HB 496

AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Provides relative to cell cultured food products

EDUCATION: Expresses support for federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and memorializes congress to fully cooperate with these efforts

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides for expropriation procedures (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 41 as the "Sgt. Michael J. Guillory Memorial Highway"""

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

HUNTING/DEER: Suspends rules relative to chronic wasting disease (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

ENERGY/ALTERNATE: Requires recycling of decommissioned renewable energy infrastructure

ENERGY: Creates the Louisiana Energy Protection Act (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

HIGHER EDUCATION: Realigns energy-related programs by moving the Louisiana Geological Survey under the Louisiana State University Energy Institute (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April, 29, 2026, as Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association Day at the state capitol and commends the association and Project Vanguard

ENERGY: Urges and requests the state and its agencies to repudiate the Louisiana Climate Action Plan of 2022

ENERGY: Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to study distributed energy generation and storage

Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy

Public utilities: electric utilities; net metering program for rooftop solar; provide for

An Act relating to inactive state accounts and funds; repealing the public access fund; repealing the Alaska temporary assistance program emergency account; repealing the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.

A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing and modifying provisions related to petroleum, thermal energy network service, solar, and other energy policy; establishing the supplemental energy assistance grant program; establishing a supplemental budget for energy and renewable energy purposes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 115C.08, subdivision 4; 115C.09, by adding a subdivision; 216C.02, subdivision 1; 216C.05, subdivision 1; 216C.377, subdivisions 10, 13; 216C.391, subdivisions 6, 7; 216C.441, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 216C.46, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 216B.16, subdivision 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 216B; 216C.

Improve Customer Use Distributed Energy Resources

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELATED STATUTES.