---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association liquor liability and medical malpractice coverage authorization"
description: "Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association liquor liability and medical malpractice coverage authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 879"
citation: "Minnesota SF 879 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Associations and Societies", "Health and Health Department", "Insurance-Property and Liability", "Liability", "Liquor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Utke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b682f21c-1beb-472e-afad-ba3251a3d61a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0879&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "e815d638d6f6a21f68285e94146b08c8980eb2d924e51da9d795ec1a008a9dbb"
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 879 (2017-2018) — Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association liquor liability and medical malpractice coverage authorization

## 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=SF879&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF879&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 879 — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Utke — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Loonan — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** General Orders: Stricken and re-referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
- **2017-03-08** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Special Order
- **2017-04-27** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Returned from House
- **2017-05-09** Presentment date 05/09/17
- **2017-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1046
- **2017-05-04** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 8, 2017.
- **2017-05-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Presented to Governor 5/09/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Governor approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Secretary of State, Filed 05/11/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b682f21c-1beb-472e-afad-ba3251a3d61a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).