---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children age ten and over informed of the right to counsel and extended representation, waivers of counsel required in writing, and notice to counsel required."
description: "Children age ten and over informed of the right to counsel and extended representation, waivers of counsel required in writing, and notice to counsel required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1702"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1702 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections-Juveniles", "Legal Proceedings", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kresha"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a35a8f-c565-46bf-9adc-e1b639e9cb5f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1702&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "6c33519378524251794369741e984c85518f661c665b44525fc53fa5bf4023fb"
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 1702 (2017-2018) — Children age ten and over informed of the right to counsel and extended representation, waivers of counsel required in writing, and notice to counsel required.

## 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=HF1702&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1702&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1702&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1702&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1702&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1702 — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1702 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kresha — primary (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Omar — cosponsor (person)
- Relph — cosponsor (person)
- Thissen — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Author added Thissen.
- **2017-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Author added Omar.
- **2017-03-15** Author added Lohmer.
- **2017-03-16** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Author added Ward.
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2017-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Author added O'Neill.
- **2017-05-11** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2017-05-12** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-12** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-05-12** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-12** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-05-12** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17** Governor approval 5/17/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 5/17/2017
- **2017-05-01** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1386, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1386
- **2017-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-05-11** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-12** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/17
- **2017-05-17** Governor's action Approval 05/17/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a35a8f-c565-46bf-9adc-e1b639e9cb5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).