---
type: "Bill"
title: "Catalytic converter purchase or acquisition requirements established, penalties provided, and money appropriated."
description: "Catalytic converter purchase or acquisition requirements established, penalties provided, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 30"
citation: "Minnesota HF 30 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richardson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/843cc052-6352-420d-9bc2-95d6bb57c578"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0030&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "9b999744da94a1593e2082ed3cf00f09c20ca5194b6eed505e31f58d45bcf824"
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 30 (2023-2024) — Catalytic converter purchase or acquisition requirements established, penalties provided, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF30&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF30&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF30&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF30&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF30&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **109–19** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **113–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richardson — primary (person)
- Becker-Finn — cosponsor (person)
- Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Edelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hemmingsen-Jaeger — cosponsor (person)
- Hollins — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kotyza-Witthuhn — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Lee, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Tabke — cosponsor (person)
- Xiong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Authors added Xiong; Becker-Finn; Jordan; Hansen, R.; Tabke; Edelson; Noor
- **2023-01-09** Authors added Curran and Lillie
- **2023-01-11** Author added Norris
- **2023-01-17** Authors added Kraft and Hemmingsen-Jaeger
- **2023-01-18** Author added Hornstein
- **2023-01-23** Authors added Huot and Kotyza-Witthuhn
- **2023-01-25** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Public Safety Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Author added Elkins
- **2023-02-15** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, February 20, 2023
- **2023-02-20** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Author added Lee, K.
- **2023-03-06** House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received
- **2023-03-09** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2023-03-09** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2023-03-09** Motion prevailed
- **2023-03-09** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2023-03-16** Presented to Governor 03/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Governor approval 03/16/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Secretary of State, Filed 03/16/2023
- **2023-02-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF5 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF5
- **2023-02-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Special Order: Amended
- **2023-03-01** Laid on table (voice)
- **2023-03-02** Taken from table
- **2023-03-02** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Presentment date 03/16/23
- **2023-03-16** Governor's action Approval 03/16/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Secretary of State Chapter 15 03/16/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/843cc052-6352-420d-9bc2-95d6bb57c578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).