---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flame-retardant chemical use in certain products prohibited, and exemptions allowed."
description: "Flame-retardant chemical use in certain products prohibited, and exemptions allowed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 359"
citation: "Minnesota HF 359 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Fire and Firefighters", "Health and Health Department", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker-Finn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da822a69-76bf-4461-8aa8-0e63b2028068"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0359&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "d14149cd496a0e3af257aa62c520d6dc1857e6160b0af246d057310263d53be2"
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 359 (2019-2020) — Flame-retardant chemical use in certain products prohibited, and exemptions allowed.

## 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=HF359&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF359&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF359&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **125–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becker-Finn — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Bierman — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Claflin — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Lippert — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Persell — cosponsor (person)
- Pinto — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Wazlawik — cosponsor (person)
- Youakim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Authors added Loeffler, Freiberg, Hansen, Long, Murphy, Pinto, Youakim, Dehn, and Bierman
- **2019-01-31** Authors added Lillie, Schultz
- **2019-02-04** Author added Persell.
- **2019-03-04** Authors added Halverson and Lippert
- **2019-03-04** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Commerce
- **2019-03-07** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Health and Human Services Policy `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Author added Olson
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Environment and Natural Resources Policy `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Author added Noor
- **2019-03-13** Author added Claflin
- **2019-03-14** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Referred by Chair to Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Division action, return to Ways and Means
- **2019-03-27** Author added Cantrell
- **2019-04-26** Author added Bernardy
- **2019-05-10** Author added Stephenson
- **2019-05-14** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 16, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Author added Wazlawik
- **2019-05-19** Returned from Senate
- **2019-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Governor approval 05/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State, Filed 05/22/19
- **2019-05-16** Received from House `introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Laid on table
- **2019-05-17** Taken from table
- **2019-05-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Laid on table
- **2019-05-19** Taken from table
- **2019-05-19** Special Order
- **2019-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-22** Governor's action Approval 05/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Secretary of State Chapter 47 05/22/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da822a69-76bf-4461-8aa8-0e63b2028068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).