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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 8: Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, and money appropriated.

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 8 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, and money appropriated. Primary sponsor: Heintzeman. It lists 33 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): Author added Schwartz.

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): Republican 31

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
HeintzemanPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Keith AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19A
Pam AltendorfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20A
Paul AndersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12A
Jeff BackerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9A
Dave BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16B
Peggy BennettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23A
Scott Van BinsbergenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16A
John BurkelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1A
Ben DavisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6A
Jeff DotsethCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11A
Bidal DuranCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2A
Elliott EngenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36A
Steve GanderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1B
Dawn GillmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17A
Jimmy GordonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28A
Bobbie HarderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17B
Spencer IgoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7A
Steve JacobCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20B
Krista KnudsenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5A
Jon KoznickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57A
Joe McDonaldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29A
MurphyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
NelsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Harry NiskaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31A
Max RymerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28B
Isaac SchultzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10B
Erica SchwartzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18A
Peggy ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31B
Tom SextonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19B
Roger SkrabaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3A
Chris SwedzinskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15A
Cal WarwasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7B
Natalie ZeleznikarCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3B

“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 Schwartz
  2. Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
  3. Authors added Nelson, Gillman, and Sexton
  4. Author added Altendorf
  5. Author added Gander
  6. Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
  7. Authors added McDonald, Rymer, Baker, Murphy and Koznick
  8. Authors added Schultz; Igo; Duran; Engen; Zeleznikar; Van Binsbergen; Knudsen; Bennett; Burkel; Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.; Jacob; Skraba; Swedzinski; Harder; Allen; Backer; Gordon; Scott; Warwas; and Davis
  9. 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