Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Present: Senator Foung Hawj - Chair, Senator Jennifer A. McEwen - Vice Chair, Senator Steve Green - Ranking Minority Member, Senator Steve Drazkowski, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator John A. Hoffman, Senator Ann M. Johnson Stewart, Senator Mary K. Kunesh, Senator Andrew R. Lang, Senator Nathan Wesenberg
Absent: No Members Absent
3:00 PM, 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Minutes
Present: Senator Foung Hawj - Chair, Senator Jennifer A. McEwen - Vice Chair, Senator Steve Green - Ranking Minority Member, Senator Steve Drazkowski, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator John A. Hoffman, Senator Ann M. Johnson Stewart, Senator Mary K. Kunesh, Senator Andrew R. Lang, Senator Nathan Wesenberg
Absent: No Members Absent
Senator Foung Hawj called the meeting to order at 3:10pm. A quorum is present.
Call To Order
S.F. 2077: Senator Hawj: Environment and natural resources appropriations and provisions modifications.
The following Senators proposed the following amendments: A-4 (Hawj) – Adopted (this was actually adopted on 04/08/25) • A-5 (Lang) – Adopted • A-6 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-7 (Kunesh) – ^Failed on a roll call vote (5-5); recorded in the journal ^ Johnson Stewart motion to reconsider adopted ^Oral amendment adopted: - On page 1, line 5, delete “inherent right” and insert “innate significance” and delete “rice” and insert “rice’s ability” - On page 1, delete lines 17 through 25 ^Adopted, as Amended • A-12 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-13 (Hawj) – Adopted • A-17 (Hoffman) – Adopted • A-19 (Hawj) – Adopted • A-20 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-21 (Hoffman) – Adopted • A-29 (Lang) – Adopted • A-30 (Lang) – Adopted on a roll call vote (6-4) • A-31 (Johnson Stewart) – Adopted • A-33 (Lang) – Adopted • A-34 (Johnson Stewart) – Adopted • A-35 (Lang) – Adopted • A-37 (Hawj) – Adopted • Oral Amendment (Wesenberg) adopted: ^On page 110, line 14, delete “eight” and insert “six”
Senator Hawj moved that S.F. 2077, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION ADOPTED.
The following Senators proposed the following amendments: A-4 (Hawj) – Adopted (this was actually adopted on 04/08/25) • A-5 (Lang) – Adopted • A-6 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-7 (Kunesh) – ^Failed on a roll call vote (5-5); recorded in the journal ^ Johnson Stewart motion to reconsider adopted ^Oral amendment adopted: - On page 1, line 5, delete “inherent right” and insert “innate significance” and delete “rice” and insert “rice’s ability” - On page 1, delete lines 17 through 25 ^Adopted, as Amended • A-12 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-13 (Hawj) – Adopted • A-17 (Hoffman) – Adopted • A-19 (Hawj) – Adopted • A-20 (Hauschild) – Adopted • A-21 (Hoffman) – Adopted • A-29 (Lang) – Adopted • A-30 (Lang) – Adopted on a roll call vote (6-4) • A-31 (Johnson Stewart) – Adopted • A-33 (Lang) – Adopted • A-34 (Johnson Stewart) – Adopted • A-35 (Lang) – Adopted • A-37 (Hawj) – Adopted • Oral Amendment (Wesenberg) adopted: ^On page 110, line 14, delete “eight” and insert “six”
Senator Hawj moved that S.F. 2077, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION ADOPTED.
S.F. 1393: Senator Mathews: Data center energy generation redundancy establishment.
Not heard.
Not heard.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:41pm
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Senator Foung Hawj, Chair |
Maikao Vue, Legislative Assistant |