---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided."
description: "Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 3521"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3521 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Hospitals and Health Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Backer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f90783-faab-4878-8fe4-dbe14539ec5e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3521?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "8816a3fec5f84ea639a11115b154abf61e40a0c9dc5da4e9dc214005c9299d59"
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 3521 (2025-2026) — Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided.

## 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/3521/versions/1/)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3521/versions/2/)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3521/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Backer — primary (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Nadeau — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Author added Johnson, W.
- **2026-03-18** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 4, 2026
- **2026-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Returned from Senate
- **2026-05-11** Presented to Governor 05/11/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2026
- **2026-05-05** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3587, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3587
- **2026-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Special Order
- **2026-05-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Presentment date 05/11/26
- **2026-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 91 05/12/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f90783-faab-4878-8fe4-dbe14539ec5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).