---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care student enrollment in school required, and foster youth school enrollment report required."
description: "Foster care student enrollment in school required, and foster youth school enrollment report required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 1883"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1883 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children-Custody and Support", "Education and Education Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlson, L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2020-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0239832b-71e6-4f91-9240-68d070d86739"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1883&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "e347c0ed81749eea4e7adb03ca428ed9b91dd62a69eb8d53c7dd0b5421609d75"
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 1883 (2019-2020) — Foster care student enrollment in school required, and foster youth school enrollment report required.

## 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=HF1883&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1883&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1883&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1883&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **125–2** (pass) · lower
- Repassage as amended by the Senate — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carlson, L. — primary (person)
- Erickson — cosponsor (person)
- Gazelka — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Kresha — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Author added Huot
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Health and Human Services Policy `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 08, 2019
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-05-11** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2020-05-11** Author added Carlson, L. (chief)
- **2020-05-12** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2020-05-12** Motion prevailed
- **2020-05-12** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2020-05-12** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2020-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2020
- **2019-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to E-12 Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Withdrawn and re-referred to Human Services Reform Finance and Policy
- **2020-03-09** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** Special Order: Amended
- **2020-05-11** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-12** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2020-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 81 05/12/2020
- **2020-05-08** Effective date Sec. 1-2 05/08/20 retroactive; Sec. 3 05/13/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0239832b-71e6-4f91-9240-68d070d86739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).