---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate appraiser investigation, background check, and disciplinary action requirements changed."
description: "Real estate appraiser investigation, background check, and disciplinary action requirements changed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 593"
citation: "Minnesota HF 593 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Driscoll"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bd67b48-a082-4398-8cc4-085e0e05bb1c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0593&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "60de211ddf2922a000043f2cbe35f65e24c5b5722ce4bbd36101692c61b42641"
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 593 (2017-2018) — Real estate appraiser investigation, background check, and disciplinary action requirements changed.

## 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=HF593&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF593&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF593&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 593 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Driscoll — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
- Housley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Author added Applebaum.
- **2017-02-22** Author added Allen.
- **2017-02-23** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 20, 2017
- **2017-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Returned from Senate
- **2017-05-09** Presented to Governor 5/9/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Governor approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Secretary of State, Filed 05/11/17
- **2017-04-24** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF366, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF366
- **2017-04-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2017-05-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Presentment date 05/09/17
- **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/5bd67b48-a082-4398-8cc4-085e0e05bb1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).