---
type: "Bill"
title: "City charter commission expenses payment authorization and reappointments permitted"
description: "City charter commission expenses payment authorization and reappointments permitted"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 3298"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3298 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Government-Local", "Government-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senjem"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b8d5ba5-70d2-41ec-b794-36be747d77b7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3298&ssn=0&y=2020"
source_hash: "66c6ae172d428300a915539c087cd8229e58bbaed26ac39438a407837ee1b30f"
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 3298 (2019-2020) — City charter commission expenses payment authorization and reappointments permitted

## 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=SF3298&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3298&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2020&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senjem — primary (person)
- Sauke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-30** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-30** Joint rule 2.03, referred to Rules and Administration
- **2020-05-06** Comm report: Adopt previous comm report Jt. rule 2.03 suspended
- **2020-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07** Special Order: Amended
- **2020-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-14** 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 87 05/16/2020
- **2020-08-01** Effective date 08/01/20
- **2020-05-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-09** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3483
- **2020-05-11** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **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** 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/0b8d5ba5-70d2-41ec-b794-36be747d77b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).