---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bisphenol-A in children's food containers sale prohibited."
description: "Bisphenol-A in children's food containers sale prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 459"
citation: "Minnesota HF 459 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Hazardous Substances", "Health and Health Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d627fdbf-1320-4923-8219-41f948a0e184"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0459&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "f87b7bb189bbf9716ba722828025fe3c386b80fe46ef5bfcbcb02bed24f580ab"
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 459 (2013-2014) — Bisphenol-A in children's food containers sale prohibited.

## 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=HF459&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF459&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF459&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF0459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF459&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF459&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Brynaert — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Franson — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)
- Sieben — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Authors added Bernardy, Clark, Laine and Lillie
- **2013-02-18** Author added Dehn, R.
- **2013-02-21** Author added Loeffler
- **2013-02-25** Author added Liebling
- **2013-02-28** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy
- **2013-03-11** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-08** Author added Johnson, S.
- **2013-04-11** Author added Freiberg
- **2013-04-24** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, April 26th, 2013
- **2013-04-25** Author added Schoen
- **2013-04-26** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-26** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-03** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-03** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-06** House conferees Atkins, Lillie, Abeler
- **2013-05-08** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-08** Senate conferees Sieben, Eaton, Ruud
- **2013-05-10** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-10** House adopted conference committee report
- **2013-05-10** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2013-05-10** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2013-05-13** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2013-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-16** Governor approval 05/16/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/13
- **2013-04-29** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-29** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF379, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF379
- **2013-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Special Order
- **2013-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-06** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-06** House conferees Atkins; Lillie; Abeler
- **2013-05-06** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-07** Senate conferees Sieben; Eaton; Ruud
- **2013-05-10** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-10** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-10** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/13
- **2013-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 71 05/16/13
- **2013-05-17** Effective date 05/17/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d627fdbf-1320-4923-8219-41f948a0e184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).