---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic rosters authorized, evaluation required of the use of electronic rosters in the 2014 election, various technical and conforming changes made, and definitions provided."
description: "Electronic rosters authorized, evaluation required of the use of electronic rosters in the 2014 election, various technical and conforming changes made, and definitions provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2166"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2166 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03abc332-090b-4049-8b08-1405089bfde8"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2166&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "30d4201d97ca61b096dc078936dd8e6d95d5e21c2ee6793bbb5057a52d698acd"
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 2166 (2013-2014) — Electronic rosters authorized, evaluation required of the use of electronic rosters in the 2014 election, various technical and conforming changes made, and definitions provided.

## 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=HF2166&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=HF2166&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=HF2166&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2166&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2166&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
6. **CCR-HF2166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2166&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0&type=ccr)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2166&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Laine — primary (person)
- Bonoff — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Author added Simon
- **2014-03-20** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-04** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-23** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, April 25, 2014
- **2014-04-25** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-25** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-25** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-05** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-05** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-05-06** House conferees Laine, Halverson, Sanders
- **2014-05-07** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2014-05-07** Senate conferees Bonoff, Kiffmeyer, Rest
- **2014-05-14** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2014-05-14** House adopted conference committee report
- **2014-05-14** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2014-05-14** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2014-05-16** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2014-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-28** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-28** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-28** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1811, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1811
- **2014-04-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-01** Special Order: Amended
- **2014-05-01** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-06** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2014-05-06** House conferees Laine; Halverson; Sanders
- **2014-05-06** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2014-05-06** Senate conferees Bonoff; Kiffmeyer; Rest
- **2014-05-15** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-15** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2014-05-15** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2014-05-15** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/14
- **2014-05-21** Governor's action Approval 05/21/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-21** Secretary of State Chapter 288 05/21/14
- **2014-05-22** Effective date 05/22/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03abc332-090b-4049-8b08-1405089bfde8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).