---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and retirement policy bill"
description: "Pensions and retirement policy bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 3540"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3540 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire and Firefighters", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8beb611-eb95-42e9-af97-b0a28d738ea7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3540&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "1dcdb6ba1a64d1daf58e5a73eedb0d4467a7a8b4f59e7afb56372c9a380f1cae"
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 3540 (2021-2022) — Pensions and retirement policy bill

## 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=SF3540&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3540&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3540&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3540&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3540&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Rosen — primary (person)
- Duckworth — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-02-28** Referred to State Government Finance and Policy and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Author added Duckworth
- **2022-03-31** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2022-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Returned from House with amendment
- **2022-05-17** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2022-05-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/2022
- **2022-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 65 05/22/2022
- **2022-05-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF4017
- **2022-05-11** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2022-05-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 16, 2022
- **2022-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8beb611-eb95-42e9-af97-b0a28d738ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).