---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officer definition modification; corrections provisions modification; criminal justice data communications network use modification; grant programs temporary changes; criminal penalties authorization"
description: "Peace officer definition modification; corrections provisions modification; criminal justice data communications network use modification; grant programs temporary changes; criminal penalties authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 3258"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3258 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections and Corrections Department", "Law Enforcement", "Public Safety and Public Safety Department", "Telecommunications", "Computers", "and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5d65108-bea9-458d-94cf-0dca1be456e0"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3258&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "ea60a3cdcaa1a4f0493328252feb258981f42d5a5e4b44838e86e15e24ff0ba4"
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 3258 (2019-2020) — Peace officer definition modification; corrections provisions modification; criminal justice data communications network use modification; grant programs temporary changes; criminal penalties authorization

## 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=SF3258&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3258&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3258&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Limmer — primary (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Ingebrigtsen — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kunesh-Podein — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Relph — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Authors added Dziedzic; Pappas
- **2020-03-09** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-13** Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Ingebrigtsen
- **2020-05-13** Chief author added Limmer
- **2020-05-14** Special Order: Amended
- **2020-05-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-17** Returned from House
- **2020-05-18** Presentment date 05/18/2020
- **2020-05-27** Governor's action Approval 05/27/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-27** Secretary of State Chapter 110 05/27/2020
- **2020-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-6, 8 08/01/20; Sec. 7 05/28/20
- **2020-05-14** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-14** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3391
- **2020-05-15** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2020-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-15** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Sunday, May 17, 2020
- **2020-05-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-17** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-18** Presented to Governor 05/18/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-27** Governor approval 05/27/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-27** Secretary of State, Filed 05/27/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5d65108-bea9-458d-94cf-0dca1be456e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).