---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital staffing report required, study on nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes required, funding provided, and money appropriated."
description: "Hospital staffing report required, study on nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes required, funding provided, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 588"
citation: "Minnesota HF 588 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Hospitals and Health Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06da7ac6-59b8-4d0e-99b8-43c715036cfc"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0588&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "d68932a8c61120f0ee72c9e85aa58fa72e1b4ed7fff86152b9c914b3be380b99"
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 588 (2013-2014) — Hospital staffing report required, study on nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes required, funding provided, and money appropriated.

## 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=HF588&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF588&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Anzelc — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Introduction and first reading, referred to Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Author added Lillie
- **2013-02-25** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-15** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 17, 2013
- **2013-04-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-17** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-06** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-06** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-06** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-06** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-18** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Special Order
- **2013-05-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-06** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-08** Presentment date 05/08/13
- **2013-05-09** Governor's action Approval 05/09/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-14** Secretary of State Chapter 51 05/09/13
- **2013-07-01** Effective date 07/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06da7ac6-59b8-4d0e-99b8-43c715036cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).