---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money transmitters regulated, and required fraud prevention measures clarified."
description: "Money transmitters regulated, and required fraud prevention measures clarified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 527"
citation: "Minnesota HF 527 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2f3baed-8e92-4d4e-ac1e-9cc9564910b5"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0527&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "fbe668a0655236a73fd61ca5f7ce42023ee4056648682e1548c4dab10b4fc4fa"
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 527 (2013-2014) — Money transmitters regulated, and required fraud prevention measures clarified.

## 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=HF527&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Gazelka — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2013-04-08** Author added Bernardy
- **2013-04-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-17** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF544, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF544
- **2013-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** Special Order
- **2013-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 103 05/24/13
- **2013-05-25** Effective date 05/25/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2f3baed-8e92-4d4e-ac1e-9cc9564910b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).