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HF4017 • 2026

Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Johnson, W., Pérez-Vega, Heintzeman, Jordan, Nelson, Luger-Nikolai, Hansen, R., Greene, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Lillie
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Received from House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

What This Bill Does

  • Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Senate

    Received from House

  2. 2026-05-12 House

    Amended

  3. 2026-05-11 House

    House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2026

  4. 2026-05-06 House

    Committee report, to adopt as amended

  5. 2026-03-23 House

    Author added Lillie

  6. 2026-03-18 House

    Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means

  7. 2026-03-12 House

    Author added Momanyi-Hiltsley

  8. 2026-03-09 House

    Author added Greene

  9. 2026-03-05 House

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

Official Summary Text

Unlawful shipment of infectious or pathological waste study required, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to solid waste; requiring study of unlawful shipment of infectious or

pathological waste; appropriating money.

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

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATION; STUDY OF UNLAWFUL SHIPMENT OF

INFECTIOUS OR PATHOLOGICAL WASTE.
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(a) By January 15, 2027, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must submit

a study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives

committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over environment and health and human

services on the unlawful transportation of infectious or pathological waste to solid waste

management facilities. The study must include:

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(1) an assessment of the extent and frequency of unlawful transfer of infectious or

pathological waste to solid waste management facilities and an assessment of the costs

associated with those unlawful transfers;

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(2) a survey of a representative sample of known generators of infectious waste regarding

current practices for ensuring infectious and pathological waste is segregated from other

waste material as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 116.78; and

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(3) recommendations for legislative or policy changes that could be adopted to reduce

the frequency and cost of unlawful transfers of infectious or pathological waste, including

an estimate of the costs to state agencies. In formulating these recommendations, the

commissioner must consider whether the following measures might contribute to a reduction

in unlawful transfers of infectious or pathological waste to solid waste management facilities:

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(i) imposing fines on generators of infectious or pathological waste who arrange for its

transportation to solid waste management facilities that have not been approved by the

agency to accept infectious or pathological waste; and

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(ii) undertaking unannounced inspections of infectious or pathological waste generators.

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(b) $75,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the environmental fund to the

commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to conduct the study required by this section.

This is a onetime appropriation.

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