---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claim payment requirements modified."
description: "Claim payment requirements modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 997"
citation: "Minnesota HF 997 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Governmental Operations-Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessup"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edfa152-a9b0-4647-90b2-b9c9e9eb8d94"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0997&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "8631222d3d1eced86f6cb3e5c2ac4fb0e9ac3fa6dad481000ecf1577fdb4a8bd"
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 997 (2017-2018) — Claim payment requirements 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=HF997&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF997&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 997 — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessup — primary (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-01** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Returned from 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
- **2017-05-04** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1245, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1245
- **2017-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Special Order
- **2017-05-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **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/1edfa152-a9b0-4647-90b2-b9c9e9eb8d94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).