--- type: "Bill" title: "Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties established, persons presenting as peace officers required to fulfill duty to identify, and criminal penalties established." description: "Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties established, persons presenting as peace officers required to fulfill duty to identify, and criminal penalties established." jurisdiction: "us/states/mn" legislature: "Minnesota Legislature" session: "2025-2026" identifier: "HF 3404" citation: "Minnesota HF 3404 (2025-2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Police and Peace Officers", "Public Safety Department"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Klevorn"] version_count: 2 action_count: 22 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2026-02-17" last_action: "2026-08-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd4be1e9-cafb-4ed9-9c13-2b5dc96b3f67" source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3404?list=open&body=House" source_hash: "67f278542a926acdfa090e4a3a0e84f4adb4a1b42e09016906c37232b08cd1af" 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 3404 (2025-2026) — Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties established, persons presenting as peace officers required to fulfill duty to identify, and criminal penalties established. ## 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/94/2026/0/HF/3404/versions/1/) 2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3404/versions/0/) ## Votes - Passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Klevorn — primary (person) - Acomb — cosponsor (person) - Bahner — cosponsor (person) - Berg — cosponsor (person) - Curran — cosponsor (person) - Feist — cosponsor (person) - Finke — cosponsor (person) - Frazier — cosponsor (person) - Gomez — cosponsor (person) - Greene — cosponsor (person) - Greenman — cosponsor (person) - Hansen, R. — cosponsor (person) - Hoffman — cosponsor (person) - Hollins — cosponsor (person) - Huot — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, P. — cosponsor (person) - Jordan — cosponsor (person) - Keeler — cosponsor (person) - Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person) - Kozlowski — cosponsor (person) - Kraft — cosponsor (person) - Lee, F. — cosponsor (person) - Lee, K. — cosponsor (person) - Lillie — cosponsor (person) - Long — cosponsor (person) - Moller — cosponsor (person) - Noor — cosponsor (person) - Norris — cosponsor (person) - Pinto — cosponsor (person) - Rehm — cosponsor (person) - Sencer-Mura — cosponsor (person) - Stephenson — cosponsor (person) - Tabke — cosponsor (person) - Vang — cosponsor (person) - Xiong — cosponsor (person) - Youakim — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-02-17** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee` - **2026-03-02** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage` - **2026-04-13** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage` - **2026-04-13** Second reading `reading-2` - **2026-04-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/23/2026 - **2026-04-23** Third reading `reading-3` - **2026-04-23** Bill was passed `passage` - **2026-05-13** Returned from Senate - **2026-05-14** Presented to Governor 05/14/2026 `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-18** Governor approval 05/18/2026 `executive-signature` - **2026-05-18** Secretary of State, Filed 05/18/2026 - **2026-04-27** Received from House `introduction` - **2026-04-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction` - **2026-04-27** Referred to Finance `referral-committee` - **2026-05-12** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage` - **2026-05-12** Second reading `reading-2` - **2026-05-13** Special Order - **2026-05-13** Third reading Passed `passage` - **2026-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/26 - **2026-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/18/26 `executive-signature` - **2026-05-18** Secretary of State Chapter 98 05/18/26 - **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd4be1e9-cafb-4ed9-9c13-2b5dc96b3f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).