an omnibus tax bill modifying individual income, corporate franchise, sales and use, and gross receipts taxes, and providing federal conformity. Among its provisions, it would impose a gross receipts tax on firearms and a tax on social media, and appropriates money. The bill received its introduction and first reading and was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Constitutional basis: Bill only introduced; selective excise taxes singling out firearms sales and social media platforms press against limits on taxing constitutionally protected activity.