---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education policy and finance bill."
description: "Higher education policy and finance bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 4024"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4024 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education-Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pelowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62cfba7b-5b94-4fb4-8fba-53ba52022d73"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4024&ssn=0&y=2024"
source_hash: "39a33ea81b4b60bbeb6af9e1449bba929a12a66031e121a1724973aae64b3d01"
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 4024 (2023-2024) — Higher education policy and 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=HF4024&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=HF4024&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=HF4024&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4024&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
5. **CCR-HF4024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4024&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ccr)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4024&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **72–57** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **62–70** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **63–69** (fail) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **100–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pelowski — primary (person)
- Fateh — cosponsor (person)
- Wolgamott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Introduction and first reading, referred to Higher Education Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 4, 2024
- **2024-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-04-15** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-04-15** House conferees Pelowski, Wolgamott, McDonald
- **2024-04-18** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2024-04-18** Senate conferees Fateh; Putnam; Duckworth
- **2024-05-13** Author added Wolgamott
- **2024-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2024-05-17** House adopted conference committee report
- **2024-05-17** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2024-05-19** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2024-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-24** Governor approval 05/24/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Secretary of State, Filed 05/24/24
- **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 SF4003, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4003
- **2024-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2024-04-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-04-18** House conferees Pelowski; Wolgamott; McDonald
- **2024-04-18** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2024-04-18** Senate conferees Fateh; Putnam; Duckworth
- **2024-05-19** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-19** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2024-05-19** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/24
- **2024-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 124 05/24/24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62cfba7b-5b94-4fb4-8fba-53ba52022d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).