---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional services delivery; contiguous counties qualification requirement eliminated."
description: "Correctional services delivery; contiguous counties qualification requirement eliminated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2953"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2953 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections and Corrections Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-12"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ec2071-5b6e-4beb-b5a4-4906cc0a7382"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2953&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "ff32165c8aceeeee773a28ecf2cfe6f9d1760676a1abd83f44954bdb8304ae8d"
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 2953 (2013-2014) — Correctional services delivery; contiguous counties qualification requirement eliminated.

## 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=HF2953&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, S. — primary (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-21** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, April 8, 2014
- **2014-04-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-05** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-06** Presented to Governor 05/06/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14
- **2014-04-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-09** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2592, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF2592
- **2014-04-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-05** Special Order
- **2014-05-05** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** Presentment date 05/06/14
- **2014-05-09** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 209 05/09/14
- **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/73ec2071-5b6e-4beb-b5a4-4906cc0a7382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).