---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hennepin Board of County Commissioners permitted to set reasonable allowances for expenses or a per diem allowance for members of boards or agencies."
description: "Hennepin Board of County Commissioners permitted to set reasonable allowances for expenses or a per diem allowance for members of boards or agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 4221"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4221 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties-Specific", "Governmental Operations-Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d132e56-ce4b-49f6-8a13-a41560954fe7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4221&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "86c2157ad4b2a8dd684be675fe582a7e977279360d04b8a1ff3962cffee5e1e0"
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 4221 (2021-2022) — Hennepin Board of County Commissioners permitted to set reasonable allowances for expenses or a per diem allowance for members of boards or agencies.

## 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=HF4221&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Nelson, M. — primary (person)
- Limmer — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Referred by Chair to Local Government Division `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Author added Youakim
- **2022-03-23** Division action, return to State Government Finance and Elections
- **2022-03-28** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 9, 2022
- **2022-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18** Returned from Senate
- **2022-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/2022
- **2022-05-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-05-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-05-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4050, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF4050
- **2022-05-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-18** Special Order
- **2022-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/2022
- **2022-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 71 05/22/2022
- **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/3d132e56-ce4b-49f6-8a13-a41560954fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).