---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Commerce technical changes made to various provisions."
description: "Department of Commerce technical changes made to various provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 1960"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1960 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "State Agencies and Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richardson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04cf5539-662a-411b-8b6f-323cc2fe3705"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1960&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "9237273f00e0dd0ccc0efe71890f121e627ebb14fb038f41d171e02d6e9ace1e"
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 1960 (2019-2020) — Department of Commerce technical changes made to various provisions.

## 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=HF1960&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=HF1960&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1960&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richardson — primary (person)
- Utke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 08, 2019
- **2019-04-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-05-19** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2019-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-19** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/19
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2310, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2310
- **2019-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 59 05/22/2019
- **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/04cf5539-662a-411b-8b6f-323cc2fe3705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).