---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified public accountant (CPA) services private detective licensing exemption"
description: "Certified public accountant (CPA) services private detective licensing exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 683"
citation: "Minnesota SF 683 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-State", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rest"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d461c4a0-3b14-4a1d-a7ff-d51805049e66"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0683&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "408d1f7045ba76ecf927bfb4baa20af4019b789da42cd848fae59f87ae797e42"
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 683 (2013-2014) — Certified public accountant (CPA) services private detective licensing exemption

## 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=SF683&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF683&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Rest — primary (person)
- Atkins — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Myhra — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-05** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-20** Special Order
- **2013-04-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-10** Returned from House
- **2013-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/13
- **2013-05-18** Governor's action Approval 05/16/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 69 05/16/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13
- **2013-04-20** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-20** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 817
- **2013-04-22** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 10, 2013
- **2013-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-16** Governor approval 05/16/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d461c4a0-3b14-4a1d-a7ff-d51805049e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).