[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today signed three bills into law. The Governor’s bill signing today included:

• Chapter 2, HF 11: Health and Human Services Policy Omnibus

This bill contains human services provisions including various provisions relating to child care, custody, support, foster care, disability services, community supports, civil commitment, maltreatment of minors, child protection, and child support.

• Chapter 3, HF 65: Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) Conforming Changes

This bill makes small but necessary conforming changes pertaining to replacement license plates for VTRS, the new vehicle registration system. It also authorizes the Department of Public Safety to add a gold star indicator to the front of Minnesota Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) to ensure Minnesotans who carry an EDL will not encounter confusion or difficulty in proving their EDL is REAL ID compliant.

• Chapter 4, HF 37: Environmental Policy Bill

This bill extends the availability of Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) funding awarded to various environmental projects across the state. Without this change in law, fund recipients would have needed to return roughly $7.1M, which need additional time due to COVID-19, and projects would have not been completed. The bill also includes a pilot project to examine ATV access to wildlife management areas, and temporary changes to the way the solid waste management tax is assessed during the peacetime emergency so waste haulers are not unfairly taxed.