republic-os/legislation/us/states/mn/2021-2022/hf-961.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supervisory law enforcement unit added."
description: "Supervisory law enforcement unit added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 961"
citation: "Minnesota HF 961 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ecklund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302199ec-1e84-41b3-ae56-5682b3e61a70"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0961&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "bca4df9046104ac2b2fc21faa13efb3c4d2a1ac4ccc03d85f868475ab639703a"
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 961 (2021-2022) — Supervisory law enforcement unit added.

## 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=HF961&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF961&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF961&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
4. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF961&version=4&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
5. **CCR-HF0961** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF961&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0&type=ccr)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF961&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Ecklund — primary (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Lislegard — cosponsor (person)
- Sandstede — cosponsor (person)
- Sundin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Elections `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy
- **2022-02-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 21, 2022
- **2022-04-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-04-24** Author added Edelson
- **2022-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2022-05-16** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2022-05-17** House conferees Ecklund, Greenman, Novotny
- **2022-05-18** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2022-05-18** Senate conferees Howe; Duckworth; Dziedzic
- **2022-05-19** Conference committee report
- **2022-05-19** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2022-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2022-05-19** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2022-05-20** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2022-05-20** Returned from Senate
- **2022-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/2022
- **2022-04-24** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-04-24** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-04-24** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1040, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1040
- **2022-04-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Special Order
- **2022-05-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2022-05-18** House conferees Ecklund; Greenman; Novotny
- **2022-05-18** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2022-05-18** Senate conferees Howe; Duckworth; Dziedzic
- **2022-05-20** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2022-05-20** Conference committee report
- **2022-05-20** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2022-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/2022
- **2022-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 80 05/22/2022
- **2022-08-01** Effective date 08/01/22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/302199ec-1e84-41b3-ae56-5682b3e61a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).