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House Ag Committee advances measure letting MDA accept food-certificate payment at application
Summary
On March 12, 2025, the Minnesota House Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy voted to refer House File 2,052 to the General Register. The bill, authored by Representative Anderson, would allow the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to accept payment for a food certificate at the time of application; no public testimony was taken.
The Minnesota House Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy on March 12 voted to refer House File 2,052 to the General Register after Representative Anderson presented the bill.
Representative Anderson, sponsor of the bill, told the committee that “this bill is language given to us by the Department of Agriculture. It allows the MDA to accept, payment for a food certificate at the time of application. I'd like your support to send this bill to the General Register as a vehicle bill.” There was no public testimony on the measure during the committee session and members had no questions before the committee approved the referral by voice vote.
The referral sends the bill forward in the House process; the committee record shows no formal amendments or roll-call vote recorded for this item and no further committee direction was given during the meeting.
Because committee members did not take public testimony and did not specify implementation details during the hearing, administrative details such as the effective date, application form changes, or how the MDA would accept and process payments were not specified in the meeting record.
Next steps: House File 2,052 is on its way to the General Register for additional House consideration and any subsequent referral or amendment in later stages.
