---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southwest light rail transit project special review or program evaluation required by legislative auditor, and money appropriated."
description: "Southwest light rail transit project special review or program evaluation required by legislative auditor, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 3035"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3035 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornstein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f2c717-3ecf-45ec-83b2-868bb4177d73"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3035&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "874e98a81b31f5415469038bceed741e3aecf07fac8b43647ad3360a91ddfcfe"
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 3035 (2021-2022) — Southwest light rail transit project special review or program evaluation required by legislative auditor, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF3035&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3035&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3035&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3035&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3035&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hornstein — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Boe — cosponsor (person)
- Dibble — cosponsor (person)
- Hertaus — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Petersburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Author added Albright
- **2022-02-21** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Elections `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 3, 2022
- **2022-03-03** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-03** Point of order raised, ruled well taken multiple points of order
- **2022-03-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Authors added Hertaus and Nash
- **2022-03-07** Author added Boe
- **2022-03-14** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2022-03-17** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2022-03-17** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2022-03-17** Motion prevailed
- **2022-03-17** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2022-03-24** Presented to Governor 03/24/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** Governor approval 03/24/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24** Secretary of State, Filed 03/24/2022
- **2022-03-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2676 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2676
- **2022-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** Special Order: Amended
- **2022-03-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Presentment date 03/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Governor's action Approval 03/24/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24** Secretary of State Chapter 39 03/24/2022
- **2022-03-25** Effective date 03/25/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4f2c717-3ecf-45ec-83b2-868bb4177d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).