---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agency designations allowed in certain civil law situations, form language provided, clarifying changes made, and Tax Court appeals filing requirements clarified."
description: "Agency designations allowed in certain civil law situations, form language provided, clarifying changes made, and Tax Court appeals filing requirements clarified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 19"
citation: "Minnesota HF 19 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Financial Institutions", "Contracts", "Courts", "Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hortman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b92893d2-dff5-488f-a47d-70938b147a07"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0019&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "c46f454be6db57dcc24593d96f23210647355a604691ad5a4a6dc05d1e1146e1"
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 19 (2013-2014) — Agency designations allowed in certain civil law situations, form language provided, clarifying changes made, and Tax Court appeals filing requirements clarified.

## 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=HF19&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=HF19&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF19&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF19&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF19&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hortman — primary (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-01-28** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-01-31** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-04** Author added Rosenthal
- **2013-02-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2013-02-18** Motion to re-refer Civil Law
- **2013-02-18** Motion prevailed
- **2013-03-20** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 16, 2013
- **2013-04-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-16** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-04-26** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-04-26** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-04-26** Motion prevailed
- **2013-04-26** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-04-26** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-17** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF84, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF84
- **2013-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-04-26** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/13
- **2013-05-01** Governor's action Approval 05/01/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-03** Secretary of State Chapter 36 05/01/13
- **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/b92893d2-dff5-488f-a47d-70938b147a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).