2025-2026 Regular Session

HF23

Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified.

Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
Last status date: March 13, 2025
Last status update: Received from House
Pending committee: Judiciary and Public Safety
Author: Kristin Robbins
Co-sponsors: Bidal Duran Bernie Perryman Natalie Zeleznikar Krista Knudsen Peggy Bennett Jeff Dotseth Steven Jacob John Burkel Bobbie Harder Keith Allen Jeff Backer Harry Niska Terry Stier Mike Wiener Dave Baker Joe McDonald Max Rymer Tom Murphy Jon Koznick Jimmy Gordon Elliott Engen Pam Altendorf Dawn Gillman Tom Sexton Erica Schwartz Andrew Mathews

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate March 13, 2025

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Recorded floor votes

1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 10, 2025 · House

House: Passage, as amended

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

133 yea–0 nay

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Committee referrals

March 13, 2025 · Senate

Judiciary and Public Safety

February 17, 2025 · House

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

February 6, 2025 · House

State Government Finance & Policy

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

March 13, 2025
Senate Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
March 13, 2025
Senate Introduction and first reading
March 13, 2025
Senate Received from House
March 10, 2025
House Author added Schwartz
March 10, 2025
House Bill was passed as amended View roll call
March 10, 2025
House Third reading as amended
March 10, 2025
House Amended
March 6, 2025
House House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 10, 2025
March 6, 2025
House Second reading
March 6, 2025
House Committee report, to adopt
February 24, 2025
House Authors added Gillman and Sexton
February 20, 2025
House Author added Altendorf
February 19, 2025
House Author added Engen
February 17, 2025
House Authors added Koznick and Gordon
February 17, 2025
House Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
February 13, 2025
House Authors added Stier, Wiener, Baker, McDonald, Rymer and Murphy
February 10, 2025
House Authors added Duran, Perryman, Zeleznikar, Knudsen, Bennett, Dotseth, Jacob, Burkel, Harder, Allen, Backer and Niska
February 6, 2025
House Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1934484
LegiScan session ID: 2151
Source file: var/states/minnesota/source/legiscan/2151-4c339611e966/bill/HF23.json
Package observed: 2026-11-07T16:27:48+00:00