---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towns authorized to appropriate funds to community food shelves."
description: "Towns authorized to appropriate funds to community food shelves."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 2636"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2636 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Food and Nutrition", "Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erickson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-05-04"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f540912-7020-4590-bf4f-58047182505a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2636&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "1f1f0465a5d381dc4b06f25ece7f6dfcf3422c04195a26814b621b6e32c098ee"
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 2636 (2017-2018) — Towns authorized to appropriate funds to community food shelves.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2636&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 2636 — **115–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erickson — primary (person)
- Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Author added Swedzinski.
- **2018-03-08** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Returned from Senate
- **2018-04-24** Presented to Governor 04/24/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-25** Governor approval 04/25/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-25** Secretary of State, Filed 04/25/18
- **2018-03-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2364, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2364
- **2018-03-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Special Order
- **2018-04-23** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Presentment date 04/24/18
- **2018-04-25** Governor's action Approval 04/25/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f540912-7020-4590-bf4f-58047182505a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).