---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce policy bill."
description: "Commerce policy bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 4188"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4188 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koegel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b1ad81e-98b2-449d-bd24-cc8eaefaf42e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "54f5ebeb919f577f06c3839f411faade9bd5b18eb5a606f11b8e8cb3b8c8fd7a"
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 4188 (2025-2026) — Commerce policy 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/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/2/)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/3/)
5. **CCR-HF4188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/ccr/0/)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4188/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Repassage, as amended by the Conference — **121–13** (pass) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **122–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koegel — primary (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-04-23** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2026-05-06** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 4 requested
- **2026-05-06** House conferees Koegel, Elkins, O'Driscoll, and Perryman
- **2026-05-07** Senate accedes, conference committee of 4 be appointed
- **2026-05-07** Senate conferees Klein, Seeberger, Frentz, and Duckworth
- **2026-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2026-05-16** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2026-05-16** House adopted conference committee report
- **2026-05-16** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2026-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** Governor approval 05/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Secretary of State, Filed 05/27/2026
- **2026-04-27** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-04-27** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-04-27** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison to SF4365 `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-28** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4365
- **2026-04-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Special Order: Amended
- **2026-04-29** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-07** House not concur, conference committee requested
- **2026-05-07** House conferees Koegel; Elkins; O'Driscoll; Perryman
- **2026-05-07** Senate accedes, CC be appointed
- **2026-05-07** Senate conferees Klein; Seeberger; Frentz; Duckworth
- **2026-05-17** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2026-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2026-05-17** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2026-05-17** Third Reading Repassed
- **2026-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/26
- **2026-05-27** Governor's action Approval 05/27/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Secretary of State Chapter 124 05/27/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b1ad81e-98b2-449d-bd24-cc8eaefaf42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).