---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced practice registered nurses and physicians assistants addition to certain statutes"
description: "Advanced practice registered nurses and physicians assistants addition to certain statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 1844"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1844 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Human Services and Human Services Department", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiffmeyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-06"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20df3b03-4d39-4a5e-832c-d7c9ecacdec6"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1844&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "32f2117f51866c31eb4385f4e7dd268435a632843939176bf3616c24c583d261"
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 SF 1844 (2017-2018) — Advanced practice registered nurses and physicians assistants addition to certain statutes

## 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=SF1844&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1844&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 1844 — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kiffmeyer — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Clausen — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Quam — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-06** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Special Order
- **2017-05-04** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Author added Clausen
- **2017-05-15** Returned from House
- **2017-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/17
- **2017-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/17/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2177
- **2017-05-09** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 11, 2017
- **2017-05-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17** Governor approval 5/17/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 5/17/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20df3b03-4d39-4a5e-832c-d7c9ecacdec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).