---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board authorized to propose guidelines authorizing patient-assisted medication administration in emergencies."
description: "Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board authorized to propose guidelines authorizing patient-assisted medication administration in emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 85"
citation: "Minnesota HF 85 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and 911 Services", "Health and Health Department", "State Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brand"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a8af0a-08ca-4b64-a22d-cf3a49b191a1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0085&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "0e32653f4ab1487f193f467ad1c99a5a77320bab72421dc3964ae40e613d0a79"
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 85 (2019-2020) — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board authorized to propose guidelines authorizing patient-assisted medication administration in emergencies.

## 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=HF85&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=HF85&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF85&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brand — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Demuth — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Jurgens — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Munson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandstede — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)
- Westrom — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Author added Huot
- **2019-01-24** Author added Theis
- **2019-02-18** Author added Munson
- **2019-02-21** Author added Demuth
- **2019-02-25** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Author added Gunther
- **2019-02-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Motion to re-refer Ways and Means
- **2019-02-27** Motion prevailed
- **2019-02-28** Referred by Chair to Health and Human Services Finance Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Division action, return to Ways and Means
- **2019-03-13** Author added Loeffler
- **2019-03-18** Authors added Heintzeman, Bernardy, and Baker
- **2019-03-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 25, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Author added Jurgens
- **2019-03-25** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2019-05-10** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-05-10** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2019-05-10** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-10** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2019-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15** Governor approval 05/15/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Secretary of State, Filed 05/15/19
- **2019-05-16** Effective date 05/16/19
- **2019-03-26** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn and re-referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF153, now on General Orders
- **2019-05-06** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF153
- **2019-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Special Order
- **2019-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/2019
- **2019-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 25 05/15/2019
- **2019-05-16** Effective date 05/16/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a8af0a-08ca-4b64-a22d-cf3a49b191a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).