---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special women veterans license plates authorized, and money appropriated."
description: "Special women veterans license plates authorized, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1916"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1916 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Motor Vehicles", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8da1c067-cf7b-4f2f-88bf-74fe09a2a647"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1916&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "93f4e347610503f972fff3bdd8fc7f2c2e5b06accb9ba47f0921f3b43483544b"
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 1916 (2013-2014) — Special women veterans license plates authorized, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF1916&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1916&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1916&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1916&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Erhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Sawatzky — cosponsor (person)
- Selcer — cosponsor (person)
- Sundin — cosponsor (person)
- Yarusso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Transportation Finance `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Author added Dettmer
- **2014-03-13** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Transportation Policy
- **2014-03-19** Author added Yarusso
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Transportation Finance `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Author added Erhardt
- **2014-03-21** Authors added Masin, Selcer, and Sawatzky
- **2014-03-26** Author added Howe
- **2014-03-28** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Authors added Sundin and Metsa
- **2014-04-08** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-08** Author added Clark
- **2014-04-24** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 28, 2014
- **2014-04-28** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-28** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-05** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-12** Author added Bernardy
- **2014-05-06** Presented to Governor 05/06/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14
- **2014-04-29** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-29** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1978, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1978
- **2014-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-05** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-05-05** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** Presentment date 05/06/14
- **2014-05-09** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 207 05/09/14
- **2015-01-01** Effective date Sec. 1-2 01/01/15; Sec. 3 07/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8da1c067-cf7b-4f2f-88bf-74fe09a2a647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).