---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary public; video conferencing permitted to fulfill the requirement to personally appear before a notarial officer for conveyance."
description: "Notary public; video conferencing permitted to fulfill the requirement to personally appear before a notarial officer for conveyance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2020s5"
identifier: "HF 15"
citation: "Minnesota HF 15 (2020s5)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries Public", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2020-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58e754d-ac7b-4aaf-b2e4-1dd54017d1e1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0015&ssn=5&y=2020"
source_hash: "202caaec0b9f998d43265569afebc7bace78f308d07d28591097fbacd720f54d"
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 15 (2020s5) — Notary public; video conferencing permitted to fulfill the requirement to personally appear before a notarial officer for conveyance.

## 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=HF15&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=5)

## Sponsors

- Freiberg — primary (person)
- Kiffmeyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-10-12** Motion to recall
- **2020-10-12** Motion prevailed
- **2020-10-12** Motion to suspend rules
- **2020-10-12** Motion prevailed
- **2020-10-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-10-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-10-12** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-10-16** Presented to Governor 10/16/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Governor approval 10/21/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-21** Secretary of State, Filed 10/21/2020
- **2020-10-15** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-10-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-10-15** Laid on table
- **2020-10-15** Taken from table
- **2020-10-15** Urgency declared rules suspended
- **2020-10-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-10-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-10-16** Presentment date 10/16/2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's action Approval 10/21/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-22** Effective date 10/22/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d58e754d-ac7b-4aaf-b2e4-1dd54017d1e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).