---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cell phone use prohibited by person operating a vehicle while vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic, and voice-activated hands-free mode exception provided."
description: "Cell phone use prohibited by person operating a vehicle while vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic, and voice-activated hands-free mode exception provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 50"
citation: "Minnesota HF 50 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety Department", "Telephones and Telephone Companies", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornstein"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c3221d-e65b-463d-8ea7-9487dd2ef59d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0050&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "5a356df880d8dface7b7d1e6c8fb56b683aa2d7348763d91f50afb6653721d45"
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 50 (2019-2020) — Cell phone use prohibited by person operating a vehicle while vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic, and voice-activated hands-free mode exception provided.

## 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=HF50&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=HF50&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
4. **2nd Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=div)
5. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
6. **3rd Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=3&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=div)
7. **CCR-HF0050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ccr)
8. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF50&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **106–21** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **53–74** (fail) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **107–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hornstein — primary (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Davnie — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Hausman — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Koegel — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Sauke — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Tabke — cosponsor (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)
- Wazlawik — cosponsor (person)
- Xiong, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Referred by Chair to Transportation Finance and Policy Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-01-31** Referred by Chair to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-02-28** Referred by Chair to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 18, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2019-03-18** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2019-03-18** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-03-25** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2019-03-25** House conferees Hornstein, Noor, Petersburg
- **2019-03-27** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2019-03-27** Senate conferees Newman, Jasinski, Carlson
- **2019-04-09** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2019-04-09** House adopted conference committee report
- **2019-04-09** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2019-04-12** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2019-04-12** Presented to Governor 04/12/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** Governor approval 04/12/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-12** Secretary of State, Filed 04/12/2019
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-03-20** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF91, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF91
- **2019-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-03-25** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2019-03-26** House conferees Hornstein; Noor; Petersburg
- **2019-03-26** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2019-03-26** Senate conferees Newman; Jasinski; Carlson
- **2019-04-11** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2019-04-11** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2019-04-11** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2019-04-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Presentment date 04/12/2019
- **2019-04-12** Governor's action Approval 04/12/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Secretary of State Chapter 11 04/12/2019
- **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/e5c3221d-e65b-463d-8ea7-9487dd2ef59d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).