---
type: "Bill"
title: "Argosy University closure student relief provided, and report required."
description: "Argosy University closure student relief provided, and report required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2849"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2849 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education and Education Department", "Education-Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernardy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-23"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e94d2027-d36a-456b-bbe9-60d84e9b560f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2849&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "56a05ba15ab3914d25bccb85dae1c0383f4358307b80a0124ae7bc4cb848e4a0"
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 2849 (2019-2020) — Argosy University closure student relief provided, and report required.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2849&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=div)
2. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2849&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2849&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
4. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2849&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2849&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **128–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernardy — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Layman — cosponsor (person)
- Lien — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Nornes — cosponsor (person)
- Pryor — cosponsor (person)
- Runbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Referred by Chair to Higher Education Finance and Policy Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-04-26** Authors added Nornes, Pryor, Edelson, Lillie, Lien, Daniels, Layman, Klevorn, Moran, Gomez, Vang, and Runbeck
- **2019-05-02** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2019-05-02** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 09, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Authors added Masin and Halverson
- **2019-05-15** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2019-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2019-05-16** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2019-05-16** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-16** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** Governor approval 05/17/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 05/17/19
- **2019-05-18** Effective date 05/18/19
- **2019-05-13** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2841, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2841
- **2019-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/2019
- **2019-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/17/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 34 05/17/2019
- **2019-05-18** Effective date 05/18/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e94d2027-d36a-456b-bbe9-60d84e9b560f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).