---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance bill."
description: "Education finance bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2497"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2497 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education-K-12"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Youakim"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b6280a-18a6-468f-9d02-d150e1e2d43b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2497&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "1234297017076191e5c2b1d1d3bbb10bbd9af4f1538e0a602788cfbfa4db64fc"
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 2497 (2023-2024) — Education 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=HF2497&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=HF2497&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=HF2497&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2497&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2497&version=4&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
6. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2497&version=5&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
7. **CCR-HF2497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2497&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ccr)
8. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2497&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Amendment — **61–70** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **61–70** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **61–70** (fail) · lower
- REPASSAGE, as amended by Conference — **70–62** (pass) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **70–60** (pass) · lower
- First Portion Amendment — **60–70** (fail) · lower
- Second Portion Amendment — **59–70** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **59–70** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **60–70** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Youakim — primary (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kunesh — cosponsor (person)
- Pryor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Introduction and first reading, referred to Rules and Legislative Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Education Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Taxes `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 20, 2023
- **2023-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2023-04-25** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2023-04-25** House conferees Youakim, Hill, Pryor, Clardy, Kresha
- **2023-04-27** Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
- **2023-04-27** Senate conferees Kunesh; Cwodzinski; Gustafson; Maye Quade; Duckworth
- **2023-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-16** House adopted conference committee report
- **2023-05-16** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2023-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2023-05-23** Presented to Governor 05/23/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Governor approval 05/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Secretary of State, Filed 05/24/2023
- **2023-04-20** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2684, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2684
- **2023-04-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Special Order: Amended
- **2023-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** House not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2023-04-26** House conferees Youakim; Hill; Pryor; Clardy; Kresha
- **2023-04-26** Senate accedes, CC of 5 be appointed
- **2023-04-27** Senate conferees Kunesh; Cwodzinski; Gustafson; Maye Quade; Duckworth
- **2023-05-16** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-16** Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail
- **2023-05-16** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Presentment date 05/23/23
- **2023-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 55 05/24/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b6280a-18a6-468f-9d02-d150e1e2d43b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).