---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexually dangerous persons and persons with sexual psychopathic personalities commitment law distinguished and clarified from other civil commitments."
description: "Sexually dangerous persons and persons with sexual psychopathic personalities commitment law distinguished and clarified from other civil commitments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 947"
citation: "Minnesota HF 947 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses", "Human Services and Human Services Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liebling"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4939e0dc-3f04-43e8-92d5-e20fa3457316"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0947&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "f6767dcf344913ce03c8f50515aaa5359236e4fdc48b7de56d754950f04dedd9"
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 947 (2013-2014) — Sexually dangerous persons and persons with sexual psychopathic personalities commitment law distinguished and clarified from other civil commitments.

## 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=HF947&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF947&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Liebling — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Cornish — cosponsor (person)
- Sheran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-21** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-29** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- **2013-05-01** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-01** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Motion to re-refer Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2013-05-01** Motion did not prevail
- **2013-05-01** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-06** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-02** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF490, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF490
- **2013-05-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-06** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2013-05-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **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 49 05/09/13
- **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/4939e0dc-3f04-43e8-92d5-e20fa3457316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).