Status Updates on 2021 Legislation
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Archived on December 19, 2025
The Volunteer Driver Coalition backed two bills during the 2021 legislative session to protect volunteer drivers. Both measures — defining a volunteer driver in statute and creating a state income tax subtraction for volunteer drivers to reduce their tax liability in Minnesota — were enacted into law.
[PDF]The work the Volunteer Driver Coalition did this year to get legislation passed is just a great example of the difference civic engagement can make. I was proud to share this with my son as an example of what’s possible when people and organizations come together around an important cause.”
—Eric Nagel, Wright County Community Action
Contact your legislators and thank them for supporting this important legislation.