---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited liability company organization and operation regulated, and Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act enacted."
description: "Limited liability company organization and operation regulated, and Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act enacted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 977"
citation: "Minnesota HF 977 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "State Boards", "Uniform Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hortman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2015-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ecf8ef1-930d-4a07-9995-cfb55d1cc782"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0977&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "0615827fc2fda9d6b71766f122e4eb73945fade674cdb35c1280bc1638977df2"
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 977 (2013-2014) — Limited liability company organization and operation regulated, and Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act enacted.

## 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=HF977&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=HF977&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF977&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF977&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hortman — primary (person)
- Franzen — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-28** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Author added Freiberg
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 13, 2014
- **2014-03-13** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-04** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-04-04** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-04-04** Motion prevailed
- **2014-04-04** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-04-04** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2014-04-08** Presented to Governor 04/08/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-11** Governor approval 04/11/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-11** Secretary of State, Filed 04/11/14
- **2014-03-17** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-03-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1648, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1648
- **2014-03-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-02** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-04-02** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-04** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-04-08** Presentment date 04/08/14
- **2014-04-11** Governor's action Approval 04/11/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Secretary of State Chapter 157 04/11/14
- **2015-08-01** Effective date Art. 1 & Art. 2, Sec. 1-4, 6-28, 30 08/01/15; Art. 2, Sec. 5 01/01/15; Art. 2, Sec. 29 01/01/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ecf8ef1-930d-4a07-9995-cfb55d1cc782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).