---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporator and director powers and duties modified, mergers and conversions regulated, and definitions modified."
description: "Incorporator and director powers and duties modified, mergers and conversions regulated, and definitions modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 13"
citation: "Minnesota HF 13 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Commerce Department", "Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a31aebb-59bd-4ca3-a7e9-94ea14ff481e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0013&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "ed38a5bcd3eb5bca7e3fbd80d41186760fc3dbfe3e7675cb3e5e97a9a03071d1"
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 13 (2017-2018) — Incorporator and director powers and duties modified, mergers and conversions regulated, and definitions modified.

## 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=HF13&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF13&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 13 — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law and Data Practices Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, February 2, 2017
- **2017-02-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Returned from Senate
- **2017-04-19** Presented to Governor 04/19/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-21** Governor approval 04/21/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Secretary of State, Filed 04/21/17
- **2017-02-06** Received from House `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF91, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF91
- **2017-02-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** Special Order
- **2017-04-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Presentment date 04/19/17
- **2017-04-21** Governor's action Approval 04/21/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a31aebb-59bd-4ca3-a7e9-94ea14ff481e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).