---
type: "Bill"
title: "Richard J. Ames memorial highway designation"
description: "Richard J. Ames memorial highway designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 1003"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1003 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pratt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f83b973-0317-4701-975d-b2a5894302b7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1003&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "41ead5775ba7b3f8a269ed2ca8e5190edd1b9581376e20178b8ab24ff91b80dc"
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 1003 (2019-2020) — Richard J. Ames memorial highway 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=SF1003&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1003&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1003&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pratt — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Goggin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Koznick — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Authors added Hall; Draheim; Goggin; Little
- **2019-05-13** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-05-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Returned from House
- **2019-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 55 05/22/2019
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19
- **2019-05-14** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF836
- **2019-05-15** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2019-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Sunday, May 19, 2019
- **2019-05-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/19
- **2019-08-01** Effective date 08/01/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f83b973-0317-4701-975d-b2a5894302b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).