---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus elections policy bill."
description: "Omnibus elections policy bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 894"
citation: "Minnesota HF 894 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Governmental Operations-Local", "Governmental Operations-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c870d581-2667-4e3b-9308-8fb36912845a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0894&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "6da34afc2cd00321a0e2fae73371b10d92fbd7ba475427eea4c95a71f022b9a5"
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 894 (2013-2014) — Omnibus elections policy bill.

## 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=HF894&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=HF894&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=HF894&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=HF894&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=HF894&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=HF894&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
7. **6th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF894&version=6&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
8. **CCR-HF0894** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF894&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ccr)
9. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF894&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)
- Sieben — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Taxes `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs
- **2013-04-04** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-04-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- **2013-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-08** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-15** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-15** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-15** House conferees Simon, Halverson, Sanders
- **2013-05-16** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-16** Senate conferees Sieben, Newman and Eken
- **2013-05-19** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-19** House adopted conference committee report
- **2013-05-19** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2013-05-19** Motion to lay on the table
- **2013-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Motion to take from table
- **2013-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2013-05-20** Senate concurrence and repassage
- **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 SF677, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF677
- **2013-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-16** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-16** House conferees Simon; Halverson; Sanders
- **2013-05-16** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-16** Senate conferees Sieben; Newman; Eken
- **2013-05-20** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-20** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/13
- **2013-05-23** Governor's action Approval 05/23/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-23** Secretary of State Chapter 131 05/23/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c870d581-2667-4e3b-9308-8fb36912845a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).