---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; various provisions modified relating to perishable farm products, seed law, noxious weed law, hemp, farming, loans, plant shipment, pet food, food, eggs, grain, and others; data classified; rulemaking authority modified; veterinarian immunity provided; reports required; and recommendations required."
description: "Agriculture; various provisions modified relating to perishable farm products, seed law, noxious weed law, hemp, farming, loans, plant shipment, pet food, food, eggs, grain, and others; data classified; rulemaking authority modified; veterinarian immunity provided; reports required; and recommendations required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 4285"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4285 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Fertilizers and Pesticides", "Food and Nutrition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poppe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-09"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f67f1fc-989d-4f43-bf82-e16cce98b516"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4285&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "0f63a719129149593ef00b5ef1277b38d70f25afcb3af4a99d835e37a740c6ff"
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 4285 (2019-2020) — Agriculture; various provisions modified relating to perishable farm products, seed law, noxious weed law, hemp, farming, loans, plant shipment, pet food, food, eggs, grain, and others; data classified; rulemaking authority modified; veterinarian immunity provided; reports required; and recommendations required.

## 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=HF4285&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4285&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4285&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poppe — primary (person)
- Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-04** Joint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2020-05-04** Committee report, re-refer to Ways and Means
- **2020-05-04** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2020-05-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2020
- **2020-05-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-12** Bill was passed `passage`
- **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
- **2020-05-12** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-05-12** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-05-12** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4223, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4223
- **2020-05-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-14** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2020-05-14** 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 89 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/5f67f1fc-989d-4f43-bf82-e16cce98b516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).