---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain veterans or former members of the armed forces who have forfeited federal benefits made ineligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs; and environmental hazards information and assistance program for veterans discontinued."
description: "Certain veterans or former members of the armed forces who have forfeited federal benefits made ineligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs; and environmental hazards information and assistance program for veterans discontinued."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 3544"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3544 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Operations-State", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Repinski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/672a269a-7697-48f8-aaec-c1e968e58429"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3544?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "8e971dc0711592f92d7d48d616f9f2780cab76a9196a4046329c60f57c72d306"
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 3544 (2025-2026) — Certain veterans or former members of the armed forces who have forfeited federal benefits made ineligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs; and environmental hazards information and assistance program for veterans discontinued.

## 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/94/2026/0/HF/3544/versions/1/)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3544/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Repinski — primary (person)
- Kupec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Health Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 13, 2026
- **2026-04-13** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Returned from Senate
- **2026-04-20** Presented to Governor 04/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Governor approval 04/21/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-21** Secretary of State, Filed 04/21/2026
- **2026-04-14** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4072, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF4072
- **2026-04-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** Special Order
- **2026-04-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Presentment date 04/20/26
- **2026-04-21** Governor's action Approval 04/21/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-21** Secretary of State Chapter 50 04/21/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/672a269a-7697-48f8-aaec-c1e968e58429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).