---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license knowledge testing online implementation requirement; driver exam no-show fee imposition; driving schools exam slots reservation prohibition; road testing backlog report requirement"
description: "Driver's license knowledge testing online implementation requirement; driver exam no-show fee imposition; driving schools exam slots reservation prohibition; road testing backlog report requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SF 4"
citation: "Minnesota SF 4 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drivers Licenses", "Training", "and ID Cards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Housley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-07-13"
last_action: "2020-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f50a2c7-5482-44dd-ba2b-61d56b3e1698"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0004&ssn=2&y=2020"
source_hash: "828d710cd732c34ad68dcf22b9946c13e93d05089f53caa6dd29eb1f86b89572"
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 SF 4 (2020s2) — Driver's license knowledge testing online implementation requirement; driver exam no-show fee imposition; driving schools exam slots reservation prohibition; road testing backlog report requirement

## 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/text.php?number=SF4&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=2)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF4&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=2)

## Sponsors

- Housley — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-07-13** By Motion, Laid on Table
- **2020-07-13** Taken from table
- **2020-07-13** Urgency declared rules suspended
- **2020-07-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-07-13** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-07-20** Returned from House
- **2020-07-21** Presentment date 07/21/2020
- **2020-07-23** Governor's action Approval 07/23/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-23** Secretary of State Chapter 2 07/23/2020
- **2020-07-24** Effective date Sec. 1, 4 07/24/20; Sec. 2 11/01/20; Sec. 3 07/01/20
- **2020-07-14** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-07-14** Senate file first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy Division
- **2020-07-20** Motion to recall
- **2020-07-20** Motion prevailed
- **2020-07-20** Motion to suspend rules
- **2020-07-20** Motion prevailed
- **2020-07-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-07-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-07-20** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-07-23** Presented to Governor 07/23/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-23** Secretary of State, Filed 07/23/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f50a2c7-5482-44dd-ba2b-61d56b3e1698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).