---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson and Board of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson established, and money appropriated."
description: "Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson and Board of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson established, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 3845"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3845 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "State Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanson, J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/260f0a68-ac05-408a-91e4-c2e04ab79590"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3845&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "cac45d30f8dcd0eb279df25fc3e8adc61bcc42d6e675934357904e0bd82ce65f"
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 3845 (2021-2022) — Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson and Board of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson established, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF3845&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3845&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3845&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3845&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hanson, J. — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Greenman — cosponsor (person)
- Housley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Keeler — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Schomacker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Author added Fischer
- **2022-03-21** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Human Services Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Author added Keeler
- **2022-04-29** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 6, 2022
- **2022-05-05** Authors added Klevorn, Albright, Nash, Johnson
- **2022-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-06** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2022-05-06** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-05-09** Author added Kotyza-Witthuhn
- **2022-05-12** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2022-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2022-05-16** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2022-05-16** Motion prevailed
- **2022-05-16** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by the 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
- **2022-05-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Re-referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4209, now on General Orders
- **2022-05-10** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4209
- **2022-05-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-11** Special Order
- **2022-05-11** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Reconsidered
- **2022-05-11** Third Reading Repassed
- **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 63 05/19/2022
- **2022-07-01** Effective date 07/01/22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/260f0a68-ac05-408a-91e4-c2e04ab79590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).