---
type: "Bill"
title: "State road construction appropriation modified."
description: "State road construction appropriation modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 837"
citation: "Minnesota HF 837 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torkelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9803a17e-c4cd-4458-9b03-b6068c4fe959"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0837&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "fbadd7c4ae36bfd196774ccb43b81a7cb4ed3d477d58422c6ee9d128770af1ee"
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 837 (2017-2018) — State road construction appropriation modified.

## 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=HF837&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF837&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF837&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 837 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torkelson — primary (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Author added Johnson, C.
- **2017-02-20** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Author added Peterson.
- **2017-02-27** Author added Lueck.
- **2017-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Author stricken Johnson, C.
- **2017-03-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, March 28, 2017
- **2017-03-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned from Senate
- **2017-04-03** Presented to Governor 04/03/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** Governor approval 04/03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03** Secretary of State, Filed 04/03/2017
- **2017-03-28** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF821, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF821
- **2017-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Special Order
- **2017-03-30** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Presentment date 04/03/17
- **2017-04-03** Governor's action Approval 04/03/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9803a17e-c4cd-4458-9b03-b6068c4fe959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).