---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Child Care Providers Representation Act; family child care providers and home and community-based long-term care services collective bargaining authority and appropriation"
description: "Family Child Care Providers Representation Act; family child care providers and home and community-based long-term care services collective bargaining authority and appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 778"
citation: "Minnesota SF 778 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Employment and Economic Development Department", "Government-State", "Human Services and Human Services Department", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department", "Minnesota Management and Budget Department", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pappas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73c184cf-3e9b-4f0b-820b-b1285cc1ad1c"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0778&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "b89f9c507c896388fae18aa1f15725c056a8fb11baaaffd258887421a764d118"
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 778 (2013-2014) — Family Child Care Providers Representation Act; family child care providers and home and community-based long-term care services collective bargaining authority and appropriation

## 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=SF778&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=SF778&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=SF778&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF778&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF778&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF778&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Pappas — primary (person)
- Bakk — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Huntley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — 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 State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health, Human Services and Housing `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to Judiciary
- **2013-03-13** Rule 21, referred to Rules and Administration
- **2013-03-13** Comm report: Adopt previous comm report
- **2013-03-20** Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to Finance
- **2013-05-09** Committee report, request to divide out
- **2013-05-09** Comm report: Amended, No recommendation
- **2013-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Special Order: Amendment offered
- **2013-05-14** Motion did not prevail To strike and re-refer to Finance
- **2013-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Laid on table
- **2013-05-14** Taken from table
- **2013-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Laid on table
- **2013-05-15** Taken from table
- **2013-05-15** Bill passed As amended
- **2013-05-20** Returned from House
- **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 128 05/24/13
- **2013-05-15** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-15** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF 950
- **2013-05-16** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 18, 2013
- **2013-05-18** Reported to the House
- **2013-05-18** Motion to lay on the table
- **2013-05-18** Motion did not prevail
- **2013-05-18** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-18** Motion to lay on the table
- **2013-05-18** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-19** Motion to take from table
- **2013-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-19** Reported to the House
- **2013-05-19** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-19** Motion to lay on the table
- **2013-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2013-05-20** Taken from table
- **2013-05-20** Reported to the House
- **2013-05-20** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-20** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-20** Bill was passed `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73c184cf-3e9b-4f0b-820b-b1285cc1ad1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).