---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fraternal benefit societies regulated."
description: "Fraternal benefit societies regulated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3799"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3799 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoppe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e197cfe4-d84f-4974-8744-8b328d32c2dc"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3799&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "0c8d468d444c29e5b532162bf268f578fb44ca907b475b24d4777bd04a83dc93"
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 3799 (2017-2018) — Fraternal benefit societies regulated.

## 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=HF3799&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3799&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3799&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3799 — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoppe — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Slocum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 14, 2018
- **2018-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-14** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-16** Returned from Senate
- **2018-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/20/18
- **2018-05-14** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-05-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-05-14** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF3491, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3491
- **2018-05-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Special Order
- **2018-05-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e197cfe4-d84f-4974-8744-8b328d32c2dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).