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Permitting reform bill readied for finance after Rules Committee approves late status
Summary
Senate File 570, a permitting reform measure, was declared a late bill by the Rules Committee and sent to the Finance Committee; the author said the bill had been heard in Environment and State and Local Government committees and involved stakeholder negotiations.
St. Paul — The Minnesota Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on May 2025 approved the late status of Senate File 570, a permitting reform bill, and forwarded it to the Finance Committee after the bill’s author explained why the measure was late.
Senator Hauschildt told the Rules Committee that Senate File 570 was first heard in the Environment Committee on April 7, passed and was re-referred to the State and Local Government Committee on May 5, and that related language also has been moving in an environment omnibus bill. Hauschildt said the bill’s lateness reflected extended stakeholder negotiations; former Senator Eichorn was listed as a co-author on a duplicate bill.
Senator Frentz moved to suspend the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 4 for further proceedings on Senate File 570 and to adopt the previous committee report so the bill could be sent to Finance. The chair called the voice vote and the motion was adopted.
The Rules Committee’s action was procedural; the committee did not consider the bill’s permit-substantive provisions at the Rules meeting. The bill will undergo substantive review in the Finance Committee.
