---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Meeting Law; recording votes and interactive technology provided, meetings provided for during emergencies, and member of public body allowed to attend a meeting from a private location more than three times in calendar year 2021."
description: "Open Meeting Law; recording votes and interactive technology provided, meetings provided for during emergencies, and member of public body allowed to attend a meeting from a private location more than three times in calendar year 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 820"
citation: "Minnesota HF 820 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "Public and State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koegel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01614fc-4c9c-41f1-b672-7500a9d048f4"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0820&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "76f446a58c84f529643431792a7a0033c65eed362ea1184127389af5afecf9fc"
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 820 (2021-2022) — Open Meeting Law; recording votes and interactive technology provided, meetings provided for during emergencies, and member of public body allowed to attend a meeting from a private location more than three times in calendar year 2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF820&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0&type=div)
2. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF820&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
3. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF820&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0&type=ue)
4. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF820&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF820&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Koegel — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jasinski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Referred by Chair to Local Government Division `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to State Government Finance and Elections
- **2021-03-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 25, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Author added Bernardy
- **2021-04-13** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2021-04-29** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2021-04-29** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2021-04-29** Motion prevailed
- **2021-04-29** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Presented to Governor 05/05/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Governor approval 05/06/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Secretary of State, Filed 05/06/2021
- **2021-04-06** Received from House `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF852 now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF852
- **2021-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2021-04-12** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Presentment date 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-06** Governor's action Approval 05/06/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Secretary of State Chapter 14 05/06/2021
- **2021-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-4, Sec. 5, Sub. 1-3, 5-6, Sec. 6 08/01/21; Sec. 7 01/01/21 (retroactive); Sec. 5, Sub. 4 05/07/21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01614fc-4c9c-41f1-b672-7500a9d048f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).