---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician assistants added to statutes, and references to advanced practice registered nurses modified."
description: "Physician assistants added to statutes, and references to advanced practice registered nurses modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 3989"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3989 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Occupations and Professions", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda5bc9d-b5c9-49bf-88cd-0abad2b9c6b8"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3989&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "47d32c29b102b113b682dc7178f218dfbef8f2ca1ff99921ec8bd34c4f094e1a"
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 HF 3989 (2021-2022) — Physician assistants added to statutes, and references to advanced practice registered nurses modified.

## 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=HF3989&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3989&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Bahner — primary (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Author added Freiberg
- **2022-03-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 4, 2022
- **2022-04-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Returned from Senate
- **2022-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/2022
- **2022-04-05** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-04-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-04-05** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3501, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3501
- **2022-04-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Special Order
- **2022-05-12** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/2022
- **2022-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Secretary of State Chapter 58 05/19/2022
- **2022-08-01** Effective date 08/01/22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda5bc9d-b5c9-49bf-88cd-0abad2b9c6b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).