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2025 Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.054: Accommodation for hard-of-hearing in state-funded capital projects

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/minnesota-2025-16c054/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Minnesota Legislature
  • Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes

Government (State of Minnesota)

Summary

The official statute requires loops and acoustic criteria in qualifying state-funded public gathering spaces, subject to a consultation-based exemption.

Key findings

  • Subdivision 1 defines a public gathering space as one constructed or renovated in the project, accommodating and intended for gatherings of at least 15 people, where audible communication is integral to a use of the space. Subdivision 2 applies to capital improvement projects constructing or renovating such spaces in buildings.
  • Subdivision 2 bars approval of a contract or grant of state funds for a qualifying capital project unless a space with existing or planned permanent amplification receives audio-induction loops for hearing aids and cochlear implants. It also requires the school acoustical criteria of the American National Standards Institute for maximum background noise and reverberation times.
  • Subdivision 3 allows an exemption for infeasibility, conflicts with law or project requirements, or costs outweighing benefits, after consultation with the state commission. Subdivision 4 requires exemption reporting within three months and biennial reports to legislative committees.
  • The page identifies the text as the 2025 Minnesota Statutes and lists a 2017 enactment and a 2018 amendment in its history. The section names no loop performance standard or receiver count.

Limits

The publication year is the statute edition, not the enactment date. The section page does not reproduce the original session law's effective-date and completed-schematic-design provisions; those are retained separately in the library's 2024 commission report. No project-specific exemption or installed performance was assessed.

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Minnesota Legislature. 2025 Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.054: Accommodation for hard-of-hearing in state-funded capital projects. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. 2025. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/16C.054 (accessed 13 October 2026).

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