---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 pandemic business relief payments appropriation, regulatory fees waivers, wastewater rate stabilization appropriation; additional unemployment insurance benefits, movie theater and convention center grants, local businesses county relief grants, free and reduced-price school lunch application deadline extension"
description: "COVID-19 pandemic business relief payments appropriation, regulatory fees waivers, wastewater rate stabilization appropriation; additional unemployment insurance benefits, movie theater and convention center grants, local businesses county relief grants, free and reduced-price school lunch application deadline extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2020s7"
identifier: "SF 31"
citation: "Minnesota SF 31 (2020s7)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historic Sites and Historical Societies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pratt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-12-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5187111c-16de-499b-9bc1-142ab527891f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0031&ssn=7&y=2020"
source_hash: "ee0b8094bde69bdda199a788ae41fd25d694a4981054bc003536026bbb46ab97"
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 31 (2020s7) — COVID-19 pandemic business relief payments appropriation, regulatory fees waivers, wastewater rate stabilization appropriation; additional unemployment insurance benefits, movie theater and convention center grants, local businesses county relief grants, free and reduced-price school lunch application deadline extension

## 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=SF31&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=7)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF31&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=7)

## Sponsors

- Pratt — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-12-14** Urgency declared rules suspended
- **2020-12-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-12-14** Motion did not prevail to amend
- **2020-12-14** Laid on table
- **2020-12-14** Taken from table
- **2020-12-14** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-12-14** Returned from House
- **2020-12-15** Presentment date 12/15/2020
- **2020-12-16** Governor's action Approval 12/16/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-16** Secretary of State Chapter 2 12/16/2020
- **2021-12-17** Effective date Art. 1-2, 3, Sec. 1, Art. 4-5, 6, Sec. 2, and Art. 7 12/17/21; Art. 3, Sec. 2 06/30/21; Art. 6, Sec. 1 10/01/20 (retroactive)
- **2020-12-14** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-12-14** Senate file first reading
- **2020-12-14** Motion to suspend rules
- **2020-12-14** Motion prevailed
- **2020-12-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-12-14** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-12-14** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-12-14** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-12-15** Presented to Governor 12/15/2020 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5187111c-16de-499b-9bc1-142ab527891f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).