---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of Minnesota (U of M) advisory council on rare diseases establishment request and appropriation"
description: "University of Minnesota (U of M) advisory council on rare diseases establishment request and appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 973"
citation: "Minnesota SF 973 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Councils", "Health and Health Department", "University of Minnesota"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2762312f-9fdb-4289-9106-3f8534cd821f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0973&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "3c2973334225b4d679eb30e291e971f958ab7d22058c842a0691d3df888c3e07"
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 973 (2019-2020) — University of Minnesota (U of M) advisory council on rare diseases establishment request and appropriation

## 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=SF973&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF973&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF973&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF973&version=3&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF973&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)
- Pryor — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Higher Education Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to State Government Finance and Policy and Elections `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance
- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn and re-referred to Rules and Administration
- **2019-04-11** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended Jt. rule 2.03
- **2019-04-30** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-05-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Returned from House with amendment
- **2019-05-20** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2019-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 65 05/22/2019
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19
- **2019-05-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-09** Senate file first reading, referred to Ways and Means
- **2019-05-09** Referred by Chair to Health and Human Services Finance Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Recalled by Chair Ways and Means
- **2019-05-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Motion to suspend rules
- **2019-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/19
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2762312f-9fdb-4289-9106-3f8534cd821f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).