---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire sprinkler rules required to be amended by labor commissioner."
description: "Fire sprinkler rules required to be amended by labor commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 792"
citation: "Minnesota HF 792 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings and Building Codes", "Fire and Firefighters", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84a8c29b-77dd-419f-8c41-0669bc9e77a0"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0792&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "78c540fa4d852d957c23b7a72a4e2f86caa1e63f5f5e672248721876e1aa9818"
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 792 (2017-2018) — Fire sprinkler rules required to be amended by labor commissioner.

## 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=HF792&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=HF792&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=HF792&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF792&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF792&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 792 — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 792 — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Theis — primary (person)
- Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Knoblach — cosponsor (person)
- Lien — cosponsor (person)
- Loonan — cosponsor (person)
- Marquart — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Rarick — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Government Operations and Elections Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Author added Bennett.
- **2017-04-24** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-04-24** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2017-04-27** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-04-27** Motion prevailed
- **2017-04-27** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-01** Presented to Governor 05/01/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Governor approval 05/02/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Secretary of State, Filed 05/02/17
- **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: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF578
- **2017-03-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2017-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-27** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-01** Presentment date 05/01/17
- **2017-05-02** Governor's action Approval 05/02/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84a8c29b-77dd-419f-8c41-0669bc9e77a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).