---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public drainage system acquisition and compensation of ditch buffer strips accelerated, and runoff and sediment option provided when charging for public drainage ditch repairs."
description: "Public drainage system acquisition and compensation of ditch buffer strips accelerated, and runoff and sediment option provided when charging for public drainage ditch repairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 1244"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1244 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43fba291-3003-43fb-afdf-9927238968f2"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1244&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "7d935c1f82bba478dad96d8e43f93b2cd4057d5e57023485ac4eb6145d00539b"
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 1244 (2019-2020) — Public drainage system acquisition and compensation of ditch buffer strips accelerated, and runoff and sediment option provided when charging for public drainage ditch repairs.

## 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=HF1244&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1244&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1244&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1244&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **100–24** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **94–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Torkelson — cosponsor (person)
- Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2019-05-09** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-05-09** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2019-05-09** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-09** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2019-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15** Governor approval 05/15/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Secretary of State, Filed 05/15/19
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-03-13** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Special Order
- **2019-05-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-13** Presentment date
- **2019-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 24 05/15/2019
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43fba291-3003-43fb-afdf-9927238968f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).