---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minnesota Code of Military Justice updated, and clarifying language provided."
description: "Minnesota Code of Military Justice updated, and clarifying language provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1138"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1138 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Military and Military Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576cc615-5c7c-4e34-9ceb-e9c0829b6db1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1138&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "7783b452445fd25c2641f9543778ca00b237d2429c1810845e83c25a6dc3e6fe"
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 1138 (2013-2014) — Minnesota Code of Military Justice updated, and clarifying language provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1138&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy
- **2013-03-18** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs
- **2013-03-20** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2013-04-08** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-04-08** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2013-04-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 29, 2013
- **2013-04-29** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-29** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-14** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-01** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-01** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF971, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF971
- **2013-05-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Special Order
- **2013-05-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/13
- **2013-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 78 05/20/13
- **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/576cc615-5c7c-4e34-9ceb-e9c0829b6db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).