---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taconite economic development fund use clarified, 2018 distribution transfer provided, and Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund use limited."
description: "Taconite economic development fund use clarified, 2018 distribution transfer provided, and Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund use limited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3763"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3763 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Economic Development Department", "Mines and Mining", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Layman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9708abab-7ace-4c19-b207-defe7462628f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3763&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "70a3ae2dd947c9a01fb0a4acd7afbe26e64e6138d67ab172d77de969063dd569"
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 3763 (2017-2018) — Taconite economic development fund use clarified, 2018 distribution transfer provided, and Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund use limited.

## 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=HF3763&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3763&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **CCR-HF3763** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3763&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ccr)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3763&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3763 — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3763 — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Layman — primary (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Eichorn — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Sandstede — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** 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 with amendment
- **2018-05-14** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-14** House conferees Layman, Metsa, Neu
- **2018-05-15** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-15** Senate conferees Eichorn, Ruud, and Tomassoni
- **2018-05-18** Conference committee report
- **2018-05-18** House adopted conference committee report
- **2018-05-18** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2018-05-18** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2018-05-19** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2018-05-21** Presented to Governor 5/21/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-29** Governor approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-29** Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18
- **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 SF2915, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2915
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-14** House conferees Layman; Metsa; Neu
- **2018-05-14** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-15** Senate conferees Eichorn; Ruud; Tomassoni
- **2018-05-19** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2018-05-19** Conference committee report
- **2018-05-19** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2018-05-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/18
- **2018-05-29** Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9708abab-7ace-4c19-b207-defe7462628f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).