---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidential employee definition changed."
description: "Confidential employee definition changed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2313"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2313 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public and State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winkler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db872786-ae43-4962-906d-7bfc23db52d4"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2313&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "0bb345fe06b85c6ebe0f5ccb9c28b7c640b7578a75fe561cfc96af7288a2b651"
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 2313 (2013-2014) — Confidential employee definition 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=HF2313&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=HF2313&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2313&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Winkler — primary (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 9, 2014
- **2014-04-09** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-06** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-05-06** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-06** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-05-06** Bill was repassed as amended by the 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
- **2014-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2319, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2319
- **2014-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-01** Special Order
- **2014-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** House concurred and repassed bill
- **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 219 05/09/14
- **2014-05-10** Effective date 05/10/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db872786-ae43-4962-906d-7bfc23db52d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).