---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property ownership definitions clarification; record owner listed as grantee in tax-forfeited land sales requirement"
description: "Real property ownership definitions clarification; record owner listed as grantee in tax-forfeited land sales requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 440"
citation: "Minnesota SF 440 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lands-Tax-forfeited", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5419d9ee-3d5b-415d-8b54-4f2ce0be0104"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0440&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "15b289149b352cd8bd5aa136a5124d21b289cfedea636d0bf34fde9dca39bd8e"
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 440 (2021-2022) — Real property ownership definitions clarification; record owner listed as grantee in tax-forfeited land sales requirement

## 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=SF440&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF440&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Agbaje — cosponsor (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Davnie — cosponsor (person)
- Feist — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hollins — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Reyer — cosponsor (person)
- Robbins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Author added Latz
- **2021-02-15** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Special Order
- **2021-03-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Returned from House
- **2021-03-22** Presentment date 03/22/2021
- **2021-03-23** Governor's action Approval 03/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-23** Secretary of State Chapter 7 03/23/2021
- **2021-07-01** Effective date 07/01/21
- **2021-03-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF418
- **2021-03-10** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2021-03-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 18, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Presented to Governor 03/22/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Governor approval 03/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-23** Secretary of State, Filed 03/23/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5419d9ee-3d5b-415d-8b54-4f2ce0be0104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).