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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 371 appropriates $250,000 for a livestock mRNA assessment and report
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Finance and PolicySponsor: Tom Murphy
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota appropriates $250,000 in 2026 to the commissioner of agriculture to study the risks and benefits of in livestock. A report and policy recommendations must be delivered to legislative agriculture committees by January 15, 2026.
Allocates state funds to study agricultural biotechnology and mandates a formal legislative report from state officials regarding animal health treatments.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
commissioner of agriculture
Receives an appropriation of $250,000, must develop the livestock mRNA assessment in consultation with other entities, and must submit a report to the legislature by January 15, 2026.
commissioner of health
Must be consulted by the commissioner of agriculture during the development of the livestock mRNA risk and benefit assessment.
University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center
Named as a consulting research entity for developing the fact- and science-based assessment of mRNA treatments for livestock.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Finance and Policy
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
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