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MN SF2584

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2023

Primary Sponsor

David Dibble

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Origin

Senate

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Establishes a clean transportation standard requiring Minnesota's transportation fuel carbon intensity to be reduced 25% below 2018 baseline by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050.

  • Creates a market-based system where fuel providers generate credits for cleaner fuels and deficits for higher-carbon fuels, with trading and banking mechanisms allowed.

  • Provides credit premiums of 5% for cropland-derived biofuels using soil-healthy farming practices and 10% for those using continuous living cover cropping systems.

  • Commissioner of Pollution Control Agency must establish annual carbon intensity standards by rule in consultation with multiple state departments and an advisory committee including agriculture, transportation, environmental, and community representatives.

  • Appropriates $900,000 in fiscal year 2024 to implement the act, with commissioner required to report on program implementation to the legislature 48 months and 5 years after rule adoption.

Legislative Description

Clean Transportation Standard Act establishment and appropriation

Last Action

Withdrawn and re-referred to Transportation

2/19/2024

Committee Referrals

Transportation2/19/2024
Environment, Climate, and Legacy3/13/2023
State and Local Government and Veterans3/9/2023
Transportation3/6/2023

Full Bill Text

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