---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage applications in-person waiver requirement extension"
description: "Marriage applications in-person waiver requirement extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 26"
citation: "Minnesota SF 26 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and Marriage Dissolution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limmer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-01"
last_action: "2021-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e629fc-7ff0-4dff-bf58-e9c7b59389ae"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0026&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "cfb3b3e2a4dd55eed3ed54ad1ff29ecbec7efddd5073a2d72d06ffdc2030d1b6"
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 26 (2021-2022) — Marriage applications in-person waiver requirement extension

## 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=SF26&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Limmer — primary (person)
- Acomb — cosponsor (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Mortensen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Special Order
- **2021-01-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-01-29** Presentment date 01/29/2021
- **2021-02-01** Returned from House
- **2021-01-29** Governor's action Approval 01/29/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-29** Secretary of State Chapter 1 01/29/2021
- **2021-01-01** Effective date 01/01/21 (retroactive)
- **2021-01-19** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF17
- **2021-01-21** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2021-01-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, January 28, 2021
- **2021-01-28** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-01-28** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2021-01-28** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2021-01-28** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2021-01-29** Presented to Governor 01/29/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-29** Governor approval 01/29/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-29** Secretary of State, Filed 01/29/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e629fc-7ff0-4dff-bf58-e9c7b59389ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).