Minnesota packaging and PFAS bills

What it would do: Delays PFAS reporting deadline to January 1, 2028; exempts electronic components from PFAS prohibitions until January 1, 2032; delays lead-containing product prohibitions until January 1, 2028; delays PFAS firefighting foam prohibitions at airport hangars until January 1, 2028 with possible extensions.

What it would do: Appropriates $5,500,000 from the environment and natural resources trust fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Lyon County to construct a regional demonstration project at Lyon County Regional Landfill to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants.

What it would do: Prohibits the commissioner and state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic food service ware and bottles with capacity not exceeding 21 fluid ounces, with exceptions for unavailable alternatives, emergencies, and purchases necessary for health, safety, welfare, or disability accommodation.

What it would do: Requires producers of textiles, carpet, and mattresses to establish and fund a collection and management system through approved producer responsibility organizations, with eco-modulated fees, collection sites in each county, and penalties up to $10,000 per day for violations.

What it would do: Exempts agricultural products, equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, and soil amendments from PFAS regulations. Repeals existing PFAS notification and registration requirements for these agricultural items under chapters 18B and 18C.

What it would do: Prohibits hotels from selling, offering for sale, or providing single-use plastic bottles containing shampoo or conditioner to customers, effective January 1, 2027. Violators face civil penalties of $50 per bottle up to $10,000 maximum, enforceable by the attorney general.

What it would do: Extends the deadline for manufacturers to submit information about products containing intentionally added PFAS from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2027, and establishes a list of products and uses where PFAS are deemed currently unavoidable.

What it would do: Requires the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency commissioner to submit a report by February 15, 2028 assessing regulatory authority, research capabilities, funding, scientific data, other state and federal actions, and critical uses regarding fluoropolymers in consumer products.

What it would do: Appropriates $365,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $710,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the environmental fund to the Pollution Control Agency for transfer to the Department of Health to continue PFAS biomonitoring in eastern metropolitan communities.

What it would do: Requires the Pollution Control Agency to identify and report every three years on priority PFAS in Minnesota waters and sediments, develop a management protocol by January 1, 2028, and adopt water quality standards for PFOA and PFOS by January 1, 2028.

What it would do: Exempts veterinary products from Minnesota's prohibition on products containing PFAS by adding veterinary settings and products regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture to the existing exemption for medical devices and drugs.

What it would do: Appropriates $40,000,000 from bond proceeds to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to Apple Valley to design and construct renovation and expansion of its water treatment plant to address PFAS contamination, and authorizes the state to issue bonds up to $40,000,000 to fund this appropriation.

What it would do: Appropriates $1,600,000 from bond proceeds to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to Oak Park Heights for design and engineering of water treatment infrastructure improvements to remove PFAS from the city's drinking water supply, and authorizes the state to issue bonds up to $1,600,000 to fund this appropriation.

What it would do: Removes the January 1, 2026 effective date and the requirement that certifying entities be nonprofit corporations, while retaining requirements that certifiers promote biodegradable and compostable materials and be technically capable of analyzing product compliance.