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Rise & Repair’s platform includes five categories of policy work where real progress can be accomplished during Minnesota’s 2024 legislative session to advance Indigenous rights & climate justice.
This alliance is as a shared ecosystem of cooperation amongst organizations and people to advance legislation on this platform as it evolves through the session. Specific bills will be added in each category by alliance partners when the time is right. Bills to mobilize against will also be added as they emerge.
We invite you to learn about the ideas and policies on this platform through the amazing work led by the partner organizations in this alliance. Subscribe to Rise & Repair’s eNews for updates, organizing opportunities & calls to action. Get involved however you are able!
The Rise & Repair Platform
Reparations & Sovereignty
Respecting Indigenous and tribal sovereignty, honoring treaties, engaging in Free Prior & Informed Consent, enacting reparations, and supporting Land Back initiatives are central policymaking needs from our elected officials in Minnesota.
SUPPORT HF 4304 / SF 3480 ~ White Earth State Forest land transfer to the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe ~ In 1943, Minnesota designated approximately 155,000 acres within the White Earth Reservation a State Forest under the management of the State. This bill returns that land to tribal stewardship. Packet 1-Pager . White Earth Vision for State Forest Land 1-Pager.
SUPPORT HF 4193 / SF 3986 ~ Return U of M Forestry Land to Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ~ In 1909, Minnesota established the Cloquet Forestry Center on 2,000 acres of land inside the Fond Du Lac Reservation. By 2003, the state expanded its in-reservation holdings to 3,400 acres. This bill returns this land.
SUPPORT HF 4780 / SF 5080 ~ Upper Red Lake Land Return ~ A federal 1889 “Chippewa Commission” unilaterally drew the Red Lake Reservation boundary through Upper Red Lake even though the Tribe did not agree to cede any portion of the lake to the U.S. or to Minnesota. This bill returns Upper Red Lake’s eastern half to tribal stewardship in accordance with that understanding. View Fact Sheet from the Red Lake Tribal Council.
SUPPORT HF 5121 / SF 5162 ~ Mille Lacs County Land Return: This bill returns to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe land adjacent to Lake Mille Lacs that Minnesota’s DNR has determined is not needed for its resource management.
SUPPORT HF 3783 / SF 3557 ~ Reservation Land Requirements ~ Tax-forfeited land that includes land within boundary of Indian reservation required to be offered to affected bands before being offered for sale to other parties.
SUPPORT HF 3651 / SF 3693 ~ Renegotiate 1854 Treaty Authority ~ A Bill to Renegotiate the 1854 Treaty Authority to ensure the MN DNR protects the land under the Treaty.
SUPPORT HF 3490 / SF 3416 ~ Prohibition on the Sale of Human Remains ~ Sale of human remains for commercial purposes prohibited, and felony offense established.
SUPPORT ~ A Resolution for the Rights of Manoomin/Psíŋ ~ This resolution aims to recognize the rights of Manoomin/Psíŋ to exist, flourish, and regenerate. It also acknowledges that Manoomin/Psíŋ is central to Anishinaabe and Dakota cultures as well as the ecosystems here in Minnesota. View Fact Sheet PDF
This list of policies will evolve throughout session. Keep checking back!
Climate Goals & Truthtelling
Minnesota must meet or exceed State and Federal climate goals, acting locally to align with those set on the global stage. No false solutions!
SUPPORT HF 2297 / SF 476 ~ Climate Justice Education Bill ~ Creation of a Climate Justice curriculum for educators to implement & requires school districts to implement it. View Fact Sheet PDF
SUPPORT HF 3577 / SF 3561 ~ Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act (PRA) ~ Require producers/brands pay for packaging recycling and set fees to incentivize reduction and recyclability. View Fact Sheet PDF
SAY NO TO:
OPPOSE HF 342 / SF 298 ~ Carbon Capture & Sequestration, State Policy ~ Establishing state policy supporting the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies. This bill sets Minnesota on a track to invest in Co2 Pipelines & carbon sequestration, a FALSE SOLUTION to the climate crisis.
This list of policies will evolve throughout session. Keep checking back!
Economic Development and Just Transition
Minnesota’s law for 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040 is the foundation for our energy transition. Leveraging federal and state funds will speed the transition to renewable energy with local innovation and workers. Now we must ensure the design, implementation and oversight of this transition is just and empowers people, not corporations.
SUPPORT HF 3566 / SF 3940 ~ 100% E-Waste Collection/ Recycling ~ A bill to enable 100% diversion of electronic waste for recycling, paid for by producers and retailers. View Fact Sheet PDF. Learn more at RECA-US.org
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SUPPORT HF 4292 / SF 4426 ~ Ratepayer Protection Act ~ Ending rate recovery for utility lobbying, advertising, marketing, fossil fuel trade association dues, and putting limits on recovery for Executive compensation. View Fact Sheet PDF
SUPPORT HF / SF ~ Automated Solar Permitting (AKA Solar APP+) ~ Streamlines permitting process for rooftop solar and incentivises municipalities to do more rooftop/community solar. Watch Speaker Video from 2024 Rise & Repair Rally.
SUPPORT HF 4790 / SF 4859 ~ Sustainable Investing Act ~ The Freedom to Invest Act improves the MSBI’s management of systemic risks by codifying factors that fiduciaries in Minnesota must consider when making investment decisions with Minnesota workers’ money. It also requires MSBI to analyze its exposure to climate risk going forward. These provisions will ensure that external asset managers do not abandon ESG risk analysis, in keeping with the robust data showing that ESG analysis can bolster pension fund performance and help pension fund managers monitor financial stability risks.
This list of policies will evolve throughout session. Keep checking back!
Regulatory Protection of People, Land, Air and Water
Amidst the climate and equity crises, it is imperative that our regulatory institutions protect our Air, Land, Water, and People, not corporate profits. State agencies must respect the rights of Indigenous people and sovereignty of tribal nations within the geographic bounds of the State of Minnesota.
SUPPORT HF 1618 / SF 1416 ~ Prove it First! ~ Common-sense protection for all of Minnesota's watersheds. Based off the Prove It First law passed in Wisconsin for 20 years. Must prove that a similar mine has been in operation for at least 10 years without polluting and has been closed for at least 10 years without polluting. View Fact Sheet PDF | Learn more!
SUPPORT THE NEED for a “Consumer Demand Forecast” ~ A bill to define and require a forecast of ultimate consumer demand for major crude oil pipelines at the Public Utilities Commission, rather than only looking at oil supply or oil industry wishes. View Fact Sheet PDF
This list of policies will evolve throughout session. Keep checking back!
Environmental Justice
Native, BPOC and economically disadvantaged communities often bear the brunt of industrial environmental pollution. We must reverse this pattern, center the needs of those most impacted, ensure these communities have a decisive voice in planning, and make sure benefits flow first to people who have been denied economic opportunity in our current system.
SUPPORT HF 4231 / SF 4316 ~ Amortization for Polluting Facilities ~ Allows cities to require nonconforming polluting facilities to close and move after a period of time. Part of the legislative response to Smith Foundry.
SUPPORT HF 3345 / SF 3541 ~ Plastic Bag Pre-emption Reversal! ~ Overturn the prohibition on municipal single-use plastic bag bans. View Fact Sheet PDF & Call to Action via Clean Water Action!
SUPPORT HF 4821 / SF 4846 ~ Mental Health and Climate Change Bill ~ 3-year bill would fund a task force of 12 community members representing frontline communities (facing the first and worst of climate change) to identify how their mental health is negatively impacted by climate change in a report and plan. This includes considering how extreme heat and warming temperatures, water issues, and ecosystems' decline hurts Minnesotans' mental health now and in the future. We are also asking the State of Minnesota to fund pilot testing 3-6 of these solutions, and each solution will have a measurable outcome on how their solutions could improve mental health. The task force will 2 years to write this report and plan, and it will have one year to implement the pilot solutions.
This list of policies will evolve throughout session. Keep checking back!