---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus state government, veterans and military affairs appropriations bill"
description: "Omnibus state government, veterans and military affairs appropriations bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 1589"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1589 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration Department", "Appropriations", "Appropriations-Omnibus Bills", "Boards", "Commissions", "Constitutional Offices", "Councils", "Elections", "Government-Local", "Government-State", "Insurance-Motor Vehicles", "Military and Military Affairs Department", "Minnesota Management and Budget Department", "Omnibus Bills", "Retirement-Public and State Employees", "Revenue Department", "Telecommunications", "Computers", "and Information Technology", "Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saxhaug"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3d930a-1145-498d-a2a5-c9b3bdea69f5"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1589&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "ce63e1e7a1153a48915d65d7af5f360a20587d07502e787575d983c85271c593"
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 SF 1589 (2013-2014) — Omnibus state government, veterans and military affairs appropriations 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=SF1589&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=SF1589&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=SF1589&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **2nd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1589&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
5. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1589&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **CCR-SF1589A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1589&version=A&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ccr)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1589&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Saxhaug — primary (person)
- Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rest — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-04-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-04-22** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-04-22** Senate not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2013-04-22** Senate conferees Saxhaug; Cohen; Eaton; Champion; Franzen
- **2013-04-23** House conferees Murphy, M.; Newton; Nelson; Simon; Bernardy
- **2013-05-09** House conferee change Persell replaces Bernardy
- **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`
- **2013-05-20** House adopted SCC report and repassed bill
- **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 142 05/23/13
- **2013-04-17** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Senate file first reading, referred to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2013-04-18** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, April 20, 2013
- **2013-04-20** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-20** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2013-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-20** Point of order raised, ruled not well taken
- **2013-04-20** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2013-04-20** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-20** Motion for reconsideration Anderson, S. amendment
- **2013-04-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-04-20** Point of order raised, ruled well taken
- **2013-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-04-20** Motion for reconsideration passage
- **2013-04-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-04-22** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 5 requested
- **2013-04-22** Senate conferees Saxhaug, Cohen, Eaton, Champion, Franzen
- **2013-04-22** House accedes, conference committee of 5 to be appointed
- **2013-04-22** House conferees Murphy, M.; Newton; Nelson; Simon; and Bernardy
- **2013-05-09** House conferee change delete Bernardy, add Persell
- **2013-05-20** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2013-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-20** Motion to adopt conference committee report
- **2013-05-20** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3d930a-1145-498d-a2a5-c9b3bdea69f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).