---
type: "Bill"
title: "Little Alan's Law; carbon monoxide dangers in fish houses awareness increase; snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and motorboats in operation full incorporation into the DWI law establishment"
description: "Little Alan's Law; carbon monoxide dangers in fish houses awareness increase; snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and motorboats in operation full incorporation into the DWI law establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3638"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3638 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Fishing", "Law Enforcement", "Liquor", "Motor Vehicles", "Popular Names", "Public Safety and Public Safety Department", "Recreation", "Tourism", "and Amusement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a379aa20-2377-4cbf-9248-eaac38e2261c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3638&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "576f4500caa8dd729721a3a13d7ba814fa9402077e39d0d11a326001f1a4ad79"
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 3638 (2017-2018) — Little Alan's Law; carbon monoxide dangers in fish houses awareness increase; snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and motorboats in operation full incorporation into the DWI law establishment

## 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=SF3638&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3638&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3638&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3638&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3638 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koran — primary (person)
- Bigham — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Neu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Transportation Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
- **2018-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Author added Draheim
- **2018-05-02** Special Order
- **2018-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Author added Bigham
- **2018-05-17** Returned from House with amendment
- **2018-05-17** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-05-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-18** Presentment date 05/18/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-03** Senate file first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance
- **2018-05-08** Motion to recall
- **2018-05-08** Motion prevailed
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with HF3905 `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 14, 2018
- **2018-05-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-05-16** Bill was passed as amended `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/a379aa20-2377-4cbf-9248-eaac38e2261c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).