---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distributed generation and renewable energy provisions modified, conservation improvement investments for low-income programs regulated, and eminent domain and condemnation procedures modified."
description: "Distributed generation and renewable energy provisions modified, conservation improvement investments for low-income programs regulated, and eminent domain and condemnation procedures modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 854"
citation: "Minnesota HF 854 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/029452d6-99a7-4e45-b0e5-ebd6cf55c100"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0854&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "059ff11ca8d3a58eed78c6ca47f367843a9b7a7a88878c14efa98c60966d40d1"
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 854 (2013-2014) — Distributed generation and renewable energy provisions modified, conservation improvement investments for low-income programs regulated, and eminent domain and condemnation procedures modified.

## 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=HF854&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=HF854&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF854&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Dibble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 6, 2013
- **2013-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- **2013-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-20** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-20** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2013-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2013-05-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF695, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF695
- **2013-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-19** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-20** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 132 05/24/13
- **2013-07-01** Effective date Sec. 1 07/01/13; Sec. 2, 4 05/25/13; Sec. 3 08/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/029452d6-99a7-4e45-b0e5-ebd6cf55c100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).