---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Radio Board expanded and updated to include the latest emergency communication technologies and authorized to elect to become a statewide emergency communication board; tribal governments included in regional board structure; and comprehensive authority provided under board to address all emergency communications."
description: "Statewide Radio Board expanded and updated to include the latest emergency communication technologies and authorized to elect to become a statewide emergency communication board; tribal governments included in regional board structure; and comprehensive authority provided under board to address all emergency communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 669"
citation: "Minnesota HF 669 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and 911 Services", "Public Safety Department", "Television and Radio"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-18"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ade5a0c0-33ef-4827-83dd-760cf7b2bf73"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0669&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "684fd8272a4fb4b7200c8a69357cc763eb364dc15011df18d5badff632886c77"
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 669 (2013-2014) — Statewide Radio Board expanded and updated to include the latest emergency communication technologies and authorized to elect to become a statewide emergency communication board; tribal governments included in regional board structure; and comprehensive authority provided under board to address all emergency communications.

## 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=HF669&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=HF669&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF669&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Simonson — primary (person)
- Jensen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-18** Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Public Safety Finance and Policy
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-13** 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`
- **2013-04-26** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-04-26** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-04-26** Motion prevailed
- **2013-04-26** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-04-26** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-18** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-04-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-18** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF803, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF803
- **2013-04-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-04-26** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/13
- **2013-05-01** Governor's action Approval 05/01/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-03** Secretary of State Chapter 32 05/01/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ade5a0c0-33ef-4827-83dd-760cf7b2bf73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).