---
type: "Bill"
title: "Genocide awareness and prevention month designation"
description: "Genocide awareness and prevention month designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 359"
citation: "Minnesota SF 359 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-State", "Minorities and Protected Groups"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pappas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dff364f-68dc-4a44-ac33-fddaa7cc187f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0359&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "0b88500e4d05154b4a931d98aa77f32a556987279cead598006369fc32134387"
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 359 (2013-2014) — Genocide awareness and prevention month 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=SF359&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF359&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Pappas — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Gazelka — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Torres Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-11** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Rules and Administration `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-18** Special Order
- **2013-03-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-04-24** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-04-24** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-04-24** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Presentment date 04/25/13
- **2013-05-01** Governor's action Approval 04/29/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Secretary of State Chapter 26 04/29/13
- **2013-04-30** Effective date 04/30/13
- **2013-03-18** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-18** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF414
- **2013-03-20** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, April 19, 2013
- **2013-04-19** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- **2013-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-04-23** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-04-25** Presented to Governor 04/25/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-29** Secretary of State, Filed 04/29/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dff364f-68dc-4a44-ac33-fddaa7cc187f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).