---
type: "Bill"
title: "General John Vessey Day June 29 designation"
description: "General John Vessey Day June 29 designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 1694"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1694 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays", "Military and Military Affairs Department", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruud"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a925e19-eaef-432c-bf3c-d2a7cd5723ac"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1694&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "65d5531f1f617ea4bf691725fe3ccc4434a5e3d334638487cc3bd96099570339"
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 SF 1694 (2017-2018) — General John Vessey Day June 29 designation

## 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=SF1694&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1694&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 1694 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruud — primary (person)
- Anderson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Anselmo — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hawj — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** Author added Hawj
- **2017-05-11** Special Order
- **2017-05-11** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-15** Authors added Pappas; Hall
- **2018-05-14** Returned from House
- **2018-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/17/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-11** Senate file first reading, referred to State Government Finance
- **2017-05-16** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2018-03-28** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed State Government Finance
- **2018-04-09** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Presented to Governor 05/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-17** Governor approval 05/17/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 05/17/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a925e19-eaef-432c-bf3c-d2a7cd5723ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).