---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cesar Chavez day designation"
description: "Cesar Chavez day designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 1509"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1509 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Government-State", "Holidays", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department", "Minorities and Protected Groups"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-03-21"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7645ebd3-6991-4bdb-bc89-ef9a8518157a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1509&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "f8d089b9dd7f906135164ba1234969ee11b76c0107c03b5e88c84db2fa7ea70f"
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 1509 (2013-2014) — Cesar Chavez day designation

## 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=SF1509&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1509&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Torres Ray — primary (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-31** Special Order
- **2014-03-31** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-01** Author added Marty
- **2014-04-08** Returned from House
- **2014-04-09** Presentment date 04/09/14
- **2014-04-22** Governor's action Approval 04/11/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Secretary of State Chapter 159 04/11/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14
- **2014-03-31** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-31** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1631
- **2014-04-01** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-04-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 7, 2014
- **2014-04-07** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-07** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2014-04-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-09** Presented to Governor 04/09/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-11** Governor approval 04/11/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-11** Secretary of State, Filed 04/11/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7645ebd3-6991-4bdb-bc89-ef9a8518157a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).