---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance additional definitions; disclosure, independent expenditures, noncampaign disbursements, reporting, coordinated and noncoordinated expenditures, and miscellaneous campaign finance modifications"
description: "Campaign finance additional definitions; disclosure, independent expenditures, noncampaign disbursements, reporting, coordinated and noncoordinated expenditures, and miscellaneous campaign finance modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 3306"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3306 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Elections", "Ethics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiffmeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3997bd4-00f7-4f89-8bd2-2169102b78f6"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3306&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "10a0a8810026adda9832781fd6b63233ba0ede985643b56705f6476ba71b53c9"
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 3306 (2017-2018) — Campaign finance additional definitions; disclosure, independent expenditures, noncampaign disbursements, reporting, coordinated and noncoordinated expenditures, and miscellaneous campaign finance modifications

## 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=SF3306&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=SF3306&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3306&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3306&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 3306 — **44–78** (fail) · lower
- S.F. NO. 3306 — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kiffmeyer — primary (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Referred to State Government Finance and Policy and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** Author added Carlson
- **2018-04-23** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-04-23** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Returned from House
- **2018-05-04** Presentment date 05/04/18
- **2018-05-10** Governor's action Approval 05/08/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-24** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3837
- **2018-04-25** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2018-04-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 02, 2018
- **2018-05-02** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-02** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2018-05-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-02** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Presented to Governor 05/04/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Governor approval 05/08/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Secretary of State, Filed 05/08/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3997bd4-00f7-4f89-8bd2-2169102b78f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).