---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probable cause arrests clarified for violations of protection, restraining, and no contact orders; and time limit modified for probable cause arrests for domestic abuse."
description: "Probable cause arrests clarified for violations of protection, restraining, and no contact orders; and time limit modified for probable cause arrests for domestic abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2141"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2141 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crimes and Criminals", "Police and Peace Officers", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenthal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aba06e0-a6be-4916-8be8-d41cc7a1f2df"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2141&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "bd76f2de30a6577cb8657ebcc212474205e4f07b9debb342bfaa608618b2d816"
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 2141 (2013-2014) — Probable cause arrests clarified for violations of protection, restraining, and no contact orders; and time limit modified for probable cause arrests for domestic abuse.

## 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=HF2141&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=HF2141&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2141&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Dean, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)
- Slocum — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, J.E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Authors added Johnson, C; Allen; Ward, J.E.; and Slocum.
- **2014-03-10** Author added Loeffler
- **2014-03-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Author added Hamilton
- **2014-04-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 9, 2014
- **2014-04-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-28** Returned from Senate
- **2014-04-28** Presented to Governor 04/28/14 `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 SF2042, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2042
- **2014-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-25** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-04-25** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-28** Presentment date 04/28/14
- **2014-04-29** Governor's action Approval 04/29/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-30** Secretary of State Chapter 177 04/29/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aba06e0-a6be-4916-8be8-d41cc7a1f2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).