---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pregnant and postpartum female inmates placement in community-based programs authorization"
description: "Pregnant and postpartum female inmates placement in community-based programs authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 1315"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1315 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections and Corrections Department", "Health and Health Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiffmeyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104dd051-3519-4d5e-95f4-801396206605"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1315&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "545522f162109c84bb11046aef1e48fcc971349602da948644e884f83e9aa9d9"
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 1315 (2021-2022) — Pregnant and postpartum female inmates placement in community-based programs authorization

## 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=SF1315&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1315&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Kiffmeyer — primary (person)
- Acomb — cosponsor (person)
- Agbaje — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Boldon — cosponsor (person)
- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Feist — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Greenman — cosponsor (person)
- Hanson, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Hausman — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Hollins — cosponsor (person)
- Housley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Keeler — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Koegel — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Olson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Pryor — cosponsor (person)
- Reyer — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)
- Wazlawik — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Author added Pappas
- **2021-03-17** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Special Order
- **2021-04-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Returned from House
- **2021-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/13/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17** Secretary of State Chapter 17 05/13/2021
- **2021-08-01** Effective date 08/01/21
- **2021-04-14** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1403
- **2021-04-15** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2021-04-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Presented to Governor 05/12/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Governor approval 05/13/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13** Secretary of State, Filed 05/13/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/104dd051-3519-4d5e-95f4-801396206605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).