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Conference Committee on HF3426
Wednesday, May 13 2026 - Archive Video

HF3426 (Jordan/Hawj) Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
02:51- Walkthrough and adoption of conference committee agreement.
Runs 26 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 16 2026 - Archive Video

00:27 - HF4211 (Virnig) Grant for purchasing and installing a continuous emission monitoring system to measure lead emissions from a permitted facility funded.
15:27 - HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
29:14 - HF3793 (Pursell) Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit.
34:25 - HF4819 (Kozlowski) Funding for study of critical materials in the waste stream provided, and money appropriated.
43:46 - HF3466 (Vang) Mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects established, and rulemaking required.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 14 2026 - Archive Video

01:11 - HF4787 (Heintzeman) Crow Wing County easement required to be granted.
1:05:37 - HF4261 (Heintzeman) Motorboat operator provisions modified; game and fish license, reporting, and penalty provisions modified; penalties for false statements and alterations of applications, licenses, permits, and registrations created; invasive species provisions modified; and other natural resources provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 9 2026 - Archive Video

00:29 - HF4740 (Hansen) Financial assurance required for feedlot permits, inventories and reports required, and money appropriated.
50:56 - HF3940 (Pursell) Rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for large animal projects required.
1:33:47 - Governor’s supplemental budget recommendations presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 26 2026 - Archive Video

02:06 - HF4061 (Kozlowski) Availability of appropriation for a grant to expand Minnesota's wild elk population and range extended.
12:39 - HF3793 (Pursell) Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit.
19:33 - HF3896 (Falconer) Operation of watercraft in a manner that threatens uncultivated wild rice beds prohibited.
53:34 - HF1426 (Hollins) Stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products established; mercury in batteries prohibited; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 24 2026 - Archive Video

02:19 - HF4253 (Bliss) Rule amendments on boat storage structures in public waters required.
12:31 - HF4019 (Schultz) Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expanded.
25:46 - HF4257 (Heintzeman) Date by which manufacturers are required to submit information about products containing intentionally added PFAS modified, and use of PFAS in products as currently unavoidable uses clarified.
1:10:15 - HF4149 (Heintzeman) Soil and water conservation provisions modified.
1:28:12 - HF3236 (Burkel) Requirements for water appropriations permits modified.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 - Archive Video

01:27 - HF4222 (Gottfried) State parks added to and deleted from, and sales and conveyances of surplus state lands authorized.
13:30 - HF4224 (Fischer) Notice requirements for water discharges modified.
17:02 - HF3643 (Fischer) Melissa and Mark Hortman Memorial State Park established, report required, and money appropriated.
23:49 - HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
28:25 - 29:18 - The committee recessed.
29:20 - Further consideration of HF3426 (Jordan).
Runs 31 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 12 2026 - Archive Video

01:33 - HF1531 (Heintzeman) Expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance removed.
03:33 - HF4146 (Igo) Temporary authority to store drill cores outside the drill core library provided.
11:19 - HF3399 (Johnson, W.) Lake Elmo; requirements to issue water-use permits modified.
26:47 - HF4017 (Johnson, W.) Notice of unlawfully transported infectious waste required, inspections of infectious waste generators required, financial penalties for unlawfully transporting infectious waste assessed, and money appropriated.
53:02 - HF4019 (Schultz) Mt Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expanded.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 10 2026 - Archive Video

00:32 - HF793 (Scott) Certified salt applicator program established, liability limited, and report required.
24:58 - HF3793 (Pursell) Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit.
1:06:10 - HF3699 (Gottfried) State park license plate contest requirements added.
1:11:19 - HF3322 (Franson) Plastic bottle excise tax proposed.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 5 2026 - Archive Video

01:01 - Office of the Legislative Auditor overview: grants management.
16:40 - Department of Natural Resources presentation: Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Community Grant Program Report.
Runs 1 hour, 39 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 3 2026 - Archive Video

00:57 - HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
38:07 - HF3428 (Jordan) Requirement for commissioner approval of certain land acquisitions repealed.
Runs 42 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 26 2026 - Archive Video

02:26 - HF624 (Swedzinski) Anglers with a walleye stamp validation allowed to use additional lines.
17:04 - Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Endorsement Report.
1:02:23 - Department of Natural Resources Crossbow Use Report.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 24 2026 - Archive Video

00:58 - Department of Natural Resources, Metropolitan Council overview and update.
-- Groundwater management and water sustainability.
1:20:54 - Department of Natural Resources, Metropolitan Council overview and update.
-- Community tree planting grants.
Runs 1 hour, 39 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 19 2026 - Archive Video

02:47 - PFAS "PRISM" reporting system, fees; status update on current unavoidable uses of PFAS rulemaking.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.


Environment Working Group
Thursday, May 29 2025 - Archive Video

00:10 - Opening comments.
03:23 - Walkthrough of the environment bill agreement.
Runs 1 hour, 1 minute.


Conference Committee on SF2077
Friday, May 9 2025 - Archive Video

05:49 - SF2077 (Heintzeman/Hawj) Environment and natural resources policy and finance bill.
06:01 -- Walkthrough of side-by-side and budget comparison spreadsheet.
38:12 -- Testimony from agencies.
Runs 52 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 10 2025 - Archive Video

00:29 - HF2439 (Heintzeman) Environment and natural resources finance bill.
Runs 31 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 3 2025 - Archive Video

00:34 - HF2419 (Tabke) Life jackets for children aboard watercraft required to have reflective material.
15:37 - HF2602 (Vang) Replacement seedlings appropriation modified and extended.
22:53 - HF2620 (Finke) Emerald ash borer response and community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
31:29 - HF2621 (Finke) Community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
35:30 - HF2861 (Curran) Groundwater management areas and comprehensive planning provided, and money appropriated.
52:12 - HF820 (Jordan) Chippewa Bands authorized to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty, and money appropriated.
1:03:57 - HF3007 (Fischer) Evaluation and permitting of projects requiring large water appropriations provided.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 - Archive Video

00:49 - HF2824 (Nash) Continuous open season for taking largemouth and smallmouth bass provided.
14:15 - HF623 (Swedzinski) Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated.
38:08 - HF647 (Schultz) Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer water appropriations authorized.
59:47 - HF1249 (Jacob) State land added to Carley State Park.
Runs 1 hour, 13 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 27 2025 - Archive Video

00:51 - Pollution Control Agency budget overview.
44:56 - HF1587 (Stephenson) Cass County; funding provided to condemn certain land, land transfer for no consideration authorized, and money appropriated.
1:00:59 - HF2293 (Hollins) Commissioner of natural resources funding provided for grants under the environment and naturals resources trust fund community grant program, and money appropriated.
1:17:43 - HF2218 (Falconer) Metropolitan Council funding provided for grants to implementing agencies to manage aquatic invasive species, and money appropriated.
1:28:18 - HF1208 (Fischer) Permitting efficiency provisions modified.
1:49:53 - HF1482 (Hansen) Money appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations modified.
Runs 1 hour, 53 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 25 2025 - Archive Video

01:12 - Department of Natural Resources budget overview.
1:14:40 - HF737 (Olson) Lead and cadmium in consumer products prohibitions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 20 2025 - Archive Video

00:54 - HF2034 (Bierman) Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, and money appropriated.
21:36 - HF1843 (Rehm) Lawns to legumes program funding provided, and money appropriated.
51:33 - HF1611 (Hansen) Lawns to lunch pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:05:39 - HF1012 (Pursell) 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.
Runs 1 hour, 51 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 18 2025 - Archive Video

01:27 - HF1355 (Baker) Holders of permits to harvest or destroy aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operations requirements established.
28:19 - HF78 (Davis) Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Council membership modified.
33:10 - HF1225 (Skraba) All-terrain vehicle registration fee eliminated for veterans with a total service-connected disability.
39:37 - HF1846 (Burkel) Feedlots; county feedlot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 56 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 13 2025 - Archive Video

00:14 - HF1040 (Scott) Wind and solar infrastructure product stewardship program required, retail sales fee provided for wind and solar infrastructure, wind and solar energy infrastructure moratorium established in landfills, report required, and money appropriated.
18:49 - HF253 (Schultz) Public water inventory temporary modifications prohibited, and report required.
Runs 1 hour.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 11 2025 - Archive Video

00:29 - HF1425 (Skraba) Sale of state-owned land in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness prohibited.
42:43 - HF1570 (Skraba) Sale or lease of boathouse sites at Soudan Underground Mine State Park authorized.
53:47 - HF1331 (Schultz) Statewide wolf population survey required.
1:20:08 - HF1531 (Heintzeman) Expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance removed.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 6 2025 - Archive Video

01:21 - HF566 (Skraba) Provisions for operating all-terrain vehicles on public roads modified.
12:26 - HF274 (Skraba) CJ 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.
25:41 - HF279 (Warwas) All-terrain vehicle trails and studies funding provided, and money appropriated.
38:24 - HF281 (Heintzeman) All-terrain vehicle trails funding provided, and money appropriated.
54:01 - HF1327 (Burkel) Definition of all-terrain vehicle modified.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 4 2025 - Archive Video

03:12 - HF1382 (Heintzeman) Obsolete provisions related to Environmental Quality Board removed.
07:51 - HF1362 (Heintzeman) Reporting requirements for certain environmental reviews modified.
11:39 - HF81 (Heintzeman) Off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles exempted from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products.
45:20 - HF1627 (Heintzeman) Commercial and industrial products exempted from PFAS restrictions, and PFAS reporting requirements modified.
Runs 1 hour, 53 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 27 2025 - Archive Video

02:05 - HF28 (Mekeland) Data center energy generation redundancy.
52:32 - HF819 (Schultz) Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force established, appointments provided, and report required.
1:25:28 - HF944 (Gillman) Trespass law modified to allow purple markings.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 25 2025 - Archive Video

00:53 - HF1120 (Myers) Keep it Clean program established, and money appropriated.
15:41 - HF1218 (Heintzeman) Funding from the environment and natural resources trust fund, prior appropriations modified, and money appropriated.
Runs 37 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 20 2025 - Archive Video

02:49 - HF413 (Franson) Age to angle without a license modified.
11:59 - HF276 (Nash) Fishing license fees reduced for persons 65 years of age and older, and money transferred.
19:01 - Pollution Control Agency overview.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 18 2025 - Archive Video

00:54 - Department of Natural Resources overview.
51:58 - Board of Water and Soil Resources overview.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee - part 1
Thursday, February 13 2025 - Archive Video

01:17 - Minnesota Chamber Foundation presentation on environmental permitting.
37:36 - HF8 (Heintzeman) Efficiency of Wetland Conservation Act determinations improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency permit provisions modified, environmental assessment worksheet provisions modified, and money appropriated.
The committee recessed.
Runs 2 hours.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee - part 2
Thursday, February 13 2025 - Archive Video

00:12 - Continued consideration of HF8 (Heintzeman) Efficiency of Wetland Conservation Act determinations improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency permit provisions modified, environmental assessment worksheet provisions modified, and money appropriated.
Runs 32 minutes.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 11 2025 - Archive Video

00:23 - Introductions.
09:12 - “Gas Resources Technical Advisory Committee Final Recommendations Report”.
57:42 - “Recommendations for Products Containing Lead, Cadmium, and PFAS”.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.