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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 1197: Environmental review and issuance of nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits, licenses, or leases to bad actors prohibited.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 1197 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Environmental review and issuance of nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits, licenses, or leases to bad actors prohibited. Primary sponsor: Sandra Feist (Democratic-Farmer-Labor). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2026): Author added Jones.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic-Farmer-Labor 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sandra FeistPrimary sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse39B
Esther AgbajeCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse59B
Mary ClardyCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse53A
Alex FalconerCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse49A
Peter FischerCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse44A
Mike FreibergCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse43B
Aisha GomezCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse62A
Julie GreeneCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse50A
Jess HansonCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse55A
Amanda Hemmingsen-JaegerCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborSenate47
Huldah HiltsleyCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse38A
Katie JonesCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse61A
Sydney JordanCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse60A
Larry KraftCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse46A
Anquam MahamoudCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse62B
Kristi PursellCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse58A
Lucy RehmCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse48B
Kari RehrauerCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse35B
Samantha Sencer-MuraCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse63A
XiongCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Author added Jones
  2. Authors added Freiberg and Rehrauer
  3. Author added Hemmingsen-Jaeger
  4. Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source