republic-os/legislation/us/states/mn/2017-2018/hf-740.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided.	Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided.	us/states/mn	Minnesota Legislature	2017-2018	HF 740	Minnesota HF 740 (2017-2018)	bill	Commerce Department Motor Vehicles	enacted	Vogel	5	49	2	2017-02-02	2018-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0740&ssn=0&y=2017	2d3cb80626705d82b49e771fd3a99a383e271da2f4f6aaf3ba9d2be404ee8a5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mn

Minnesota HF 740 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 1st Engrossment (committee substitute) — source
2. 2nd Engrossment (committee substitute) — source
3. 3rd Engrossment (committee substitute) — source
4. CCR-HF0740 (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduction (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• H.F. NO. 740 — 118–4 (pass) · lower
• H.F. NO. 740 — 126–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vogel — primary (person)
• Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
• Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
• Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
• Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
• Ingebrigtsen — cosponsor (person)
• Jessup — cosponsor (person)
• Loonan — cosponsor (person)
• Nash — cosponsor (person)
• Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Theis — cosponsor (person)
• Thissen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Authors added Applebaum and Jessup.
• 2017-03-02 Committee report, to adopt as amended 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
• 2017-05-04 Author added Dettmer.
• 2017-05-04 House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 8, 2017.
• 2017-05-08 Third reading reading-3
• 2017-05-08 Bill was passed passage
• 2017-05-17 Returned from Senate with amendment
• 2017-05-17 House refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
• 2017-05-17 House conferees Vogel, Hoppe, Loonan, Kresha, Halverson
• 2017-05-20 Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
• 2017-05-20 Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen, Dahms, Housley, Weber, Frentz
• 2018-02-20 Motion to take from table
• 2018-02-20 Motion prevailed
• 2018-02-20 New conference committee of 5 requested
• 2018-02-20 House conferees Vogel, Hoppe, Loonan, Kresha, and Halverson.
• 2018-02-22 Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
• 2018-02-22 Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen, Dahms, Housley, Weber, Frentz
• 2018-05-20 Conference committee report, delete everything
• 2018-05-20 House adopted conference committee report
• 2018-05-20 Third reading as amended by Conference reading-3
• 2018-05-20 Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
• 2018-05-20 Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
• 2018-05-21 Presented to Governor 5/21/2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-05-29 Governor approval 05/29/18 executive-signature
• 2018-05-29 Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18
• 2017-05-09 Received from House introduction
• 2017-05-09 Introduction and first reading introduction
• 2017-05-09 Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF638, now on General Orders referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF638
• 2017-05-10 Second reading reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Special Order
• 2017-05-16 Third reading Passed passage
• 2017-05-17 House not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
• 2017-05-17 House conferees Vogel; Hoppe; Loonan; Kresha; Halverson
• 2017-05-19 Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen; Dahms; Housley; Weber; Frentz
• 2018-02-20 Taken from table in House
• 2018-02-20 Bill returned to conference committee
• 2018-02-20 House conferees Vogel; Hoppe; Loonan; Kresha; Halverson
• 2018-02-20 Senate accedes, CC of 5 be appointed
• 2018-02-20 Senate conferees Ingebrigtsen; Dahms; Housley; Weber; Frentz
• 2018-05-20 House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
• 2018-05-20 Conference committee report, delete everything
• 2018-05-20 Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
• 2018-05-20 Third reading reading-3
• 2018-05-21 Presentment date 05/21/18
• 2018-05-29 Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).