---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment joint powers agreement employee protections authorization"
description: "Public employment joint powers agreement employee protections authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 2490"
citation: "Minnesota SF 2490 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Economic Development Department", "Government-Employees", "Government-Local", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomassoni"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-10"
last_action: "2015-01-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/640bac8f-5a46-443b-90b2-6c0d17fa91d0"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2490&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "94066ee1b610d6658c8f598d7e6daede59027f7bc53bbf7b769023710b2013b1"
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 2490 (2013-2014) — Public employment joint powers agreement employee protections authorization

## 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=SF2490&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=SF2490&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2490&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Tomassoni — primary (person)
- Anzelc — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Melin — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Sundin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-04-30** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-07** Returned from House
- **2014-05-07** Presentment date 05/07/14
- **2014-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 223 05/09/14
- **2015-01-15** Effective date 01/15/15
- **2014-04-30** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-30** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF2939
- **2014-05-01** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2014-05-01** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 6, 2014
- **2014-05-06** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-05-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-07** Presented to Governor 05/07/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/640bac8f-5a46-443b-90b2-6c0d17fa91d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).