---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinstatement and extension of COVID-19 program waivers and modifications establishment; Commissioner of health temporary emergency authority permission to grant certain COVID waivers"
description: "Reinstatement and extension of COVID-19 program waivers and modifications establishment; Commissioner of health temporary emergency authority permission to grant certain COVID waivers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 2876"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2876 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes", "Human Services and Human Services Department", "Wages and Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abeler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdd107ea-366f-4e68-8370-46e3ae32fb02"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2876&ssn=0&y=2022"
source_hash: "caeabc395058d53083e054427566fe5af384b9f8ee6c2ea9d04552af59c7159e"
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 2876 (2021-2022) — Reinstatement and extension of COVID-19 program waivers and modifications establishment; Commissioner of health temporary emergency authority permission to grant certain COVID waivers

## 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=SF2876&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2876&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2876&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2876&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2876&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Abeler — primary (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Pinto — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Human Services Reform Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Author added Hoffman
- **2022-02-10** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21** Special Order
- **2022-02-21** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Returned from House with amendment
- **2022-03-21** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2022-03-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Presentment date 03/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Governor's action Approval 03/24/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24** Secretary of State Chapter 40 03/24/2022
- **2022-02-21** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-21** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison Ways and Means
- **2022-03-14** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 17, 2022
- **2022-03-17** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17** Point of order raised, ruled well taken multiple points of order
- **2022-03-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Presented to Governor 03/24/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** Governor approval 03/24/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24** Secretary of State, Filed 03/24/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdd107ea-366f-4e68-8370-46e3ae32fb02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).