---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19; state government deadlines extended; health expenses covered; temporary emergency authority provided; electronic communication, applicants, and signature use expanded; Second Harvest Heartland grants funding provided; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated."
description: "COVID-19; state government deadlines extended; health expenses covered; temporary emergency authority provided; electronic communication, applicants, and signature use expanded; Second Harvest Heartland grants funding provided; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 4556"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4556 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governmental Operations-State", "Human Services and Human Services Department", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winkler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-04-14"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81d3cef6-b4f3-457d-afd4-2f4e7cde6b1f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4556&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "d5cb868fff71c3591831e3b7fa348658b798ce4620a4ff283de414734db94980"
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 4556 (2019-2020) — COVID-19; state government deadlines extended; health expenses covered; temporary emergency authority provided; electronic communication, applicants, and signature use expanded; Second Harvest Heartland grants funding provided; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4556&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **103–31** (pass) · lower
- Declaration of Urgency — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Winkler — primary (person)
- Gazelka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-04-14** Rules suspended, urgency declared
- **2020-04-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-04-14** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-04-14** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-04-14** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-04-17** Returned from Senate
- **2020-04-14** Presented to Governor 04/14/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-15** Governor approval 04/15/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Secretary of State, Filed 04/15/20
- **2020-04-14** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-04-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-04-14** Urgency declared rules suspended
- **2020-04-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-04-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-04-14** Presentment date 04/14/2020
- **2020-04-15** Governor's action Approval 04/15/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-16** Secretary of State Chapter 74 04/15/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81d3cef6-b4f3-457d-afd4-2f4e7cde6b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).