---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security freezes for protected persons authorized relating to consumer reports access, fees regulated, and exceptions provided."
description: "Security freezes for protected persons authorized relating to consumer reports access, fees regulated, and exceptions provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1243"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1243 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersburg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7305f09-2d3e-4498-bba8-423a5d8a68bf"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1243&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "78f58d381dd43c24812ba02bcae181afbb1ffc89eba8c2aa4172039908616381"
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 1243 (2017-2018) — Security freezes for protected persons authorized relating to consumer reports access, fees regulated, and exceptions 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=HF1243&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=HF1243&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1243&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **2nd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1243&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0&type=ue)
5. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1243&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1243&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1243 — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1243 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petersburg — primary (person)
- Jasinski — cosponsor (person)
- Omar — cosponsor (person)
- Thissen — cosponsor (person)
- Wills — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Author added Thissen.
- **2018-02-26** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 12, 2018
- **2018-03-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-12** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Author added Omar.
- **2018-03-14** Author added Wills.
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2018-05-14** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-05-14** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2018-05-14** Motion prevailed
- **2018-05-14** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2018-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/18
- **2018-03-14** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-14** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7305f09-2d3e-4498-bba8-423a5d8a68bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).