HF4126 Bill Summary

• Farmed Cervidae premises location data becomes public (exception to current private data classification under Minnesota Statutes 13.643)

• Perimeter fencing requirements increased to 96 inches minimum height for standard farmed Cervidae and 120 inches for commercially farmed white-tailed deer, with repair timeline reduced from 45 to 14 days

• New registrations for white-tailed deer prohibited; existing registrations may be transferred once to family members within three degrees of kinship upon $500 fee and verification of chronic wasting disease-free status

• Owners of farmed white-tailed deer must test all animals for chronic wasting disease by October 1, 2022 using RT-QuIC test; positive animals require destruction and postmortem testing followed by herd depopulation

• Regulatory authority for farmed Cervidae transferred from Board of Animal Health to Commissioner of Natural Resources effective July 1, 2024; $250,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2023 testing requirements