---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy improvements program modification; residential property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans consumer protections authorization; energy conservation loans use expansion"
description: "Energy improvements program modification; residential property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans consumer protections authorization; energy conservation loans use expansion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3245"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3245 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Financial Institutions", "Energy", "Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pratt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42147e42-0df2-4bc6-ac72-6ea40174b8b9"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3245&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "47f45ae5b3048332b92a47efd8ea712f7ffed9ec7b94483862c7f08abbe619c3"
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 3245 (2017-2018) — Energy improvements program modification; residential property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans consumer protections authorization; energy conservation loans use expansion

## 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=SF3245&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=SF3245&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3245&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3245&version=4&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
5. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3245&version=5&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3245&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3245 — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pratt — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Goggin — cosponsor (person)
- Haley — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Maye Quade — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Taxes `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-07** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Returned from House
- **2018-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3688
- **2018-05-09** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 14, 2018
- **2018-05-14** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Bill was passed `passage`
- **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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42147e42-0df2-4bc6-ac72-6ea40174b8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).