---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act enacted as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws."
description: "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act enacted as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 278"
citation: "Minnesota HF 278 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Data Practices and Privacy", "Governmental Operations-State", "Uniform Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hortman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac07243a-5542-4252-bfb3-2973787f3f86"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0278&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "2bb40585eecd065c9cc4906316599de17835d1658e8f36381aeae1067b11f3ca"
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 278 (2013-2014) — Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act enacted as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

## 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=HF278&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hortman — primary (person)
- Erhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-06** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy
- **2013-02-13** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-02-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-20** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2013-02-21** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-02-21** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Returned from Senate
- **2013-02-12** Presented to Governor 02/12/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-14** Governor approval 03/14/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-14** Secretary of State, Filed 03/14/13
- **2013-02-25** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-02-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-25** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF157, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF157
- **2013-02-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-11** Special Order
- **2013-03-11** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-03-12** Presentment date 03/12/2013
- **2013-03-14** Governor's action Approval 03/14/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-18** Secretary of State Chapter 7 03/14/2013
- **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/ac07243a-5542-4252-bfb3-2973787f3f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).