---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus game and fish bill"
description: "Omnibus game and fish bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 796"
citation: "Minnesota SF 796 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boats", "Boating", "and Watercraft", "Environment", "Fish and Fishing", "Hunting and Game", "Lakes", "Ponds", "Rivers", "and Streams", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles-Motorcycles", "Snowmobiles", "and ATVs", "Natural Resources and Natural Resources Department", "Parks and Trails", "Water and Water Resources", "Zoos"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmit"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6373ce67-64f4-4f0f-8675-dd335fae525d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0796&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "e2843862fa5981fdcc5d46c48dd459311193d72f5d053fc2582f41093d6c51ae"
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 796 (2013-2014) — Omnibus game and fish bill

## 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=SF796&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=SF796&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=SF796&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=SF796&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=SF796&version=5&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **6th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF796&version=6&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
7. **7th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF796&version=7&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
8. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF796&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Schmit — primary (person)
- Dill — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — 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 Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Rules and Administration `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-16** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-16** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-19** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-05-19** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-19** Third reading `reading-3`
- **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 121 05/24/13
- **2013-05-16** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-05-16** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF742
- **2013-05-17** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-05-17** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Sunday, May 19, 2013
- **2013-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-19** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-19** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-22** Presented to Governor 05/22/13 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6373ce67-64f4-4f0f-8675-dd335fae525d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).