---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles regulated, scrap metal processing regulation amended, proof of ownership or hold period required for vehicles purchased for scrap, and automated property system and criminal penalties created."
description: "Motor vehicles regulated, scrap metal processing regulation amended, proof of ownership or hold period required for vehicles purchased for scrap, and automated property system and criminal penalties created."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1214"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1214 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mahoney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00b635a5-47c5-49b3-a5c4-44c36c4ccb23"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1214&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "dbfeb278bc79bd7e35273edaa4268483e718f239e0f3d919d77e65da9a7ae7cd"
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 1214 (2013-2014) — Motor vehicles regulated, scrap metal processing regulation amended, proof of ownership or hold period required for vehicles purchased for scrap, and automated property system and criminal penalties created.

## 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=HF1214&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=HF1214&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1214&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1214&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Mahoney — primary (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Paymar — cosponsor (person)
- Wiger — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Author added Moran
- **2013-03-07** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Transportation Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-03** Motion to re-refer Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
- **2013-05-03** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-15** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-05-16** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2013-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 18, 2013
- **2013-05-16** Author added Zerwas
- **2013-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-18** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-18** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-20** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-18** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-18** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF934, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-19** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF934
- **2013-05-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2013-05-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 126 05/24/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00b635a5-47c5-49b3-a5c4-44c36c4ccb23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).