---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indemnification agreements in design professional services contracts prohibited."
description: "Indemnification agreements in design professional services contracts prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2090"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2090 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Legal Proceedings", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hortman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9236c48-a67c-4456-bd2c-53661bb13be8"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2090&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "7907424d46750c49c180006187927eb4177f1ae1f6899aec1b275722c1512d8d"
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 HF 2090 (2013-2014) — Indemnification agreements in design professional services contracts prohibited.

## 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=HF2090&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2090&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2090&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **CCR-HF2090** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2090&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ccr)
5. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2090&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Hortman — primary (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** Author added Scott
- **2014-04-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 7, 2014
- **2014-04-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-04-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-04-28** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-04-28** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-04-28** House conferees Hortman, Scott, Simon
- **2014-04-28** Author added Newton
- **2014-04-29** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2014-04-29** Senate conferees Latz, Jensen, Newman
- **2014-04-30** Senate conferee change Newman (stricken), Limmer (added)
- **2014-05-01** Senate conferee change Limmer (stricken), Hall (added)
- **2014-05-06** Conference committee report
- **2014-05-06** House adopted conference committee report
- **2014-05-06** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2014-05-06** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2014-05-13** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2014-05-13** Presented to Governor 05/13/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-04-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1757, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF1757
- **2014-04-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-24** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-04-24** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-28** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-04-28** House conferees Hortman; Scott; Simon
- **2014-04-28** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2014-04-28** Senate conferees Latz; Jensen; Newman
- **2014-04-30** Senate conferee change Limmer replaces Newman
- **2014-05-01** Senate conferee change Hall replaces Limmer
- **2014-05-12** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-12** Conference committee report
- **2014-05-12** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-12** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-13** Presentment date 05/13/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 257 05/16/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9236c48-a67c-4456-bd2c-53661bb13be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).