Committee

Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
HF8 Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF28 Data center energy generation redundancy provided. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF77 Disclosure of subsurface drain tile required. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF78 Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Council membership modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF79 Water appropriation allocation priorities modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF80 Grants to restore and create wetlands provided for the wetland banking program, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF81 Off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles exempted from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF253 Public water inventory temporary modifications prohibited, and report required. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF254 Public water inventory revision process modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF274 C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail Master Plan update to allow for all-terrain vehicle use on a portion of the trail funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF275 Trapping provisions modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF276 Fishing license fees reduced for persons 65 years of age and older, and money transferred. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF277 Certain recipients of money appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund required to perform criminal background checks on employees, volunteers, and contractors that work with children. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF278 Grant-in-aid surcharge added to the all-terrain vehicle registration fee, and fee increased for nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail passes. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF279 All-terrain vehicle trails and studies funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF281 All-terrain vehicle trails funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF291 Coordination, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of environmental review and permitting process for metallic mineral mining projects. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF309 Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness mining restrictions modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF348 Hastings; money transferred for water treatment plants. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF372 Restrictions on discharging firearms near livestock corrals modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF376 Clean car rules repealed. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF411 Free angling licenses provided to residents age 65 or over. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF413 Age to angle without a license modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF420 Program for beverage container recycling refunds established, civil and criminal penalties provided, reports required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF430 County regulation of gray water discharges from commercial houseboats in certain counties provided. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF439 Redhead Mountain Bike Park; Silver Bay Trailhead and trail development funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF451 Statutory appropriation of the pollinator account eliminated, and lawns to legumes grant program repealed. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF469 State trail bicycle pass required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF489 Money appropriated from the parks and trails fund. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF527 Alternative wetland mitigation options established in greater than 80 percent areas, and rulemaking authorized. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF528 Acquisition of land prohibited for flood control or water retention under certain circumstances. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF530 Supermajority vote of the legislature required to convey certain state land for less than market value, and constitutional amendment proposed. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF566 Provisions for operating all-terrain vehicles on public roads modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF611 Age-related exemptions modified for licenses. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF613 Straight-wall cartridge ammunition allowed to be used to take deer statewide. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF621 Deer firearms season dates modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF623 Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF624 Anglers with a walleye stamp validation allowed to use additional lines. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF625 Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated, and report required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF626 Age-related exemptions modified for small game and fishing licenses. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF647 Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer water appropriations authorized. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF649 Annual open season for wolves required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF654 Presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances allowed in safety-related items and clothing used by juveniles operating all-terrain vehicles or dirt bikes. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF693 Red River mediation agreement funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF713 Stormwater runoff structural practices implemented relating to permeable synthetic turf. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF723 Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF726 PFAS gross revenues tax imposed, and cleanup account and commission established. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF737 Lead and cadmium in consumer products prohibitions modified. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF781 Pokegama Bridge trail system safety improvements funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF782 Open season for wolves required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF788 Keep it Clean program established, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF789 Requirement for residents who do not recycle to pay for recycling services repealed. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF793 Certified salt applicator program established, liability limited, and report required. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF813 Commissioner of natural resources required to provide unimpeded access to state forest roads for certain commercial purposes. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF817 Study and report of the impact of eagles on loons required. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF818 Accumulation of bear hunter preference points for youth allowed. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF819 Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force established, appointments provided, and report required. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF820 Chippewa Bands authorized to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF939 Floodplain management funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF944 Trespass law modified to allow purple markings. Crossed Over 02/17/2025
HF954 Certain determinations required before conducting environmental review and issuing permits relating to proposed nonferrous sulfide ore projects. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF955 Financial assurance requirements for nonferrous permit to mine modified. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF983 Local road wetland replacement program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF1008 Public waters definition modified, and appropriation for public waters inventory eliminated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1012 Commissioner of natural resources required to consider decommissioning a road or trail designated for off-highway vehicle use; land, water quality, aquatic life, and wildlife protected from effects of using motorized recreational trails; environmental assessment worksheet required to construct or expand off-highway vehicle trails; rulemaking required; and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1024 Animal feedlots defined. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1040 Wind and solar energy infrastructure disposal restricted. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF1071 Aggregate Resources Task Force recommendations implemented, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1120 Keep it Clean program established, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1122 Commissioner of natural resources made responsible for the maintenance and use of the Old Williams School property, and report required. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1150 Study of environmental impacts of artificial intelligence required, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1191 Aitkin County; private sale of certain tax-forfeited land authorized. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1197 Environmental review and issuance of nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits, licenses, or leases to bad actors prohibited. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1199 Aitkin County; private sale of certain tax-forfeited land authorized. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1204 Provisions to petition for preparation of environmental assessment worksheet modified. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1205 State trail pass provisions for off-road vehicles modified, invasive species provisions modified, burbot commercial fishing on Lake Superior provided, and public waters inventory provisions modified. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1206 Mississippi River basin priority lakes and streams initiative funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1208 Permitting efficiency provisions modified. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1218 Environment and natural resources trust fund appropriations allocated, prior appropriations modified, grant programs established, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1225 All-terrain vehicle registration fee eliminated for veterans with a total service-connected disability. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF1231 Commissioner prohibited from adopting rules that apply only to construction and demolition landfills. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1249 State land added to Carley State Park. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1285 Minnesota declared to be a mining-friendly state. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1298 Taking feral swine causing damage authorized. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1301 Use of unmanned aircraft authorized to assist in locating and recovering deceased big game, and report required. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1303 Use of purple paint in lieu of signage prohibiting trespassing authorized. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1327 Definition of all-terrain vehicle modified. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1331 Statewide wolf population survey required. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1333 Moose license lottery and auction required, moose research account established, fees established, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1355 Permit holders harvesting or destroying aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operation requirements established. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/13/2025
HF1359 Solid waste management; dedication to the resource management account increased. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1362 Reporting requirements for certain environmental reviews modified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1363 Pollution Control Agency prohibited from banning the purchase or use of motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1371 Paper products exempted from the extended producer responsibility program managing solid waste. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1382 Obsolete provisions related to Environmental Quality Board removed. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1387 Sale, manufacture, and use of lead tackle prohibited. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1390 1854 Treaty Authority funding provided for a bear population study, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1425 Sale of state-owned land in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness prohibited. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1426 Stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products established; mercury in batteries prohibited; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1464 Rice County; water quality improvement project funding provided, extending a previous appropriation, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1481 Monitoring of biofuel, air emissions, wastewater, and coproducts for the presence of certain chemicals required; voluntary biomonitoring of biofuel plant employees provided; and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1482 Money appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations modified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1486 Certain chemicals in packaging prohibited. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1527 Fishing in the neighborhood program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1531 Expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance removed. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1564 Regional parks and trails funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1570 Sale or lease of boathouse sites at Soudan Underground Mine State Park authorized. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1587 Cass County; funding provided to condemn certain land, land transfer for no consideration authorized, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1591 Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from acquiring state land at auction. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1592 Provisions modified and definition for calcareous fens required, rulemaking required, and report required. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1594 Conservation officers prohibited from conducting searches or seizures without a warrant or court order, and receipts to be provided to persons from whom property is seized required. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1595 Conservation officers required to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1611 Lawns to lunch pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1612 Aggregate resource inventory funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1613 Aggregate Resources Task Force recommendations implemented, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1620 Keys, key chains, and key rings removed from the prohibition on lead and cadmium in consumer products. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1624 Mattress recycling program; assessment established for each mattress and box spring sold in the state to fund grants to local governments to expand mattress recycling programs, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1627 PFAS products exempted or prohibitions delayed, PFAS reporting requirements modified, lead-containing product prohibitions delayed, and PFAS-containing firefighting foam prohibitions at airport hangars delayed. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1635 Pollution control business surcharge imposed. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1699 Zoos exempted from fur farm requirements. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1729 Private sale of certain tax-forfeited land authorized. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1733 Requirement for residents who do not recycle organics to pay for providing organics recycling services eliminated. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1841 Morrison County; rulemaking to delist Little Rock Creek as a trout stream and to prohibit trout stocking in the stream required. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1843 Lawns to legumes program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1846 Feedlots; county feedlot program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1864 Approval of the use of state money required to acquire real property in fee. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1868 Electronic and internal components exempted from PFAS prohibitions. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1869 Prohibitions of certain PFAS-containing firefighting foam at airport hangars delayed. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1870 Pens that contain lead exempted from prohibition on manufacturing and selling lead-containing products. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1871 Prohibitions on certain lead solder in products delayed. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1882 Approval of site-specific modifications to sulfate water quality standards during pendency of related rulemaking facilitated. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1888 Subsurface sewage treatment systems disclosure requirements modified, and rulemaking required. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1906 Electronic and internal components exempted from PFAS prohibitions, prohibitions delayed on lead-containing products, and PFAS-containing firefighting foam at airport hangars prohibitions delayed. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1922 Report on payment in lieu of taxes on natural resources lands required. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1940 Permissible uses of the remediation fund modified to allow for cost reimbursement for PFAS contamination remediation at emergency response training centers, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1992 River watch program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF2030 Itasca County; sale of tax-forfeited lands authorized. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF2034 Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF2134 Pesticide provisions modified to protect wild rice waters, wild rice risk justification required before permit issuance, specific operation of watercraft prohibited, maintenance of wild rice waters maps required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF2150 Surety bond required for tire collectors. In Committee 03/11/2025
HF2218 Metropolitan Council funding provided for grants to implementing agencies to manage aquatic invasive species, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/12/2025
HF2244 Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated. In Committee 03/12/2025
HF2245 Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated, and counties allowed to regulate the type of firearms and ammunition used for taking deer. In Committee 03/12/2025
HF2293 Commissioner of natural resources funding provided for grants under the environment and natural resources trust fund community grant program, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2310 Prior law prohibiting weather modification reenacted, and criminal penalties provided. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2314 Lake Alice water quality improvement funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2317 Wastewater treatment facility heat capture pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2374 Revocation or cancellation of a person's privileges for off-road recreational vehicles and motorboats for certain motor vehicle violations required. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2384 Funding provided for grants to counties to address blight conditions and remediate environmental contamination on properties that have come under county ownership or are being held in trust by the state, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2391 Annual open season for wolves required. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2419 Life jackets for children aboard watercraft required to have reflective material. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2423 Emerald ash borer-infested tree disposal funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2439 Environment and natural resources policy and finance bill. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2447 Orderly and environmentally responsible development of the state's gas resources facilitated, rulemaking required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2453 Rainwater and stormwater outdoor use provided. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2481 Clean Water Council membership, structure, and duties modified. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2501 Lead prohibited in ammunition for hunting and in fishing tackle, nontoxic standard established for shooting facilities and school shooting sports, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2524 Private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water authorized. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2548 Outdoor School for All grant program created, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2580 Removal and disposal of abandoned boats required, and criminal and civil penalties provided. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2597 Upper Twin Lake water quality improvement funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2602 Replacement seedlings appropriation modified and extended. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2613 Transfer of unused water-use permit gallons allowed, irrigators allowed to use excess water in drought conditions, and additional water use allowed for cover crops. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2620 Emerald ash borer response and community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2621 Community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2661 Three-line fishing in Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers allowed. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2673 Disabled veterans exempted from watercraft fees. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2678 Veterans with 100 percent service-connected disability allowed to obtain a license for a fish, house, dark house, or shelter without paying a fee. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2727 St. Louis County shoreline stabilization funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2749 Forgotten Heroes Ranges and Retreat grant funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2824 Continuous open season for taking largemouth and smallmouth bass provided. In Committee 03/26/2025
HF2852 Rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for large animal projects required. In Committee 03/26/2025
HF2857 Obstruction of a public road that ends at a lake or stream prohibited, and criminal penalties provided. In Committee 03/26/2025
HF2861 Groundwater management areas and comprehensive planning provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/26/2025
HF2894 St. Paul Park; Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area districts redesignated. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2897 Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 70 or over. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2918 Funding provided to develop water availability atlas and siting methodology, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2940 Mississippi Headwaters Board funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/01/2025
HF2947 Certain components in textile furnishings and upholstered furniture exempted from PFAS prohibitions. In Committee 04/01/2025
HF3007 Evaluation and permitting of projects requiring large water appropriations provided. In Committee 04/01/2025
HF3015 Permit applications required to be submitted to affected Tribes. In Committee 04/01/2025
HF3025 Nature as we age grant program established, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/01/2025
HF3040 Timely payment of timber refunds required. In Committee 04/02/2025
HF3050 Requirements for safe storage of reactive mine waste modified. In Committee 04/02/2025
HF3142 Funding provided to transport wood waste for processing, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3143 Wood upcycling campus funding provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3186 Public water supplies and publicly owned treatment works required to annually report on water access policies. In Committee 04/10/2025
HF3236 Requirements for water appropriations permits modified. In Committee 04/24/2025
HF3250 Outdoor recreation license plate endorsement established to allow motor vehicle access to state parks and recreation areas, including use on license plates, fees, public information, and exemptions; and money appropriated. In Committee 04/25/2025
HF3252 Drinking water contaminate mitigation program established, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/28/2025
HF3265 Amendments to subsurface treatment system rules required to refer to straight-pipe system statutory requirements. In Committee 04/28/2025
HF3280 Studies required to estimate costs of producing sustainable aviation fuel from captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 05/01/2025
HF3289 Wetland replacement ratios modified. In Committee 05/05/2025
HF3322 Plastic bottle excise tax proposed. In Committee 05/14/2025
HF3324 Rebate program to replace time-based ion exchange water softeners with demand-based ion exchange water softeners established, and money appropriated. In Committee 05/14/2025
HF3331 State goal for wetland restoration and protection set, and reports required. In Committee 05/17/2025
HF3339 Citizen membership reinstated for Pollution Control Agency. In Committee 05/18/2025