---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco; charter schools added to prohibition of tobacco in schools, tobacco sale age increased, administrative penalties increased, municipal license of tobacco provision added, and alternative penalties allowed."
description: "Tobacco; charter schools added to prohibition of tobacco in schools, tobacco sale age increased, administrative penalties increased, municipal license of tobacco provision added, and alternative penalties allowed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 331"
citation: "Minnesota HF 331 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education and Education Department", "Health and Health Department", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe2f1f8-d152-4607-b0bc-e33370f89c34"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0331&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "11c4f50ec3586f690d06bf713a9b7c93644015b83f0c0d7637e61ef2eff3e94b"
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 331 (2019-2020) — Tobacco; charter schools added to prohibition of tobacco in schools, tobacco sale age increased, administrative penalties increased, municipal license of tobacco provision added, and alternative penalties allowed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF331&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=div)
2. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF331&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF331&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF331&version=3&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF331&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **89–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edelson — primary (person)
- Acomb — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlain — cosponsor (person)
- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Kunesh-Podein — cosponsor (person)
- Layman — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Nornes — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Authors added Loeffler and Freiberg.
- **2019-01-31** Author added Christensen
- **2019-02-04** Author added Wagenius.
- **2019-02-07** Author added Acomb
- **2019-02-14** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Commerce `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Author added Olson, Mann, and Brand
- **2019-02-27** Author added Kotyza-Witthuhn
- **2019-02-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Authors added Nornes, Long, and Hansen
- **2019-03-07** Authors added Her, Elkins, and Noor
- **2019-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Referred by Chair to Health and Human Services Finance Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Author added Hornstein
- **2019-03-27** Author added Cantrell
- **2020-03-03** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2020-04-28** Author added Moller
- **2020-04-30** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-05** Author added Halverson
- **2020-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 9, 2020
- **2020-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09** Author added Bernardy
- **2020-05-12** Author added Hassan
- **2020-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-16** Governor approval 05/16/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/2020
- **2020-05-11** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-05-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-05-11** Laid on table
- **2020-05-12** Taken from table
- **2020-05-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-12** Laid on table
- **2020-05-13** Taken from table
- **2020-05-13** Special Order
- **2020-05-13** Laid on table
- **2020-05-13** Taken from table
- **2020-05-13** Special Order
- **2020-05-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/2020
- **2020-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 88 05/16/2020
- **2020-08-01** Effective date 08/01/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe2f1f8-d152-4607-b0bc-e33370f89c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).