---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife arson increased penalties created for damages to multiple buildings or dwellings, acreage, crops, or demonstrable bodily harm; and restitution provisions added."
description: "Wildlife arson increased penalties created for damages to multiple buildings or dwellings, acreage, crops, or demonstrable bodily harm; and restitution provisions added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 228"
citation: "Minnesota HF 228 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals", "Fire and Firefighters", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a840b1a-7323-4bc8-b718-0ef7c874cd9d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0228&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "3724459d1856c9741a6185bb50915f2d62abcf5a56f1ace64fa49bd57f8c8be7"
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 228 (2013-2014) — Wildlife arson increased penalties created for damages to multiple buildings or dwellings, acreage, crops, or demonstrable bodily harm; and restitution provisions added.

## 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=HF228&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF228&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF228&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, B. — primary (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Newberger — cosponsor (person)
- Nienow — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Environment and Natural Resources Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- **2013-05-06** Author added Howe
- **2013-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-20** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-20** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-05-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF614, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF614
- **2013-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-19** Special Order
- **2013-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-20** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 139 05/24/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a840b1a-7323-4bc8-b718-0ef7c874cd9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).