republic-os/legislation/us/states/mn/2021-2022/hf-2725.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defendant competency; various provisions established and modified relating to defendant competency, medication administration provided, forensic navigators established, dismissal plans established, providing for competency restoration programs, State Competency Restoration Board and certification advisory committee established, mental health provisions and permits created, report required, and money appropriated."
description: "Defendant competency; various provisions established and modified relating to defendant competency, medication administration provided, forensic navigators established, dismissal plans established, providing for competency restoration programs, State Competency Restoration Board and certification advisory committee established, mental health provisions and permits created, report required, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 2725"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2725 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Mental Health and Related Conditions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f70291a-0c2f-4605-8826-397dbd0a9c30"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2725&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "9b52f5c522a0da3b6fd374b6dbc9f0f7fc19f66532ccb6ac02f669c99fb656d0"
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 2725 (2021-2022) — Defendant competency; various provisions established and modified relating to defendant competency, medication administration provided, forensic navigators established, dismissal plans established, providing for competency restoration programs, State Competency Restoration Board and certification advisory committee established, mental health provisions and permits created, report required, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF2725&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2725&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2725&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2725&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2725&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Edelson — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kiel — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmusson — cosponsor (person)
- Urdahl — cosponsor (person)
- Wolgamott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Author added Bahner
- **2022-02-03** Author added Urdahl
- **2022-02-07** Author added Bernardy
- **2022-02-21** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Human Services Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Authors added Fischer and Kiel
- **2022-03-21** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Author added Hornstein
- **2022-03-30** Author added Wolgamott
- **2022-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-05** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-05** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 11, 2022
- **2022-05-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Author added Rasmusson
- **2022-05-22** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2022-05-22** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2022-05-22** Motion prevailed
- **2022-05-22** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2022-05-22** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2022-05-24** Presented to Governor 05/24/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-02** Governor approval 06/02/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-02** Secretary of State, Filed 06/02/2022
- **2022-05-12** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Laid on table
- **2022-05-16** Taken from table
- **2022-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Laid on table
- **2022-05-22** Taken from table
- **2022-05-22** Special Order: Amended
- **2022-05-22** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-24** Presentment date 05/24/2022
- **2022-06-02** Governor's action Approval 06/02/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-02** Secretary of State Chapter 99 06/02/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f70291a-0c2f-4605-8826-397dbd0a9c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).