---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance definition modified, and voter registration and absentee ballot application online submission provided."
description: "Campaign finance definition modified, and voter registration and absentee ballot application online submission provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2096"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2096 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e779f4-a519-4195-84d8-a7418460304f"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2096&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "372960015d5de199203c4036ab584eda8a2b546f31b81a3298e433687233fdda"
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 2096 (2013-2014) — Campaign finance definition modified, and voter registration and absentee ballot application online submission provided.

## 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=HF2096&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2096&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2096&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)
- Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Sieben — cosponsor (person)
- Yarusso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Authors added Yarusso and Kahn
- **2014-03-03** Author added Loeffler
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 8, 2014
- **2014-04-08** Motion to lay on the table
- **2014-04-08** Motion prevailed
- **2014-04-09** Taken from table
- **2014-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-09** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-04-30** Returned from Senate
- **2014-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** Governor approval 04/29/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2288, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2288
- **2014-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-29** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-04-29** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/14
- **2014-04-29** Governor's action Approval 04/29/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-30** Secretary of State Chapter 185 04/29/14
- **2014-04-30** Effective date 04/30/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9e779f4-a519-4195-84d8-a7418460304f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).