---
type: "Bill"
title: "Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking required."
description: "Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 4492"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4492 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education and Education Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mueller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-18"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b3efaf7-e057-4d44-93ef-7b3b9de011eb"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4492?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "3f9ff6d6385d9e3abb7da3933110b27c4337cfd9c920561dfb459923aa03cbb9"
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 4492 (2025-2026) — Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking required.

## 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/4492/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4492/versions/ue/1/)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4492/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mueller — primary (person)
- Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Cwodzinski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-18** Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Division `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 4, 2026
- **2026-05-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-05-17** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2026-05-17** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2026-05-17** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-17** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2026-05-17** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2026-05-17** Author added Mueller be added as Chief Author
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** Governor approval 05/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Secretary of State, Filed 05/27/2026
- **2026-05-05** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Laid on table
- **2026-05-16** Taken from table
- **2026-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-16** Laid on table
- **2026-05-17** Taken from table
- **2026-05-17** Special Order: Amended
- **2026-05-17** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/26
- **2026-05-27** Governor's action Approval 05/27/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Secretary of State Chapter 125 05/27/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b3efaf7-e057-4d44-93ef-7b3b9de011eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).