---
type: "Bill"
title: "MNvest registration exemption modified."
description: "MNvest registration exemption modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 444"
citation: "Minnesota HF 444 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Securities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Loon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13179863-d815-4ca7-b5bf-89044e9e0e93"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0444&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "a8c13109932fe230f9fe6889fec8f40ca7a73a003d2e72b143d3891256645476"
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 444 (2017-2018) — MNvest registration exemption modified.

## 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=HF444&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF444&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 444 — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Loon — primary (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Slocum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 2, 2017
- **2017-03-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Returned from Senate
- **2017-03-21** Presented to Governor 03/21/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Governor approval 3/22/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Secretary of State, Filed 03/23/2017
- **2017-03-06** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Special Order
- **2017-03-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Presentment date 03/21/17
- **2017-03-22** Governor's action Approval 03/22/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13179863-d815-4ca7-b5bf-89044e9e0e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).