---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; special procedures provided for the safe and secure conduct of the 2020 state primary and state general elections; money appropriated for various election-related purposes, including administration, security, accessibility, training, public health and safety, and public outreach; local grants authorized; report required; and money transferred and appropriated for purposes of the Help America Vote Act, the federal CARES Act, and the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act."
description: "Elections; special procedures provided for the safe and secure conduct of the 2020 state primary and state general elections; money appropriated for various election-related purposes, including administration, security, accessibility, training, public health and safety, and public outreach; local grants authorized; report required; and money transferred and appropriated for purposes of the Help America Vote Act, the federal CARES Act, and the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 3429"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3429 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Elections", "Governmental Operations-State", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, M."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de37784-10a8-42ca-82a0-98af144e4ec1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3429&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "4e31522eadb6cabae720fbbd07cc8d7d4708eb8d075167da908ddc7f4f5cc6cc"
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 3429 (2019-2020) — Elections; special procedures provided for the safe and secure conduct of the 2020 state primary and state general elections; money appropriated for various election-related purposes, including administration, security, accessibility, training, public health and safety, and public outreach; local grants authorized; report required; and money transferred and appropriated for purposes of the Help America Vote Act, the federal CARES Act, and the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act.

## 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=HF3429&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3429&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3429&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3429&version=3&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3429&version=4&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3429&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended by the Senate — **122–10** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **119–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, M. — primary (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Kiffmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Referred by Chair to Subcommittee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Returned by Chair to Government Operations
- **2020-02-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance Division `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Committee report, without further recommendation re-refer to Ways and Means
- **2020-04-28** Author added Nelson, M. (chief)
- **2020-04-30** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 4, 2020
- **2020-04-30** Author added Becker-Finn
- **2020-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-04** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2020-05-04** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-05-04** Authors added Brand and Bernardy
- **2020-05-05** Author added Masin
- **2020-05-07** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2020-05-09** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2020-05-09** Motion prevailed
- **2020-05-09** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2020-05-09** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2020-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-04** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-05-04** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-05-04** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3494, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3494
- **2020-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2020-05-07** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 77 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-13** Effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de37784-10a8-42ca-82a0-98af144e4ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).