2025 Bills of interest to Support Bills
Updated 4/23/26 8:05 PM

Bills highlighted green were tracked this past week. Status cells highlighted yellow either had a status change this past week and/or have an upcoming hearing.

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BillTitleSponsorCategoriesStatus & Upcoming HearingsPosition
HF 44 (SF 188) Food Manufacturers And Brand Owners Required To Report Ortho-phthalate Testing Results Of Packaged Food Products To The Commissioner Of Agriculture. Curran
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Author added Feist (4/7/26)

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SF 188 (HF 44) Ortho-phthalate Testing Results Reporting Of Packaged Food Requirement Kupec
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Chief author added Kupec (3/4/26)

HF 309 (SF 875) Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness Mining Restrictions Modified. Falconer
Tracking
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Author added Buck (4/22/26)

SF 875 (HF 309) Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness Mining Restrictions Modifications Cwodzinski
Tracking
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Author added Rest (2/13/25)

HF 954 (SF 1382) (Prove It First) Certain Determinations Required Before Conducting Environmental Review And Issuing Permits Relating To Proposed Nonferrous Sulfide Ore Projects. Hanson, J.
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Authors added Coulter and Clardy (2/26/26)

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SF 1382 (HF 954) (Prove It First) Certain Determinations Before Conducting Environmental Review And Issuing Permits Relating To Proposed Non Ferrous Sulfide Ore Projects Requirement McEwen
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Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (2/13/25)

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HF 955 (SF 1383) Financial Assurance Requirements For Nonferrous Permit To Mine Modified. Hanson, J.
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Authors added Coulter, Jones, and Clardy (2/26/26)

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SF 1383 (HF 955) Financial Assurance Requirements For Nonferrous Permit To Mine Modification Johnson Stewart
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Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (2/13/25)

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HF 1073 (SF 733) Disposition Of Abandoned Pipelines Provided, And Pipeline Abandonment Plan Required. Hansen, R.
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Author added Jones (3/12/26)

SF 733 (HF 1073) Disposition Of Abandoned Pipelines Provision Kunesh
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Author added McEwen (3/24/25)

HF 1197 (SF 1744) Environmental Review And Issuance Of Nonferrous Sulfide Ore Mining Permits, Licenses, Or Leases To Bad Actors Prohibited. Feist
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Author added Jones (2/26/26)

SF 1744 (HF 1197) Environmental Review And Issuing Of Nonferrous Sulfide Ore Mining Permits, Licenses, Or Leases To Bad Actors Prohibitions Provisions McEwen
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Authors added Cwodzinski; Johnson Stewart; Boldon (4/13/26)

HF 1389 (SF 1754) State-owned Land In The Cloquet Forestry Center Transferred To The University Of Minnesota, Defeasance Of Outstanding Debt On Certain State Bond Financed Property Funding Provided, And Money Appropriated. Kozlowski
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Author added Virnig (2/26/25)

SF 1754 (HF 1389) Certain State-owned Land In The Cloquet Forestry Center Transferal To The University Of Minnesota Pappas
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Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Capital Investment (3/10/25)

HF 1426 (SF 1690) Stewardship Program For Circuit Boards, Batteries, And Electrical Products Established; Mercury In Batteries Prohibited; Rulemaking Authorized; And Money Appropriated. Hollins
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Author added Falconer (4/9/26)

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SF 1690 (HF 1426) Stewardship Program Establishment For Circuit Boards, Batteries, And Electrical Products Kupec
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Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (4/7/26)

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HF 2059 (SF 1741) Local Governments Required To Establish Residential Instant Solar Permitting Platforms, And Report Required. Carroll
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Author added Gottfried (5/19/25)

SF 1741 (HF 2059) Local Governments Requirement To Establish Residential Instant Solar Permitting Platforms Port
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Author added Boldon (3/20/25)

HF 2134 (SF 1247) (Wild Rice Protection Act - 2025 version) 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. Falconer
Wild Rice
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Author added Jones (4/21/25)

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Wild Rice Protection Fact Sheet
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SF 1247 (HF 2134) (Wild Rice Protection Act - 2025 version) Pesticide Provisions Modification To Protect Wild Rice Waters Kunesh
Wild Rice
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Author added Fateh (3/20/25)

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Wild Rice Protection Act Fact Sheet
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HF 3439 (SF 4298) Eligibility For Medical Assistance And Expedited Disability Determinations Modified, Review Of Death Master File Required, And Contract Requirements For Managed Care Plans Provided. Nadeau
Data Centers
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Author added Nadeau as chief author (2/19/26)

HF 3704 (SF 4052) Sale And Distribution Of Certain Seeds Coated Or Treated With Systemic Insecticides Without The Approval Of The Commissioner Of Agriculture, And Application Or Treatment Of Ornamental Outdoor Plants And Turf With Neonicotinoid Insecticides Prohibited. Pursell
Tracking
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Authors added Youakim and Jones (4/7/26)

SF 4052 (HF 3704) Prohibit The Sale And Distribution Of Certain Seeds Coated Or Treated With Systemic Insecticides Without The Approval Of The Commissioner Of Agriculture Kunesh
Tracking
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Author added Cwodzinski (3/11/26)

HF 3793 (SF 3852) (Data Center - Large Groundwater Users Bill) Certain Users Of Large Amounts Of Groundwater Required To Apply For Their Own Water-use Permit Instead Of Modifying An Existing Municipal Permit. Pursell
Data Centers
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Authors added Repinski; Rehrauer; Curran; Xiong; Jordan; and Lee, F. (3/12/26)

SF 3852 (HF 3793) (Data Center - Large Groundwater Users Bill) Certain Users Of Large Amounts Of Groundwater Requirement To Apply For Their Own Water-use Permit Instead Of Modifying An Existing Municipal Permit Johnson Stewart
Data Centers
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Author added Kunesh (4/7/26)

HF 3896 (SF 3748) (Wild Rice - Boating Provisions) Operation Of Watercraft In A Manner That Threatens Uncultivated Wild Rice Beds Prohibited. Falconer
Wild Rice
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Author added Youakim (4/7/26)

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SF 3748 (HF 3896) (Wild Rice - Boating Provisions) Prohibit Operation Of Watercraft In A Manner That Threatens Uncultivated Wild Rice Beds Kunesh
Wild Rice
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Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (2/23/26)

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HF 3897 (SF 3916) (Wild Rice - Justification) Wild Rice Protected By Requiring A Wild Rice Risk Justification Before Authorizing Certain Activities. Falconer
Wild Rice
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Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy (3/2/26)

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SF 3916 (HF 3897) (Wild Rice - Justification Bill) Wild Rice Risk Justification Before Authorizing Certain Activities Requirement Provision Kunesh
Wild Rice
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Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (2/26/26)

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HF 3898 (SF 3915) (Wild Rice - Pesticide Provisions) Pesticide Provisions Modified To Protect Wild-rice Water. Falconer
Wild Rice
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Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Finance and Policy (3/2/26)

SF 3915 (HF 3898) Wild-rice Water Pesticide Protection Provisions Modifications Kunesh
Wild Rice
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Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development (2/26/26)

HF 3899 (SF 3749) (Wild Rice - Inherent Right to Exist) Description Of Wild Rice As State Grain Amended. Falconer
Wild Rice
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Author added Kraft (4/7/26)

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SF 3749 (HF 3899) (Inherent Right) Amend Description Of Wild Rice As State Grain Kunesh
Wild Rice
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Referred to State and Local Government (2/23/26)

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HF 4077 (SF 4379) (No NDAs for Municipalities) Municipalities Prohibited From Entering Into Nondisclosure Agreements Or Contracts That Restrict The Municipality From Disclosing Information About Projects Using Public Funding. Greenman
Data Centers
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Author added Pursell (3/25/26)

SF 4379 (HF 4077) (No NDAs for Municipalities) Municipalities Prohibition From Entering Into Nondisclosure Agreements Maye Quade
Data Centers
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Second reading (4/7/26)

HF 4173 (SF 4203) (Repeal of Data Center Tax Exemptions) Certain Defined Terms Maintained, And Data Center Exemptions Modified. Smith
Data Centers
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Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes (3/12/26)

SF 4203 (HF 4173) (Repeal of Data Center Tax Exemptions) Exemption Of Data Centers Modification For Sales And Use Tax Maye Quade
Data Centers
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Author added Boldon (3/17/26)

HF 4377 (SF 4554) (Pipeline CoN) Required Elements In An Application To The Public Utilities Commission For A Certificate Of Need For A Petroleum Pipeline Specified. Jones
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Author added Falconer (4/7/26)

SF 4554 (HF 4377) (Pipeline CoN) Required Elements Clarification In An Application To The Public Utilities Commission For A Certificate Of Need For A Petroleum Pipeline Dibble
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Author added Mohamed (3/26/26)

HF 4380 (SF 194) Conveyance Of State Lands To Red Lake Band Of Chippewa Indians Required, Report Required, And Money Appropriated. Jordan
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Author added Reyer (3/26/26)

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SF 194 (HF 4380) Upper Red Lake And Red Lake State Forest Land Transfer To The Red Lake Band Of Chippewa Indians Requirement And Appropriation Kunesh
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Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy (1/16/25)

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HF 4512 (SF 4296) Public Hearings And Disclosures Prior To Approval Of Data Center Development Required. Smith
Data Centers
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Author added Jones (4/9/26)

SF 4296 (HF 4512) (Public Hearings Required) Public Hearings And Certain Disclosures Prior To Approval Of Data Center Development Requirement Maye Quade
Data Centers
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Second reading (3/18/26)

HF 4612 (SF 5109) (Health Impacts Assessment) Health Impact Assessments Required To Be Conducted In Circumstances To Assess The Impact Of Proposed Projects On Human Health, Commissioner Of Health Duties Assigned, Environmental Quality Board Rulemaking Authorized, And Money Appropriated. Falconer
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Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy (3/23/26)

SF 5109 (HF 4612) Health Impact Assessments Requirement To Be Conducted In Certain Circumstances To Assess The Impact Of Proposed Projects On Human Health Boldon
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Referred to Health and Human Services (4/13/26)

HF 4888 (SF 4298) (Moratorium) New Data Center Moratorium Established, And Public Utility Commission Required To Submit A Report. Finke
Data Centers
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Authors added Curran and Buck (4/16/26)

SF 4298 (HF 4888) (Moratorium) New Data Center Moratorium Established, And Public Utility Commission Required To Submit A Report McEwen
Data Centers
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Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (3/9/26)

SF 5001 Define Domestic Assault By Strangulation As A Violent Crime Kunesh
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Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety (4/7/26)