---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic laboratories accreditation"
description: "Forensic laboratories accreditation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 1725"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1725 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety and Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Latz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5567c294-397f-4e2d-8bba-c65d9a08f427"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1725&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "d59217c70ef4b25bfe5c5a352141aa0082dcaa8152d6f42cdfa74ea716332c95"
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 1725 (2013-2014) — Forensic laboratories accreditation

## 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=SF1725&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1725&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1725&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Latz — primary (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)
- Selcer — cosponsor (person)
- Yarusso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-02-25** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Author added Goodwin
- **2014-03-03** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-07** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-04-07** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-24** Returned from House
- **2014-04-23** Presentment date 04/23/14
- **2014-04-28** Governor's action Approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-28** Secretary of State Chapter 168 04/25/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14
- **2014-04-08** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2156
- **2014-04-09** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 23, 2014
- **2014-04-23** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-23** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-23** Presented to Governor 04/23/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-25** Governor approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5567c294-397f-4e2d-8bba-c65d9a08f427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).