---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus higher education appropriations bill"
description: "Omnibus higher education appropriations bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 943"
citation: "Minnesota SF 943 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations-Omnibus Bills", "Education-Higher", "Government-State", "Omnibus Bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischbach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ccaeee-63d9-4d9a-9dbf-c81c3fe713eb"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0943&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "03086f4c74376298e9da7c29102a9ddb86c7f16c394cc7d2eea8744912996461"
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 943 (2017-2018) — Omnibus higher education appropriations 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=SF943&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF943&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF943&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-SF0943** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF943&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=SF943&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 943 — **122–6** (pass) · lower
- S.F. NO. 943 — **77–55** (pass) · lower
- S.F. NO. 943 — **78–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischbach — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Clausen — cosponsor (person)
- Nornes — 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 Higher Education Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Author added Clausen
- **2017-02-20** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-05-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Returned from House with amendment
- **2017-05-17** Senate not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-17** Senate conferees Fischbach; Draheim; Anderson, P.; Jensen; Clausen
- **2017-05-18** House conferees Nornes; Christensen; Whelan; Daniels; Omar
- **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`
- **2017-05-11** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-11** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2080
- **2017-05-12** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 16, 2017
- **2017-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-05-16** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-17** Senate conferees Fischbach; Draheim; Anderson, P.; Jenson; Clausen
- **2017-05-17** House accedes, conference committee of 5 to be appointed
- **2017-05-17** House conferees Nornes, Christensen, Whelan, Daniels, Omar
- **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/d3ccaeee-63d9-4d9a-9dbf-c81c3fe713eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).