---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act amended to provide for construction defect claims."
description: "Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act amended to provide for construction defect claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1538"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1538 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Builders and Building Contractors", "Buildings and Building Codes", "Commerce Department", "Popular Names", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f32e6b30-2a77-4abe-a6ee-898c9ecee7c7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1538&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "9b03c95ad55b1ed6e9401439ccbe9b3d216ed562eb5432942147a39ad08f5352"
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 1538 (2017-2018) — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act amended to provide for construction defect claims.

## 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=HF1538&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=HF1538&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=HF1538&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1538&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1538 — **122–7** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1538 — **108–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Author added Pugh.
- **2017-03-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2017-04-27** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-20** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-20** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2017-05-20** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-26** Presented to Governor 5/26/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30** Governor approval 5/30/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Secretary of State, Filed 5/30/2017
- **2017-05-01** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1455, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1455
- **2017-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-20** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-26** Presentment date 05/26/17
- **2017-05-30** Governor's action Approval 05/30/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f32e6b30-2a77-4abe-a6ee-898c9ecee7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).