---
type: "Bill"
title: "Actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property regulated, and limitation on actions provided."
description: "Actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property regulated, and limitation on actions provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 2743"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2743 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Proceedings", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-20"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b172643d-fe34-499d-bbf4-9d8241c7589b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2743&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "1ac1007672bf06d5fff4fa33a8624b9dc8110357a8295b2bc474f7616f49458d"
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 2743 (2017-2018) — Actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property regulated, and limitation on actions provided.

## 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=HF2743&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2743&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2743&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 2743 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 23, 2018
- **2018-04-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 25, 2018
- **2018-04-15** Reported to the House
- **2018-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-04-25** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Returned from 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
- **2018-04-26** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-04-26** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2468, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2468
- **2018-04-30** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order
- **2018-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **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/b172643d-fe34-499d-bbf4-9d8241c7589b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).