---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of Minnesota agricultural research data classified."
description: "University of Minnesota agricultural research data classified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 2982"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2982 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Data Practices and Privacy", "University of Minnesota"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b2054ba-02ef-4976-803b-b1ff5490156f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2982&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "15f97ebfff9d6a1ccfb9c8e52694171d3f9494afe688ee80f2cd93d742924213"
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 HF 2982 (2017-2018) — University of Minnesota agricultural research data classified.

## 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=HF2982&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=HF2982&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=HF2982&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2982&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 2982 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Poppe — cosponsor (person)
- Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Author added Poppe.
- **2018-03-08** Author added Davids.
- **2018-03-12** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 26, 2018
- **2018-03-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-03-26** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Returned from Senate
- **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
- **2018-03-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2550, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2550
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** Special Order
- **2018-05-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/18
- **2018-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/17/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b2054ba-02ef-4976-803b-b1ff5490156f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).