---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military pay or benefits assignment prohibition and penalties and remedies"
description: "Military pay or benefits assignment prohibition and penalties and remedies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 327"
citation: "Minnesota SF 327 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department", "Wages and Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, B."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603027dd-76cb-43da-976e-f2c79c55a2da"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0327&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "522e7072f68d6627199afb64cfa36feece68cf06149dba5419a16d780c818452"
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 SF 327 (2017-2018) — Military pay or benefits assignment prohibition and penalties and remedies

## 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=SF327&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF327&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF327&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF327&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 327 — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson, B. — primary (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Goggin — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Maye Quade — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Rule 12.10: report of votes in committee
- **2017-02-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** General Orders: Stricken and re-referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
- **2018-03-29** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-07** Special Order
- **2018-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Author added Nelson
- **2018-05-17** Returned from House
- **2018-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF368
- **2018-05-09** Bills not identical, SF substituted on Calendar for the Day
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-16** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/20/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603027dd-76cb-43da-976e-f2c79c55a2da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).