---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health boards unnecessary criminal background fee removal; occupational therapy clarifying, technical and conforming changes; social work practice requirements, licensing and regulatory provisions modification; dental employee licensure requirements modifications; reemploying retired members of PERA and MSRS for health care workers during peacetime emergency"
description: "Health boards unnecessary criminal background fee removal; occupational therapy clarifying, technical and conforming changes; social work practice requirements, licensing and regulatory provisions modification; dental employee licensure requirements modifications; reemploying retired members of PERA and MSRS for health care workers during peacetime emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 2939"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2939 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Crimes and Criminals", "Health and Health Department", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department", "Occupations and Professions", "Retirement-Public and State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1793434-cbaa-4c08-8bdf-7c3e387f55fb"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2939&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "a2808a017ff35b5a505a2e1f4bcc7b4f3eef1dc6d20fad13380a595997cf8055"
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 2939 (2019-2020) — Health boards unnecessary criminal background fee removal; occupational therapy clarifying, technical and conforming changes; social work practice requirements, licensing and regulatory provisions modification; dental employee licensure requirements modifications; reemploying retired members of PERA and MSRS for health care workers during peacetime emergency

## 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=SF2939&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2939&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-04-20** Author added Mathews
- **2020-04-27** Special Order: Amended
- **2020-04-27** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-11** Returned from House
- **2020-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 79 05/12/2020
- **2020-08-01** Effective date Art. 1-4 08/01/20; Art. 5 05/13/20
- **2020-04-28** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-04-28** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3028
- **2020-04-30** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2020-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 9, 2020
- **2020-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1793434-cbaa-4c08-8bdf-7c3e387f55fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).