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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Electronic Wills Act adopted; and technical, clarifying, and conforming changes made."
+description: "Uniform Electronic Wills Act adopted; and technical, clarifying, and conforming changes made."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
+legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 244"
+citation: "Minnesota HF 244 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Popular Names", "Uniform Acts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Feist"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8035bea8-fa46-4d87-a340-5be6160b4382"
+source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0244&ssn=0&y=2023"
+source_hash: "48e39641d006ca7938f8204a20c5824b3e018a115e318d256c6f1414e6fdcb85"
+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 244 (2023-2024) — Uniform Electronic Wills Act adopted; and technical, clarifying, and conforming changes made.
+
+## 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=HF244&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
+2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF244&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ue)
+3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF244&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Feist — primary (person)
+- Westlin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-19** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 9, 2023
+- **2023-02-09** Third reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-09** Bill was passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-23** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
+- **2023-03-27** Returned from Senate with amendment
+- **2023-03-27** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
+- **2023-03-27** Motion prevailed
+- **2023-03-27** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
+- **2023-03-30** Presented to Governor 03/30/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-30** Governor approval 03/30/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-30** Secretary of State, Filed 03/30/2023
+- **2023-02-13** Received from House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-09** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-22** Special Order
+- **2023-03-22** Third reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** Presentment date 03/30/23
+- **2023-03-30** Governor's action Approval 03/30/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-30** Secretary of State Chapter 21 03/30/23
+- **2023-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2023
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8035bea8-fa46-4d87-a340-5be6160b4382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).
+