SF2077 is the state’s omnibus environment and natural-resources policy and appropriation bill for fiscal years 2026-27. It funds and sets policy for agencies including the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, as well as programs on air quality, emerging contaminants (such as PFAS), recycling and waste-reduction (including batteries and e-waste), park and trail operations, and water-infrastructure loans. The bill also updates environmental-permitting rules (adding penalty provisions for delays), increases certain state park/trail and watercraft fees, expands eligibility for tribal tree-planting grants, and strengthens cost-recovery powers for pollution cleanup.

The Minnesota State Senate passed SF2077 on April 29, 2025 by a vote of 35 to 30. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill advances the state-directed climate-change agenda championed by the United Nations and its Agenda 2030 framework. Rather than allowing energy development to be guided by the free market, HF2442 places bureaucrats in charge of steering investment, subsidizing favored industries such as the solar industry, and imposing top-down planning that mirrors global “sustainable development” directives. Such measures like this grow government, distort markets, impose penalties on fake issues, and erode local control, all while empowering agencies to pick winners and losers with taxpayer dollars.