THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FINANCE AND POLICY MINUTES

Representative Rick Hansen, Chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 3:00 P.M. on April 3, 2024, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
HANSEN, Rick (Chair)
JORDAN, Sydney (Vice Chair)
HEINTZEMAN, Josh (GOP Lead)
BLISS, Matt
BRAND, Jeff
BURKEL, John
FINKE, Leigh
FISCHER, Peter
GILLMAN, Dawn
JACOB, Steven
LEE, Fue
LISLEGARD, Dave
PURSELL, Kristi
SKRABA, Roger
VANG, Samantha

Members Excused:
EDELSON, Heather

A quorum was present.

Representative Pursell moved to approve the minutes from March 26, 2024. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF4550 (Kozlowski); Task force established to advice commissioner of Pollution Control Agency on ways to increase recovery of critical materials from end-of-life products, and report required.

Chair Hansen moved that HF4550 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee omnibus bill.

Chair Hansen moved to adopt the A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kozlowski presented HF4550, as amended.

Testifying on the bill:
• Patty O’Keefe, Senior Campaign Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal and Building Electrification Campaigns
• Paul Slattery, Director of Politics and Organizing, Teamsters Local 120
• James Lehner, Policy Associate, Conservation Minnesota
• Bob Ryan, Rapid Response Coordinator, United Steelworks Union District 11
• Tom Johnson, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Abby Hornberger, Organizer, BlueGreen Alliance

Chair Hansen renewed the motion that HF4550, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee omnibus bill. The bill was laid over.

Presentation of the Governor’s Supplemental Budget Recommendations for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Presenters:
• Bob Meier, Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Katrina Kessler, Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Tom Johnson, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

The meeting was adjourned at 4:04 P.M.






Representative Rick Hansen, Chair




Sam O’Neill, Committee Legislative Assistant