---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' Voices Month created and designated in October."
description: "Veterans' Voices Month created and designated in October."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2812"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2812 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-06"
last_action: "2014-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8138f6f5-d4e4-4bb0-a1f9-4deba3e3e6f3"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2812&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "9d2a6ba206fbbdc359630858bb8ba9e0cca40e4d5fca3f20b61d8a583e9ceba7"
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 2812 (2013-2014) — Veterans' Voices Month created and designated in October.

## 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=HF2812&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Selcer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-06** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Author added Selcer
- **2014-03-13** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 10, 2014
- **2014-04-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-14** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-04-22** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-22** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2700, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2700
- **2014-04-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Special Order
- **2014-05-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 267 05/16/14
- **2014-05-17** Effective date 05/17/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8138f6f5-d4e4-4bb0-a1f9-4deba3e3e6f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).