---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometrists prescribing of certain window glaze materials authorization clarification provision"
description: "Optometrists prescribing of certain window glaze materials authorization clarification provision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 3637"
citation: "Minnesota SF 3637 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65513d7c-2dbf-4d2a-a3eb-14b499f15124"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/3637?list=open&body=Senate"
source_hash: "7013d8276b08be0186cbcdc53a5a3df45289fb6b8d42687a973866deeade2585"
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 3637 (2025-2026) — Optometrists prescribing of certain window glaze materials authorization clarification provision

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/3637/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howe — primary (person)
- Gander — cosponsor (person)
- Joy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-16** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3844
- **2026-04-20** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2026-04-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- **2026-05-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **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
- **2026-02-19** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** Special Order
- **2026-04-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Returned from House
- **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 89 05/12/26
- **2026-07-01** Effective date 07/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65513d7c-2dbf-4d2a-a3eb-14b499f15124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).