---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Night Out local government expenditures and fundraising authorization"
description: "National Night Out local government expenditures and fundraising authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 870"
citation: "Minnesota SF 870 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-Local", "Law Enforcement", "Public Safety and Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischbach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e6251e-4335-40c5-90e5-f5419414b3a7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0870&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "2c9b8c0147fd7476768fc33cc61c1ef5bd317688f4b9012e55537400dc781e6a"
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 870 (2017-2018) — National Night Out local government expenditures and fundraising 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=SF870&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF870&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 870 — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischbach — primary (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)
- Uglem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** Special Order
- **2017-04-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Returned from House
- **2017-05-02** Presentment date 05/02/17
- **2017-05-04** Governor's action Approval 05/02/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1101
- **2017-04-24** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-04-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-01** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Presented to Governor 5/2/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Governor approval 05/02/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Secretary of State, Filed 05/02/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e6251e-4335-40c5-90e5-f5419414b3a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).