---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit holders harvesting or destroying aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operation requirements established."
description: "Permit holders harvesting or destroying aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operation requirements established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 1355"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1355 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Safety", "Water", "Water Resources", "and Waterways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f642a1fb-9814-418d-af7b-814f79e80f2e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "8dd233bf0f04b5133aaaf76f01406e25816305adbfc869899ac1d56689a0c28d"
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 1355 (2025-2026) — Permit holders harvesting or destroying aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operation requirements established.

## 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/1355/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355/versions/2/)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355/versions/3/)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355/versions/4/)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/1355/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Bakeberg — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bierman — cosponsor (person)
- Boldon — cosponsor (person)
- Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gillman — cosponsor (person)
- Greenman — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Hussein — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Kozlowski — cosponsor (person)
- Koznick — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Perryman — cosponsor (person)
- Rehm — cosponsor (person)
- Repinski — cosponsor (person)
- Robbins — cosponsor (person)
- Virnig — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)
- Zeleznikar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Author added Virnig
- **2025-03-03** Author added Rehm
- **2025-03-10** Author added Huot
- **2025-03-11** Authors added Frazier; Bakeberg; Kozlowski; Berg; Johnson, P.; and Johnson, W.
- **2025-03-12** Authors added Hussein and Greenman
- **2025-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Author added Youakim
- **2025-03-20** Authors added Hansen, R.; and Falconer
- **2025-03-24** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 3, 2025
- **2025-04-01** Authors added Bierman and Zeleznikar
- **2025-04-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Authors added Repinski, Robbins, McDonald, and Gillman
- **2025-04-07** Author added Perryman
- **2025-04-21** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2025-04-22** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2025-04-22** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2025-04-22** Motion prevailed
- **2025-04-22** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2025-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Governor approval 05/01/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Secretary of State, Filed 05/01/2025
- **2025-04-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1346, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1346
- **2025-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2025-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/25
- **2025-05-01** Governor's action Approval 05/01/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Secretary of State Chapter 8 05/01/25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f642a1fb-9814-418d-af7b-814f79e80f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).