---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Agriculture, Broadband and Rural Development appropriations"
description: "Omnibus Agriculture, Broadband and Rural Development appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 1955"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1955 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Appropriations-Omnibus Bills", "Omnibus"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Putnam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785a1693-1962-4bb9-b805-2b263754ae0b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1955&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "98b873ceac4a121cd04fbb964b80c316e7ff994e4db22d9fb265fb517280d4fe"
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 1955 (2023-2024) — Omnibus Agriculture, Broadband and Rural Development appropriations

## 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=SF1955&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **2nd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ue)
5. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
6. **CCR-SF1955** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ccr)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1955&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Amendment — **55–69** (fail) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **70–58** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **59–69** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **59–69** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **59–69** (fail) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **85–44** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **60–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **61–67** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **59–69** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Putnam — primary (person)
- Vang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Senate file first reading, referred to Ways and Means
- **2023-04-18** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 20, 2023
- **2023-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2023-04-21** Senate conferees Putnam; Kupec; Westrom
- **2023-04-21** House accedes, conference committee of 3 to be appointed
- **2023-04-24** House conferees Vang; Pursell; Anderson, P. H.
- **2023-05-11** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2023-05-11** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-11** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2023-05-11** Motion to return bill to conference committee
- **2023-05-11** Motion did not prevail
- **2023-05-11** Motion to adopt conference committee report question recurred
- **2023-05-11** Motion prevailed
- **2023-05-11** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2023-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Governor approval 05/18/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Secretary of State, Filed 05/18/2023
- **2023-02-20** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Referred to State and Local Government and Veterans `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Withdrawn and re-referred to Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development
- **2023-04-03** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Rule 12.10: report of votes in committee
- **2023-04-12** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Special Order
- **2023-04-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Returned from House with amendment
- **2023-04-21** Senate not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2023-04-21** Senate conferees Putnam; Kupec; Westrom
- **2023-04-24** House conferees Vang; Pursell; Anderson, P.H.
- **2023-05-11** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2023-05-11** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** House adopted SCC report and repassed bill
- **2023-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/18/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Secretary of State Chapter 43 05/18/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785a1693-1962-4bb9-b805-2b263754ae0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).