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Bill to designate giant beaver as Minnesota state fossil advances with amendment
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A Minnesota House committee adopted an amendment to House File 791 to add Dakota and Ojibwe translations and laid the bill over after testimony in favor of designating Castorroides ohioensis, the giant beaver, as the state fossil.
A Minnesota House committee on Tuesday advanced House File 791, a bipartisan bill to designate Castorroides ohioensis — the giant beaver — as the state fossil, adopting an amendment to add Dakota and Ojibwe translations and then laying the bill over for further consideration.
The measure’s sponsor, Representative Myers, introduced the bill and called forward a testifier from the Science Museum of Minnesota to describe why the giant beaver was chosen. The amendment to add Dakota and Ojibwe names (A1) was moved by the chair and approved by voice vote.
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