House concurs with Senate amendments to HF124, requires law-enforcement donations be spent within one year

The Minnesota House of Representatives on April 20, 2025, voted to concur with Senate amendments to House File 124, adding a requirement that donations made to a law-enforcement agency in the event of a death in the line of duty must be used within one year and that use of the gift be reported to the Department of Public Safety.

Representative Berg, the member who moved concurrence, told colleagues the changes “are simple” and summarized the amendments: “It is stated that, any donations made to, law enforcement agency in the event of death in the line of duty must be used within 1 year. And that, how the gift was used be reported to the, Department of Public Safety. I've spoken to Representative Witte, and the chairs in my city, and we recommend concurrence.”

Representative Witte spoke in support, saying the amendments improve the bill and urging members to “vote green for the bill.” After brief discussion, the clerk called the roll and remote members recorded aye votes. The clerk later announced, “There being 134, the bill is repassed as amended by the Senate, and the title is agreed to.”

The House’s action was procedural: it accepted Senate changes and repassed the bill as amended so it can proceed to enrollment and transmittal to the governor, per the chamber’s routine concurrence process. The transcript records recorded aye votes from several remote members during the roll call, including Representative Hill, Representative Knutson, and Representative Swazinski.

No amendments to the Senate changes were offered on the House floor during the recorded discussion. The transcript does not record any recorded no votes on the motion to concur.