---
type: "Bill"
title: "Threading exemptions provided, and good cause exemption authorized for rulemaking."
description: "Threading exemptions provided, and good cause exemption authorized for rulemaking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2659"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2659 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Operations-State", "Health and Health Department", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slocum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-03"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd1a072-8941-4e55-ac62-3fd13cc3595a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2659&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "c3a9e64872362011b7970dc4cc2f0044a9036dacd92cf2775abdd71fc5de873f"
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 2659 (2013-2014) — Threading exemptions provided, and good cause exemption authorized for rulemaking.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2659&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Slocum — primary (person)
- Atkins — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Metzen — cosponsor (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)
- Sundin — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Uglem — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)
- Zellers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-03** Introduction and first reading, referred to Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Authors added Zellers and Gunther
- **2014-03-10** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-10** Author added Uglem
- **2014-03-17** Authors added Davids and Hortman
- **2014-03-19** Author added Sanders
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 7, 2014
- **2014-04-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-24** Returned from Senate
- **2014-04-23** Presented to Governor 04/23/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-25** Governor approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2110, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2110
- **2014-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-23** Special Order
- **2014-04-23** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-23** Presentment date 04/23/14
- **2014-04-25** Governor's action Approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-28** Secretary of State Chapter 169 04/25/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffd1a072-8941-4e55-ac62-3fd13cc3595a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).