---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of state authorized to obtain data from the Public Safety Department, and to share data."
description: "Secretary of state authorized to obtain data from the Public Safety Department, and to share data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2265"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2265 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Data Practices and Privacy", "Elections", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783b372d-e5de-4a00-a974-2a716fe36a32"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2265&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "87d4e0b64ac100810a309d87d2ef535653b8f9dae0c26df4f072e50304e4b916"
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 2265 (2013-2014) — Secretary of state authorized to obtain data from the Public Safety Department, and to share data.

## 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=HF2265&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=HF2265&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2265&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2265&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
5. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2265&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2265&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Laine — primary (person)
- Hoffman — 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`
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-12** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Transportation Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2014-04-23** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 5, 2014
- **2014-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-05-05** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-09** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-06** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-05-06** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-05-06** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2401, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2401
- **2014-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-08** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-05-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-09** Presentment date 05/09/14
- **2014-05-13** Governor's action Approval 05/13/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-14** Secretary of State Chapter 238 05/13/14
- **2014-05-14** Effective date 05/14/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/783b372d-e5de-4a00-a974-2a716fe36a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).