---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government policy and finance bill."
description: "State government policy and finance bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 4591"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4591 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governmental Operations-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nash"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-23"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f58f1606-c0e8-4cc3-a3e5-b92f5a2fe4ac"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4591?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "b174e792ac9f6d59e28da93e6b285995e1d1c4f92b2bcd71d2887d0a0bbcd44e"
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 4591 (2025-2026) — State government policy and finance bill.

## 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/4591/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4591/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4591/versions/2/)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4591/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **113–20** (pass) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **120–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nash — primary (person)
- Gustafson — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Novotny — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Author added Kraft
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Author added Klevorn
- **2026-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 7, 2026
- **2026-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-07** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Bill was passed as amended `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
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** Governor approval 05/27/226 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Secretary of State, Filed 05/27/2026
- **2026-05-11** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-11** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-16** Special Order
- **2026-05-16** Third reading Passed `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 119 05/27/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f58f1606-c0e8-4cc3-a3e5-b92f5a2fe4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).