---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration and absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions and sample ballot required to be multilingual and interpreters required to be provided; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; and money appropriated."
description: "Voter registration and absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions and sample ballot required to be multilingual and interpreters required to be provided; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 3"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Governmental Operations-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4da11a-2798-478b-b2ee-7e90c7c9ac8c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0003&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "4e5b0075305540dd4185de2d09bebfcdd0fffe23c88ea622e3b3e33121d5ce72"
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 3 (2023-2024) — Voter registration and absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions and sample ballot required to be multilingual and interpreters required to be provided; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; 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=HF3&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=HF3&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=HF3&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=HF3&version=4&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
5. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=5&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
6. **6th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=6&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- adoption of the report — **70–59** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **57–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **58–66** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **59–69** (fail) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **70–57** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **70–59** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **59–70** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenman — primary (person)
- Acomb — cosponsor (person)
- Agbaje — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Boldon — cosponsor (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Coulter — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Feist — cosponsor (person)
- Finke — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Hanson, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollins — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Lee, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Olson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pursell — cosponsor (person)
- Rehm — cosponsor (person)
- Sencer-Mura — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)
- Wolgamott — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Authors added Edelson, Acomb
- **2023-02-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Transportation Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Human Services Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 13, 2023
- **2023-04-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2023-04-13** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Returned from Senate
- **2023-05-04** Presented to Governor 05/04/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Governor approval 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05** Secretary of State, Filed 05/05/2023
- **2023-04-17** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3
- **2023-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2023-04-26** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Presentment date 05/04/23
- **2023-05-05** Governor's action Approval 05/05/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05** Secretary of State Chapter 34 05/05/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4da11a-2798-478b-b2ee-7e90c7c9ac8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).