---
type: "Bill"
title: "Light rail transit (LRT) operators subject to reckless and careless driving law provisions"
description: "Light rail transit (LRT) operators subject to reckless and careless driving law provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 1339"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1339 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads", "Rail Lines", "and LRT", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac7ca03-f00e-40f0-8aae-f060312d84f0"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1339&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "98e453a1bce51514734fe6e035df6467b7c11d92f1ccd983b0c8a0073dd3e222"
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 SF 1339 (2019-2020) — Light rail transit (LRT) operators subject to reckless and careless driving law provisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1339&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Appeal Ruling of the Speaker — **72–55** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **126–1** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **55–72** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Runbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Special Order
- **2019-04-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Returned from House
- **2019-04-12** Presentment date 04/12/2019
- **2019-04-23** Governor's action Approval 04/12/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Secretary of State Chapter 10 04/12/2019
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-04-01** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1568
- **2019-04-03** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2019-04-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 08, 2019
- **2019-04-08** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2019-04-08** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2019-04-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **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 04/12/19
- **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/2ac7ca03-f00e-40f0-8aae-f060312d84f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).