--- type: "Bill" title: "Hometown Heroes Act assistance program eligibility clarified, and fund transfer provided." description: "Hometown Heroes Act assistance program eligibility clarified, and fund transfer provided." jurisdiction: "us/states/mn" legislature: "Minnesota Legislature" session: "2021-2022" identifier: "HF 2746" citation: "Minnesota HF 2746 (2021-2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fire and Firefighters", "Popular Names", "Public Safety Department"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Youakim"] version_count: 2 action_count: 29 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2022-01-31" last_action: "2022-05-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4df838-23e9-4553-ac5e-201826b32221" source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2746&ssn=0&y=2022" source_hash: "078becda293b256d99f3e9d610afe35d5fe2fc59662ec5f61cf677a1ed0cc719" 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 2746 (2021-2022) — Hometown Heroes Act assistance program eligibility clarified, and fund transfer provided. ## 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=HF2746&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0) 2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2746&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0) ## Sponsors - Youakim — primary (person) - Acomb — cosponsor (person) - Bahner — cosponsor (person) - Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person) - Bernardy — cosponsor (person) - Boldon — cosponsor (person) - Edelson — cosponsor (person) - Fischer — cosponsor (person) - Freiberg — cosponsor (person) - Her — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Howe — cosponsor (person) - Huot — cosponsor (person) - Klevorn — cosponsor (person) - Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person) - Lillie — cosponsor (person) - Moller — cosponsor (person) - Olson, L. — cosponsor (person) - Pryor — cosponsor (person) - Stephenson — cosponsor (person) - Theis — cosponsor (person) - Vang — cosponsor (person) - Wazlawik — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee` - **2022-02-01** Author added Becker-Finn - **2022-02-03** Authors added Lillie; Klevorn; Stephenson; Freiberg; Olson, L.; Boldon; and Vang - **2022-02-07** Author added Theis (made second author) - **2022-02-07** Authors added Fischer, Huot, Pryor, Her, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Bernardy, Acomb, and Moller - **2022-02-10** Authors added Howard, Wazlawik - **2022-02-24** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage` - **2022-02-24** Author added Edelson - **2022-03-03** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage` - **2022-03-03** Second reading `reading-2` - **2022-03-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 10, 2022 - **2022-03-10** Third reading `reading-3` - **2022-03-10** Bill was passed `passage` - **2022-04-29** Returned from Senate - **2022-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/2022 `executive-receipt` - **2022-05-02** Governor approval 05/02/2022 `executive-signature` - **2022-05-02** Secretary of State, Filed 05/02/2022 - **2022-03-14** Received from House `introduction` - **2022-03-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction` - **2022-03-14** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee` - **2022-03-24** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2022-04-19** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage` - **2022-04-19** Second reading `reading-2` - **2022-04-28** Special Order - **2022-04-28** Third reading Passed `passage` - **2022-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/2022 - **2022-05-02** Governor's action Approval 05/02/2022 `executive-signature` - **2022-05-02** Secretary of State Chapter 49 05/02/2022 - **2022-05-03** Effective date 05/03/22 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe4df838-23e9-4553-ac5e-201826b32221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).