---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human rights law provided, and civil penalties and other remedies provided."
description: "Human rights law provided, and civil penalties and other remedies provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 4109"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4109 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Rights and Human Rights Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb420726-3af3-41b4-a2ab-e986b3486380"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4109&ssn=0&y=2024"
source_hash: "f49dd253940e55e24acb9b92517fcb9223e761cc022472e06485c431655f464c"
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 4109 (2023-2024) — Human rights law provided, and civil penalties and other remedies provided.

## 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=HF4109&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4109&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4109&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Frederick Motion to Concur — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frederick — primary (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Westlin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Author added Frederick (as chief)
- **2024-05-07** Motion to suspend rules
- **2024-05-07** Motion prevailed
- **2024-05-07** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-05-07** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2024-05-07** Motion prevailed
- **2024-05-07** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2024-05-14** Presented to Governor 05/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Governor approval 05/15/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15** Secretary of State, Filed 05/15/2024
- **2024-04-02** Received from House `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4201, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders HF4109
- **2024-04-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Special Order: Amended
- **2024-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/24
- **2024-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/15/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 105 05/15/24
- **2024-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb420726-3af3-41b4-a2ab-e986b3486380`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).