---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whistleblower additional protection provided to state employees."
description: "Whistleblower additional protection provided to state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 542"
citation: "Minnesota HF 542 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Operations-State", "Public and State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Loeffler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040ac17d-2eab-4cd4-b580-6d460c5bef3c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0542&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "b0a390d312b62956198bba1855868ca3762693c3ac8bfd0d68f5f883d41cc345"
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 542 (2013-2014) — Whistleblower additional protection provided to state employees.

## 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=HF542&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=HF542&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF542&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Loeffler — primary (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Dorholt — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Author added Hansen
- **2013-02-28** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-02-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- **2013-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-16** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-16** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-16** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF443, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF443
- **2013-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Special Order
- **2013-05-10** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-16** House concurred and repassed bill
- **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 83 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/040ac17d-2eab-4cd4-b580-6d460c5bef3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).