---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and military affairs finance bill."
description: "Veterans and military affairs finance bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 1937"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1937 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Military Affairs Department", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/503b290f-1d9e-4852-a7cb-d346589e8fd6"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1937&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "fa09dbbb77fc8a6dcc62d7cebfe34e0eeaf9d43c76965524e30cf76cc7680d6d"
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 1937 (2023-2024) — Veterans and military affairs finance 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=HF1937&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1937&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1937&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1937&version=4&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
5. **CCR-HF1937** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1937&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ccr)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1937&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASSAGE, as amended by Conference — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Hussein — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduction and first reading, referred to Rules and Legislative Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- **2023-04-17** Author added Hussein
- **2023-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2023-04-21** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2023-04-24** House conferees Newton, Elkins, Bliss
- **2023-04-25** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2023-04-25** Senate conferees Mitchell; Murphy; Anderson
- **2023-05-08** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-08** House adopted conference committee report
- **2023-05-08** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2023-05-09** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2023-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Governor approval 05/15/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Secretary of State, Filed 05/15/2023
- **2023-04-18** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2247, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2247
- **2023-04-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Special Order
- **2023-04-20** Motion did not prevail to strike Rule 45
- **2023-04-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-24** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2023-04-24** House conferees Newton; Elkins; Bliss
- **2023-04-24** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2023-04-25** Senate conferees Mitchell; Murphy; Anderson
- **2023-05-09** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-09** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-09** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/23
- **2023-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/15/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 38 05/15/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/503b290f-1d9e-4852-a7cb-d346589e8fd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).