---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homicide victim specified personal property protection inventory and emergency order authorized to preserve rights of decedent's heirs and beneficiaries; and notice of rights and procedures added to crime victims' chapter."
description: "Homicide victim specified personal property protection inventory and emergency order authorized to preserve rights of decedent's heirs and beneficiaries; and notice of rights and procedures added to crime victims' chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 161"
citation: "Minnesota HF 161 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims", "Death", "Legal Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cornish"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-24"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e48cc59f-5085-4acd-9741-2fd2760a3147"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0161&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "a36c0252dfeb2b64ec80705919f7812200d41dcb1a4176c757777b4937c2602a"
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 161 (2013-2014) — Homicide victim specified personal property protection inventory and emergency order authorized to preserve rights of decedent's heirs and beneficiaries; and notice of rights and procedures added to crime victims' chapter.

## 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=HF161&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF161&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Cornish — primary (person)
- Ingebrigtsen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-24** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 6, 2013
- **2013-05-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-17** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF196, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF196
- **2013-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** Special Order
- **2013-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 94 05/24/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-3, 5 08/01/13; Sec. 4 07/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e48cc59f-5085-4acd-9741-2fd2760a3147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).