---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil marriage between two persons, exemptions, and protections based on religious association provided."
description: "Civil marriage between two persons, exemptions, and protections based on religious association provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1054"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1054 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and Marriage Dissolution", "Religion and Religious Beliefs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8a802d-9f65-4c8b-b375-95fd1ee2dafb"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1054&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "c0cf03c18b230b2e16658237621aae4460e77fac27664abcebd00ceb3674d4cd"
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 1054 (2013-2014) — Civil marriage between two persons, exemptions, and protections based on religious association provided.

## 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=HF1054&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1054&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1054&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Clark — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Bly — cosponsor (person)
- Davnie — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Dibble — cosponsor (person)
- Dorholt — cosponsor (person)
- Falk — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hausman — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Melin — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Paymar — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Simonson — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)
- Yarusso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-28** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Authors added Dehn, R.; Paymar; Davnie; Laine; Wagenius and Isaacson
- **2013-03-11** Author added Bly
- **2013-03-18** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-18** Author added Hornstein
- **2013-03-21** Author added Johnson, S.
- **2013-05-03** Authors added Liebling and Fischer
- **2013-05-06** Motion to re-refer Ways and Means
- **2013-05-06** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-07** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-09** Author added Falk
- **2013-05-10** Author added Bernardy
- **2013-05-14** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-14** Governor approval 05/14/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-14** Secretary of State, Filed 05/14/13
- **2013-05-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF925, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF925
- **2013-05-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2013-05-13** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/13
- **2013-05-14** Governor's action Approval 05/14/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 74 05/14/13
- **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/4b8a802d-9f65-4c8b-b375-95fd1ee2dafb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).