---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus liquor bill"
description: "Omnibus liquor bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 541"
citation: "Minnesota SF 541 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-Local", "Liquor", "Omnibus Bills", "Popular Names", "Public Safety and Public Safety Department", "Recreation", "Tourism", "and Amusement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metzen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-18"
last_action: "2013-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd702c13-15b0-4fe9-affe-dba7bf40fbd8"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0541&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "3bc71323bd995947309a9e729cb932ae048d6fd31d081b7696ed9e4f99f48882"
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 541 (2013-2014) — Omnibus liquor bill

## 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=SF541&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF541&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF541&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF541&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Metzen — primary (person)
- Atkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-18** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-18** Referred to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-04-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-02** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-05-02** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-03** Presentment date 05/03/13
- **2013-05-10** Governor's action Approval 05/07/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-10** Secretary of State Chapter 42 05/07/13
- **2013-04-17** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF746
- **2013-04-18** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-29** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- **2013-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** House rule 2.05, member excused from voting Anderson, M.
- **2013-05-01** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-07** Governor approval 05/07/13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd702c13-15b0-4fe9-affe-dba7bf40fbd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).