---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjutant general powers expanded, veterans home provisions modified, armories provisions modified, veterans policy provisions amended, and veterans Meals on Wheels program grant availability extended."
description: "Adjutant general powers expanded, veterans home provisions modified, armories provisions modified, veterans policy provisions amended, and veterans Meals on Wheels program grant availability extended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 3454"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3454 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals", "Governmental Operations-State", "Military and Military Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/416649b4-adf8-4264-b8df-ccc4b91fc110"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3454&ssn=0&y=2024"
source_hash: "659e9ab7f762c578916d512e4b88f0a47bae5bd56d88cc933f2c9df01e4f3195"
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 3454 (2023-2024) — Adjutant general powers expanded, veterans home provisions modified, armories provisions modified, veterans policy provisions amended, and veterans Meals on Wheels program grant availability extended.

## 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=HF3454&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3454&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3454&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3454&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2024-04-29** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2024-05-01** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-05-01** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2024-05-01** Motion prevailed
- **2024-05-01** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** 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** Laid on table
- **2024-04-11** Taken from table
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4429, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4429
- **2024-04-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Special Order: Amended
- **2024-04-18** 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 100 05/08/24
- **2024-05-09** Effective date 05/09/2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/416649b4-adf8-4264-b8df-ccc4b91fc110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).