---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collaborative community dental hygiene service requirements modified, and requirements established."
description: "Collaborative community dental hygiene service requirements modified, and requirements established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1712"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1712 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae92cd0a-a87b-4718-80cd-ec843b96ae8d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1712&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "7dd0ce5c920503f09f17291cd9ded8d55eb19cc971fd6d64b4b6d7e2f825bc61"
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 1712 (2017-2018) — Collaborative community dental hygiene service requirements modified, and requirements established.

## 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=HF1712&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1712&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1712 — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pierson — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 24, 2017
- **2017-04-24** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Returned from Senate
- **2017-05-08** Presented to Governor 05/08/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Governor approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Secretary of State, Filed 05/11/17
- **2017-04-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1496, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1496
- **2017-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Special Order
- **2017-05-04** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Presentment date 05/08/17
- **2017-05-11** Governor's action Approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae92cd0a-a87b-4718-80cd-ec843b96ae8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).