---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protected class restrictive covenants that are prohibited under state and federal law statutory form provided for making declarations."
description: "Protected class restrictive covenants that are prohibited under state and federal law statutory form provided for making declarations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 51"
citation: "Minnesota HF 51 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Rights and Human Rights Department", "Real Estate", "Religion and Religious Beliefs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davnie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38d174a-1a74-4415-ae18-f75698ca09a3"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0051&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "2648300ab051e2584ce3bd89a064eaa23e0a6695ede7e7d64f4ef5181ea1e879"
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 51 (2019-2020) — Protected class restrictive covenants that are prohibited under state and federal law statutory form provided for making declarations.

## 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=HF51&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF51&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davnie — primary (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)
- Wolgamott — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Author added Youakim
- **2019-01-24** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Authors added O'Neill and Wolgamott
- **2019-01-31** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, February 4, 2019
- **2019-02-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-18** Returned from Senate
- **2019-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/19
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-02-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-18** Special Order
- **2019-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 45 05/22/2019
- **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/a38d174a-1a74-4415-ae18-f75698ca09a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).