---
type: "Bill"
title: "Steve's Law; ambulance service personnel drug overdose treatment authorization, drug overdose prevention, medical assistance (MA) authorization and liability limitation"
description: "Steve's Law; ambulance service personnel drug overdose treatment authorization, drug overdose prevention, medical assistance (MA) authorization and liability limitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 1900"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1900 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicine", "Emergency and 911 Services", "Liability", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eaton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc024ebc-307a-419d-9e9c-8019a22be626"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1900&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "a082ae3b3de8e5399c603c3d85f0ea5e893fda98580f6ffb3dcf12845fbd2716"
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 SF 1900 (2013-2014) — Steve's Law; ambulance service personnel drug overdose treatment authorization, drug overdose prevention, medical assistance (MA) authorization and liability limitation

## 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=SF1900&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1900&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1900&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Eaton — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dorholt — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Holberg — cosponsor (person)
- Huntley — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Lien — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paymar — cosponsor (person)
- Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Rosen — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-02-25** Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-26** Author added Marty
- **2014-04-08** Special Order
- **2014-04-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-07** Returned from House with amendment
- **2014-05-07** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-08** Presentment date 05/08/14
- **2014-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 232 05/09/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-2 08/01/14; Sec. 3 05/10/14; Sec. 4 07/01/14
- **2014-04-08** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2307
- **2014-04-09** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 5, 2014
- **2014-05-05** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 7, 2014
- **2014-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-05-07** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-08** Presented to Governor 05/08/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc024ebc-307a-419d-9e9c-8019a22be626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).