---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus environment and natural resources appropriation bill"
description: "Omnibus environment and natural resources appropriation bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 844"
citation: "Minnesota SF 844 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations-Omnibus Bills", "Environment", "Government-State", "Natural Resources and Natural Resources Department", "Omnibus Bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ingebrigtsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b083f14a-53ee-460a-98ae-62a59494ee3d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0844&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "4a2b182fe7d94cdfbf2f5b2ff1ddc654926f4cbe0f036634645c7b599230d7c5"
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 844 (2017-2018) — Omnibus environment and natural resources appropriation bill

## 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=SF844&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF844&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF844&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-SF0844** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF844&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF844&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 844 — **83–51** (pass) · lower
- S.F. NO. 844 — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- S.F. NO. 844 — **83–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ingebrigtsen — primary (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Fabian — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Utke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Author added Ingebrigtsen
- **2017-03-29** Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Johnson
- **2017-03-29** Chief author added Ingebrigtsen
- **2017-04-24** Special Order
- **2017-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Returned from House with amendment
- **2017-05-08** Senate not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-16** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen; Ruud; Westrom; Mathews; Tomassoni
- **2017-05-18** House conferees Fabian; Uglem; Heintzeman; Swedzinski; Ecklund
- **2017-05-21** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-21** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-21** House adopted SCC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-26** Presentment date 05/26/17
- **2017-05-30** Governor's action Approval 05/30/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF771
- **2017-04-27** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-04-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 04, 2017
- **2017-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-16** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-16** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen, Ruud, Westrom, Mathews, Tomassoni
- **2017-05-16** House accedes, conference committee of 5 to be appointed
- **2017-05-17** House conferees Fabian, Uglem, Heintzeman, Swedzinski, Ecklund
- **2017-05-21** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2017-05-21** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-21** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2017-05-21** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-21** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2017-05-21** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2017-05-26** Presented to Governor 5/26/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30** Governor approval 5/30/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Secretary of State, Filed 5/30/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b083f14a-53ee-460a-98ae-62a59494ee3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).