---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Paul McCarron's treatment process improvements project design-build process authorization"
description: "St. Paul McCarron's treatment process improvements project design-build process authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3297"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3297 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns-Specific", "Government-Local", "Waste and Waste Management", "Water and Water Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e3fef4a-f4a1-4fd0-86a9-338a5d62a55e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3297&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "40be7062c2f3a5decc27b58eb4691fe9156680d48b06d63eb20351f47a834660"
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 3297 (2017-2018) — St. Paul McCarron's treatment process improvements project design-build process 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=SF3297&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3297&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3297 — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiger — primary (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Relph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** Author added Relph
- **2018-05-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-19** Returned from House
- **2018-05-18** Presentment date 05/18/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-15** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-15** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3838
- **2018-05-16** Bills not identical, SF substituted on Calendar for the Day
- **2018-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 18, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-18** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-18** Presented to Governor 05/18/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/20/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e3fef4a-f4a1-4fd0-86a9-338a5d62a55e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).