---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hennepin County; library director qualifications modified."
description: "Hennepin County; library director qualifications modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2097"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2097 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties-Specific", "Libraries", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77f0bf80-88a4-4e50-ab63-4622bd34dd49"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2097&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "0d47f3073f6879004e2e147500bb86e46afb37512298098cd7b296068e844bd4"
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 2097 (2019-2020) — Hennepin County; library director qualifications modified.

## 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=HF2097&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2097&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **81–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Freiberg — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Robbins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 13, 2019
- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Returned from 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
- **2019-05-14** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2267, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2267
- **2019-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2019-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **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 48 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/77f0bf80-88a4-4e50-ab63-4622bd34dd49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).