---
type: "Bill"
title: "City and county criminal history checks modified."
description: "City and county criminal history checks modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 2945"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2945 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Crimes and Criminals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Her"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22be9f62-4f95-4cc4-bc04-749779221c22"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2945&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "aaa8dba47f628db5e66c495c0a9adead74980e15c571042ba3c540304a8d7113"
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 2945 (2021-2022) — City and county criminal history checks modified.

## 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=HF2945&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2945&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Her — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Koran — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Author added Bahner
- **2022-02-10** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Author added Moran
- **2022-03-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 14, 2022
- **2022-03-14** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-14** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Returned from Senate
- **2022-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/2022
- **2022-03-16** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-03-16** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-03-16** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3214, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3214
- **2022-03-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Special Order
- **2022-05-12** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/2022
- **2022-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Secretary of State Chapter 59 05/19/2022
- **2022-08-01** Effective date 08/01/22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22be9f62-4f95-4cc4-bc04-749779221c22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).