---
type: "Bill"
title: "Plants treated with pollinator lethal insecticide prohibited from being labeled or advertised as beneficial to pollinators."
description: "Plants treated with pollinator lethal insecticide prohibited from being labeled or advertised as beneficial to pollinators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2798"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2798 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Environment", "Fertilizers and Pesticides", "Plants", "Seeds", "and Nurseries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-06"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74acdb7f-5cdb-46eb-bd3f-7b07a4edbd5d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2798&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "3e585dc19673742a321ff8ea2fd82a65523f25d34f17ddeafdcc78e2b17b2c2e"
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 2798 (2013-2014) — Plants treated with pollinator lethal insecticide prohibited from being labeled or advertised as beneficial to pollinators.

## 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=HF2798&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2798&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2798&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2798&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2798&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Bly — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Falk — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Leidiger — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Poppe — cosponsor (person)
- Selcer — cosponsor (person)
- Simonson — cosponsor (person)
- Torkelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, J.A. — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, J.E. — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-06** Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-10** Authors added McNamara; Poppe; Anderson, P.; Torkelson; Leidiger; Ward, J.E.; and Lillie
- **2014-03-12** Author added Selcer
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-20** Authors added Fritz; Benson, J.; and Moran
- **2014-03-26** Authors added Newton and Fischer
- **2014-04-03** Author added Loeffler
- **2014-04-09** Author added Ward, J.A.
- **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** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-04-30** Author added Bly
- **2014-05-01** Author added Hilstrom
- **2014-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-16** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-05-16** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-16** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2014-05-16** Author added Falk
- **2014-04-30** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-30** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-30** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2695, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2695
- **2014-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-14** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-05-14** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-16** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/14
- **2014-05-21** Governor's action Approval 05/21/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-21** Secretary of State Chapter 299 05/21/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1 08/01/14; Sec. 2 07/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74acdb7f-5cdb-46eb-bd3f-7b07a4edbd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).