House Bill Introductions
HF 8 (Heintzeman): Revising environmental filing requirements and impact statements as it pertains to wetlands. See also Companion bill SF 577.
Status: Introduced 2/6/25; referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy. Committee recommends Do Pass as amended and referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development 2/13/25. Workforce committee recommended Do Pass and referred to House floor 2/27/25. Re-referred to Ways and Means 3/3/25. Passed as part of Special Session Environment and Natural Resources bill SF 3.
HF 9 (Swedzinski): A multi-issue energy bill, this would remove the cap on new hydroelectric power, clarify when the CFS/RES may be delayed due to rate impact, and provide sales tax exemption for residential heating/electrification. See also Companion bill SF 572.
Status: Introduced 2/6/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 2/11/25. Passed committee (8-7) 2/11/25; referred to Taxes. Committee recommends Do Pass and referred to Ways and Means 2/26/25. No further action.
HF 28 (Mekeland): A bill exempting data center/large loads from the certificate of need process to site localized generation of 50 MW or more. See also Companion Bill SF 1393.
Status: Introduced 2/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 2/13/25. Committee reports to adopt as amended; re-referred to Environment & Natural Resources Finance and Policy 2/17/25. Committee recommends Do Pass (7-6) and referred bill to House floor 2/27/25. Second reading 3/3/25. Tabled on House floor.
HF 75 (P. Anderson): Removing the cap on new hydropower as an eligible energy technology. See also Companion Bill SF 821.
Status: Introduced 2/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Passed to floor via voice vote 2/17/25. Sent to House floor; second reading 2/20/25. Tabled on House floor.
HF 249 (Igo): Including woody biomass as “carbon free.” See also Companion Bill SF 2710.
Status: Introduced 2/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Committee recommends Do Pass and referred bill to House floor 2/25/25. Second reading 2/27/25. No further action.
HF 250 (Igo): Declaring it is the policy of the state to pursue carbon capture and sequestration technology.
Status: Introduced 2/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 251 (Igo): Removing the cap on new hydropower as an eligible energy technology.
Status: Introduced 2/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 369 (Murphy): Delaying compliance with the RES/Carbon Free Standard if a utility fails to meet certain cost/rate conditions; prohibiting the demolition of fossil-fuel-fired generation in certain circumstances.
Status: Introduced 2/13/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 483 (Lawrence): Prohibiting political subdivisions from banning natural gas or propane services. See also Companion bill SF 466.
Status: Introduced 2/13/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Revise the committee to Elections Finance and Government Operations (instead of Energy committee). Set for hearing 3/3/25. Referred to House Elections Finance and Government Operations 3/3/25. Committee reports to adopt and re-referred to Housing Finance and Policy 3/5/25.
HF 484 (Mekeland): Prohibiting political subdivisions from banning natural gas in residential construction. See also Companion bill SF 467.
Status: Introduced 2/13/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Revise the committee to Elections Finance and Government Operations (instead of Energy committee). Set for hearing 3/3/25. Referred to House Elections Finance and Government Operations 3/3/25. Committee reports to adopt and re-referred to Housing Finance and Policy 3/5/25. No further action.
HF 485 (Mekeland): Repealing the moratorium on nuclear power for small modular reactors. See also Companion bill SF 468.
Status: Introduced 2/13/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 787 (P. Anderson): Exempting electricity generated outside of the state from the RES/CFS mandates. See also Companion Bill SF 1429.
Status: Introduced 2/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/11/25. Committee recommends Do Pass; sent to House floor 3/11/25. Second reading 3/13/25. No further action.
HF 845 (Baker): Revising net metering payments/size to load. See also Companion Bill SF 1142.
Status: Introduced 2/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Committee reports Do Pass as amended; referred to House floor 2/24/25. Second reading 2/24/25. Tabled on House floor.
HF 880 (Rymer): Requiring all community solar garden subscribers to reside in the same county as the solar garden. See also companion bill SF 997.
Status: Introduced 2/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 1040 (Scott): Requiring vendors of solar/wind to add a sales fee to pay for disposal of wind and solar. See also Companion Bill SF 2892.
Status: Introduced 2/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Committee reports Do Pass; referred to Environment and Natural Resources 2/27/25. Set for hearing 3/13/25. Committee recommends Do Pass; sent to House floor 3/13/25. Second reading 3/17/25. No further action.
HF 1208 (Fischer): A bill revising environmental assessments—Grants the MPCA the authority to require air dispersion modeling. See also Companion Bill SF 2833.
Status: Introduced 2/16/25; referred to Environment & Natural Resources Finance and Policy. Laid over 3/27/25. Language removed from SF 2077 4/28/25. Will possibly be amended into another omnibus bill. See Omnibus Environment Bill SF 2077. The less onerous permit reform and streamlining provisions passed as part of Special Session Environment and Natural Resources bill SF 3; air dispersion modeling did not pass.
HF 1277 (Davids): A bill providing sales and excise tax exemptions for data centers. See also Companion Bill SF 769.
Status: Introduced 2/20/25; referred to Taxes. Committee laid bill over for possible omnibus bill inclusion 2/27/25. Re-referred to Taxes; set for hearing 3/4/25. Laid over for possible inclusion in omnibus bill 3/5/25. Passed as part of Special Session Data Center bill HF 16.
HF 1707 (Mekeland): Requiring local government and Tribal approval for all solar projects. See Companion Bill SF 2664.
Status: Introduced 2/27/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 1738 (Swedzinski): Repeal of the renewable development account and removal of the pay-for incentives from the account. See also Companion Bill SF 2369.
Status: Introduced 2/27/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/4/25. Passed committee; referred to Ways and Means 3/4/25. No further action.
HF 1772 (Van Binsbergen): Compensating businesses for the closure of a biomass plant (Benson). See companion bill SF 635.
Status: Introduced and referred to State Government Finance & Policy 3/3/25.
HF 1773 (Davids): Providing a property tax exemption for an electric generation facility. See Companion Bill SF 2615.
Status: Introduced and referred to Taxes 3/3/25.
HF 1852 (Murphy): Establishing setbacks for solar energy near parks and wildlife management areas.
Status: Introduced 3/3/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/6/25. Committee report, to adopt 3/6/25. Second reading on House floor 3/10/25. No further action.
HF 1859 (Burkel): Establishing setbacks for wind energy near residential areas.
Status: Introduced 3/3/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 4/3/25. Laid over 4/3/25. No further action.
HF 2002 (Igo): Repeal the nuclear moratorium. See also Companion Bill SF 2953.
Status: Introduced 3/6/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/13/25. Committee recommends Do Pass; sent to House floor 3/13/25. Second reading 3/13/25. No further action.
HF 2059 (Carroll): A bill requiring local governments to establish residential instant solar permitting platforms. See also Companion Bill SF 1741.
Status: Introduced 3/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2180 (Virnig): Allowing more flexibility for remote participation under the state open meetings laws.
Status: Introduced 3/12/25; referred to Elections Finance & Government Operations.
HF 2188 (Kraft): Opening up “lobbying” to included any action before the PUC. See also Companion Bill SF 1472.
Status: Introduced 3/12/25; referred to Elections Finance & Government Operations.
HF 2284 (Coulter): Modifying when a party must file as a lobbyist for local government lobbying. See also Companion Bill SF 2562.
Status: Introduced 3/13/25; referred to Elections Finance & Government Operations. Set for Hearing 3/26/25. Laid over 3/26/25. See Omnibus Elections bill SF 3096.
HF 2297 (Myers): Modifying the solar pollinator program; allowing for a special issue license plate for the pollinator program. See also Companion Bill SF 2653.
Status: Introduced 3/13/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 4/1/25. Laid over for omnibus bill.
HF 2442 (Acomb): Biennial budget for Dept. of Commerce/MPUC. May be omnibus bill vehicle as well. This is the Omnibus Energy Bill vehicle. See also Companion Bill SF 2393.
Status: Introduced 3/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Passed committee 4/10/25; referred to Ways and Means. Heard in committee 4/24/25; laid over. Passed on to the House floor 5/2/25. Passed House (112-21) 5/7/25. Referred to Senate Finance. Passed out of committee to Senate floor 5/8/25. Heard on Senate floor, laid on the table (34-33) 5/9/25. Motion to take bill from table failed (33-33) 5/9/25. Passed Senate (36-31) 5/12/25. Returned to House. House refuses to concur with Senate amendment 5/12/25; sent to conference committee. House conferees appointed 5/12/25: Acomb, Kraft, Swedzinski, and Sexton. Senate conferees (5/14/25): Frentz, Xiong, and Mathews. Passed as the Energy Omnibus bill in Special Session bill SF 2.
HF 2443 (Her): Biennial budget for Dept. of Commerce/MPUC. May be omnibus bill vehicle as well. See also Companion Bill SF 2216.
Status: Introduced 3/17/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Committee substitutes language of HF 2443 into SF 2216 the Omnibus Commerce Bill. SF 2216 passed to the House floor 4/24/25. See SF 2216 the Omnibus Commerce bill.Less onerous provisions passed as part of Special Session Commerce bill HF 4, including electric vehicle charging station inspections and service territory preservation language.
HF 2553 (Mekeland): Repealing the Right of First Refusal for incumbent utilities. See also Companion Bill SF 434.
Status: Introduced 3/20/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2633 (Scott): Requiring homeowner consent to install smart meters/AMI. See Companion Bill SF 701.
Status: Introduced 3/24/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2670 (Quam): Repealing the nuclear moratorium. See also Companion Bill SF 718.
Status: Introduced 3/24/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2681 (P.H. Anderson): Allowing certain uses of B100 fuels to count as “carbon free”. See also Companion Bill SF 2018.
Status: Introduced 3/24/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2739 (Feist): A data practices bill that requires each political subdivision to establish a procedure for monitoring access to private or confidential data; also setting forth what data request results are admissible in court. See also Companion Bill SF 2885.
Status: Introduced 3/24/25; referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. No further action.
HF 2783 (Klevorn): Public program funding, includes funding for state building renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicle promotion. See also Companion Bill SF 3045.
Status: Introduced 3/24/25; referred to State Government Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/27/25. Laid over for omnibus bill. Committee reports Do Pass 4/22/25; referred to Ways and Means. Set for hearing 4/23/25. Heard in Ways and Means 4/23/25; laid over. Language amended into SF 3045. See Omnibus Environment Finance bill SF 3045. Funding provisions passed as part of Special Session Environment and Natural Resources bill SF 3.
HF 2793 (Swedzinski): Sunsetting the Community Solar Garden program. See also Companion Bill SF 2855.
Status: Introduced 3/26/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 3/27/25. Laid over for omnibus bill. No further action.
HF 2803 (Hudson): Prohibiting the MPUC from issuing a permit for wind or solar construction, unless it has verified that all the components are free from child labor. See also Companion Bill SF 2283.
Status: Introduced 3/26/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 4/3/25. Laid over 4/3/25. No further action.
HF 2847 (Koegel): Clean Transportation Standard.
Status: Introduced 3/26/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2862 (Acomb): Exempting generation for a data center from the Certificate of Need requirements, if the generation meets the definition of eligible energy (renewable, carbon free).
Status: Introduced 3/26/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2928 (Acomb): A bill requiring environmental review, water impact analysis, energy conservation, and renewable energy mandates on Data Centers seeking siting in Minnesota.
Status: Introduced 3/27/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Set for hearing 4/1/25. Laid over. Informational hearing 4/1/25. No further action. A scaled-down version of this bill with less onerous permit provisions passed as part of Special Session Data Center bill HF 16. Energy mandates did not pass as part of the bill.
HF 2974 (Stephenson): Putting billing requirements in for submetered utility service. See also Companion Bill SF 3221.
Status: Introduced 4/1/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 2986 (Kraft): Requiring IOUs to include a virtual power plant (VPP) program in their IRPs with additional peak shaving requirements using the VPPs. See also Companion Bill SF 3209.
Status: Introduced 4/1/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Informational hearing held 4/1/25 on prior draft of this bill; no further committee action. No further action.
HF 3007 (Fischer): A bill requiring county and city employees to contact the MPCA, in writing, anytime that they’ve been contacted by a “large water appropriation project”—even if the potential project has not made a decision on location of its project. This would then result in an inquiry by the MPCA on water usage, environmental impact of the proposed project, etc. See also Companion Bill SF 3320.
Status: Introduced 4/2/25; referred to Environment and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 4/3/25. Laid over 4/3/25. A version requiring “very large data centers’ to contact the MPCA ahead of a project passed as part of Special Session Data Center bill HF 16.
HF 3015 (Fischer): Requiring permit applications to be submitted to affected Tribes.
Status: Introduced 4/1/25; referred to Environment and Natural Resources.
HF 3060 (Stephenson): Prohibiting utilities from installing generation on Tribal land.
Status: Introduced 4/2/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 3118 (Coulter): Appropriating funds and mandating a study on campaign spending limits. See also Companion Bill SF 1915.
Status: Introduced 4/7/25; referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations.
HF 3179 (Jones): Requiring building performance standards for energy consumption. See also Companion Bill SF 3429.
Status: Introduced 4/10/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy.
HF 3189 (Koegel): Imposing a per kWh tax on EV charging. See also Companion Bill SF 2092.
Status: Introduced 4/21/25; referred to Transportation. Passed as part of the Special Session Transportation bill HF 14, requiring a 5 cent per kWh charge on sales of kWh at a for-profit public charging station.
HF 3296 (Gillman): Excluding data centers from the annual retail energy sales for the purposes of calculating energy conservation savings requirements. See also Companion Bill SF 3444.
Status: Introduced 5/5/25; referred to Energy Finance and Policy. Passed as part of Special Session Data Center bill HF 16.