---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic location tracking warrants information reporting authorization"
description: "Electronic location tracking warrants information reporting authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 3072"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3072 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Data Practices and Privacy", "Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission", "Telecommunications", "Computers", "and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limmer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2353a620-777e-474a-b75e-19eb1c476bac"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3072&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "9bc2080822b32ebac34a74ac02bbf9ab0436408ba3578260c1757a3dd1b40c90"
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 3072 (2019-2020) — Electronic location tracking warrants information reporting authorization

## 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=SF3072&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3072&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limmer — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Kiffmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-04** Special Order: Amended
- **2020-05-04** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06** Author added Kiffmeyer
- **2020-05-12** Returned from House
- **2020-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/2020
- **2020-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 82 05/16/2020
- **2020-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-5, 7-12, 14-18 08/01/20; Sec. 6, 13 05/17/20
- **2020-05-05** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3012
- **2020-05-07** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2020-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2020
- **2020-05-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2020-05-12** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2020-05-16** Governor approval 05/16/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2353a620-777e-474a-b75e-19eb1c476bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).