---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections policy and finance bill."
description: "Elections policy and finance bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 4772"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4772 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Elections", "State Boards", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da1d4a5-f694-44e8-8579-144a766bcf7c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4772&ssn=0&y=2024"
source_hash: "fdb1dcca907145563732575f88275bdc91bd61274939213dc2b5d60880cc6b85"
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 4772 (2023-2024) — Elections policy and finance 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=HF4772&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=HF4772&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4772&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4772&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
5. **CCR-HF4772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4772&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ccr)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4772&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **70–63** (pass) · lower
- Torkelson motion Refuse to Adopt — **63–69** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **64–67** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **63–68** (fail) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **69–62** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **63–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment to Amendment — **68–63** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **63–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **63–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **63–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment to Amendment — **68–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Freiberg — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Greenman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-11** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 8, 2024
- **2024-04-04** Author added Greenman
- **2024-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08** Motion to suspend rules relating to House Rule 3.33; same motion made multiple times
- **2024-04-08** Motion prevailed
- **2024-04-08** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Author added Bahner
- **2024-04-18** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-04-18** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-04-18** House conferees Freiberg, Greenman, Virnig
- **2024-05-01** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2024-05-01** Senate conferees Carlson; Westlin; and Boldon
- **2024-05-13** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2024-05-13** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2024-05-13** Motion to return bill to conference committee
- **2024-05-13** Motion to lay on the table HF4772
- **2024-05-13** Motion prevailed
- **2024-05-13** Taken from table
- **2024-05-13** Motion to return bill to conference committee question recurred
- **2024-05-13** Motion did not prevail
- **2024-05-13** House adopted conference committee report
- **2024-05-13** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2024-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2024-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-17** Governor approval 05/17/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 05/17/2024
- **2024-04-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Laid on table
- **2024-04-09** Taken from table
- **2024-04-09** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4729, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4729
- **2024-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Special Order: Amended
- **2024-04-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-24** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-04-24** House conferees Freiberg; Greenman; Virnig
- **2024-04-24** Laid on table
- **2024-04-30** Taken from table
- **2024-04-30** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2024-04-30** Senate conferees Carlson; Westlin; Boldon
- **2024-05-15** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-15** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2024-05-15** Motion to adopted CC report
- **2024-05-15** Point of order pertaining to Jt rule 2.06, not well taken
- **2024-05-15** Motion to reject Conference Committee report
- **2024-05-15** Motion did not prevail to lay on table
- **2024-05-15** Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail
- **2024-05-15** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-15** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/24
- **2024-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/17/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17** Secretary of State Chapter 112 05/17/24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9da1d4a5-f694-44e8-8579-144a766bcf7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).