---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommuter Forward! certification created."
description: "Telecommuter Forward! certification created."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2181"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2181 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employee Relations Department", "Employment and Economic Development Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandstede"]
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/6bb70cac-ab78-4d0a-acde-2f4102234231"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2181&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "f3db9e4488a896c9af651cab7cfa4404476b5a2087de692129b2760169127585"
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 2181 (2019-2020) — Telecommuter Forward! certification created.

## 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=HF2181&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2181&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **106–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sandstede — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Layman — cosponsor (person)
- Mathews — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Introduction and first reading, referred to Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Author added Layman
- **2019-03-25** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** 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`
- **2019-04-30** Returned from Senate
- **2019-05-02** Presented to Governor 05/02/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Governor approval 05/03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Secretary of State, Filed 05/03/19
- **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 SF2094, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2094
- **2019-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Special Order
- **2019-04-29** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Presentment date 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-03** Governor's action Approval 05/03/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Secretary of State Chapter 13 05/03/2019
- **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/6bb70cac-ab78-4d0a-acde-2f4102234231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).