---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus higher education bill."
description: "Omnibus higher education bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021s1"
identifier: "HF 7"
citation: "Minnesota HF 7 (2021s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education-Higher", "University of Minnesota"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernardy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-06-14"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2413f3d-040d-4ab3-8d5d-358f0263120b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0007&ssn=1&y=2021"
source_hash: "e7ef6a14536d7ecb72cb36194fff6f9ac4a40901cbe24c50e9c564e871fba5c7"
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 7 (2021s1) — Omnibus higher education bill.

## 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=HF7&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=1)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF7&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=1)

## Sponsors

- Bernardy — primary (person)
- Tomassoni — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, June 17, 2021
- **2021-06-17** Reported to the House
- **2021-06-17** Motion to lay on the table
- **2021-06-17** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-18** Motion to take from table
- **2021-06-18** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-18** Motion to re-refer Higher Education Finance and Policy
- **2021-06-18** Motion to lay on the table
- **2021-06-18** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-19** Motion to take from table
- **2021-06-19** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-19** Motion to lay on the table Motion to re-refer to Higher Education Finance and Policy committee
- **2021-06-19** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-19** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-19** Motion to lay on the table
- **2021-06-19** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-19** Motion to take from table
- **2021-06-19** Motion prevailed
- **2021-06-19** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-19** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2021-06-19** House rule 2.05, member excused from voting Mariani excused from voting on Lucero amendment
- **2021-06-19** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2021-06-19** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-06-22** Returned from Senate
- **2021-06-26** Governor approval 06/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-26** Secretary of State, Filed 06/26/21
- **2021-06-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2021-06-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-06-21** Laid on table
- **2021-06-21** Taken from table
- **2021-06-21** Urgency declared rules suspended
- **2021-06-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Presentment date 06/24/2021
- **2021-06-26** Governor's action Approval 06/26/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-26** Secretary of State Chapter 2 06/26/2021
- **2021-07-01** Effective date Art. 1, Art. 2, Sec. 1-6, 8-47 07/01/21; Art. 2, Sec. 7 06/27/21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2413f3d-040d-4ab3-8d5d-358f0263120b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).