---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Reunification Act of 2013"
description: "Family Reunification Act of 2013"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 422"
citation: "Minnesota SF 422 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Courts", "Legal Proceedings", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheran"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32cd44c-32b6-43e1-948d-6a9725e4a12b"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0422&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "aaac9fdefc4e4dd6375d7d10b19e52adde360bb93b900d7bebfe7e4d5f8462c9"
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 422 (2013-2014) — Family Reunification Act of 2013

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF422&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Sheran — primary (person)
- Anzelc — cosponsor (person)
- Champion — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hausman — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Holberg — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Myhra — cosponsor (person)
- Rosen — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-13** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-19** Special Order
- **2013-04-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-04-26** Returned from House
- **2013-04-29** Presentment date 04/29/13
- **2013-05-03** Governor's action Approval 05/01/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-03** Secretary of State Chapter 30 05/01/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13
- **2013-04-20** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-20** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 704
- **2013-04-22** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, April 25, 2013
- **2013-04-25** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-04-29** Presented to Governor 04/29/13 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d32cd44c-32b6-43e1-948d-6a9725e4a12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).