On Tuesday, Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria), was appointed to serve on the legislature’s conference committee for House File 888, the Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources Bill.  Senator Ingebrigtsen will join four of his Senate colleagues and five members from the House, who will work collaboratively over the coming days to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources Bill.

“I’m proud to be appointed by Majority Leader Gazelka to the legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Conference Committee,” said Senator Ingebrigtsen. “As the chief author of the Senate’s version, long standing member of the Senate’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee and avid outdoorsman I look forward to negotiations on a bill that will continue to protect our natural resource and allow Minnesotans to enjoy the outdoors for generations to come.”

The Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources was passed by the Senate earlier this month and reduces wasteful spending by consolidating funding streams to allow the legislature to invest to keep our air and water clean while advancing Minnesota’s economy.

Conference committees will begin meeting in the next few days, and will continue negotiations until an agreement is reached. Once the conference committee report is passed, the report will head back to both the Senate and House to be voted on. If passed by both bodies, it will be sent to Governor Dayton for his signature to become law. The legislature has five weeks of session left under the state’s constitutional mandates and must have all bills submitted to the Governor by Monday May 22.