---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nicholas Patrick Spehar Memorial Highway designated."
description: "Nicholas Patrick Spehar Memorial Highway designated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2219"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2219 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Popular Names", "Transportation and Transportation Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14744b2b-b52d-46c9-a2d6-1fac86e3ea83"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2219&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "32d95ec8cf2e44f5db88771342b9d969f981c5e20bdf703f16b7a86b4c78cfd5"
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 2219 (2013-2014) — Nicholas Patrick Spehar Memorial Highway designated.

## 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=HF2219&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2219&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Nienow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, March 31, 2014
- **2014-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-31** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-03-31** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-04-01** Authors added Halverson and Dettmer
- **2014-05-06** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-07** Presented to Governor 05/07/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14
- **2014-04-01** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2035, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2035
- **2014-04-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** Special Order
- **2014-05-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-07** Presentment date 05/07/14
- **2014-05-09** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 216 05/09/14
- **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/14744b2b-b52d-46c9-a2d6-1fac86e3ea83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).