---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriages by minors provisions eliminated, and proof of age required."
description: "Marriages by minors provisions eliminated, and proof of age required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 745"
citation: "Minnesota HF 745 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Marriage and Marriage Dissolution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Her"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/486e1f35-74af-48d8-8cc5-a7dfc19e94c1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0745&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "c0d84cfa5243d45450fb385bbf605963c91a836750ef8ff77ce578f756eee242"
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 745 (2019-2020) — Marriages by minors provisions eliminated, and proof of age 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=HF745&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF745&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF745&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended by the Senate — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Her — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Considine — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Tabke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Author added Heintzeman
- **2019-02-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 28, 2019
- **2019-03-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2020-05-09** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2020-05-09** Motion prevailed
- **2020-05-09** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2020-05-09** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2020-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2020
- **2019-03-11** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06** Special Order
- **2020-05-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 76 05/12/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/486e1f35-74af-48d8-8cc5-a7dfc19e94c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).