---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil commitment discharge of persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous, or persons with a sexual psychopathic personality provisions modifications"
description: "Civil commitment discharge of persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous, or persons with a sexual psychopathic personality provisions modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3673"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3673 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses", "Health and Health Department", "Health-Mental Health", "Human Services and Human Services Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/895a3306-12d2-42c9-8b51-8885c0edac21"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3673&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "d7c46dbd36c9d6fcf380d4fad7bfbf507a19561b83e688f1739e755ba1c24317"
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 3673 (2017-2018) — Civil commitment discharge of persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous, or persons with a sexual psychopathic personality provisions modifications

## 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=SF3673&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=SF3673&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3673&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3673 — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limmer — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Relph — cosponsor (person)
- Utke — 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 Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Authors added Relph; Utke; Anderson, P.; Draheim
- **2018-04-23** Special Order
- **2018-04-23** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-18** Returned from House with amendment
- **2018-05-18** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-05-18** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-19** Presentment date 05/19/18
- **2018-05-29** Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3782
- **2018-04-24** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-04-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 07, 2018
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 18, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-18** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-05-18** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-19** Presented to Governor 05/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-29** Governor approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-29** Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/895a3306-12d2-42c9-8b51-8885c0edac21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).