---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson, Lake, Clay, Kandiyohi and Lyon counties offices appointive process authorization"
description: "Jackson, Lake, Clay, Kandiyohi and Lyon counties offices appointive process authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 629"
citation: "Minnesota SF 629 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties-Specific", "Government-Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9067d93-bbfd-4e53-bd32-cbcb8061d3b6"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0629&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "9cc36a494fcfccadc67b812dbd6593e3000b8f270cde7f1bacfbb9dceeae68ff"
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 629 (2013-2014) — Jackson, Lake, Clay, Kandiyohi and Lyon counties offices appointive process 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=SF629&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF629&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Bakk — primary (person)
- Dill — cosponsor (person)
- Saxhaug — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-18** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-18** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-03-10** Returned from House
- **2014-03-10** Presentment date 03/10/14
- **2014-03-13** Governor's action Approval 03/12/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-03-13** Secretary of State Chapter 146 03/12/14
- **2013-05-18** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-18** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF919
- **2013-05-19** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-19** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2014-02-27** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
- **2014-03-06** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-03-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-03-10** Presented to Governor 03/10/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-03-12** Secretary of State, Filed 03/12/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9067d93-bbfd-4e53-bd32-cbcb8061d3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).