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type: "Bill"
title: "Voluntary relationship defense for criminal sexual conduct crimes eliminated."
description: "Voluntary relationship defense for criminal sexual conduct crimes eliminated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 15"
citation: "Minnesota HF 15 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d8d3dd-86f5-4628-8276-35da19ce7f44"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0015&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "7d7a00f78e420270122b132ef1afcc79e6cca8310d04d7e2597f53af2f3a2108"
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 15 (2019-2020) — Voluntary relationship defense for criminal sexual conduct crimes eliminated.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **1st Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF15&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=div)
2. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF15&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF15&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
4. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF15&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF15&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
## Votes
- Passage — **1300** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **1320** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stephenson — primary (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Wazlawik — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Referred by Chair to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Author added Dehn
- **2019-01-30** Division action, return to Ways and Means
- **2019-01-31** Referred by Chair to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-02-11** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 21st, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Authors added Freiberg and Bernardy
- **2019-02-27** Author added Mann
- **2019-04-30** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2019-05-01** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-05-01** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2019-05-01** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-01** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2019-05-02** Presented to Governor 05/02/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Governor approval 05/02/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Secretary of State, Filed 05/02/19
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19
- **2019-02-25** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Special Order
- **2019-04-29** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-02** Presentment date 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-02** Governor's action Approval 05/02/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Secretary of State Chapter 16 05/02/2019
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74d8d3dd-86f5-4628-8276-35da19ce7f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).