---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts; vendor discrimination against Israel prohibited."
description: "State contracts; vendor discrimination against Israel prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 400"
citation: "Minnesota HF 400 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Governmental Operations-State", "International Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kresha"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c62e39-af9d-46c3-a088-b74730f38fb1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0400&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "2bb83f1026dce59638a884d59c9e2f77fcf8a6bbce8ea5fe1d3107c42eabe770"
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 400 (2017-2018) — State contracts; vendor discrimination against Israel prohibited.

## 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=HF400&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=HF400&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=HF400&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=HF400&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF400&version=4&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF400&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 400 — **103–28** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 400 — **98–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kresha — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
- Backer — cosponsor (person)
- Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Daudt — cosponsor (person)
- Dean, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Franson — cosponsor (person)
- Green — cosponsor (person)
- Grossell — cosponsor (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Haley — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hertaus — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Jessup — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Limmer — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- Loon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucero — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Newberger — cosponsor (person)
- O'Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Peppin — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Runbeck — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)
- Uglem — cosponsor (person)
- Whelan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Author stricken Carlson, L.
- **2017-01-26** Author added Uglem.
- **2017-02-09** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-24** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2017-04-27** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-04-27** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2017-04-27** Motion prevailed
- **2017-04-27** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2017-05-01** Presented to Governor 05/01/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Governor approval 05/03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Secretary of State, Filed 05/03/17
- **2017-02-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-02-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance
- **2017-03-06** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Special Order
- **2017-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-27** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2017-05-01** Presentment date 05/01/17
- **2017-05-03** Governor's action Approval 05/03/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8c62e39-af9d-46c3-a088-b74730f38fb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).