---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disaster assistance contingency account money transferred."
description: "Disaster assistance contingency account money transferred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 1278"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1278 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disasters", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pelowski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3989bbe7-2795-4354-8799-f1632a39a1d9"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1278&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "471229aa5eb6c35e904cd9f25795c479c053bcc4a22665479bc247cee0069118"
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 1278 (2023-2024) — Disaster assistance contingency account money transferred.

## 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=HF1278&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1278&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1278&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1278&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pelowski — primary (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Putnam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Author added Davids
- **2023-04-13** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2023-04-13** Motion to suspend rules rule 1.15 relating to Disposition of Senate Files
- **2023-04-13** Motion prevailed
- **2023-04-13** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2023-04-13** Motion prevailed
- **2023-04-13** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2023-04-17** Presented to Governor 04/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Governor approval 04/17/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Secretary of State, Filed 04/17/2023
- **2023-04-03** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Laid on table
- **2023-04-11** Taken from table
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Special Order
- **2023-04-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Presentment date 04/17/23
- **2023-04-17** Governor's action Approval 04/17/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Secretary of State Chapter 26 04/17/23
- **2023-04-18** Effective date 04/18/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3989bbe7-2795-4354-8799-f1632a39a1d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).