---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estate sale conductors required to post a bond to protect owners of property to be sold."
description: "Estate sale conductors required to post a bond to protect owners of property to be sold."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 131"
citation: "Minnesota HF 131 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Legal Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slocum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-22"
last_action: "2014-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e3c30a-09b6-4dc0-ba6f-c3665b7715b2"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0131&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "6996c06750eb770dc7fb958ee5ee0cdf14957208df9cd03b97e6881b25be5c33"
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 131 (2013-2014) — Estate sale conductors required to post a bond to protect owners of property to be sold.

## 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=HF131&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF131&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF131&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Slocum — primary (person)
- Atkins — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Civil Law
- **2013-03-21** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2013-04-11** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-06** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-06** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-06** House conferees Slocum, Fritz, Davids
- **2013-05-08** Motion for reconsideration of motion to refuse to concur
- **2013-05-08** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-08** Motion withdrawn motion to refuse to concur
- **2013-05-08** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-08** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-08** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-08** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-05-09** Presented to Governor 05/09/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-15** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-15** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF316, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF316
- **2013-04-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-03** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-03** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-08** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-09** Presentment date 05/09/13
- **2013-05-13** Governor's action Approval 05/13/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 60 05/13/13
- **2014-01-01** Effective date 01/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e3c30a-09b6-4dc0-ba6f-c3665b7715b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).