---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance and public disclosure provisions modifications"
description: "Campaign finance and public disclosure provisions modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 661"
citation: "Minnesota SF 661 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Data Practices and Privacy", "Elections", "Ethics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sieben"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af3f9379-8638-44d1-9a6e-7df799f00308"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0661&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "8d609ff3110cd94522214dd1b4bb1d505ba8a732e1dcaab6c4890d4a11bcb6e3"
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 661 (2013-2014) — Campaign finance and public disclosure provisions modifications

## 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=SF661&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
7. **CCR-SF0661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ccr)
8. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF661&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Sieben — primary (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Rest — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — 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 Rules and Administration `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Comm report: Amended
- **2013-03-13** Comm report: No recommendation, re-referred to Judiciary
- **2013-04-02** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-15** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-05-15** Senate not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-15** Senate conferees Rest; Sieben; Schmit
- **2013-05-16** House conferees Winkler; Dehn, R.; Daudt
- **2013-05-19** Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Rest
- **2013-05-19** Chief author added Sieben
- **2013-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-20** Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail
- **2013-05-20** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** House adopted SCC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-22** Presentment date 05/22/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 138 05/24/13
- **2013-05-25** Effective date Art. 1, 4 05/25/13; Art. 2 01/01/14; Art. 3 08/01/13
- **2013-05-10** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-10** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 863
- **2013-05-13** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-15** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-15** Senate conferees Rest, Sieben, Schmit
- **2013-05-15** House accedes, conference committee of 3 to be appointed
- **2013-05-15** House conferees Winkler; Dehn, R.; Daudt
- **2013-05-20** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-20** House adopted conference committee report
- **2013-05-20** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af3f9379-8638-44d1-9a6e-7df799f00308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).