---
type: "Bill"
title: "Birth defect information system changes made."
description: "Birth defect information system changes made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3689"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3689 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2508b250-1125-4b3c-8d69-9881d6c70c36"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3689&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "5f0a85e7baa60f2416132cf003301186f9b6de16cad64e731a312826bcd80bfd"
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 3689 (2017-2018) — Birth defect information system changes made.

## 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=HF3689&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3689&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3689 — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kiel — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 07, 2018
- **2018-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Returned from Senate
- **2018-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/18
- **2018-05-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2662, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2662
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-14** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2018-05-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2508b250-1125-4b3c-8d69-9881d6c70c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).