---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tony Caine's Law"
description: "Tony Caine's Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 2245"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2245 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Popular Names", "Public Safety and Public Safety Department", "Recreation", "Tourism", "and Amusement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rest"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-03"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fddbd097-9d01-4d1f-ae59-494d79d3b52e"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2245&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "f79375ccabb71f0240178b288dcabe8892a80319410019171c8805b32aa75781"
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 2245 (2013-2014) — Tony Caine's Law

## 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=SF2245&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2245&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Rest — primary (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-03** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Withdrawn and re-referred to State and Local Government
- **2014-03-27** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-01** Special Order
- **2014-04-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-29** Returned from House
- **2014-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/14
- **2014-04-30** Governor's action Approval 04/30/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-30** Secretary of State Chapter 179 04/30/14
- **2015-01-01** Effective date 01/01/15
- **2014-04-02** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-02** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2621
- **2014-04-03** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-04-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-24** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 28, 2014
- **2014-04-28** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-28** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/14 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fddbd097-9d01-4d1f-ae59-494d79d3b52e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).