---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parent permitted to petition for reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship."
description: "Parent permitted to petition for reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 554"
citation: "Minnesota HF 554 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Human Services and Human Services Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66db3ec8-e600-4b24-9b18-19c493255c15"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0554&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "f1ce8c47bb0b7781563828fca90beb2d8e013f7c6cd63504b8e8f1023d0f24de"
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 554 (2019-2020) — Parent permitted to petition for reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship.

## 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=HF554&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF554&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF554&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moran — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Champion — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Author added Noor
- **2019-02-11** Author added Hamilton
- **2019-02-14** Author added Dehn
- **2019-02-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Author added Bahner
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 4, 2019
- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Returned from Senate
- **2019-05-03** Presented to Governor 05/03/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** Governor approval 05/06/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Secretary of State, Filed 05/06/19
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-04-04** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF342, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF342
- **2019-04-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Special Order
- **2019-04-29** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Presentment date 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-06** Governor's action Approval 05/06/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Secretary of State Chapter 14 05/06/2019
- **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/66db3ec8-e600-4b24-9b18-19c493255c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).