A "yes" vote creates a program for implementing environmental justice cumulative impact analysis. If enacted, this provision would provide appropriations to study and consider the environmental disparities experienced by low-income and communities of color.
A "yes" vote would have included improved greenhouse gas reduction goals in SF 972 so that Minnesota's economy wide emissions are net zero by the year 2050.
A "yes" vote passes the SF 972 Energy & Commerce Omnibus Bill through the Minnesota State Senate. Once passed, the bill will be reviewed against the House version of the omnibus bill and debated through a Conference Committee, from which compromise legislation will be produced.