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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided."
description: "Motor vehicle franchises regulated; warranty and recall obligations specified; unfair practices and succession agreements by manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches regulated; and penalties provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 740"
citation: "Minnesota HF 740 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0740&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "2d3cb80626705d82b49e771fd3a99a383e271da2f4f6aaf3ba9d2be404ee8a5b"
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 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](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF0740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF740&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
## Votes
- H.F. NO. 740 — **1184** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 740 — **1261** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17d3911-094a-4d18-9b9c-e929c2f31c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).