---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atomic Veterans Day July 16 designation"
description: "Atomic Veterans Day July 16 designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 1703"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1703 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Holidays", "Military and Military Affairs Department", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342dba0c-fda8-4322-bba2-c5da4b7f8408"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1703&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "6a240bb081cf9492158cc34b8511571a8484b9b9373e8ffde36d1a3eb926f497"
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 1703 (2017-2018) — Atomic Veterans Day July 16 designation

## 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=SF1703&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 1703 — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mathews — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Maye Quade — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Torkelson — cosponsor (person)
- Urdahl — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08** Special Order
- **2017-05-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Author added Newton
- **2018-05-10** Returned from House
- **2018-05-10** Presentment date 05/10/18
- **2018-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/14/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2276
- **2017-05-10** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 09, 2018
- **2018-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Presented to Governor 05/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-14** Governor approval 05/14/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14** Secretary of State, Filed 05/14/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342dba0c-fda8-4322-bba2-c5da4b7f8408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).