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HF3354 • 2026

Slow the Spread program funding provided to manage spongy moth populations, and money appropriated.

Slow the Spread program funding provided to manage spongy moth populations, and money appropriated.

Agriculture Land
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rehrauer
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide exact details on how the funds are to be used beyond monitoring, control, and treatment of spongy moth populations.

Money for Spongy Moth Control

This bill provides funding for a program to manage spongy moth populations.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $954,000 in fiscal year 2026 and another $954,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the environment and natural resources trust fund for the Slow the Spread program.
  • The funds are to be used by the commissioner of agriculture for monitoring, control, and treatment of spongy moth populations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work on managing spongy moths
  • Farmers and landowners affected by spongy moth damage

Terms To Know

Spongy Moth
A type of insect that can harm trees and crops.
Slow the Spread Program
A program designed to control and reduce spongy moth populations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the money will be used exactly beyond monitoring, control, and treatment.
  • It is unclear if this funding will continue after fiscal year 2027.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Slow the Spread program funding provided to manage spongy moth populations, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Slow the Spread program to

manage spongy moth populations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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APPROPRIATION; SPONGY MOTH MANAGEMENT.
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$954,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $954,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the

environment and natural resources trust fund to the commissioner of agriculture for the

Slow the Spread program for monitoring, control, and treatment of spongy moth populations.

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