---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; foreign language polices and advertising regulated, and electronic notices and documents authorized."
description: "Insurance; foreign language polices and advertising regulated, and electronic notices and documents authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1587"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1587 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Data Practices and Privacy", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halverson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-03-14"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace64b09-ea31-4837-8e97-4d89a939edac"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1587&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "656eafa99540400f8987aae55bbc965ea3ba7cef33b38f5b4418010bc173882c"
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 1587 (2013-2014) — Insurance; foreign language polices and advertising regulated, and electronic notices and documents authorized.

## 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=HF1587&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1587&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1587&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Halverson — primary (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Zellers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2013-04-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-20** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-20** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1088, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1088
- **2013-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-18** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-20** House concurred and repassed bill
- **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 130 05/24/13
- **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/ace64b09-ea31-4837-8e97-4d89a939edac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).