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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; various changes made related to election administration, absentee voting provisions modified, timelines modified, elected officials and candidates prohibited from betting on elections, technical and clarifying changes made, and money appropriated."
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description: "Elections; various changes made related to election administration, absentee voting provisions modified, timelines modified, elected officials and candidates prohibited from betting on elections, technical and clarifying changes made, and money appropriated."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
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legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HF 4240"
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citation: "Minnesota HF 4240 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Freiberg"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-03-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c23858e-b8f4-447b-b38d-7f11377c683d"
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source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240?list=open&body=House"
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source_hash: "6b8ce724e4ab6c782f8e730892dab311f5d7baea1412b2923bdc1f15ed2b988b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
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---
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# Minnesota HF 4240 (2025-2026) — Elections; various changes made related to election administration, absentee voting provisions modified, timelines modified, elected officials and candidates prohibited from betting on elections, technical and clarifying changes made, and money appropriated.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240/versions/1/)
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2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240/versions/ue/1/)
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3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240/versions/2/)
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4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240/versions/3/)
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5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4240/versions/0/)
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## Votes
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- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **127–6** (pass) · lower
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- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
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- "Shall the decision of Speaker pro tempore Olson stand as the judgment of the House?" — **91–42** (pass) · lower
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- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
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- Passage, as amended — **119–15** (pass) · lower
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- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
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- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Freiberg — primary (person)
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- Westlin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-23** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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- **2026-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-05-06** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
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- **2026-05-06** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-06** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
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- **2026-05-13** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
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- **2026-05-14** Returned from Senate with amendment
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- **2026-05-14** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
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- **2026-05-14** Motion prevailed
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- **2026-05-14** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-14** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
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- **2026-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-18** Governor approval 05/18/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-18** Secretary of State, Filed 05/18/2026
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- **2026-05-07** Received from House `introduction`
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- **2026-05-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
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- **2026-05-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4006, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-11** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4006
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- **2026-05-11** Second reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-13** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
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- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-05-13** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
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- **2026-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/26
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- **2026-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/18/26 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-18** Secretary of State Chapter 102 05/18/26
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c23858e-b8f4-447b-b38d-7f11377c683d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).
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