SF 4187
1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/27/2026 09:19 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to infectious or pathological waste; requiring notice of unlawfully
transported infectious or pathological waste; requiring inspections of infectious
or pathological waste generators; assessing financial penalties for unlawfully
transporting infectious or pathological 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 or pathological waste. new text end
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The operator of a
solid waste management facility that has not been approved by the agency to accept infectious
or pathological waste must immediately notify the agency on receipt of any waste the
operator reasonably believes to be infectious or pathological waste. The notice must include
the date of receipt, a description of the suspected infectious or pathological waste, its volume,
and the suspected generator of the infectious or pathological waste.
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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 or pathological waste generators. new text end
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The
commissioner, in coordination with the commissioner of health, must conduct unannounced
inspections of infectious or pathological waste generators to ensure compliance with
management plans and sections 116.76 to 116.835. Infectious or pathological waste
generators must annually conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with sections 116.76
to 116.835 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 or pathological waste; penalties. new text end
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(a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a generator of infectious or pathological waste who is
determined to have unlawfully arranged for infectious or pathological waste to be transported
to a solid waste management facility that has not been approved by the agency to accept
infectious or pathological 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
$2,000,000 and the establishment of additional conditions in the generator's license by the
commissioner of health designed to prevent future violations.
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(b) Notwithstanding sections 16A.531, subdivision 1a, clause (3), and 115.073, paragraph
(a), the commissioner must remit 50 percent of the fines collected under this subdivision to
the solid waste management facility that received the infectious or pathological waste under
paragraph (a). The commissioner must deposit the balance of the fines collected in the
environmental fund.
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(c) A penalty may not be assessed under this subdivision if waste is identified as infectious
waste solely as a result of the presence of sharps that are determined to be self-administered
by individuals who are not employees or contractors of the suspected generator.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$....... 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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