---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assessment process established to determine if current and former members of the military charged with offenses are eligible for deferred prosecution."
description: "Assessment process established to determine if current and former members of the military charged with offenses are eligible for deferred prosecution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 45"
citation: "Minnesota HF 45 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals", "Military and Military Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feist"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0478314c-67bc-416e-b576-289d7f4b5e9e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0045&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "e57acbc6996692ccc24087234d18228971a01cbd2092560dcf66bd6cbc467a2c"
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 45 (2023-2024) — Assessment process established to determine if current and former members of the military charged with offenses are eligible for deferred prosecution.

## 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=HF45&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feist — primary (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Wiens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Author added Wiens
- **2023-02-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, February 20, 2023
- **2023-02-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Returned from Senate
- **2023-03-28** Presented to Governor 03/28/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Governor approval 03/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Secretary of State, Filed 03/29/2023
- **2023-02-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Special Order
- **2023-03-22** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Presentment date 03/28/23
- **2023-03-29** Governor's action Approval 03/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Secretary of State Chapter 19 03/29/23
- **2023-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0478314c-67bc-416e-b576-289d7f4b5e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).