---
type: "Bill"
title: "Failure to disclose mandatory fees in advertising added as a deceptive trade practice."
description: "Failure to disclose mandatory fees in advertising added as a deceptive trade practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 3438"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3438 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Consumer Protection", "Trade Practices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f56516-b458-43e8-9a01-de33d5367b93"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3438&ssn=0&y=2024"
source_hash: "cf200c57768656c2c8aff4d1447eff3616f5e403d02d555fb208ffd3b2332860"
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 3438 (2023-2024) — Failure to disclose mandatory fees in advertising added as a deceptive trade practice.

## 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=HF3438&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3438&version=2&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3438&version=3&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF3438** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3438&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3438&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Greenman motion Adoption — **73–60** (pass) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **70–61** (pass) · lower
- Schultz motion Refuse to Adopt — **63–70** (fail) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **76–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenman — primary (person)
- Agbaje — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Finke — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hollins — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Koegel — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Noor — cosponsor (person)
- Olson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Port — cosponsor (person)
- Pursell — cosponsor (person)
- Rehm — cosponsor (person)
- Reyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sencer-Mura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Author added Pursell
- **2024-03-13** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Author added Elkins
- **2024-04-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 11, 2024
- **2024-04-09** Author added Bahner
- **2024-04-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Author added Reyer
- **2024-05-01** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2024-05-01** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-05-01** House conferees Greenman, Rehm, Dotseth
- **2024-05-07** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2024-05-07** Senate conferees Port; Marty; Rasmusson
- **2024-05-13** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2024-05-13** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2024-05-13** Motion to return bill to conference committee
- **2024-05-13** Motion did not prevail
- **2024-05-13** House adopted conference committee report question recurred
- **2024-05-13** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2024-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2024-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/20/2024
- **2024-04-15** Received from House `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3537, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF3537
- **2024-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** Special Order
- **2024-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-02** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2024-05-02** House conferees Greenman; Rehm; Dotseth
- **2024-05-02** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2024-05-06** Senate conferees Port; Marty; Rasmusson
- **2024-05-15** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-15** Conference committee report
- **2024-05-15** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2024-05-15** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/24
- **2024-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 111 05/20/24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f56516-b458-43e8-9a01-de33d5367b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).