---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service animals; misrepresenting an animal as a service animal crime established, and immunity from liability specified for real property owners required to provide access to assistance animals."
description: "Service animals; misrepresenting an animal as a service animal crime established, and immunity from liability specified for real property owners required to provide access to assistance animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3157"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3157 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals and Pets", "Crimes and Criminals", "Human Rights and Human Rights Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cfa7677-e780-40b4-8b80-ee3bf867b70d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3157&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "d1b2cd444e35e4ee4e08daac599112092d0f9aeee07af7e38fb499f13d11b8df"
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 3157 (2017-2018) — Service animals; misrepresenting an animal as a service animal crime established, and immunity from liability specified for real property owners required to provide access to assistance animals.

## 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=HF3157&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=HF3157&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=HF3157&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3157&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3157 — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3157 — **125–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Eichorn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Author added Pugh.
- **2018-03-14** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 26, 2018
- **2018-03-26** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-26** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Author added Heintzeman.
- **2018-04-23** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2018-04-25** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-04-25** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2018-04-25** Motion prevailed
- **2018-04-25** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2018-04-25** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2018-04-26** Presented to Governor 04/26/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Governor approval 04/26/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26** Secretary of State, Filed 04/26/18
- **2018-03-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2646, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2646
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-04-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-04-25** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-04-26** Presentment date 04/26/18
- **2018-04-26** Governor's action Approval 04/26/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cfa7677-e780-40b4-8b80-ee3bf867b70d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).