---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties competitive bidding for small business enterprises or veteran-owned small businesses modification"
description: "Counties competitive bidding for small business enterprises or veteran-owned small businesses modification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3793"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3793 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Commerce Department", "Economic Development", "Government-Local", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410bc448-1f44-4c30-be96-44df894fc21d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3793&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "b984bbbd0e8dc0ac5432c92207ee694b54002cdad032dc608c0b5afa186ec3de"
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 3793 (2017-2018) — Counties competitive bidding for small business enterprises or veteran-owned small businesses modification

## 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=SF3793&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3793&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3793 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson, P. — primary (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Wiklund — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order
- **2018-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Returned from House
- **2018-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/17/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-03** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3608
- **2018-05-07** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Presented to Governor 05/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-17** Governor approval 05/17/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 05/17/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/410bc448-1f44-4c30-be96-44df894fc21d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).