Sen. Ann H. Rest

A "no" vote means the Omnibus Bill does not pass and the state’s environmental and natural resource agencies are not funded and programs like "No Child Left Inside," "Lawns to Legumes," the AIS watercraft surcharge and the School Trust lands are not created or improved.

A “yes” vote would have added the amendment to the environment omnibus bill to phase out TCE from most industrial uses in Minnesota.

A “Yes” vote on HF 359 would add more items like mattresses to the list of products that are forbidden from containing harmful flame-retardant chemicals.

A “Yes” vote means farmers and landowners would be compensated for riparian buffers by creating a buffer tax credit