---
type: "Bill"
title: "County board allowed to appropriate money for a veterans memorial anywhere in the county."
description: "County board allowed to appropriate money for a veterans memorial anywhere in the county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 375"
citation: "Minnesota HF 375 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swedzinski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01327017-4f5e-4289-bf37-36bf0b802180"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0375&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "f56381c67e4b9d7d19808202c64edf9e7e5538a63fcd3422e5fa6b7de0f5a5a9"
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 375 (2017-2018) — County board allowed to appropriate money for a veterans memorial anywhere in the county.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF375&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 375 — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swedzinski — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans Affairs Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Author added Dettmer.
- **2017-02-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, February 13, 2017
- **2017-02-13** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Returned from Senate
- **2017-03-21** Presented to Governor 03/21/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Governor approval 3/22/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Secretary of State, Filed 03/23/2017
- **2017-02-15** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Special Order
- **2017-03-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Presentment date 03/21/17
- **2017-03-22** Governor's action Approval 03/22/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01327017-4f5e-4289-bf37-36bf0b802180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).