Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development
2023-2024 Regular Session
Report Date: April 18, 2024 10:05:16 PM
| Bill # | Senate Author | Description | Date Received | Hearing Date | Action Taken | Senate Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF39 | Kunesh | Pollinator research funding establishment | 01/05/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF335 | Kunesh | University of Minnesota heritage oilseed and grain initiative appropriation | 01/17/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF560 | Westrom | Eligibility expansion for beginning farmer tax credits | 01/23/2023 | |||
| SF608 | Boldon | Pesticide control ordinances adoption by cities authorization | 01/23/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF744 | Jasinski | Local food promotion and education event appropriation | 01/25/2023 | See SF1955 | ||
| SF781 | Klein | Cannabis regulation authorization and appropriation | 01/26/2023 | |||
| SF861 | Rarick | Meat and poultry processor training grants appropriation | 01/27/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF878 | Green | Wolf and elk depredation payments appropriation | 01/27/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1055 | Dibble | Process modification for local authorities to initiate expiration of property designated as agricultural preserves | 02/01/2023 | |||
| SF1088 | Frentz | Agriculture-related business assistance appropriation | 02/02/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1114 | Kunesh | Funding increase for the agriculture research, education, extension and technology transfer grant program and Farm Business Management challenge grants | 02/02/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1115 | Kupec | Funding increase for county and district agricultural society premium aid | 02/02/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1130 | Marty | False labeling prohibition of certain pesticide-treated plants as pollinator friendly | 02/02/2023 | |||
| SF1136 | Dibble | Companion Animal Board establishment | 02/02/2023 | |||
| SF1144 | Pratt | Residency pilot program establishment for certain racehorses | 02/02/2023 | |||
| SF1178 | Hauschild | Advanced biofuel, renewable chemical, and biomass thermal production incentives provisions modifications and appropriations | 02/02/2023 | 02/13/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1230 | Kupec | International marketing opportunities appropriation for farmers | 02/06/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1245 | Gustafson | Soil health financial assistance program establishment | 02/06/2023 | 02/20/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1246 | Kupec | Biofuel financial assistance appropriation | 02/06/2023 | 02/13/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1256 | Gustafson | Eligibility modification for a cooperative grant program | 02/06/2023 | 02/20/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1312 | Kupec | County agricultural inspector grants appropriation | 02/06/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1314 | Seeberger | Forever Green Initiative University of Minnesota appropriation | 02/06/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955, HF1999 |
| SF1317 | Seeberger | Sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops prohibition | 02/06/2023 | |||
| SF1339 | Kunesh | Use, storage, disposal and sale regulation of pesticide-treated seed | 02/06/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF1341 | Rarick | Bond and financial statement exemptions modification for licensed grain buyers | 02/06/2023 | |||
| SF1347 | Jasinski | Changes to the agricultural land preservation program | 02/06/2023 | |||
| SF1353 | Gustafson | Continuous living cover crops and cropping systems appropriation | 02/06/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1407 | Dahms | Minnesota Agricultural Educational and Leadership Council grants appropriation | 02/08/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1408 | Wesenberg | Broadband grants permission to be used for fixed wireless broadband and clarifying broadband mapping requirements | 02/08/2023 | |||
| SF1484 | Hawj | White-tailed deer farming requirements modification | 02/09/2023 | |||
| SF1496 | Lucero | Canine bordetella vaccine over-the-counter authorization | 02/09/2023 | |||
| SF1522 | Kupec | Veterinary technicians, the practice of veterinary technology and unlicensed veterinary employees regulation | 02/09/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF1524 | Gustafson | Agricultural Utilization Research Institute appropriation | 02/09/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1525 | Kupec | Agricultural Utilization Research Institute appropriation for specific purposes | 02/09/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1526 | Morrison | Requirement modification for certain owners of farmed Cervidae | 02/09/2023 | 04/17/2023 | Discussion only | See HF2310 |
| SF1526 | Morrison | Requirement modification for certain owners of farmed Cervidae | 03/13/2023 | 04/17/2023 | Discussion only | See HF2310 |
| SF1526 | Morrison | Requirement modification for certain owners of farmed Cervidae | 03/27/2023 | 04/17/2023 | Discussion only | See HF2310 |
| SF1563 | Lieske | Cottage food exemption modification | 02/13/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1575 | Seeberger | Agricultural down payment assistance grants appropriation | 02/13/2023 | 03/01/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1592 | Kupec | Meat and poultry processing certification navigator appropriation | 02/13/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1712 | Johnson | Minnesota Turf Seed Council grant appropriation | 02/16/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1718 | Kunesh | New program establishment for systemic pesticide-treated seed | 02/16/2023 | |||
| SF1727 | Gustafson | The Good Acre grant appropriation for the Local Emergency Assistance Farmer Fund program | 02/16/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF1773 | Kupec | University of Minnesota employees veterinary medicine licensure modification | 02/16/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF1867 | Rasmusson | Below cost sales of dairy prohibition elimination | 02/20/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1879 | Putnam | Beginning farmer tax credit for the sale of an agricultural asset eligibility modification; credit administration appropriation and sunset of the credit repeal authorization | 02/20/2023 | 03/01/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Taxes | See HF1938 |
| SF1915 | Kunesh | Pesticide control definitions establishment; neonicotinoid pesticides restriction authorization | 02/20/2023 | |||
| SF1945 | Dibble | Knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals with nonaesthetic gas at certain facilities prohibition | 02/20/2023 | |||
| SF2016 | Gustafson | Urban agriculture grants appropriation | 02/21/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2020 | Seeberger | Registration prohibition of pesticides containing a perfluoroalkyl substance | 02/21/2023 | |||
| SF2038 | Morrison | Precision agriculture research and outreach appropriation | 02/21/2023 | |||
| SF2087 | Murphy | Center for Rural Policy and Development grants appropriation | 02/27/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2128 | Putnam | Omnibus Agriculture policy bill | 02/27/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Amended and recommended to pass | |
| SF2129 | Green | Qualifications modification for certain board members | 02/27/2023 | |||
| SF2154 | Kupec | Program establishment to provide grants to prevent wolf-livestock conflict | 02/27/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2158 | Gustafson | Farm-to-school program establishment | 02/27/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2169 | Seeberger | Border-to-border broadband grant program modification | 02/27/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2186 | Gustafson | Livestock investment grant program modification | 02/27/2023 | |||
| SF2218 | Kupec | Grain indemnity account establishment and money transfer | 02/27/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See SF1955 |
| SF2311 | Kupec | Deer abatement and crop damage report appropriation | 03/01/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2315 | Putnam | Nonnative Phragmites addition to noxious weeds provisions | 03/01/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Recommended to pass | See SF1955 |
| SF2315 | Putnam | Nonnative Phragmites addition to noxious weeds provisions | 03/20/2023 | Recommended to pass | See SF1955 | |
| SF2379 | Putnam | Dairy industry regulation provision modification | 03/02/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2465 | Kunesh | Industrial hemp processing facility appropriation | 03/02/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2466 | Gustafson | Producing Lucrative Agriculture with New Technologies Act (PLANT Act) | 03/02/2023 | |||
| SF2513 | Putnam | Green fertilizer production using renewable energy investment support appropriation | 03/20/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See HF2310 |
| SF2517 | Westrom | Compensation for crop damage caused by deer requirement and appropriation | 03/06/2023 | |||
| SF2550 | Seeberger | Nursery and plant protection provisions modification | 03/06/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2551 | Seeberger | Genetically engineered organisms provisions modification | 03/06/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2556 | Kunesh | Technical assistance grants appropriation to certain community development financial institutions | 03/06/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2557 | Kunesh | Certain provisions prohibition in carbon storage contracts | 03/06/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2604 | Kupec | Farming incubator project appropriations | 03/06/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2620 | Kupec | Meat, poultry, egg and milk processing facilities appropriation | 03/06/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2625 | Putnam | Minimum risk pesticide definition establishment; minimum risk pesticide use for growing medical cannabis authorization | 03/06/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2666 | Kupec | Appeal period modification to 20 days after service of an order from the Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Division or Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture | 03/07/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2667 | Kupec | Advanced biofuel production incentive and renewable chemical production incentive provisions modification | 03/07/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2681 | Kunesh | Commissioner of agriculture appropriation for grants to partner organizations to assist meat and poultry processors with hiring and training new employees | 03/07/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2741 | Putnam | Agriculture appropriations provisions modifications | 03/08/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | |
| SF2763 | Putnam | Grants appropriation to Minnesota dairy farmers | 03/09/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See SF1955 |
| SF2763 | Putnam | Grants appropriation to Minnesota dairy farmers | 03/20/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See SF1955 | |
| SF2779 | Kupec | Second Harvest Heartland grant appropriation | 03/09/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2786 | Kupec | Northern Crops Institute grant appropriation | 03/09/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | See SF1955 |
| SF2900 | Kunesh | Farmers' markets support appropriation | 03/14/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2903 | Hawj | Fur farmer registration requirement modification | 03/14/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF2975 | Gustafson | Good food access program funding transfer authorization | 03/20/2023 | See SF1955 | ||
| SF2976 | Putnam | Hemp provisions modifications | 03/20/2023 | See SF1955 | ||
| SF3029 | McEwen | Headwaters community food and water economic resiliency program establishment | 03/22/2023 | |||
| SF3131 | Lieske | Microenterprise home kitchen operation license creation | 03/23/2023 | |||
| SF3339 | Howe | Requiring compensation for an agricultural crop damaged or destroyed by wildlife and appropriations | 05/16/2023 | |||
| SF3374 | Gustafson | Copacking, cold storage and commercial kitchen facility expansion appropriation | 02/12/2024 | |||
| SF3404 | Putnam | Agricultural Marketing and Development appropriation modification | 02/12/2024 | 02/28/2024 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF3445 | Gustafson | Farm-to-institution regional coordinators appropriation | 02/12/2024 | |||
| SF3446 | Gustafson | Agriculture appropriations modifications | 02/12/2024 | |||
| SF3458 | Westlin | Commercial dog and cat breeder data classification amendment and advertising requirement modifications | 02/12/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF3528 | Gustafson | Farm to school program requirements modification to include additional childcare facilities | 02/12/2024 | 02/28/2024 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF3703 | Lieske | Notice of an estray requirement | 02/15/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Amended and recommended to pass | |
| SF3711 | Latz | Certain activities prohibition by Internet service providers serving Minnesota customers and those under contract to the state or political subdivisions | 02/15/2024 | |||
| SF3719 | Putnam | Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council extension and agricultural fertilizer research and education account fee creation | 02/15/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF3861 | Kunesh | Commissioner of Agriculture appropriation to establish an anonymous means for a person to report potential land ownership violations | 02/19/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF3913 | Gustafson | Agricultural land trends report requirement and appropriation | 02/19/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF3952 | Hauschild | Lower population density grant broadband program matching requirements modification | 02/19/2024 | 02/28/2024 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF3955 | Putnam | Omnibus Agriculture supplemental appropriations | 02/19/2024 | 04/17/2024 | ||
| SF3956 | Putnam | Farm down payment assistance grants appropriation modification | 02/19/2024 | |||
| SF4000 | Gustafson | Expiration of Food and Safety Defense Task Force provisions amendment | 02/20/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF4011 | Putnam | Sustainable aviation fuel definition amendment provision | 02/20/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4026 | Draheim | Cell-cultured meat and cell-cultured poultry definition | 02/22/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4069 | Dornink | Meat cutting and butchery training grants appropriation | 02/22/2024 | 04/08/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4070 | McEwen | Commercial applicator license core examination materials provided in Spanish requirement provision | 02/22/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4103 | Oumou Verbeten | Minnesota State Fair transportation plan requirement provision and appropriation | 02/22/2024 | |||
| SF4134 | Kunesh | Microplastics in meat and poultry study requirement and appropriation | 02/22/2024 | |||
| SF4152 | Westrom | Live Cervidae importation authorization to certain accredited facilities | 02/22/2024 | 03/20/2024 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4153 | Dornink | Previous agriculture appropriations modifications | 02/22/2024 | |||
| SF4187 | Gustafson | Food handler license provisions modifications | 02/26/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4214 | Putnam | Avian influenza prevention program grant establishment and appropriation | 02/26/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4223 | Seeberger | Pesticide products discontinuation and cancellation provisions modifications | 02/26/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4224 | Putnam | Pesticides provisions modifications | 02/26/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4225 | Putnam | Omnibus Agriculture policy bill | 02/26/2024 | 03/20/2024 | Amended and recommended to pass | |
| SF4262 | Mitchell | Equal Access to Broadband Act establishment | 02/26/2024 | |||
| SF4288 | Westrom | Agricultural cooperatives reporting of certain financial information to members requirement provision | 02/26/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF4291 | Westrom | Cell-cultured products and products derived from insect protein regulations provision (G.R.O.S.S. Act) | 02/26/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4301 | Kupec | Elk provisions modifications | 02/26/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4302 | Kupec | Grain indemnity provisions modifications | 02/26/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4311 | Klein | Agricultural fertilizer research fee and program extension; drinking-water fee for nitrogen and a private well drinking-water assistance program establishment; testing of biosolids for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances requirement; appropriating money | 02/26/2024 | |||
| SF4391 | Kupec | Fertilizer definitions modifications | 02/29/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4500 | Lieske | Food sampling and demonstration provisions modifications | 03/04/2024 | 03/18/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4501 | Lieske | Microenterprise home kitchen operation license establishment and appropriation | 03/04/2024 | |||
| SF4511 | Klein | Memorializing the President and the United States Congress to extend funding for Affordable Connectivity Program of 2021, which provides our citizens with access to broadband services | 03/04/2024 | |||
| SF4540 | Kupec | Revenue protection insurance premium assistance grants for farmers appropriation | 03/04/2024 | |||
| SF4542 | Kunesh | Pest control provisions modifications | 03/04/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF4555 | Lang | Minnesota-made fertilizer grant program establishment and appropriation | 03/04/2024 | |||
| SF4613 | Putnam | Farm down payment assistance grants applicant eligibility and priority modifications | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4654 | Bahr | Sales permission of unpasteurized milk | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4702 | Hoffman | Bird hatching ban in schools | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4738 | Oumou Verbeten | Good Acre grant for the Local Emergency Assistance Farmer Fund program to assist emerging farmers appropriation | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4742 | McEwen | Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program establishment | 03/25/2024 | |||
| SF4774 | Drazkowski | Karst region nitrogen fertilizer use reduction soil health grants appropriations | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4775 | Drazkowski | Agricultural growth, research, and innovation program appropriation eligible uses expansion to include precision agriculture projects in the Karst region | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF4782 | Port | Office of Cannabis Management modifications and appropriations | 03/25/2024 | 03/25/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF4786 | Seeberger | University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative appropriation | 03/07/2024 | |||
| SF5049 | Putnam | Various agricultural definitions and grants provisions modifications and appropriations | 03/18/2024 | 04/08/2024 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF5100 | Kupec | Continuous-living cover crops program developing markets appropriation | 03/20/2024 | |||
| SF5107 | Putnam | Dairy payment reporting standard method establishment by the commissioner requirement provision | 03/20/2024 | |||
| SF5125 | Kunesh | Eligibility modification for sustainable agriculture demonstration grants | 03/20/2024 | 04/08/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF5219 | Utke | County soil and conservation district irrigation pilot project grant appropriation | 03/25/2024 | |||
| SF5306 | Hawj | Hmong-speaking farmer outreach and engagement coordinator hiring appropriation | 04/04/2024 | |||
| SF5308 | Putnam | Previous agricultural appropriations modifications | 04/04/2024 | 04/08/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF5355 | Morrison | Clean water, climate-smart, and soil healthy farming goals establishment; pilot program to provide financial incentives for certain farming practices in southeastern Minnesota creation; fertilizer fee extension; data classification and collection requirement; appropriating money | 04/08/2024 | |||
| SF5364 | Kupec | County agricultural inspector grants appropriations | 04/08/2024 | |||
| SF5365 | Putnam | Agricultural provisions modifications and appropriation | 04/08/2024 | 04/15/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF5366 | Putnam | Broadband supplemental appropriations and transfers | 04/08/2024 | 04/15/2024 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill |