---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preneed funeral insurance regulations"
description: "Preneed funeral insurance regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 748"
citation: "Minnesota SF 748 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Commerce Department", "Death", "Funerals", "and Cemeteries", "Insurance", "Trade Practices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce5bd8e-f715-4d2f-8f38-ad330ed6540d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0748&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "2a8cab132037e855f9a0f2846992b3c36fffe520f568dd43dc073f019b24d52c"
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 748 (2013-2014) — Preneed funeral insurance regulations

## 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=SF748&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF748&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)
- Gazelka — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Lillie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-25** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-25** Referred to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Special Order
- **2013-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-07** Returned from House
- **2013-05-09** Presentment date 05/09/13
- **2013-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/13/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 53 05/13/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13
- **2013-05-02** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 654
- **2013-05-03** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- **2013-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-09** Presented to Governor 05/09/13 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ce5bd8e-f715-4d2f-8f38-ad330ed6540d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).