---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biological product substitution standards established, and definitions modified and added."
description: "Biological product substitution standards established, and definitions modified and added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 712"
citation: "Minnesota HF 712 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albright"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8946f10-a13f-4763-abff-d5b193874b22"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0712&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "22f5fc1855722c34c2b512ac8720b2726bf85be94ddf56fcc15ce3380ff120c8"
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 712 (2017-2018) — Biological product substitution standards established, and definitions modified and added.

## 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=HF712&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF712&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 712 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albright — primary (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schomacker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 04, 2017
- **2017-05-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-20** Returned from Senate
- **2017-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23** Governor approval 05/23/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Secretary of State, Filed 05/23/17
- **2017-05-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1184, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1184
- **2017-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Special Order
- **2017-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/17
- **2017-05-23** Governor's action Approval 05/23/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8946f10-a13f-4763-abff-d5b193874b22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).