---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smart phone antitheft (kill switch) protection and cellphones resale"
description: "Smart phone antitheft (kill switch) protection and cellphones resale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 1740"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1740 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Telecommunications", "Computers", "and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sieben"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf16b5e9-e83b-459b-8cba-8d129cf4b7a0"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1740&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "8758f3558671288265620253115aa593dcdbd4e49f64a5c1176d3998cce8f5a9"
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 1740 (2013-2014) — Smart phone antitheft (kill switch) protection and cellphones resale

## 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=SF1740&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=SF1740&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1740&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1740&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Sieben — primary (person)
- Atkins — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Bonoff — cosponsor (person)
- Dziedzic — cosponsor (person)
- Metzen — 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 Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-28** Author added Dziedzic
- **2014-05-02** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-05-02** Laid on table
- **2014-05-02** Taken from table
- **2014-05-02** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-09** Returned from House with amendment
- **2014-05-09** Laid on table
- **2014-05-09** Taken from table
- **2014-05-09** Senate concurred
- **2014-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/14
- **2014-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/14/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 241 05/14/14
- **2015-07-01** Effective date Art. 1, Sec. 1 07/01/15; Sec. 2 08/01/14; Art. 2 07/01/14
- **2014-05-05** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-05-05** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1952
- **2014-05-06** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Temporarily laid over
- **2014-05-08** Motion for reconsideration Atkins amendment
- **2014-05-08** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-08** Motion withdrawn Atkins amendment
- **2014-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-05-08** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-12** Presented to Governor 05/12/14 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf16b5e9-e83b-459b-8cba-8d129cf4b7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).