---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brewing and winemaking on premises provisions clarified, and licenses authorized."
description: "Brewing and winemaking on premises provisions clarified, and licenses authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3972"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3972 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nash"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-19"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a90a71c2-91db-4118-a464-fb159dfd7c71"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3972&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "7502d23160a2ecf9922bd84a39d274b3a2af5b8b8b7f70564144c37ae5e3f30e"
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 3972 (2017-2018) — Brewing and winemaking on premises provisions clarified, and licenses authorized.

## 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=HF3972&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3972&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **CCR-HF3972** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3972&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ccr)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3972&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3972 — **119–2** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3972 — **114–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nash — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-19** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 29, 2018.
- **2018-03-29** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-18** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-05-18** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-18** House conferees Nash, Loonan, Loeffler
- **2018-05-19** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-19** Senate conferees Dahms, Weber, Dibble
- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2018-05-20** House adopted conference committee report
- **2018-05-20** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2018-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2018-05-20** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2018-05-21** Presented to Governor 5/21/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-29** Governor approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-29** Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18
- **2018-04-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-04-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-04-09** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF3621, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3621
- **2018-04-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-18** Special Order
- **2018-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-19** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-19** House conferees Nash; Loonan; Loeffler
- **2018-05-19** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-19** Senate conferees Dahms; Weber; Dibble
- **2018-05-20** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2018-05-20** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2018-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/18
- **2018-05-29** Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a90a71c2-91db-4118-a464-fb159dfd7c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).