---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation Act; public benefit corporations organization and operation provided."
description: "Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation Act; public benefit corporations organization and operation provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2582"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2582 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations and Partnerships", "Uniform Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lesch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-03"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83b893f8-a888-4a1e-976d-bf0c52712980"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2582&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "2717646f1e354c27a24a141c12f286e9951e81b8c4d737c5e8e08c9fb8880f53"
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 2582 (2013-2014) — Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation Act; public benefit corporations organization and operation provided.

## 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=HF2582&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2582&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Lesch — primary (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Dorholt — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Marquart — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Runbeck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-03** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** Author added Dorholt
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Author added Laine
- **2014-03-26** Author added Davids
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-31** Author added Marquart
- **2014-04-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 10, 2014
- **2014-04-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-10** Author added Johnson, C.
- **2014-04-25** Returned from Senate
- **2014-04-25** Presented to Governor 04/25/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** Governor approval 04/29/14 `executive-signature`
- **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 SF2053, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2053
- **2014-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-24** Special Order
- **2014-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-25** Presentment date 04/25/14
- **2014-04-29** Governor's action Approval 04/29/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-30** Secretary of State Chapter 172 04/29/14
- **2015-01-01** Effective date 01/01/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83b893f8-a888-4a1e-976d-bf0c52712980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).