---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician assistant advisory council members term limits elimination"
description: "Physician assistant advisory council members term limits elimination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 2865"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2865 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Councils", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa2d864-f27e-42a4-97f4-a759d3f48745"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2865&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "94d4bd4e0bb8dc8370b8defccb33f0356913d5d9622f25c2a52d95c07af98c11"
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 2865 (2017-2018) — Physician assistant advisory council members term limits elimination

## 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=SF2865&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2865&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 2865 — **123–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Lourey — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Author added Nelson
- **2018-05-01** Special Order
- **2018-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-08** Returned from House
- **2018-05-08** Presentment date 05/08/18
- **2018-05-14** Governor's action Approval 05/11/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-02** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3536
- **2018-05-03** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-05-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 07, 2018
- **2018-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-08** Presented to Governor 05/08/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11** Governor approval 05/11/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11** Secretary of State, Filed 05/11/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa2d864-f27e-42a4-97f4-a759d3f48745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).