---
type: "Bill"
title: "A resolution memorializing Congress to resolve that the requirements have been met to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and that it shall now be known as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution."
description: "A resolution memorializing Congress to resolve that the requirements have been met to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and that it shall now be known as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 197"
citation: "Minnesota HF 197 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments", "Human Rights and Human Rights Department", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7258d23e-5469-4cbe-957d-867b2177034c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0197&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "828b25e3e435a2051c72703b60afd99bd830ccf4561500b18cdd364acfb9929a"
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 197 (2023-2024) — A resolution memorializing Congress to resolve that the requirements have been met to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and that it shall now be known as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.

## 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=HF197&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF197&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF197&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=resolution)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **70–51** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **69–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahner — primary (person)
- Agbaje — cosponsor (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Bierman — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Finke — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hassan — cosponsor (person)
- Hemmingsen-Jaeger — cosponsor (person)
- Her — cosponsor (person)
- Hicks — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Olson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Pinto — cosponsor (person)
- Pryor — cosponsor (person)
- Pursell — cosponsor (person)
- Pérez-Vega — cosponsor (person)
- Reyer — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Sencer-Mura — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Wolgamott — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduction and first reading, referred to State and Local Government Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Authors added Stephenson, Freiberg, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Hicks, Agbaje, and Youakim
- **2023-01-17** Authors added Moller and Hemmingsen-Jaeger
- **2023-02-13** Author added Hill
- **2023-03-08** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 11, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2023-05-19** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2023-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2023-05-19** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2023-05-23** Presented to Governor 05/23/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Governor approval 05/26/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2023
- **2023-05-12** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF47, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF47
- **2023-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Special Order
- **2023-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Presentment date 05/23/23
- **2023-05-26** Governor's action Approval 05/26/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Secretary of State Resolution 1 05/26/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7258d23e-5469-4cbe-957d-867b2177034c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).