A bill granting tax breaks for a proposed major league soccer stadium in St. Paul cleared its first hurdle in a Minnesota House panel today.

The bill would grant Minnesota United FC’s request for a property tax exemption for the stadium site at Interstate 94 and Snelling Avenue, plus a sales tax exemption for materials used to construct the $150 million stadium the team plans to build. A team spokesman said the tax provisions are needed to privately finance the structure.

Those are the same tax provisions that the House and Senate approved in a major tax-cut bill last year that Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed for unrelated reasons.

No one testified against the bill at a hearing this morning, and the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joe Hoppe, R-Chaska, said he hasn’t heard of any opposition.

A property tax subcommittee didn’t vote on the bill but held it for possible inclusion in this year’s major tax bill. Dayton and Republicans who control the House and Senate all favor reviving the 2016 tax cuts but have yet to agree on additional tax benefits.