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HF4594 • 2026

Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gillman
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

What This Bill Does

  • Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 House

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

Official Summary Text

Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to natural resources; prohibiting the commissioner of natural resources

from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97C.401, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97C.401, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 4.

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Native rough fish.

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Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner must not

prescribe limits on the number of native rough fish that may be taken in one day or the

number that may be possessed.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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