---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus agriculture bill."
description: "Omnibus agriculture bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 1545"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1545 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e057a694-88ad-4127-9cab-d9e7c0ab482a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1545&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "1fd71df1226b41256ab7251e8508a16759ba024f4d643f42283372840a78079d"
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 1545 (2017-2018) — Omnibus agriculture bill.

## 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=HF1545&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=HF1545&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **CCR-HF1545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1545&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1545&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 1545 — **124–5** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1545 — **123–5** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 1545 — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Westrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Government Operations and Elections Policy `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 5, 2017
- **2017-04-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-01** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2017-05-16** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-17** House conferees Hamilton; Anderson, P.; Backer; Lueck; Poppe
- **2017-05-19** Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
- **2017-05-19** Senate conferees Westrom, Weber, Goggin, Lang, Eken
- **2017-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-20** House adopted conference committee report
- **2017-05-20** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2017-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2017-05-21** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2017-05-26** Presented to Governor 5/26/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30** Governor approval 5/30/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Secretary of State, Filed 5/30/2017
- **2017-05-04** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF1545, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1545
- **2017-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2017-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-17** House not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2017-05-17** House conferees Hamilton; Anderson, P.; Backer; Lueck; Poppe
- **2017-05-17** Senate accedes, CC of 5 be appointed
- **2017-05-18** Senate conferees Westrom; Weber; Goggin; Lang; Eken
- **2017-05-21** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-21** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2017-05-21** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2017-05-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-26** Presentment date 05/26/17
- **2017-05-30** Governor's action Approval 05/30/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e057a694-88ad-4127-9cab-d9e7c0ab482a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).