---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coates; bridge over U.S. Highway 52 designated as Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge."
description: "Coates; bridge over U.S. Highway 52 designated as Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 745"
citation: "Minnesota HF 745 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Cities and Towns-Specific", "Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wills"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8156d284-0072-43ff-b398-86104bcbf51c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0745&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "6c7610036d813c2eaa80493b7fafae4e91ce24a429cb17450e46dea1eefe38f3"
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 745 (2017-2018) — Coates; bridge over U.S. Highway 52 designated as Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge.

## 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=HF745&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF745&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 745 — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wills — primary (person)
- Clausen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation and Regional Governance Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Transportation Finance `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 9, 2017
- **2017-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-15** Returned from Senate
- **2017-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17** Governor approval 5/17/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 5/17/2017
- **2017-05-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF589, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF589
- **2017-05-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2017-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/17
- **2017-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/17/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8156d284-0072-43ff-b398-86104bcbf51c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).