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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill Appropriates $952,000 for ATV Trails and Studies in St. Louis County and Duluth
Last action · March 12, 2025: Author added WolgamottSponsors: Cal Warwas and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 279 appropriates $952,000 in 2026 from the to fund four ATV trail projects in St. Louis County and a route connectivity study in the city of Duluth. The funds remain available until June 30, 2028, as a onetime .
Local off-highway vehicle clubs and municipal governments in St. Louis County and Duluth receive state funding to expand, design, and plan recreational trail networks over the next three years.
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.
St. Louis County
Receives state grant funding to distribute and oversee four local ATV trail projects.
City of Duluth
Receives state grant funding in partnership with Head of the Lakes ATV Riders to conduct a route connectivity study.
Local ATV Clubs
Alborn Dirt Devils Club, Ranger Snowmobile/ATV Club, Twig Area Trail Riders ATV Club, and Quad Cities ATV Club receive direct grant allocations for trail development and engineering.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 12, 2025HouseAuthor added Wolgamott
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means
- Mar 6, 2025HouseAuthor added Repinski
- Feb 26, 2025HouseAuthor added Burkel
- Feb 24, 2025HouseAuthor added Johnson, P.
- Feb 13, 2025HouseAuthor added Huot
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- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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