---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance program policy and housekeeping changes made, and Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council recommendations adopted."
description: "Unemployment insurance program policy and housekeeping changes made, and Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council recommendations adopted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2949"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2949 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Councils and Commissions", "Unemployment Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Persell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-10"
last_action: "2014-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3876ee0f-e9ed-4528-be4a-ff93e1af87d1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2949&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "2e95ea594f56bb4a2432f14e7900456c203314c075a809a097ffa92467b4fe5f"
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 2949 (2013-2014) — Unemployment insurance program policy and housekeeping changes made, and Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council recommendations adopted.

## 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=HF2949&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2949&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Persell — primary (person)
- Hawj — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-10** Introduction and first reading, referred to Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Motion to re-refer Ways and Means
- **2014-04-09** Motion prevailed
- **2014-04-23** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 2, 2014
- **2014-05-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-02** Bill was passed `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 SF2186, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2186
- **2014-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Special Order
- **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 251 05/16/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3876ee0f-e9ed-4528-be4a-ff93e1af87d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).