---
type: "Bill"
title: "Road authorities mowing and haying in trunk highway right-of-ways governance; temporary moratorium establishment; recommendation to legislature requirement"
description: "Road authorities mowing and haying in trunk highway right-of-ways governance; temporary moratorium establishment; recommendation to legislature requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 218"
citation: "Minnesota SF 218 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ad2f05-5911-4620-9d33-31a9e724c8cd"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0218&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "bf8b20cb388063b21f619640ac1930879081cc9514736d51dfbbc606091dfe6b"
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 218 (2017-2018) — Road authorities mowing and haying in trunk highway right-of-ways governance; temporary moratorium establishment; recommendation to legislature requirement

## 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=SF218&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=SF218&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=SF218&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF218&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 218 — **106–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dahms — primary (person)
- Backer — cosponsor (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Fabian — cosponsor (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Petersburg — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Westrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Author stricken Sparks
- **2017-03-01** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Special Order
- **2017-03-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned from House with amendment
- **2017-03-29** Laid on table
- **2017-04-06** Taken from table
- **2017-04-06** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-04-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Presentment date 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-18** Governor's action Approval 04/07/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-02** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF124
- **2017-03-06** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, March 28, 2017
- **2017-03-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Motion to suspend rules
- **2017-03-28** Motion prevailed
- **2017-03-28** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Presented to Governor 4/6/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-07** Governor approval 04/07/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-10** Secretary of State, Filed 04/10/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47ad2f05-5911-4620-9d33-31a9e724c8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).