---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified."
description: "Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 4151"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4151 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Witte"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ffc7efc-5b9f-46ce-805f-4fd9eb489613"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4151?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "3308852004f5ab3e193d33afbe1debeaa7200ee2173923a403efbcae08013f8b"
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 4151 (2025-2026) — Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified.

## 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/94/2026/0/HF/4151/versions/1/)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4151/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Witte — primary (person)
- Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Limmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Public Safety Finance and Policy
- **2026-03-26** Author added Curran
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/30/26
- **2026-04-30** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Returned from Senate
- **2026-05-11** Presented to Governor 05/11/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2026
- **2026-05-04** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-04** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-04** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3827, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-05** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3827
- **2026-05-05** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Special Order
- **2026-05-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Presentment date 05/11/2026
- **2026-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 83 05/12/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ffc7efc-5b9f-46ce-805f-4fd9eb489613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).