State/Province Bill
Description
Author/Sponsor
Status
Minnesota
HF 1239 and SF 2891
Require health commissioner to test for contaminants in drinking water, identify source-water protection strategies, and adopt health risk limits for certain substances Allow drainage authorities to order permanent perennial buffer strips, other actions to control nutrient runoff; accelerate compensation for ditch buffer strips; among other provisions Expand sourcewater protectionprogram to include rivers, drinkingwater sources for privatewells Establish state incentives payments for enrollees in federal Conservation Reserve Program
Rep. Jean Wagenius (GLLC member) and Sen. Kari Dziedzic
HF 1239 reported out of committee
Minnesota
HF 1244 and SF 1945
Rep. Rick Hansen (GLLC member) and Sen. Bill Weber
HF 1244 signed into law
Minnesota
HF 1314 and SF 1403
Rep. Todd Lippert and Sen. Patricia Torres Ray Rep. Rick Hansen (GLLC member) and Sen. Kari Dziedzic Rep. Paul Torkelson (GLLC member) and Sen. Gary Dahms Rep. Todd Lippert and Sen. Carrie Ruud (GLLC member) Rep. Jeff Brand and Sen. Chris Eaton (GLLC member) Rep. Dean Urdahl and Sen. David Senjem (GLLC member) Rep. Rick Hansen and Sen. Chris Eaton (GLLC members)
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1374 and SF 1944
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1430 and SF 1937
Appropriate money for agricultural riparian buffer credit program
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1569 and SF 1637
Establish drinking water protection pilot program
Passed by committees
Minnesota
HF 1609 and SF 1418
Appropriate money for soil health statewide action plan
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1617 and SF 2021
Appropriate clean water funding, issue bonds
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1928 and SF 2262
Appropriate money from Clean Water Fund for various water protection programs
Referred to committees
Minnesota
HF 1938 and SF 1838
Require local approval of more stringent water quality standards
Rep. Dan Fabian and Sen. Jeff Howe
Referred to committees
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