---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landscape application contracts regulated, and exclusion provided."
description: "Landscape application contracts regulated, and exclusion provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 676"
citation: "Minnesota HF 676 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Contracts", "Fertilizers and Pesticides"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davids"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f82fe7f-c14b-4b57-829b-5c8c14aab46b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0676&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "51aea488d8f0439c2a3a3915da04cc8b48da7de07fef231c6c3c6ceb48645309"
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 676 (2017-2018) — Landscape application contracts regulated, and exclusion provided.

## 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=HF676&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=HF676&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=HF676&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF0676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF676&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF676&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 676 — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 676 — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davids — primary (person)
- Senjem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 20, 2017
- **2017-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-04** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2017-05-04** House conferees Davids, Hoppe, Rosenthal
- **2017-05-08** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2017-05-08** Senate conferees Senjem, Dahms, Sparks
- **2017-05-11** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-11** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2017-05-11** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-11** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2017-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2017-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 5/20/2017
- **2017-04-24** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1445, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1445
- **2017-04-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2017-05-01** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-04** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2017-05-04** House conferees Davids; Hoppe; Rosenthal
- **2017-05-04** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2017-05-04** Senate conferees Senjem; Dahms; Sparks
- **2017-05-16** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-16** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/17
- **2017-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f82fe7f-c14b-4b57-829b-5c8c14aab46b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).