---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of state filings, recordings, and registrations regulated."
description: "Secretary of state filings, recordings, and registrations regulated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2989"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2989 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Agriculture Department", "Business", "Corporations and Partnerships", "State Officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swedzinski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-12"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b675c2fd-b4ef-415f-81ad-4a48dc19c50a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2989&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "2fa9ec8b96effd9129faa1e612875da5ff2e5688f4746119e08b17ea3c6c3e5c"
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 2989 (2013-2014) — Secretary of state filings, recordings, and registrations regulated.

## 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=HF2989&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2989&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Swedzinski — primary (person)
- Benson, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Kiel — cosponsor (person)
- Koenen — cosponsor (person)
- Kresha — cosponsor (person)
- Schomacker — cosponsor (person)
- Torkelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-12** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-09** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 13, 2014
- **2014-05-13** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-13** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-16** Returned from Senate
- **2014-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-13** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-05-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-05-13** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2729, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2729
- **2014-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/14
- **2014-05-21** Governor's action Approval 05/21/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-21** Secretary of State Chapter 283 05/21/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date Sec. 1-3, 8 08/01/14; Sec. 4-7 Upon secretary of state certification of federal approval

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b675c2fd-b4ef-415f-81ad-4a48dc19c50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).