---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water or wastewater treatment law privatization abolished."
description: "Water or wastewater treatment law privatization abolished."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2622"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2622 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste and Waste Management", "Water", "Water Resources", "and Waterways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-03"
last_action: "2014-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3a828a-5039-4184-b9ff-9724b11d161c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2622&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "b0868c9fa7d8175d7c7a85d1eefee7a7b674840d37d11458ba0ed8b4203aab08"
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 2622 (2013-2014) — Water or wastewater treatment law privatization abolished.

## 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=HF2622&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2622&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Metzen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-03** Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-21** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-25** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 29, 2014
- **2014-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-29** Motion to lay on the table
- **2014-04-29** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-02** Motion to take from table
- **2014-05-02** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-02** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-13** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-05-05** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-05-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-05-05** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2764, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2764
- **2014-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Special Order
- **2014-05-07** Laid on table
- **2014-05-12** Taken from table
- **2014-05-12** Rule 45: amendment stricken
- **2014-05-12** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 258 05/16/14
- **2014-05-17** Effective date 05/17/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa3a828a-5039-4184-b9ff-9724b11d161c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).