---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water tank service contract bidding exception narrowed."
description: "Water tank service contract bidding exception narrowed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1975"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1975 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Governmental Operations-Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64890c9c-80fc-44ab-9a2a-7fdd948f5da3"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1975&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "29864b2e0159465dc98126a30cf634140a8ecb4398af1474b0b886743349d1d0"
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 1975 (2017-2018) — Water tank service contract bidding exception narrowed.

## 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=HF1975&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=HF1975&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1975&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1975&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1975 — **122–3** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1975 — **125–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vogel — primary (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Koran — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Author added Masin.
- **2018-02-22** Authors added Halverson and Pugh.
- **2018-03-01** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Author added West.
- **2018-03-15** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-01** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2018-05-02** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-05-02** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2018-05-02** Motion prevailed
- **2018-05-02** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2018-05-02** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2018-05-04** Presented to Governor 05/04/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Governor approval 05/08/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Secretary of State, Filed 05/08/18
- **2018-03-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Special Order
- **2018-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-02** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-05-04** Presentment date 05/04/18
- **2018-05-08** Governor's action Approval 05/08/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64890c9c-80fc-44ab-9a2a-7fdd948f5da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).