---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exemptions to the certificate of need requirement amended."
description: "Exemptions to the certificate of need requirement amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 3802"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3802 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hollins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/486c98fa-8de4-427a-ae9c-920d19ce0895"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3802?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "0bd05481a44d1a268bc80e04bdb49a5ecbb3fb570bf99ff1ffa0d5806e3ecf75"
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 3802 (2025-2026) — Exemptions to the certificate of need requirement amended.

## 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/94/2026/0/HF/3802/versions/1/)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3802/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hollins — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Frentz — cosponsor (person)
- Igo — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Rarick — cosponsor (person)
- Schomacker — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Author added Sexton
- **2026-03-09** Author added Kraft
- **2026-03-12** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Author added Schomacker
- **2026-03-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 23, 2026
- **2026-03-23** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Author added Rarick
- **2026-04-07** Author added Allen
- **2026-04-13** Returned from Senate
- **2026-04-20** Presented to Governor 04/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Governor approval 04/21/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-21** Secretary of State, Filed 04/21/2026
- **2026-03-25** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3760, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3760
- **2026-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** Special Order
- **2026-04-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Presentment date 04/20/26
- **2026-04-21** Governor's action Approval 04/21/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-21** Secretary of State Chapter 47 04/21/26
- **2026-04-22** Effective date 04/22/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/486c98fa-8de4-427a-ae9c-920d19ce0895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).