---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open meeting law changed."
description: "Open meeting law changed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2236"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2236 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Operations-State", "Open Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf12df7e-8cbf-45b4-9b21-710e040e2a84"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2236&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "13f19ed6d8628d570af65b0feb9e975e4602621f40fc3d86c2fba7ed7bd820dc"
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 2236 (2013-2014) — Open meeting law changed.

## 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=HF2236&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=HF2236&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2236&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Freiberg — primary (person)
- Torres Ray — 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`
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-22** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 24, 2014
- **2014-04-24** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-24** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-14** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-14** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-05-14** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-14** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-05-14** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2014-05-15** Presented to Governor 05/15/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-04-25** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-25** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2472, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2472
- **2014-04-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-05-12** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-14** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-05-15** Presentment date 05/15/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 274 05/16/14
- **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/bf12df7e-8cbf-45b4-9b21-710e040e2a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).