SF 3857 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

SF 3857 appropriates $103.288 million from Minnesota's Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for climate resilience and environmental projects. It directly funds specific programs including $3.312 million for AmeriCorps members working with local agencies on environmental projects, $468,000 to develop model land-use ordinances for sustainable communities, $612,000 to create climate-resilient community spaces, $1.22 million for regional climate plans in northeast Minnesota, and $2.603 million to protect community forests from emerald ash borer. These funds support local governments, Tribal Nations, nonprofits, and environmental organizations across Minnesota to address climate impacts and enhance natural resource management. The bill focuses on concrete funding allocations for existing programs rather than new policy changes.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Last action May 5, 2026

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1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 3 edits · Mar 12, 2026

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The bill was renumbered from the 1st to the 2nd Engrossment, indicating it has been amended and passed through another legislative reading. The posting date was updated to reflect the new version. The bill's structure was modified by inserting a new section (1.25) and removing an existing section (45.6), which may alter the bill's internal organization or specific provisions without necessarily changing its core policy intent.

Scope change

The bill's scope or applicability appears unchanged based on the provided text, as the modifications involve renumbering, date updates, and structural insertions/deletions of sections rather than substantive policy shifts.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and header were updated to reflect the 2nd Engrossment status and a new posting date of May 6, 2026.

A new section, 1.25, was inserted into the bill's text.

Section 45.6 was deleted from the bill's text.

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Committee

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor