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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 126: Declaring Minnesota to be a mining-friendly state

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

SF 126 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Declaring Minnesota to be a mining-friendly state. Primary sponsor: Rob Farnsworth (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 17, 2025): Author added Heintzeman.

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 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rob FarnsworthPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Grant HauschildCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborSenate3
HeintzemanCo-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 Heintzeman
  2. Author stricken Eichorn
  3. Authors added Eichorn; Hauschild
  4. Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy
  5. Introduction and first reading

Sources

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