---
type: "Bill"
title: "Township planning and zoning authority clarified."
description: "Township planning and zoning authority clarified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 3175"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3175 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Land Use and Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boldon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98d18ef2-618a-4c0c-a9a2-74ceeacbe83b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3175&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "e0ab67c2dbf99d1a89b91251eee43096b102fb26b280b447d70b28ef9c212d7a"
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 3175 (2021-2022) — Township planning and zoning authority clarified.

## 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=HF3175&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3175&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Boldon — primary (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred by Chair to Local Government Division `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Division action, return to State Government Finance and Elections
- **2022-02-24** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 3, 2022
- **2022-03-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Returned from Senate
- **2022-03-18** Presented to Governor 03/18/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** Governor approval 03/18/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18** Secretary of State, Filed 03/18/2022
- **2022-03-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3016, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3016
- **2022-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** Special Order
- **2022-03-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Presentment date 03/17/2022
- **2022-03-18** Governor's action Approval 03/18/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18** Secretary of State Chapter 38 03/18/2022
- **2022-03-19** Effective date 03/19/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98d18ef2-618a-4c0c-a9a2-74ceeacbe83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).