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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided."
+description: "Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
+legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HF 740"
+citation: "Minnesota HF 740 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d"
+source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0740&ssn=0&y=2017"
+source_hash: "2d3cb80626705d82b49e771fd3a99a383e271da2f4f6aaf3ba9d2be404ee8a5b"
+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 740 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties 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/text.php?number=HF740&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
+2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
+3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
+4. **CCR-HF0740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
+5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H.F. NO. 740 — **118–4** (pass) · lower
+- H.F. NO. 740 — **126–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
+- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
+- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
+- Ingebrigtsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessup — cosponsor (person)
+- Loonan — cosponsor (person)
+- Nash — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Theis — cosponsor (person)
+- Thissen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Authors added Applebaum and Jessup.
+- **2017-03-02** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-04** Author added Dettmer.
+- **2017-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 8, 2017.
+- **2017-05-08** Third reading `reading-3`
+- **2017-05-08** Bill was passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-17** Returned from Senate with amendment
+- **2017-05-17** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
+- **2017-05-17** House conferees Vogel, Hoppe, Loonan, Kresha, Halverson
+- **2017-05-20** Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
+- **2017-05-20** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen, Dahms, Housley, Weber, Frentz
+- **2018-02-20** Motion to take from table
+- **2018-02-20** Motion prevailed
+- **2018-02-20** New conference committee of 5 requested
+- **2018-02-20** House conferees Vogel, Hoppe, Loonan, Kresha, and Halverson.
+- **2018-02-22** Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
+- **2018-02-22** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen, Dahms, Housley, Weber, Frentz
+- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
+- **2018-05-20** House adopted conference committee report
+- **2018-05-20** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
+- **2018-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
+- **2018-05-20** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
+- **2018-05-21** Presented to Governor 5/21/2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-29** Governor approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-29** Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18
+- **2017-05-09** Received from House `introduction`
+- **2017-05-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
+- **2017-05-09** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF638, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-10** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF638
+- **2017-05-10** Second reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-16** Special Order
+- **2017-05-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-17** House not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
+- **2017-05-17** House conferees Vogel; Hoppe; Loonan; Kresha; Halverson
+- **2017-05-19** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen; Dahms; Housley; Weber; Frentz
+- **2018-02-20** Taken from table in House
+- **2018-02-20** Bill returned to conference committee
+- **2018-02-20** House conferees Vogel; Hoppe; Loonan; Kresha; Halverson
+- **2018-02-20** Senate accedes, CC of 5 be appointed
+- **2018-02-20** Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen; Dahms; Housley; Weber; Frentz
+- **2018-05-20** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
+- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
+- **2018-05-20** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
+- **2018-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
+- **2018-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/18
+- **2018-05-29** Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).
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