---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reimbursement program established for underground petroleum storage tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel piping."
description: "Reimbursement program established for underground petroleum storage tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel piping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 3298"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3298 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Pipelines"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mekeland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-05"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0012990d-d91c-4571-8ea6-8636c0e175cd"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/3298?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "09d821f56bac04963ba42a7afa6ee4c7d03d14e7ddda21dfa73bcfde9b65d671"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 3298 (2025-2026) — Reimbursement program established for underground petroleum storage tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel piping.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/3298/versions/1/)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/3298/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mekeland — primary (person)
- Joy — cosponsor (person)
- Rehrauer — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Tabke — cosponsor (person)
- Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-05-05** Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Author added Rehrauer
- **2026-03-05** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Author added Sexton
- **2026-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 7, 2026
- **2026-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-05-16** Returned from Senate
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** Governor approval 05/26/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2026
- **2026-05-11** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-11** Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** Withdrawn
- **2026-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-16** Special Order
- **2026-05-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/26
- **2026-05-26** Governor's action Approval 05/26/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State Chapter 113 05/26/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0012990d-d91c-4571-8ea6-8636c0e175cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).