---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ID Act implementation authorized, driver's license and Minnesota identification card requirements amended, data practices provided, report required, and money appropriated."
description: "REAL ID Act implementation authorized, driver's license and Minnesota identification card requirements amended, data practices provided, report required, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drivers' Licenses", "Training", "and ID Cards", "Governmental Operations-Federal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e69f087-66ec-4ef3-b314-4c288780c794"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0003&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "12ec004bb1b82818b74f45381ffb7ae2055f088af3f111cbf62c730556fb09a0"
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 3 (2017-2018) — REAL ID Act implementation authorized, driver's license and Minnesota identification card requirements amended, data practices provided, report required, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF3&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=HF3&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=HF3&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **2nd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ue)
5. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
6. **3rd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ue)
7. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=4&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
8. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=5&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
9. **CCR-HF0003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
10. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3 — **72–58** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3 — **85–45** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3 — **57–74** (fail) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3 — **120–11** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3 — **75–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Kiel — cosponsor (person)
- Layman — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Pelowski — cosponsor (person)
- Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Torkelson — cosponsor (person)
- Uglem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** Authors added Torkelson, Layman, Kiel, Lillie, Pelowski, Lueck, and Uglem.
- **2017-01-11** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Transportation and Regional Governance Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Author added Nelson.
- **2017-01-12** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Transportation Finance `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Authors stricken Lillie and Nelson.
- **2017-01-12** Author added Christensen.
- **2017-01-19** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Author added Albright.
- **2017-01-26** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-03-31** Motion to refuse to concur
- **2017-03-31** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2017-03-31** House conferees Smith, Torkelson, Pelowski
- **2017-04-18** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2017-04-18** Senate conferees Pratt, Newman, Rest
- **2017-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-17** House adopted conference committee report
- **2017-05-17** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2017-05-17** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2017-05-18** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2017-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18** Governor approval 5/18/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18** Secretary of State, Filed 5/18/2017
- **2017-02-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-02-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-03-06** Third reading Failed to pass `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** Reconsidered (voice vote)
- **2017-03-08** Laid on table
- **2017-03-30** Taken from table
- **2017-03-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2017-04-03** House conferees Smith; Torkelson; Pelowski
- **2017-04-03** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2017-04-04** Senate conferees Pratt; Newman; Rest
- **2017-05-17** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-17** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/17
- **2017-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/18/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e69f087-66ec-4ef3-b314-4c288780c794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).