---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notification of statutory prohibition against payment of rebates or deductibles by residential contractors required."
description: "Notification of statutory prohibition against payment of rebates or deductibles by residential contractors required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 2899"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2899 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-20"
last_action: "2018-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82eda04b-4488-47ce-b7be-cd6195b6cb6b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2899&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "f40e1a62ca9b5676cb8232e254b651149f7b49dd714756640894aedf6a179d56"
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 2899 (2017-2018) — Notification of statutory prohibition against payment of rebates or deductibles by residential contractors 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=HF2899&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2899&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2899&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF2899** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2899&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **CCR-HF2899A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2899&version=A&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ccr)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2899&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 2899 — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 2899 — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howe — primary (person)
- Housley — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Author added Theis.
- **2018-03-29** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-12** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 12, 2018.
- **2018-04-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-12** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-07** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-05-07** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-07** House conferees Howe, Nash, Loeffler
- **2018-05-15** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-15** Senate conferees Housley, Dahms, Tomassoni
- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report
- **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`
- **2018-05-30** Governor approval 05/30/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-30** Secretary of State, Filed 05/30/18
- **2018-04-16** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-04-16** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-04-16** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF3188, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3188
- **2018-04-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-03** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-07** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2018-05-07** House conferees Howe; Nash; Loeffler
- **2018-05-07** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2018-05-14** Senate conferees Housley; Dahms; Tomassoni
- **2018-05-20** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2018-05-20** Conference committee report
- **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
- **2018-05-30** Governor's action Approval 05/30/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82eda04b-4488-47ce-b7be-cd6195b6cb6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).