---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public construction accountability and transparency enhanced, and responsible contractor definition and requirement established."
description: "Public construction accountability and transparency enhanced, and responsible contractor definition and requirement established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 1984"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1984 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Builders and Building Contractors", "Governmental Operations-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sundin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/322a1f20-8cec-4d20-a906-9d189fea45a7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1984&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "8fcb5fe43646854f0232c05574f81ffad5f4f8aec986872ef91a073a14513114"
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 1984 (2013-2014) — Public construction accountability and transparency enhanced, and responsible contractor definition and requirement established.

## 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=HF1984&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
6. **CCR-HF1984** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ccr)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1984&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Sundin — primary (person)
- Anzelc — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Saxhaug — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Authors added Freiberg, Garofalo, and Zerwas
- **2014-03-03** Author added Winkler
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Author added Johnson, S.
- **2014-03-10** Authors added Metsa, Anzelc, Schoen, Fritz, McNamara, and Mahoney
- **2014-03-17** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** Motion to re-refer Transportation Finance
- **2014-04-03** Motion prevailed
- **2014-04-08** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2014-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-25** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 29, 2014
- **2014-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-29** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-04-30** Author added Mullery
- **2014-05-05** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-05** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-05-06** House conferees Sundin, Mullery, Zerwas
- **2014-05-07** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2014-05-07** Senate conferees Saxhaug, Hayden, Housley
- **2014-05-09** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2014-05-09** House adopted conference committee report
- **2014-05-09** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2014-05-09** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2014-05-13** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2014-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-04-30** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-30** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-30** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1919, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1919
- **2014-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-02** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-05-06** House conferees Sundin; Mullery; Zerwas
- **2014-05-06** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2014-05-06** Senate conferees Saxhaug; Hayden; Housley
- **2014-05-12** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-12** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2014-05-12** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 253 05/16/14
- **2015-01-01** Effective date 01/01/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/322a1f20-8cec-4d20-a906-9d189fea45a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).