---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defendant simultaneous competency and civil commitment examinations requirement"
description: "Defendant simultaneous competency and civil commitment examinations requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 685"
citation: "Minnesota SF 685 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crimes and Criminals", "Health-Mental Health", "Legal Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbbb321c-8d1f-4195-99d1-c89edb206355"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0685&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "a7fc16d6d4c2835fcf8dc751894007de0c3bee9d7cb2349134b49c06c7f3725f"
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 685 (2013-2014) — Defendant simultaneous competency and civil commitment examinations requirement

## 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=SF685&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=SF685&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=SF685&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=SF685&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF685&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Ortman — primary (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosen — 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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-24** Returned from House with amendment
- **2014-04-24** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-04-24** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-24** Presentment date 04/24/14
- **2014-04-28** Governor's action Approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-28** Secretary of State Chapter 171 04/25/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14
- **2013-05-10** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-10** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 1557
- **2013-05-13** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 23, 2014
- **2014-04-23** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-23** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-24** Presented to Governor 04/24/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-25** Governor approval 04/25/14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbbb321c-8d1f-4195-99d1-c89edb206355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).