---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer allowed, and local government expenditure authorized for public safety officer killed in line of duty."
description: "Acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer allowed, and local government expenditure authorized for public safety officer killed in line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 124"
citation: "Minnesota HF 124 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b65221da-3cd1-43cd-b5d4-e978483c8129"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/124?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "69bc2161bb954919a9dd59459ca9cb1fd4b5eac6c78b3e401a30b1882dbc7062"
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 124 (2025-2026) — Acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer allowed, and local government expenditure authorized for public safety officer killed in line of duty.

## 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/94/2025/0/HF/124/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/124/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/124/versions/2/)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/HF/124/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Duckworth — cosponsor (person)
- Engen — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Robbins — cosponsor (person)
- Virnig — cosponsor (person)
- Witte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Author added Engen
- **2025-02-17** Author added Virnig
- **2025-02-19** Author added Johnson, P.
- **2025-02-24** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Elections Finance and Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Author added Freiberg
- **2025-03-03** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 6, 2025
- **2025-03-05** Author added Huot
- **2025-03-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Author added Robbins
- **2025-03-10** Author added Bahner
- **2025-04-21** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2025-04-22** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2025-04-22** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2025-04-22** Motion prevailed
- **2025-04-22** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2025-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor approval 04/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Secretary of State, Filed 04/30/2025
- **2025-03-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Special Order
- **2025-04-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/25
- **2025-04-30** Governor's action Approval 04/30/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Secretary of State Chapter 7 04/30/25
- **2025-05-01** Effective date 05/01/2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b65221da-3cd1-43cd-b5d4-e978483c8129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).