---
type: "Bill"
title: "Written driver's examinations and the driver's manual plain language standard incorporation required, report required, and money appropriated."
description: "Written driver's examinations and the driver's manual plain language standard incorporation required, report required, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 3071"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3071 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drivers' Licenses", "Training", "and ID Cards", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tabke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c311d2-cb6e-4679-87c5-7d0184cb9863"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3071&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "0704067835178c623a245c715a09a18a904c69e57ddfe46510a03f19222b7c9c"
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 3071 (2023-2024) — Written driver's examinations and the driver's manual plain language standard incorporation required, report required, 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=HF3071&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=HF3071&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=HF3071&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3071&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **107–24** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **110–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tabke — primary (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Oumou Verbeten — cosponsor (person)
- Rehm — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Xiong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Authors added Norris and Kraft
- **2024-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Author added Xiong
- **2024-04-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 4, 2024
- **2024-04-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Author added Rehm
- **2024-04-15** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2024-04-18** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-04-18** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2024-04-18** Motion prevailed
- **2024-04-18** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2024-05-07** Presented to Governor 05/07/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Governor approval 05/08/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08** Secretary of State, Filed 05/08/2024
- **2024-04-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3094, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3094
- **2024-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Special Order
- **2024-04-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Presentment date 05/07/24
- **2024-05-08** Governor's action Approval 05/08/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08** Secretary of State Chapter 89 05/08/24
- **2024-07-01** Effective date 07/01/2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33c311d2-cb6e-4679-87c5-7d0184cb9863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).