---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical horse racing prohibition"
description: "Historical horse racing prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 2219"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2219 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Commerce Department", "Gambling and Lottery"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8929a1-64a4-4114-9710-c1e0b0a88969"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2219&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "5f179c0bc8b75c7e7f74544d208ded41292441780774810a3c3f0121fa9c9251"
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 2219 (2023-2024) — Historical horse racing prohibition

## 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=SF2219&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=SF2219&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=SF2219&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2219&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2219&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **71–58** (pass) · lower
- Third reading Passed — **49–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klein — primary (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-01** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Senate file first reading, referred to Ways and Means
- **2024-05-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 18, 2024
- **2024-05-18** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-18** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-24** Governor approval 05/24/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Secretary of State, Filed 05/24/24
- **2023-03-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Special Order: Amended
- **2023-04-27** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-19** Returned from House with amendment
- **2024-05-19** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2024-05-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-19** Motion did not prevail to lay on the table
- **2024-05-19** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/24
- **2024-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 119 05/24/24
- **2024-05-25** Effective date 05/25/2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d8929a1-64a4-4114-9710-c1e0b0a88969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).