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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Race definition modified relating to hair styles and textures within the Minnesota Human Rights Act."
+description: "Race definition modified relating to hair styles and textures within the Minnesota Human Rights Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
+legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 37"
+citation: "Minnesota HF 37 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Human Rights and Human Rights Department", "Minorities", "Popular Names"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Agbaje"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-04"
+last_action: "2023-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfdf7e2c-c8d3-4faf-8473-e6aa0f5d5a48"
+source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0037&ssn=0&y=2023"
+source_hash: "05f9450c21f4b064d69dc4754ac9eedac12efc97747753220540fc99006a6062"
+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 37 (2023-2024) — Race definition modified relating to hair styles and textures within the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
+
+## 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=HF37&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
+2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF37&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **111–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Agbaje — primary (person)
+- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
+- Champion — cosponsor (person)
+- Curran — cosponsor (person)
+- Finke — cosponsor (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hussein — cosponsor (person)
+- Noor — cosponsor (person)
+- Pérez-Vega — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-05** Authors added Becker-Finn; Hortman
+- **2023-01-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-09** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-09** Author added Curran
+- **2023-01-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, January 11, 2023
+- **2023-01-11** Third reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-11** Bill was passed `passage`
+- **2023-01-11** Author added Finke
+- **2023-01-17** Authors added Hussein and Pérez-Vega
+- **2023-01-26** Returned from Senate
+- **2023-01-31** Presented to Governor 01/31/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-01-31** Governor approval 01/31/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-02-01** Secretary of State, Filed 02/01/2023
+- **2023-01-12** Received from House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF44 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF44
+- **2023-01-17** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-26** Special Order
+- **2023-01-26** Third reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-26** Motion did not prevail to reconsider third reading
+- **2023-01-26** Third reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Presentment date 01/31/23
+- **2023-01-31** Governor's action Approval 01/31/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-02-01** Secretary of State Chapter 3 02/01/23
+- **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/bfdf7e2c-c8d3-4faf-8473-e6aa0f5d5a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).
+