---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice of proposed city ordinances required."
description: "Notice of proposed city ordinances required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1242"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1242 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Governmental Operations-Local", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swedzinski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5e1aef3-e60c-46e8-aee7-a13895aa7e4c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1242&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "d5c96ec63941960788428dda96f4681c4e06b4de3296eb21bf55b5162550e53a"
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 1242 (2017-2018) — Notice of proposed city ordinances required.

## 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=HF1242&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=HF1242&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=HF1242&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=HF1242&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1242&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1242 — **90–43** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1242 — **87–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swedzinski — primary (person)
- Jessup — cosponsor (person)
- Koznick — cosponsor (person)
- Marquart — cosponsor (person)
- Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Runbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-01** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-17** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2017-05-18** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-18** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-05-18** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-18** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-05-18** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23** Governor approval 05/23/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Secretary of State, Filed 05/23/17
- **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 SF1224, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1224
- **2017-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2017-05-16** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/17
- **2017-05-23** Governor's action Approval 05/23/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5e1aef3-e60c-46e8-aee7-a13895aa7e4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).