---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm law crime of violence definition amended."
description: "Firearm law crime of violence definition amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 263"
citation: "Minnesota HF 263 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals", "Firearms and Dangerous Weapons", "Public Safety Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paymar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2014-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/771c2b0a-6a0b-48b4-b9e4-1f6196ca5038"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0263&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "bbb576b3676f1edfb025c2e72d16a8f0fd8c0f0399f5d469e90696fe747bfd29"
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 263 (2013-2014) — Firearm law crime of violence definition amended.

## 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=HF263&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=HF263&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF263&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Paymar — primary (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Slocum — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, J.A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-04** Author stricken Cornish
- **2013-02-04** Author added Ward, J.A.
- **2013-02-06** Author added Slocum
- **2014-03-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 2, 2014
- **2014-05-02** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2014-05-02** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2014-05-13** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-13** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-05-13** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-13** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-05-13** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State, Filed 05/16/14
- **2014-05-05** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-05-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-05-05** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1772, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1772
- **2014-05-06** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-09** Special Order
- **2014-05-09** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-05-13** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-05-14** Presentment date 05/14/14
- **2014-05-16** Governor's action Approval 05/16/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-16** Secretary of State Chapter 260 05/16/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/771c2b0a-6a0b-48b4-b9e4-1f6196ca5038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).