---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expiration removal of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance"
description: "Expiration removal of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 1251"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1251 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Fishing", "Hunting and Game", "Natural Resources and Natural Resources Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pha"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9802aaf5-cb07-4d09-8fe7-13979aa03d31"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/1251?list=open&body=Senate"
source_hash: "4da69a492a319221798fbdeeb6d07a916632a610154b1fd4b604bcff3f3867aa"
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 1251 (2025-2026) — Expiration removal of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance

## 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/SF/1251/versions/1/)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/1251/versions/2/)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/1251/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pha — primary (person)
- Cha — cosponsor (person)
- Drazkowski — cosponsor (person)
- Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Hawj — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kozlowski — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Skraba — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)
- Wesenberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2026-04-09** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1531
- **2026-04-13** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2026-04-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/27/2026
- **2026-04-27** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-27** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Presented to Governor 05/04/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Governor approval 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Secretary of State, Filed 05/05/2026
- **2025-02-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Author added Eichorn
- **2025-03-24** Author stricken Eichorn
- **2026-02-23** Author added Drazkowski
- **2026-03-02** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** Author added Hoffman
- **2026-04-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2026-04-09** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Returned from House
- **2026-05-04** Presentment date 05/04/2026
- **2026-05-05** Governor's action Approval 05/05/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Secretary of State Chapter 64 05/05/26
- **2026-05-06** Effective date 05/06/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9802aaf5-cb07-4d09-8fe7-13979aa03d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).