Environment and Natural Resources Policy

MN - Representative John Persell (D)

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Committee Chair

MN - Representative Jamie Becker-Finn (D)

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Vice Chair

MN - Representative Dale Lueck (R)

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Republican Lead

MN - Representative Patty Acomb (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Paul Anderson (R)

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MN - Representative Greg Boe (R)

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MN - Representative Anne Claflin (D)

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MN - Representative Dan Fabian (R)

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MN - Representative Aisha Gomez (D)

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MN - Representative Steve Green (R)

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MN - Representative Rick Hansen (D)

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MN - Representative Josh Heintzeman (R)

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MN - Representative Todd Lippert (D)

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MN - Representative Dave Lislegard (D)

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MN - Representative Jean Wagenius (D)

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MN - HF1202 Mining promotion responsibilities modified.

MN - HF1198 Water appropriations and well conditions modified.

MN - HF359 Flame-retardant chemical use in certain products prohibited.

MN - HF1845 Wastewater treatment plant operator certification rules amendment required.

MN - HF1837 Soil and water conservation district supervisor and watershed district manager compensation increased.

MN - HF1327 Open season for taking wolves prohibited.

MN - HF1292 Unlawful pesticide application monetary penalties enhanced.

MN - HF1284 Soil and water conservation districts funding provided.

MN - HF526 Subsurface sewage treatment system damage installer liability limited.

MN - HF721 Insecticide use in wildlife management areas prohibited.

MN - HF973 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board reinstated.

MN - HF899 Birds of either sex taking provided for any game bird species for which the daily bag limit is three or more.

MN - HF880 Trapping on private lands without written permission prohibited.

MN - HF875 Clean Water Legacy Act modified, and coordinated watershed management provided for.

MN - HF862 Environmental Quality Board required to develop plan to protect Minnesota's lakes.

MN - HF848 Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated.

MN - HF475 All-terrain vehicle safety education and training provisions for youth modified.

MN - HF1938 Pollution Control Agency required to obtain social permit before new or modified water quality standard is adopted.

MN - HF2267 Carpet product stewardship program provided, and report required.

MN - HF2266 Storm water rules to townships application restricted.

MN - HF2260 State Park Open House Days number expanded.

MN - HF2258 Conservation materials use prohibited, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2253 Natural resources; training, certification, and fees provided; recreational vehicle operating restrictions modified; invasive species provisions modified; wildland firefighters provided, and game and fish laws modified.

MN - HF2251 Red River Basin Commission recognized, commission membership and duties provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2245 Crow taking season modified.

MN - HF2220 Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Office established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2212 Sulfide ore bodies mining permit restrictions imposed.

MN - HF1558 Resident military service members and veterans allowed to use alternative residency proof for game and fish license.

MN - HF2513 Pollution Control Agency commissioner required to engage in rulemaking and take actions concerning class 3 and 4 waters.

MN - HF2502 Failure to remove ice houses enforcement of penalties temporarily prohibited.

MN - HF2470 Legal firearms permitted to take turkey modified.

MN - HF133 No child left inside grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF126 Horseshoe Bay; state lands lease terms modified.

MN - HF122 State land conveyance to a private entity provided.

MN - HF92 Spear gun use to take fish allowed, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF2368 Trichloroethylene emission fine disposition provided, and account and stakeholder group created.

MN - HF2321 Privately-owned big game right to kill purchase of sale prohibited.

MN - HF2145 Fishing license required to take muskellunge.

MN - HF2308 Trap requirements modified, trap and snare permission required, reporting required, license forfeiture for violations required, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF2276 Trichloroethylene banned in products and for use in manufacturing processes.

MN - HF2271 Public waters inventory revisions required.

MN - HF1729 Lake Minnetonka Conservation District authority modified.

MN - HF1713 Threatened and endangered species protections application modified.

MN - HF1708 Mine or aggregate resources process permits and state-aid funds withholding complaints governed.

MN - HF1706 Soil and water conservation districts duties and services specified.

MN - HF1702 Provisional firearms safety certificates eligibility modified.

MN - HF1670 All-terrain vehicles with snorkel devices allowed.

MN - HF1667 Wildland firefighters training and licensing provided.

MN - HF1656 Outdoor recreation grant provisions modified, game and fish law modified, beaver and beaver dams causing damage removal provided, insecticides in wildlife management areas banned, and rulemaking required.

MN - HF1673 Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources prohibited from enforcing unadopted rules.

MN - HF2464 Soil and water conservation districts allowed to conduct meetings by teleconference.

MN - HF2461 Cities within five miles of solid waste management district or county border allowed to opt out of solid waste processing or disposal facility designation.

MN - HF2455 Reinvest in Fish Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative Advisory Group created, appointment provided, and report required.

MN - HF2447 Wetland replacement ratios modified.

MN - HF2442 Night vision equipment use while hunting coyote or fox allowed.

MN - HF1887 Watershed district provisions modified.

MN - HF1886 Silica sand regulation duties modified.

MN - HF1885 Watercraft surcharge increased, and invasive special research account created and receipts dedicated.

MN - HF1884 Youth all-terrain vehicle training provisions modified, and snorkel devices on all-terrain vehicles allowed.

MN - HF1882 Commercial fishing areas restrictions to provide invasive species control modified.

MN - HF1880 Permanent school fund compensation authority clarified.

MN - HF1569 Drinking water protection pilot program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2778 Cumulative pollution analysis required with issuing permits.

MN - HF2817 Portable deer stands allowed to be left overnight in wildlife management areas.

MN - SF2307 Trichloroethylene (TCE) emissions response account and stakeholder group creation; TCE emissions fines disposition

MN - HF2885 Municipal Water Consumer Protection Act established.

MN - HF3058 Air quality permit; requirement to analyze and consider cumulative pollution modified before issuing permit, and community liaison position required.

MN - HF3057 Nonexpiring air emission permit public hearing required every five years, and written determinations to deny permit review required.

MN - HF3042 Financial assurance requirements for nonferrous permit to mine modified.

MN - HF3046 Solar photovoltaic module stewardship program product required, retail sale of solar photovoltaic modules provided for a fee, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3016 Clean Water Legacy Act modified.

MN - HF2999 Game and fish; gross overlimit penalty modified, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF2995 Watershed district manager appointing method modified.

MN - HF2992 Solid waste disposal facility closure requirements modified.

MN - HF2946 Raptor protection from lead poisoning funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4661 City adoption of pesticide control ordinances authorized.

MN - HF3569 Agency interpretive statements and fee increases clarified, effluent limitation requirements modified, restrictions placed on using trichloroethylene, pipeline definition modified, Pollution Control Agency permitting efficiency report requirements modified, Wisconsin's Green Tier Program analysis required, and Pollution Control Agency required to seek approval of modifications to state implementation plan.

MN - HF3549 Watershed district provisions modified.

MN - HF3535 Muzzleloader provisions modified.

MN - HF3906 Lorax Act established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3924 Multifamily building composting increase and encouragement project grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4026 Angling license; all persons with permanent physical disabilities ensured an angling license without a fee.

MN - HF4005 Muskellunge stocking moratorium imposed for specified lakes, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4004 Muskellunge stocking moratorium imposed for specified lakes.

MN - HF3338 Plastic straws prohibited to customers unless requested.

MN - HF4219 Driving under the influence provision uniform enforcement for recreational vehicles provided, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF4324 Higher financial penalties required for repeated violations.

MN - HF4295 Large dairy operation moratorium established.

MN - HF4286 Environment enforcement authority modified.

MN - HF4264 State bicycle trail pass required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4254 Watercraft operator safety program recommendations required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4594 Pollution Control Agency cumulative impact analysis requirements modified, and demolition permits required.

MN - HF4485 Endangered plant and animal species taking prohibition exceptions repealed.

MN - HF4469 Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act modified.

MN - HF4457 Surveillance and early detection system use required to target efforts to combat aquatic invasive species, surveillance and early detection system funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1255 Cities authorized to adopt pesticide control ordinances.

MN - HF1234 Pollution Control Agency assistant commissioners number modified, and Pollution Control Agency amount used to administer money limited.

MN - HF1244 Public drainage system acquisition and compensation of ditch buffer strips accelerated, and runoff and sediment option provided when charging for public drainage ditch repairs.

MN - HF1239 Health commissioner directed to test for contaminants in surface water used as drinking water, identification and implementation of source water protection strategies required, health commissioner directed to adopt health risk limits for certain substances, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1219 Solid waste management capital assistance program application requirements modified.

MN - HF1403 Ivory and rhinoceros horn trade prohibited, rulemaking authorized, and criminal penalties provided.

MN - HF1386 Collector snowmobile registration requirements modified.

MN - HF1368 Environmental Quality Board required to assess flooding, drought, land use, and population changes effect on natural resources.

MN - HF1365 Environment Quality Board development of lake protection plan required.

MN - HF1274 Department of Natural Resources required to remove snow from forest roads upon request.

MN - HF820 Open-air swine basin ban clarified to not apply to truck washes.

MN - HF1963 Chisago County; Interstate Park renamed.

MN - HF2011 Watershed management organizations planning requirements modified, and watershed districts modified.

MN - HF2007 Sand Dunes State Forest management requirements modified.

MN - HF2003 Wetland replacement ratio determined when entity doing replacement is political subdivision or state agency.

MN - HF79 Alternative wetland mitigation options in greater than 80 percent areas established, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF1746 Deer season antler point restrictions prohibited.

MN - HF1672 Bicycle pass for state trails established, fee established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1700 Remote sugar beet storage requirements modified.

MN - HF1544 Night vision equipment use when coyote hunting allowed.

MN - HF1587 Citizen oversight committees extended.

MN - HF1586 State land conveyance requirements modified, land added to and deleted from state parks, and sale of surplus state land authorized.

MN - HF1584 Small business loan program for environmental improvement modified.

MN - HF78 Board of Water and Soil Resources authority restricted to amend plan for administrative penalty orders.

MN - HF77 Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources rulemaking authority eliminated, and sunset or enactment of existing rules provided.

MN - HF67 Counties ability to file policies of no net gain provided, and land sales required.

MN - HF66 Nitrogen monitoring on state lands required.

MN - HF65 Groundwater qualifying regulation establishing criteria clarified.

MN - HF61 Tax-forfeited land sale requirements modified.

MN - HF48 All-terrain vehicles in state campgrounds allowed.

MN - HF1509 Minnesota River site-specific eutrophication standard establishment and implementation funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1502 Salt applicator certification program established, and liability limited.

MN - HF1472 Public waters electronic transmission of certain information provided.

MN - HF2757 Bear-baiting restrictions modified.

MN - HF2799 Paddleboards exempted from watercraft licensure requirements.

MN - HF2872 Nonferrous tailings storage facilities requirements established, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF3197 Portable stands in wildlife management areas permanently allowed.

MN - HF3196 Motorized vehicle use expanded on wildlife management areas for hunters with physical disabilities.

MN - HF3182 Perfluorochemicals defined as hazardous substance under Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act.

MN - HF3442 St. Louis County; state land conveyance prohibited.

MN - HF3423 Water quality standards for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances funding provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3422 Factors designating species as endangered, threatened, or of special concern modified.

MN - HF3378 Pollution Control Agency required to hold public hearing.

MN - HF3377 Air emission physical measurements and emission-related statistic reporting required.

MN - HF3376 Trichloroethylene use prohibited.

MN - HF3363 Unregistered snowmobile transportation prohibition removed.

MN - HF3352 Conveying state land interest provisions modified, state parks and recreation areas added and deleted, and surplus state lands sale authorized.

MN - HF3342 Nontoxic shot required for taking small game.

MN - HF3394 Nontoxic ammunition use required in special hunts and commissioner-sponsored events.

MN - HF3489 Carbon sequestration in public and private forests report required to set goals.

MN - HF3472 Environmental violations; financial incentive provided for information resulting in civil or criminal financial penalties.

MN - HF3470 Environmental violation criminal penalties provided and modified.

MN - HF3657 Natural resources; various provisions modified relating to certifiable fish diseases; local regulation in Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area; wild rice lease exchange requirements; school trust land reporting requirements; invasive species permits; state parks; special-use permits; possession, propagation, and selling of snakes, lizards, and salamanders; game and fish; and date of Lake Superior Management Plan.

MN - HF3643 Aquatic invasive species penalty increased.

MN - HF3181 Nonwoven disposable product labeling provided.

MN - HF3180 Food packaging chemical use regulated.

MN - HF3871 St. Louis County; private sale of tax-forfeited land authorized.

MN - HF3867 Minors; natural resources data on individuals who are minors classified.

MN - HF3847 Single-use plastic bag fee required, discretionary fees on other bags authorized, and civil penalties provided.

MN - HF3833 Storm water rules application modified.

MN - HF3830 Perchloroethylene banned, prior appropriation modified, cost-share program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3825 Lead tackle sale, manufacture, and use prohibited.

MN - HF3819 All-terrain vehicle definition modified.

MN - HF3809 1837 Ceded Territory Fisheries Technical Committee requirements added.

MN - HF3808 Walleye safe harvest level negotiation required, and report required.

MN - HF3770 Wake surfing on state waters regulated.

MN - HF3795 Mixed municipal solid waste incinerators required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

MN - HF4010 Groundwater protection provision changed.

MN - HF4442 Residents aged 80 and older allowed to fish without license.

MN - HF680 Leashed dog use to track big game allowed.

MN - HF758 Mississippi Headwaters Board jurisdiction over headwaters area ensured.

MN - HF262 Commissioner of natural resources directed to amend rule on stamp design.

MN - HF251 Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park management modified.

MN - HF223 Waste tire facilities financial assurance required.

MN - HF747 Council of Environment and Natural Resources Scientific Advisers established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF644 Voter registration information required to be on the hunting and fishing licensing website.

MN - HF509 Clearwater County; certain actions to obtain access to land prohibited.

MN - HF569 Tax-forfeited land management provisions modified, and private sale of tax-forfeited land authorized.

MN - HF2074 Natural resources fee and permit conditions modified, and technical corrections made.

MN - HF2523 Green roof advisory task force established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2519 Aquatic plant pesticide control in shallow lakes rulemaking required, and review and report on rules for shallow lakes required.

MN - HF200 Riparian buffer compensation program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF167 Supplemental environmental project offers provided in conjunction with enforcement actions against polluters.

MN - HF2383 School trust lands director provisions modified, and prior appropriations modified.

MN - HF2382 Data accessibility related to environmental hazard modified.

MN - HF2609 Firearm deer season crossbow use expanded.

MN - HF2717 Aitkin, Beltrami, and Koochiching Counties; state land exchange provided.

MN - HF4568 Environmental review provisions modified.

MN - HF4567 Environmental analytical testing by third-party contractors required.

MN - HF2865 Duluth; property rights clarified.

MN - HF2883 Commissioner of natural resources required to change state geographical features that contains the word Calhoun.

MN - HF2902 Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Waters established, Clean Water Council and Legislative Water Commission eliminated, duties reassigned, and appointments provided.

MN - HF2914 Mining comprehensive review required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3297 County SCORE grant permissible uses modified.

MN - HF3268 Environment; PFAS Task Force created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3264 Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources and Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council citizen appointees term limits imposed

MN - HF3247 All-terrain vehicle operation on public roads rules modified.

MN - HF3239 Cervidae carcass importing prohibited.

MN - HF3756 Pollution Control Agency authority repealed relating to automobile emissions, study required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3753 Environmental permit and review document demographic factor analysis required.

MN - HF3735 Recreational license suspension policy provisions modified.

MN - HF3704 Trichloroethylene use prohibited.

MN - HF3703 Soil and water conservation district supervisor compensation increased.

MN - HF4094 Trapping provisions for nonresidents modified.

MN - HF4091 Hill-Annex Mine State Park Advisory Council established, and management requirements established.

MN - HF4080 Land and water protection measures on off-road vehicle touring routes provided, and report required.

MN - HF4058 Environment; priority qualified facility provisions modified, property interest acquisition authority modified, and rulemaking required to modify superfund site scoring system.

MN - HF4411 Cervidae carcass transportation restrictions modified.

MN - HF4368 Discounted state park permit access ensured for those with permanent disabilities.

MN - HF4349 Snowmobile and off-highway vehicle provision civil penalty violation increased.

MN - HF4347 Watershed district provisions modified.

MN - HF4346 Watershed district provisions modified.

MN - HF4345 Watershed district provisions modified.