---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutory short form power of attorney modified, and judicial relief authorized."
description: "Statutory short form power of attorney modified, and judicial relief authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 232"
citation: "Minnesota HF 232 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilstrom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a71df35-b9c7-4c6e-a98e-bacb4b260348"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0232&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "56a43b06142c7770dab82c89437f1b8e34b03929c3207621296f47fb71c0de5d"
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 232 (2013-2014) — Statutory short form power of attorney modified, and judicial relief authorized.

## 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=HF232&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=HF232&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF232&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF232&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF232&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hilstrom — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Author added Bernardy
- **2013-02-25** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-02-25** 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`
- **2013-04-20** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-04-20** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-04-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-04-20** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-04-20** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-04-22** Presented to Governor 04/22/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Governor approval 04/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Secretary of State, Filed 04/24/13
- **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 SF327, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF327
- **2013-04-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Special Order: Amendment offered
- **2013-04-18** Laid on table
- **2013-04-18** Taken from table
- **2013-04-18** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-04-20** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-04-22** Presentment date 04/22/13
- **2013-04-24** Governor's action Approval 04/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-25** Secretary of State Chapter 23 04/24/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a71df35-b9c7-4c6e-a98e-bacb4b260348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).