---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts enacted"
description: "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts enacted"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 893"
citation: "Minnesota SF 893 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-State", "Notaries Public", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Relph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad6d1d1c-b5e2-4b00-a7d6-b41f5937d54d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0893&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "76c2aacac2925180f2e9207d63e1a010520bcdd18d5ea972480bcb63ff6bb699"
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 893 (2017-2018) — Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts enacted

## 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=SF893&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF893&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF893&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF893&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 893 — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Relph — primary (person)
- Anderson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Loonan — cosponsor (person)
- Pinto — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — 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 Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** General Orders: Stricken and re-referred to Finance
- **2018-04-12** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Returned from House
- **2018-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-10** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1609
- **2018-05-14** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-16** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/18 `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/ad6d1d1c-b5e2-4b00-a7d6-b41f5937d54d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).