---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farmer-Lender Mediation Act time period in 2020 modified."
description: "Farmer-Lender Mediation Act time period in 2020 modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 4599"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4599 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lippert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-04-16"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0be3cfac-ce6c-4ff6-9f92-a923c95ea339"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4599&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "d15262dd0d66555e512b7709b59de4fecb44d56beca64a1052fc049f5dafc2e4"
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 4599 (2019-2020) — Farmer-Lender Mediation Act time period in 2020 modified.

## 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=HF4599&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lippert — primary (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Goggin — cosponsor (person)
- Haley — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Poppe — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Tabke — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-28** Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-04-30** Author added Brand
- **2020-05-04** Authors added Hamilton, Her, Tabke, Klevorn, and Poston
- **2020-05-05** Authors added Winkler, Haley
- **2020-05-07** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-07** Joint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2020-05-11** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-11** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2020-05-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 13, 2020
- **2020-05-13** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-13** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** Governor approval 05/18/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** Secretary of State, Filed 05/18/2020
- **2020-05-13** Received from House `introduction`
- **2020-05-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-05-13** Laid on table
- **2020-05-14** Taken from table
- **2020-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-14** Laid on table
- **2020-05-15** Taken from table
- **2020-05-15** Special Order
- **2020-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/2020
- **2020-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/18/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** Secretary of State Chapter 97 05/18/2020
- **2020-04-16** Effective date 04/16/20 retroactive

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0be3cfac-ce6c-4ff6-9f92-a923c95ea339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).