SF 4187
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/16/2026 10:12 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to infectious waste; requiring notice of unlawfully transported infectious
waste; requiring inspections of infectious waste generators; assessing financial
penalties for unlawfully transporting infectious waste; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116.78, by adding a subdivision;
116.79, by adding a subdivision; 116.83, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.78, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 7a. new text end
new text begin Unlawful shipment of infectious waste. new text end
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A solid waste management facility
that has not been approved by the agency to accept infectious waste must immediately
inform the agency if it receives and identifies infectious waste for processing or disposal.
The solid waste management facility must report the volume and type of infectious waste
received and the generator from which it was sent.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.79, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end
new text begin Inspections and audits; infectious waste generators. new text end
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The commissioner, in
coordination with the commissioner of health, must conduct unannounced inspections of
infectious waste generators to ensure compliance with management plans and sections
116.76 to 116.80. Infectious waste generators must annually conduct internal audits to
ensure compliance with management plans and applicable law and must make the audits
available to the commissioner for review.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.83, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Unlawful transport of infectious waste; penalties. new text end
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(a) Notwithstanding any
other law, a person who is determined to have unlawfully arranged for infectious waste to
be transported to a solid waste management facility that has not been approved by the agency
to accept infectious waste is subject to the following penalties:
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(1) for a first violation, a fine of not less than $200,000 and up to $500,000;
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(2) for a second violation, a fine of not less than $500,000 and up to $1,000,000; and
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(3) for a third and subsequent violation, a fine of not less than $1,000,000 and up to
$2,000,000 and the establishment of additional conditions in the generator's license by the
commissioner of health designed to prevent future violations.
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(b) Notwithstanding sections 16A.531, subdivision 1a, clause (3), and 115.073, paragraph
(a), the commissioner must remit 50 percent of the fines collected under this subdivision to
the solid waste management facility that received the infectious waste under paragraph (a).
The commissioner must deposit the balance of the fines collected in the environmental fund.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
the Pollution Control Agency to develop, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
in-person or online training courses and materials regarding the appropriate management
and disposal of infectious and pathological waste. This is a onetime appropriation.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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