---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Practice Board criminal background checks authorized, and physicians exempted from criminal background checks under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
description: "Medical Practice Board criminal background checks authorized, and physicians exempted from criminal background checks under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 474"
citation: "Minnesota HF 474 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Interstate Compacts and Agreements", "Occupations and Professions", "State Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albright"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ff6c0b-bdd9-4adc-a34c-22f52d3f2df8"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0474&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "c269e294907cea7b7b4b639517a70d2ea728732c24a49404c729e84ea937b3a1"
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 474 (2017-2018) — Medical Practice Board criminal background checks authorized, and physicians exempted from criminal background checks under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

## 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=HF474&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=HF474&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=HF474&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF474&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 474 — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 474 — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albright — primary (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Motion to re-refer Ways and Means
- **2017-02-16** Motion prevailed
- **2017-03-06** Author added Schultz.
- **2017-03-09** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-09** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2017-05-10** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-10** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-05-10** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-10** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-05-10** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-11** Presented to Governor 5/11/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/17
- **2017-03-29** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules and Administration `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Comm report: Subst. for SF on Consent Calendar SF300
- **2017-03-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01** Consent Calendar: Stricken, placed on General Orders
- **2017-05-04** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-05-04** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-10** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-11** Presentment date 05/11/17
- **2017-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9ff6c0b-bdd9-4adc-a34c-22f52d3f2df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).